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the Buckeye State than 1t had
four years ago.
Meanwhile, as he neared the end
of battle for Michigan before an
enthusiastic turnout of $4,000 in
Grand Rapids last night, Mr.. Will
kie charged Democratic Gov. Her.
bert Lehman of New York with
having made a false, malicious
and subversive" statement by de-
claring that the defeat of President
Roosevelt would please the die
tatorships more than anything else
that could happen in the United
States.
Declaring that he has repeatedly
made his position plain as a de-
fender of democracy, Mr.. Willkie
called on the Governor to make
it clear at once and without equivo-
cation" that he did not intend to
impute to the Republican nomi-
nee any other attitude.
Ohio is the first of three vital
States Mr.. Willkie will invade this
week. The others are Pennsyl-
vania and New York. Taken togeth-
er, they represent 109 electoral
votes out of the 266 required for
election.
Republican hopes in Ohio are
based on a belief that the SOUTH
ern part Of the State, including
Cincinnati. is as firmly Repub-
lican as in the last election, and
that while the President is still
strong in the northern industrial
regions Mr.. Willkie Is showing
more strength in those sections
than did ALT Mr.. Landon in 1896.
Mr.. Wilkes main speech in
Ohio will be on foreign affairs in
Cleveland tonight.
The throng that stretched out in
four directions from a downtown
intersection in Grand Rapids yes
terday afternoon was one of the
most enthusiastic that has greeted
Mr.. Willkie in the Midwest. 1t was
in striking contrast to the recep-
tion he received earlier in the day
at Pontiac and Flint.
Thousands Listen at Lansing.
Lansing, like Grand Rapids, gave
evidence of strong Willkie senti-
ment, as between 1000 and 10000
filled the lawn in front of the State
Capitol as he spoke.
Employees of the automobile plants
at Pontiac and Flint were at work
when the Republican nominee rode
by automobile through those cities,
and a number of those who leaned
from the windows called out for
Roosevelt.
On the outskirts of Lansing, how.
ever, Mr.. WILKES train passed two
large motor wheel factories, and
at both of these plants the men
in overalls were out in large num-
bers standing along the tracks.
AS the train stopped they lis
tened attentively to his assurance
that he would protect all of the
gains won by labor in recent years
and in addition, put the $500, 600
still unemployed back to work by
encouraging the expansion of pri-
vate industry.
Mr.. Willkie told them all he
asks is that they listen and weigh
the arguments on both sides and
then vote their own convictions.
In his speech at Grand Rapids,
Mr.. Willkie quoted President Roose-
velt's Pittsburgh speech in 1892 to
prove his own contention that con-
tinued deficit spending will lead
this country into bankruptcy. Mr..
Willkie has been sounding that
warning from coast to coast since
the campaign started, and yester-
day he read these words from Mr.
Roosevelt in 1892:
''If this Nation is living within its
income, its credit is good. If, in
some crisis, it lives beyond its in.
come for year or two, it can
usually borrow temporarily ut rea.
sonable rates. But, If, like . spend.
thrift, it throws discretion to the
winds If 1t extends its taxing
to the limit of the peoples power
to pay and continues to pile ul
deficits, then it is on the road tt
bankruptcy"
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