Evening star., 1940-09-18
Mrs. Roosevelt Plans
Only One Speech
Before Election
1t Will Be Non-PoIiticoI,
She Adds; Lecture Tour
To Be After Campaign

In spite of press descriptions of
her new campaign clothes" Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said today
! the wardrobe she recently purchased
| is just an autumn wardrobe
Recalling to her press conference
today that she had never cam
| paigned for her husband Mrs
Roosevelt said that her plans from
now until election include only one
speech, to be made at a college in
Maine. and that, she said, will not
/ be political. Her regular fall lee
| ture tour will be made after the
campaign, she added.
The Presidents wife expects to
! travel considerably in October. how
ever, as she plans to visit all her
children. She Joined the press
women in a hearty laugh when one
reporter put the question. Inspect
ing your children, Mrs. ROOSEVELT"
Her scheduled appearance before
the Woman'S National Democratic
Club September 26 calls for only a
few brief remarks, she said.
Her views on selective service
training, communism and patriotism
also came in for brief discussion at
the conference. In addition, the
press women heard accounts of a
50-minute interview with the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor from Miss
Charl C. Williams, conference
guest.
Miss Williams. who is with the
National Education Association, was
the first woman vice chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
and displayed a silver tray on which
she had had reproduced a letter
from the President written in men,
ory of our fight for real democracy
/ in 1920-and in later days, especially
since March /, 1888"
Place for Women in Defense.
Mrs. Roosevelt reiterated her be-
| lief, expressed earlier in the year.
that when permanent defense and
! service measures are established,
there will be place for service
/ from all, women included.
/ Mrs. Roosevelt urged particularly
the careful scrutiny of draft boards
and a special interest in preserva-
ton of civil liberties. Active par
ticipation of all the people in a
democracy is the answer to those
nervous over some of today's event,
! she indicated.
Mrs. Roosevelt also expressed the
belief that if the American Youth
Congress had asked for representa-
tives on the draft boards, it should
have had them.
Asked what she would suggest
for the development of patriotism
in the country, Mrs. Roosevelt ex-
pressed the belief that patriotism
is achieved by living in a demo-
cratic way and feeling the obliga-
ton to be a helpful part of the COM
munity. Patriotic exercises, she said
are all to the good, but are not
what builds up a passion for demo-
cratic ideals.
Sees Incompatible Situation.
OF avowed Communists in the
Government Mrs. Roosevelt held the
situation is obviously incompatible
as Government workers take allegi-
! ance to support their Government.
! Miss Williams. who went to Mas
sau to see the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor, shortly after their arrival,
reported the couple conversant with
the problems of the colony and pre-
dicted the administrative and Gre
ative ability of both would be used
to the advantage of the island peo-
pie.
She found the couple charming
and interesting and going about
their business in serious, earnest
way"