Evening star., 1940-09-13
WiIIkie
Continued From First Page.)

Of the sewer gang, in a righteous
cause for the benefit of the people
4 Speeches Before Train Time.
Before his special train starts
West, Mr.. WILKES schedule includ-
ed four speeches here today, one
before employees at the stock yards,
another in front of the Hawthorne
works of the Western Electric Co.
IN Cicero: third at the Carnegie
Illinois Steel plant in South Chicago
and fourth at the colored baseball
park of the American Giants.
Before the Willkie special reaches
Madison, Wis, two weeks hence,
it will have carried the Republican
nominee through 18 States 1t will
follow a horseshoe route that will
take him through Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona before
starting up the Pacific Coast to
Washington and back through
Idaho, Montana, North Dakota.
South Dakota, Minnesota and
Nebraska.
In addition to several major
speeches-the first at Coffeyville
Kans., Monday-Mr. Willkie will
make more than go impromptu
talks and rear-platform appear
ances.
More than As newspapermen, be-
heved to be the largest contingent
that ever accompanied a presi-
Dental candidate on an extended
tour, boarded the train last night.
Confers With McNary.
The first major circuit swing
actually started when the special
rolled out of Rushville last night
at the end of a busy day in which
Mr.. Willkie conferred with his run
ming mate. Senator McNary of
Oregon; Chairman Martin OF the
Republican National Committee and
Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Mime
sofa, chairman of Mr.. WILKES
Campaign Advisory Committee.
The little town of Rushville, Mr.
WILKES headquarters for the past
month, gave him rousing send-off,
with fireworks lighting the air, a
band playing and the home folks
cheering him on to the political
battleflelds Of the West Coast
Obviously referring to the Fish
60-day postponement amendment to
the military training bill, which
many House Republicans supported,
Republican Chairman Martin issued
\ q tanoarot n Tp6iononN1iS
day afternoon, emphasizing that,
while Republicans may differ ION an
amendment" there is no difference
between Mr.. Willkie and the party's
membership in Congress on the fun
tiamental issues before the country
at this time.
Mr.. Martins statement was
phrased as reply to Democratic
Chairman Flynn's taunts about Re-
publican discord. OF greater sig
nificance however, was Mr.. Mar
tins added comment to reporters
that he has no doubt Congress will
accept the action Of the conferees on
the draft bill, which omits the Fish
amendment. He said he never
uOuptcO dCCcpIdIlCc VI IIle COIl1crcIlCc
report.
This was regarded by observers
here as rejecting a spirit of CO.
operation between the Republican
candidate and the party's leaders in
Congress.
Senator McNary, before starting
tor Washington, announced he would
make six or seven speeches later in
the campaign, starting about Octo-
ber l, as Mr.. Wilkes Western tour
ends.
Mr.. Willkie and Kenneth F.. Simp-
son. Republican chairman of New
York County, were in the midst of
q press conference in Rushville last
night when some one mentioned it
was about time for Mayor La
Guardia's radio talk. The Republican
nominee promptly suggested they
turn on the radio and he listened
intently. When the New York
Mayors speech ended Mr.. Willkie
observed:
II didn't notice that Mr.. La
Guardia changed his previosuly ex-
pressed estimation of Edward j.
Flynn, which he made on October
3, 1888, as follows: Municipal cor
ruption Is like all other sordid