Evening star., 1940-10-04

o. P. hope in entering this national
campaign. They figure, also, that
the effort this year to break the
third term precedent for the first
! time may alter the 1886 lineup of
/ the voters.
Willkie supporters indicated last
night that they were gratifled by
the way in which the industrial
workers listened to the nominee
when he talked near the factories
and they will wait with keen interest
/ during the next few days to de-
termine how they reacted to his de-
tailed presentation of his labor pro-
gram at Forbes Field
BY coincidence. Jc:ln L. Lewis
head of the c. I. o.. who has been
silent on the presidential race, was
+, in the William Penn Hotel in Pitts
burgh yesterday afternoon at the
same time Mr. Willkie was there
resting for his night meeting.
I The labor leader did not break
his silence. however. He was there
for a conference with the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee
and when newspapermen asked him
if he expected to see Mr.. Willkie, he
replied:
Il wouldn't want to discuss politics
in any way today"
He repeated the same answer
when asked if he expected to go to
Forbes Field to hear the Republican
nominee discuss labor.
Mr.. Willkie began his labor speech
by indorsing these words of Abra-
ham Lincoln:
Labor is prior to and independ-
ent of capital. Capital is only the
fruit of labor could never have ex-
listed if labor had not first existed.
Labor is the superior of capital. and
| deserves much higher considera-
tion.'
He told the vast assemblage he
knows as we'll as any man in Amer
lea "the strong bond that unites
those who labor" because he earned
ilAo O"ll wa IlC. oul dlSO
told them this bond should not
lead to war on business, or upon
property" and reminded them of
these further words of Lincoln:
Property is the fruit of labor;
property is desirable; is a positive
good in the world. Let not him who
is houseless pull down the house
of another, but let him work dill
gently and build one for himself,
thus by example assuring that his
own will be safe when built"
Introduced by McNary.
For the first time since the cam
paign started, Mr. Willkie appeared
on the same platform at Pittsburgh
with his running mate, Senator Nc
Nary of Oregon. Senator McNary
was introduced by House Republican
Leader Martin of Massachusetts,
The Senator, in turn, presented Mr.
Willkie, and described him thus:
"A man who chooses candor above
deceit; who has faith in the judg-
ment of the people. That faith has
been repaid as he has moved about
among the people these past few
weeks The choice of Philad delphia
has been vindicated I confidently
expect to be ratified next month
at the polls.
GAS a citizen-one among 131 ,000,-
0O0--I gladly confide the troubled
affairs of my country to the next
President of the United States, God
willing, Wendell L. Willkie."
Mr.. Willkie spoke from almost the
same spot on the infield of the big
ball park, from which President
Roosevelt addressed capacity audi
ences both in 1882 and 1886. The
platform from which the Republi-
can nominee delivered his plea to
labor shone in the brilliance Of the
lights mounted on all sides of the
grandstand for night baseball.
Mr.. Willkie charged the New Deal
has "let labor down" because it has
failed to make jobs. He quoted Pres
ident Roosevelt's statement at the
beginning of his second term that
he saw "one-third of a nation ILL