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an adequate defense and become so
strong that no dictator will seek to
strike"
The presidential nominee asserted
that if Mr.. Willis were elected, In
diana would be represented in the
Senate 'by wholesomeness instead
of nasty language"
Hits "Pernicious Legislation"
Il hope you will vote for Republi-
can Senators and members of Con-
gress who will support the President
in eliminating from the statute
books some of the pernicious legis-
lation that has been enacted in the
last few years." Mr.. Willkie con-
tinued.
Many persons. he said, had urged
him to compromise his basic views.
1 will not compromise a principle
or modify a basic view he added,
regardless of whether you may like
1t or whether others may like it."
The nominee said he was about
to embark on one of the most
strenuous campaign tours any man
has ever undertaken. Earlier he
announced that his l5-day. 1900
mile campaign tour through the
Middle and Far West would in
clude 26 speeches and 43 train plat
form appearances in 18 States.
To Begin Thursday.
The jOurneV. described bv Mr.
Wilkes aides as one of the most
active stumping tours of recent
years, will begin next Thursday.
MIR. Willkie will leave here for Chi
cag0, where he will make four i'm
promptu talks Friday, and then
proceed to Coffeyville, Kans. for
a major address September IS.
Other principal stops include
Amarillo, Tex; Albuquerque, N.
Mex; Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles
and San Francisco, Portland, Greg;
Seattle, Butte, Mont; Sioux City,
Iowa, and Omaha.
Moving southwark from Coffey-
vile, the Republican presidential
candidates special train will go
through Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico, arriving at Albuquerque the
evening of September II. The next
morning he will take a plane for
Phoenix and after . brief stop will
fly to Riverside, Calf.
After motor trip from River
side, Mr. Willkie will return to his
train at San Bernardino, Calf,
and will swing through a number
of California cities, arriving in San
Francisco September 20.
Then Heads Northwest.
He will stay overnight there and
will head for the Northwest, STOP
ping for talks at Portland Septem-
Der %, and at Tacoma and Seattle
September %. He will make an
address at Spokane on Septem-
Der "a.
Mr.. Willkie will follow a zigzag
course toward the East, stopping
at various points in Idaho, Mon
tana, North and South Dakota, Min
nesota and Iowa.
The itinerary released tonight
ends September 27 with a rear
platform appearance at Freeport,
Ill. Mr.. Willkie is expected to fly
from some nearby point to White
Plains. N. Y, to address the State
Republican convention September
%.
Then the nominee will go by plane
to Detroit to speak to Republican
WOmen'S convention
In a statement, Mr. Willkie ex-
pressed regret that he could not
visit all the cities in which residents
had asked him to appear.
At Chicago September 13 he is
generally expected to speak briefly
at the Livestock Exhibition Build
ing in the Stock Yards, at the West
ern Electric plant in Cicero, at the
Carnegie Illinois steel plant and at
colored ball park on the south
side of the city.
Besides finally approving his
Western itinerary, Mr. Willkie had
luncheon talk today with Robert
E. Wood, chairman of the board
of Sears Roebuck & Co.
Mr.. Willkie told reporters Gen.
Wood had informed him that al
though he voted for President
Roosevelt in 1882 and 1886 he now
was supporting the Republican NOM
inee. Gen. Wood once served as a
member of the administrations
Business Advisory Council.