Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-28
|Wi||kie and Jackson
To Speak in Nearby
States This Week
Republican Nominee
Will ToIk in Baltimore
Wednesday Night

| wendell WILKES Scheduled Visit
to Maryland Wednesday and an ad-
dress in Richmond by Attorney
General Jackson tomorrow are ex-
pected to be the highlights of a
busy final week of political activity
in Washington border States.
President Roosevelt. who had
tentatively planned to speak in
Baltimore the same night as Mr..
Willkie, has sent Gov. OConor a
personal message to be delivered for
him at a labor rally Wednesday
night.
The Republican presidential can
didate will enter Maryland on a
special train Wednesday afternoon,
is scheduled to make a brief stop
in Cumberland and then continue
to Baltimore where he will speak
that night at the Fifth Regiment
Armory, the Associated Press re-
ported.
Both parties have scheduled rail-
lies in practically every section of
the State. Willkie Democrat groups
have scheduled speeches by Richard
F. Cleveland, son of President Cleve-
land, at Gainesville Thursday, and
in Chestertown Saturday.
Rallies in support of the Republi-
can ticket are scheduled at North
east Friday and st. Marys County
Sunday.
Nice Makes Charges.
Former Gov. Nice, Republican
candidate for the Senate, meanwhile
followed up his charge that at
tempts were being made to buy
the votes of Savage River dam
workers with shoes by asserting
that shoes also were distributed to
workers on Jenkins Creek project
In Somerset County.
Within the last two or three
days" Mr.. Nice said in a statement,
"a small truck delivered shoes" to
workers on the Somerset County
project. The slogan is no votes,
no Shoes and certainly the expert
ence of the w. P. A. worker has
been no shoes except on the eve
of the presidential election"
At Salisbury, William F. Allen,
chairman of Willkie- for President
organization, said he would ask an
investigation of the handling of
nearly 5000 circulars supporting Mr..
Willkie which, he said, were placed
in the post Office Friday afternoon,
but had not been delivered Sunday
night.
Miss Ola M. Day, assistant post
said the Office was rushed
Saturday and that the circulars were
not prepared for distribution in time
to go out Saturday morning.
Parade in Richmond.
Attorney General Jackson and
Gov. Price will head a parade which
will precede the Attorney Generals
address at the Richmond Mosque
Republican addresses will be made |
by George L. White, Richmond Re-
publican chairman over radio sta
ton WRNL Friday at 7:3O pm:
DR.. j. j. Wicker, ST., president of
Fork Union Military Academy, at
8 pm. Saturday over the same Rich
mond station, and Curtis M. Dozier,
jr., director of the Speakers Bureau
and chairman of publicity for the
Republican party.
The time and station for Mr..
0ozier's radio address has not been
announced.
In Harrisonburg yesterday Will
liam P. MacCracken, jr., former
Assistant Secretary of Commerce in
charge of aeronautics, declared at
Republican rally that Mr.. Roose-
7elt must be defeated because he
Is drunk with power" and if elected
% third term will want to rule
mot only this country, but the
world
you know what that means"
Mr.. MacCracken said. 1T means
ending an army abroad to fight on
oreign fields