Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-13
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.1y the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, Oct. 1.-THE
tolloWing ertemporaneous re-
marks ,Dere made by Wendell L.
Willkie tonight preceding his
prepared speech:
I just listened over the radio
before coming here to speech by
the third term candidate on a
presumed military inspection
tour. In that speech he spoke at
great length and in words that
were eloquent about the neces-
sity of tolerance in America and
Of the necessity that the people
in this new land, no matter what
might have been their original
racial origins. to live in peace and
tolerance and understanding. He
very properly said that thus, and
only thus, could this way of life
continue here in America. Today,
on the same day that the Presi-
dent made that speech. the Dem
ocratic National Committee dis
tributed, and by accident it was
discovered by the press. as sour
rilous, as indecent an attempt as
ever occurred in American public
life. an effort to raise racial and
religious questions
This is but an example of the
high professions and the low per-
formances of the New Deal. I
shall speak at a later occasion
about that scurrilous pamphlet
released by the New Deal In
order to describe to you in slight
degree some of the elements con-
tanned in it, you should know
that it even contains an atteck
upon my father and my wife.
Thus we see, as we have seen on
many occasions, the difference
between professions and per-
Torrance.
From its very inception into
Office. the New Deal has pro-
claimed highly and performed
lowly. BY every artiflce known
iG has sought to array class
against class, group against
group, section against section, all
for political profit. Here. as has
been we'll said, in the shadow of
the Capitol of this great Empire
States, I want to denounce it.
Discussion Held Essence
OF Free Government.
For several weeks now as has
always been the custom in Amer
lean political life. I have gone
over this country frankly and
candidly presenting the issues of
this campaign to the people Of
this country, trying to play my
part in one of the essential re-
quirements of the type of free
Government that we have.
This system of Government,
this way of life. can not survive
unless the people are enlightened
on the issues of the day so that
they, in their sovereign perform
ances as the ultimate rulers in
America, may determine what
they wish to DO. This free sys-
tenn of Government in its very
essence and foundation is built
upon discussion. When discussion
ceases, then this way of Govern
ment will end. The only answers
I have had to the arguments and
the facts that I have presented
to the American people, have
been scurrilous pamphlets, silence
and imaginary military inspec-
ton trips at the expense of the
people of the United States. The
rest Is a combination Of corrupt
political bosses such as has never
before been seen in the history
of American politics.
No answer to the arguments, no
attempt to present the issues to
the American people; no defense
offered for having in the last
seven and a half years spent
two-f1fths of all of the monies
spent in the course of the history
of these United States by the
Federal Government-and that
amount spent, as say, within
seven and a half years. No de-
tense made for having failed to
build for this country in this
perilous hour an adequate de-
tense system; no defense made
for the ranks of unemployed
which has actually increased in
number for the last seven and a
half years; no defense Of any