Evening star., 1940-10-27
Divide andRuIe'
.|sNewDea|Aim,
Wi||kie Charges
Democrats Accused
Of Promoting Fights
Between Glasses
fTert Of WILKES speech, Po. A-15J

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 26-Wendell L.
Willkie charged tonight the New
Deal doctrine was one of divide and
rule" and pledged that if he were
elected President he would call to
his cabinet the ablest men that can
be found" to unite" the Nation.
In four addresses in Brooklyn and
Queens, before departing for a swing
down the Upper Mississippi Valley.
the Republican presidential nominee
said, Our doctrine is the doctrine
of unite and serve
A crowd estimated BY police a
more than $4,000 heard him speak
earlier in the day at the New York
Worlds Fair.
The Roosevelt administration. Nj.
Willkie said in his final stop in
Brooklyn just before midnight,
bears the bitterness of many of the
leaders of labor. of agriculture ana
of INDUSTRY Mr.. Willkie said he
had the confidence of leaders in all
three groups.
To Choose "Able Men"
In an earlier Brooklyn stop. he
said that in picking his cabinet he
would choose for Secretary of State
the ablest man I can find in all this
broad land to help me guide inter-
national policy"
He made the main address Of tEo
evening at Jamaica High School
where he was greeted with shouts o.
I'VE want Willkie" :"
Asserting there had been formed
in recent years groups with spe-
c;al hatreds-racial, religious and
political hatreds." Mr Willkie &C
cused the New Deal of undertak-
ing to govern America by playing
off each of these groups against
the other
1T has encouraged labor to fight
capital and encouraged capital to
attack labor the candidate said.
1t has even encouraged labor TO
fight labor.
1T has created the farm problem
as separate problem. as if the
farmers were somewhere on an
lSIanO DN themselves.
Charged Communists on Pay Roll.
1T has kept in Washington, on
our pay roll. men who do not be-
lieve in our form of government
Communists and near-Communists
and neo-Communists and pseudo
Communists and their dupes.
1T has divided our youth from
us by preaching the doctrine that
America can no longer grow"
That, said Mr.. Wilkie. was 'the
issue between the New Deal and
the cause I represent"
After speaking at the fair and
later driving through lanes of ap-
plauding spectators in Times Square
he attended the Fordham-St. Mary's
football game at the Polo Grounds.
In his Jamata address Mr, Will
kie said he was the only presidential
candidate who can unite all the
elements of American life in one
common cause
If elected he said he would call
to service the ablest men that can
be found"
I'VE will not have political pup
pets about" he said. We will pick
men to represent labor who come
from the ranks and who know
labor's needs.
We will pick men to represent
agriculture who are real farmers
and know the farmers needs.
oh -,
dustry, and know finance, and men
who are familiar with our political
problems.
And we don't want an Attorney
General TO lisp following acquies-
cence in a flne-spun legal way. We
want an Attorney General who will
render sound opinions on the Con-
stitution and the laws of the land
as they are, whether or not they
serve my ends"
To Retain Defense Leaders.
He said that our administration"
would centralize responsibility for
the defense program so long-and
only SO long" as the defense emer-
gency lasted.
Many able men who understand
production are now serving the
cause of defense in Washington
Mr. Willkie said. These We will re-
/ tain. But we shall see that they
are provided with the proper organ
ization, and the proper authority, to
use their great talents to the best
advantage"
Creation of jobs and better busi-
ness through the defense program.
Mr.. Willkie said, was "a false pros
perity; not real and enduring
prosperity"
IF we are to save America, We
must promote our other industries
at the same time" he said. I'VE
cannot live on armament alone. We
must establish a firm foundation Of
| production in every branch of in
dustry.
I'VE must make foreSighted pro-
vision for the day when the defense
program has been completed. We
must provide stabilizing forces and
prevent the collapse that so often
follows great efforts of that kind.
That includes jobs for demobilized
men,"
Charges Evasion of Issues.
The Republican nominee charged
that the administration does not
understand the iSsues-or if it un-
derstands them, it evades them
Il have predicted, and I predict
again tonight" Mr.. Willkie said,
that if the present administration
is restored to power for a third
term, our democratic system will
(See WIII,KIE. Page A-9)