Evening star., 1940-09-15

Western tour at Coffeyville, Kans.,
where he taught school as a young
man.
No Change in Program.
No change had been made at a
late hour tonight in the Coffeyville
program, but there was speculation
hoarseness could be cleared up in 48
hours. The Coffeyville speech is
scheduled to 60 on a Nationwide
radio hookup.
Late this afternoon Mr.. Willkie
left the train at Moline, ILL.,. and
rode in a motor Caravan through
Rick Island, ILL.,, and Davenport,
Iowa. At both places large crowds
were waiting in the town stadiums
to hear him, but were disappointed.
In a whisper scarcely audible over
the amplifiers he told them: THE
spirit is completely willing, but the
voice is weak"
He was only on the first stretch
Of a 7,2O0-mile swing to the Pacific
Coast when the inflamed throat con-
dition developed. Aside from the
. hoarseness, Mr.. Willkie was as Wig
orous and fresh as ever.
Tried to Avoid Foreign Issue.
In his speech at Peoria, Mr.. Will
kie said he had hoped he could re-
frain from discussing foreign affairs
during the campaign, explaining
that following his nomination one
of the resolutions he made was that
no matter "hoW much l desired to
be President of the United States, l
would do my full duty as an Ameri-
can citizen during this very criti-
. cal period"
He asserted, however, that Henry
A. Wallace. the Democratic nominee
for Vice President has been up and
. down the State of Illinois, saying
to the people that the Republican
party is the party of appeasement,
and the President of the United
States has been advocating that he
should not be replaced because he
is the indispensable man to solve
our international situation
Therefore" he explained, "it has
become necessary for me to discuss
some problems in regard to the
foreign situation.
In support of his contention that
Mr.. Roosevelt should not be left in
charge of Americas foreign policy
for the next four years, Mr.. Willkle
went back to the London economic
conference of 1888 and accused the
President of having dumped" it.
Starting from that point, he listed
mistakes he said the President made.
Injured Democratic Way"
"In 1888 there was called in Lon
don an economic conference for the
purpose of bringing stabiliZation. If
that economic conference had been
permitted to continue, the nations
Of Europe, as well as this Nation,
would have begun to recover eco
nomically. But Franklin Roosevelt
dumped the London economic con-
ference. And Franklin Roosevelt,
from that moment to this, instead
Of being one that has fought for the
preservation of the democratic way
has been one of the principal fac
tors in the destruction of the demo-
cratic way
After having dumped the London
economic confe ence, which was the
hope of liberals throughout the
world, Franklin Roosevelt started on
his social and economic reforms,
many of which were desirable. Those
reforms at first made recovery diff
cult and this was natural during
such a period of industrial and eco
nomic stagnation. And yet that in
dustrial stagnation was not too
much a price to pay for the bring
ing about Of necessary social reforms.
But when he was reelected in
1886 here was the world beginning
to break down because of economic
and financial collapse. Here was
great, strong America, here was