Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29
Wi||kie Pledges
New World
For America
Era of Debts Must
Give Way to Jobs,
He Tells 6. O. P.
(Tert on Page B-5.)
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-Wendell
L. Willkie flew from Schenectady,
N. Y, tonight to tell cheering
Republican State Convention he
promised the American people "a
new world" in which the era OF
doles and debt would give way to
jobs created by encouraging busi-
ness
In the desperate days of depres-
sion. the Republican Presidential
nominee said. the people accepted
as an emergency the New Deal doc
trine of living on the Government,
but they know it can't last
They are looking for a light"
he predicted They are listening
for voice"
Addressing special session OF
the convention at the Empire City
race track. Mr.. Willkie was making
report to Republicans throughout
the country on his 7.500-mile tour
of the,West. Fearing his special train
would not reach Yonkers in time for
the broadcast of his speech at $50
pm, Mr.. Willkie and a party of news
papermen left the train at Schenec-
tady, N. Y, and took a plane to
La Guardia Field He drove to the
race track grounds at 80 miles an
hour with police escort.
Greatest Task Since Civil War.
He told the Republicans they con-
front the greatest task that has
faced any party since the Civil War.
that other time of crisis and
despair. when the Republican Party
did provide the leadership and did
save this Union from destruction"
The time has come, he said, for
Americans to give to the Govern
ment.' instead of accepting 'doles
and debts" from the New Deal.
Cries Of eve want Willkie," and
Give us More" brought him back
to the flag-decked. flood-lighted
rostrum after he twice started to
leave at the completion Of his speech.
When he did leave he sped back to
New York by automobile. He will
remain in New York until late to-
morrow when he will go to Detroit
for an address on Monday.
Thomas E. Dewey, who led on the
first three ballots at the Philadel-
phia convention which nominated
Mr.. Willkie, introduced him. He told
the vast throng that New York State
had ID years experience with its
native son land as a result prefers
its adopted son-Wendell L. Willkie.'
Would Not Cut OF Relief.
AS in his western speeches, Mr..
Willkie made it clear tonight that,
If elected, he would not cut of re-
lief, farm benefits or other forms
of aid. but all through his speech
ran the theme that by revitalizlng
industry the needy could 60 back
to work. and the farmer given his
just share of national income.
In touching briefly on the demo-
cratic proposal to break the third
term precedent. Mr. Willkie tainted
President Roosevelt for not coming
out on the stump to debate the issues
of the campaign.
in this critical hour. when the
traditions and institutions of democ-
racy are in special danger. the New
Deal asks the people to scrap one
of their most basic traditions" the
Republican nominee said. 1T injects
into the campaign the descriptive
issue of the third term.
And all this while-all this anx-
ious while-the man whom the New
Deal has nominated, the man whose
trademark is on the depression. the
man whose foreign policies helped
to disrupt the democratic world
that man is silent. He will not dis
cuss the issues that trouble those
people. He will not tell them the
truth about their problems. He
has placed himself above them, he
says: Trust me. Trust me. I can't
explain it all to you. You wouldn't
understand Perhaps 10 years from
now the archives will explain, but
for the present you must trust me.
You must believe that I am indis-
pensable"
Shows No Sign Of Strain.
As his special train approached
this city yesterday afternoon on the
last lap of journey that took him
into 10 Middle and Far Western
States, Mr.. Willkie showed no sign
of strain from the two weeks Of
greeting and speaking to hundreds
of thousands who gathered in his
path through busy cities and quiet
hamlets On the contrary, he looked
refreshed and ready to 60 again.
Il think the record will bear me
out" he said tonight. that never
before in the 18 States through
which l passed have so many per-
sons turned out to see and hear
presidential candidate"
mo man could receive the atten-
ton of such crowds without sense
of humility" he continued. II
have been deeply touched. Yet.
know that 1t is not who drew them
to stand, perhaps for hours. 1t is
something else-it is something In
this year of 1940-a challenge which
we Republicans must meet
Mr.. WILKES speech tonight was
not technical discourse on any
(See WILLKIE, Page ABB