Evening star., 1940-09-21
Wi||kie Campaign
Likely 10 Continue
Until Election Day
Change Of PIon Indicated;
Hits 'Timid Pussyfooters';;
Won't Pull Punches
BY J. A. OLEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent,

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-As
Wendell L. Willkie again rode
through crowded streets, awaiting
an important foreign relations
speech in the auditorium tonight,
there were growing indications that
his first campaign tour will become
one continuous drive until election
day, instead of ending next week.
Within the past "a hours the Re
publican nominee has announced
changes in plans that will take the
Willkie special on to New York and
back to Michigan over the week end
of September %. He announced
York he will speak at Madison. Wis,
Friday. September 81. the day the
Western tour originally was sched-
uled to end at Freeport, III,
Although definite plans have not
been made beyond the foray into
Michigan on September 80, it will
not be surprising if the Willkie
special rolls on from Detroit into
Ohio. and from there to other i'm
portant industrial areas of the East
where large blocs of electoral votes
are at stake.
Encouraged BY Crowds.
Since he left Chicago eight days
ago Mr. Willkie has seen and talked
to hundreds of thousands of per-
sons, ranging from huge big city
crowds to numerous small groups
out along the open stretches. Mr.
Willkie undoubtedly has been en-
couraged by these crowds and if he
decides to keep his campaign mov-
ing without letup, he believes it will
improve his chance of victory.
The Republican nominee must
compete with the European war
headlines and President Roosevelt S
occasional national defense inspec-
tlon trips. Under such circum-
stances, his best chances of keeping
his anti-third term fight before the
Nation is to campaign without
letup.
After waving to thousands who
lined the streets of San Francisco
and Oakland this morning, Mr.
Wilkes motor caravan was sched-
uled to visit Treasure Island. the
West Coast Worlds Fair, where
local leaders predicted $4,000 persons
may assemble to hear him in a
talk preliminary to the main mass
meeting in this city at $3.50 O'Clock
tonight.
Lashing out at the third term
with increased fury, Mr.. Willkie
told large crowd that gathered
around his train at Sacramento
last night that If the American
people have decided there is only
one man out of the 10000. .O0C
qualified to be President, then they
aren't deserving of this great free
republic of ours
In that speech he paid his re-
spects also to friends who, he said
urge him to change his way OF
campaigning.
Il have friends who say, Wen
dell, you ought to pull your
punches" he went on. We'll, ]
don't know how to fight that way
And if any of the timid pussy
footers that are afraid to strike
want to pursue that policy, then
1 don't want them to talk to me
A spade Is spade in Sacramento
and also in Washington"
II can't believe" he said earlier
that in this town of Sacramento
where that great liberal, Hiram
johnson, was born, that the people
are going to allow this election tc
60 by default. Think of a man
wanting to violate one of the sacred
traditions of the American people
and not even presenting to the
people the reasons why he wants
to violate it."
Backs Water Project.
For 10 hours yesterday, Mr.. Willkie
appealed to the heavily Democratic
rural communities in the Centra,
Valley, from Los Angeles to Sar
Francisco, not to approach this elec-
ton on partisan basis, but to weigh
the dangers in breaking the two
term tradition.
The main issue of interest to the
fruit growers and farmers of this
area Is the completion Of the Centra,
Valley water project, on which the
Government to date has spent $73,.
600 900. Mr.. Willkie told them he
was aware of the urgent need oi
water to keep this section fertile ant
prosperous, and assured them that
if elected. he would push the project
to completion. Some recent esti-
(see WILLKIE, Page A-S)