Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09
WiIIkie Is Kept Busy
Drafting Speeches
For Long Tour
Nominee and Stoff
To Leove RushviIIe
Thursday on Trip
By the Associated Press.

bs the ASSOclAIeo fresS.
RUSHVILLE, Ind. Sept. s.-While
aides made final plans for a 1900
mile campaign trip to the Pacific
Coast and back East, Wendell l..
Willkie worked today on long
series of speeches designed to further
his bid for the presidency.
The Republican nominee and his
staff will leave here Thursday night
for a stumping tour of 10 Middle
and Far Western States which Presi-
dent Roosevelt carried both In 1882
and 1896.
A 12-car special train will take
MIR. Winkie first to Chicago for four
short talks Friday, and then will
carry him through Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas before his first
major campaign address at Coffey-
vile, Kans.. q week from today.
To Make 90 Appearances.
Altogether Mr.. Willkie will make
SO appearances -43 on the train
platform and 26 in city parks or
auditoriums. The latter viii consti-
tute his principal utterances until
he travels through the Middle At
lantic. Southern and New England
States in October
The candidate has not disclosed
the specific topics of the addresses
on which he a working, ASIDE from
indicating that during the Western
trip he may discuss business con-
ditions, foreign policy and the farm
problem.
He touched on defense and for
eign problems Saturday night at
q short talk in Memorial Park,
where he declared the Republican
party SIS the party Of peace"
II shall never lead this country
into any European war" he told
an audience gathered to see OPEN
air campaign movies prepared by
the Republican National Committee.
He asserted he favored all possible
aid to Great Britain short of war,
adding. land mean short of war"
Statement Wins Support.
The nominees headquarters re-
ported yesterday he had received
a number OF messages expressing
approval OF the statement.
From Coffeyville the Willkie train
will 60 through Oklahoma. North
ern Texas and New Mexico. From
Albuquerque the nominee will fly
to Phoenix, AriZ, for an address
Wednesday. September 10. and then
will continue by plane to Riverside,
Calf.
He will visit nearly a score of
California cities before going up the
| coast through Oregon and Washing
ton, coming back through Idaho,
Montana, North and South Dakota,
Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa.
AS soon as that tour is finished.
Mr.. Willkie will make a quick trip
to White Plains, N. Y, to address
the Republican State Convention
September g.. Two days later he
will speak in Detroit, and there
after may visit other cities in Mich
igan and Ohio. His October timer
airy has not been announced.
10 or IL Appearances 4 Day.
The candidate described his Vest
ern tour as one of the most strenuous
ever taken by a presidential candi-
date. On some days.he will make
10 or u appearances before crowds
assembled at railroad stations. With
him on the train viii be about 100
persons. including stenographers.
research assistants, newspapermen
and photographers.
Mr.. Willkie held down appoint
ments for his remaining days In
Rushville, but agreed to receive
members of Cincinnati Willkie clubs
today. He arranged to receive re-
turns tonight from the Maine cleo
ton.