The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-22

nouncement said merely that Lewis
would express his views as affect
ing the national political election"
Lewis and President Roosevelt, to-
whose 1896 campaign he advanced
almost 100000, have been falling
apart for a couple Of years but none
expected until recently that Lewis
was walking fast enough to catch,
Willkie before election day.
Lewis Against AL Smith
CLIO headquarters refused to con-
firm or deny that Lewis was buying
radio time or that Willkie en-
dorsement was possible. But the
purchase of time appears to be
definite and it is understood that
Lewis definitely will not endorse the
president for a third term. He has
said publicly that Mr.. Roosevelt
would be ignominiously defeated.
Lewis has not pot shotted Willkie in
this campaign but is on record in
most complimentary language re-
garding the Republican party. In
1928, however, he supported Herbert
c. Hoover against Alfred E. Smith.
Endorsement of the Republican
presidential candidate might jar
Lewis political organization. Some
of his most important lieutenantS
and subsidiary unions already have
endorsed Mr.. Roosevelt. The poll
tical Judgment here is that Lewis
will not be able to carry his army
with him although there will be
some, unquestionably, who would
follow his advice and they might be
enough to determine the result in
such states as Pennsylvania, Ohio
and West Virginia where the labor
vote is big and the contest appears
to be close.
Step Up Campaign
Democrats, meantime, are STEP
ping up their campaign on the con-
greSSional front in cadence with Mr.
Roosevelt's final fortnight decision
to hit the road in a series of vote
seeking addresses.
Republicans feel that WILKES
strong campaign finish is affecting
Democratic campaign strategy; Dem
ocrats say their plans always in
cluded rapidly expanding campaign
end activity.
Whatever may be the reason,
Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson, D., Tex,
Is operating today as leader of an
informal committee to focus New
Deal efforts in rs or so congress
sional districts where the 1898 cleo
ton was close.
Some districts in which the john
son group is interested are In Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan and In
diana and it is among those states
that the Democrats are hoping to
hold their own or to increase their
House membership.
Students Heard Him
Des MoineS, Ia, Oct. 22-(UP)-
Approximately 500 Drake university
students braved faculty displeasure
today to hear Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr.
President D. w. MorehouSe re-
fused Roosevelt permission to speak
on the campus so the talk was made
In motion picture theater across
the street.
"It is long established policy at
Drake that no controversial issues
are discussed on the campus" DR..
Morehouse explained.
"A cut will be charged against all
students who skippedd classes to
hear the speech"
| A small, but ardent group of Will
kie supporters at the back of the
hall interrupted the presidents son
with shouts of ''yea Willkie."
why don't you come up here and
say that?" Roosevelt retorted. II
love a debate"
I'm not going to attack Willkie.
Personally, I believe he is a fine
man. But I also beliece that my old
man lisa hell of a lot finer"
A middle aged heckler replied,
why doesn't your father accept
WILKES invitation to debate?"
''I'll tell you why" Roosevelt said.
If want to ask Joe Smith to din
ner at my house, don't put an ad
in the paper. ! ask him personally
And secondly, If Roosevelt ever got
on the same platform with Willkie.
Willkie would withdraw his nomin-
alton for the presidency.
my father might have become a
dictator in 1885," he said. HE
never will became a dictator-not
only because he doesn't want to be.
but because he is the greatest lover
Of democracy since jefferson and
Lincoln"
Lewis Is Warned
| Philadelphia, Oct. 22-CUP)-Wil-
liam M. Leader. president of power
full branch /, American Federation
LOT Hosiery Workers, today awaited a
| reply to his demand that John l..
Lewis, president of the Congress of
| Industrial Organizations, endorse
President Roosevelt for reelection.
Leader, who also is president of
the Philadelphia Union Council,
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