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Jersey. Then he will return to
Upstate New York, Ohio, Indiana
Illinois and Missouri before an
nouncing plans for his closing ad-
dresses.
Mr.. Willkie ended a two-day drive
for Pennsylvania votes last night
with the speech in Philadelphia
where a crowd, estimated by police
at $4,000, heard him in Shibe Park.
Shortly before Mr.. Willkie entered
the park an egg, tossed from the
upper tier of seats. hit the ground
in front of Lem Jones, one of his
secretaries.
The results of incompetence are
written large upon the history of the
last few years" Mr.. Willkie told
the throng in the park.
Incompetence invites bold action
on the part of other powers" he
continued. The longer the United
States remains incompetent to de-
fend itself, the closer are we drawn
toward war"
Submits Hard Facts
Leading up to his charge Of in
competence, Mr.. Willkie again struck
out at defense equipment ION order"
and declared that for seven years
we have also had prosperity on
order"
TT takes year to build a pursuit
plane, and year to train its pilot"
he asserted. at takes two or three
years to build long-range bomber,
and about two years to train its
crew The pilot of a four engined
bomber must be trained for four
years"
These are not political argu-
ments. These are facts-hard facts.
We must face these facts before
we can defend Democracy in a dam
gerous world.
But now we must meet this
further question: What chance is
there of obtaining these vital neces-
sites under the New Deal? What
chance is there of obtaining them
before it is too late? That is the
question I want to lay before you
tonight
Cites Defense Delay.
To show that the present ad-
ministration has wasted time in
preparing America, Mr.. Willkie as
serted that in January, 1898, "the
third-term candidate" said in his
message to Congress that, as COM
mander in chief of the Army and
Navy it is my constitutional
duty to report to the Congress that
our national defense is, in the light
of the increasing ornaments of
other nations, inadequate for pur-
poses of national security and re-
quires increase for that reason"
yet here we are in 1870" Mr..
Willkie commented, land we find it
will take one, two and even three
years to build a modest defense
system"
Searching for the reason, Mr..
Willkie said the administration has
not lacked information, for the
total knowledge OF the State, war
and Navy Departments "is as good
as any in the world" 1t has not
lacked money, he went on, for in
five years it has spent $4,000
600, 600"
ut has lacked a fundamental
understanding of the forces of pro-
duction," he shouted. TT has
lacked a fundamental regard for the
forces that make democracy strong
Frances Fall Compared.
Mr.. Willkie ascribed the fall of
France to the decline of its indus
trial production, before the battle
began, under the Blum government,
her own New Deal"
America, he said, increased its
general production level between
1882 and 1887, but the rate of in
crease was slower than most other
countries.
But" he added, I'VE too turned
downward in 1888. We turned down.
ward two years after the present
third term candidate had observed
the necessity for an adequate de-