The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-25

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lea ders who
Wendell Willkie have discussed
the future with
him say he doesn't seem a bit
averse TO the idea of making a
fresh try for the White House.
On all hands it's agreed that he
is the least licked candidate who
ever was beaten for the presidency
/ Others have lost by narrower pop
ular margins than his. His own,
however. wasn't a very wide one.
Besides. past losers generally have
folded up pretty quietly, evidently
accepting their respective defeats
as final.
Maybe Al Smith was something
OF an exception He did, during
! President Hoover's four years in Of
fee, maintain a-first rate party or
sanization. and undoubtedly want
ed a denomination. He'd been sufti-
GENTLY squelched once at the polls.
though. to have convinced the bulk
Of Democrats that they couldn't
win with him four years later. de-
spite the calamities that meanwhile
had befallen the Hoover admins
tration. Consequently they named
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Parenthetically. F. D. unques-
tionably profited by the missionary
work that AIS machine had been
doing throughout the Hoover Pc
Rod, and probably it swelled the
size of F. DIS majority, although.
in all likelihood he'd have won any
way.
The fact remains that the Demo-
Gratis were depressed by the
humping Al took in 1923 and
weren't so enthusiastic for a sec
ond experiment with him in 1882.
No Dependency
Today the Republican manage
ment, while regretful at the cleo
toral result, apparently isn't seri-
ously respondent concerning the
1914 outlook. And Wendell Will
kie's the candidate such strategists
as Congressman Joe Martin, who
directed Wendells campaign for
him. uniformly suggest as their
choice for another whack at 1t.
These experts concensus is that
their nominee put up a first rate
fight-that he made better show
ing than any alternative aspirant
could have made. Their judgment is
that he'll improve steadily as a
possibility henceforward, until the
next test.
And Wendell manifests all signs
OF acquiescence.
What his hackers seek Is to keep
him prominent They want him to
make lots Of speeches. to find all
the fault he can with the New Deal
short of criticizing its nationally
defensive activities.
This doesn't hint at the national
unity we hear so much about It's
the dope, nevertheless.
It's conceded that Wendell has
one unfortunate weakness. He isn't
a good radio broadcaster. He's
credited with preparing excellent
spiels. They're well written.
They're pungent and epigrammatic.
They sound all right to a visible
audience. But they don't score ade-
Guately by way Of the mike. His
hackers are hopeful that he can be
developed as a radio orator under
proper tutelage.
Among newspapermen who ac-
companied the Republican candi-
date on his campaign tour Of the
country was Vicente Villamin, a
Filipino correspondent for several
Manila publications.
No Killings.
A few OF the things he noted. as
details of our battle of ballots. per,
haps passed unnoticed by Ameri.
can commentators. Back in WASH
ington. he's commenting on them
conversationally For instance,
Think Of it," he remarks. Forty
FIVE million people voted here on
election day. And not a single IA
talityw Elections aren't as innocu-
Gus as that in the Philippines.
Senior Villamin also heard nu-
merous ugly cracks at Herr Hitler.
He thinks We ought to be grateful
/ to Adolf.
What" he points out. has the
Fuehrer done for this country?
Why. he's aroused it to sense Of
It's unpreparedness. Now. thanks to
him, it's remedving that weakness.
It's unemployment likewise is be-
ing reduced rapidly; meaning in
creasing prosperity What's doing
it2 OF course the answer Is that