Milford chronicle., 1940-11-01

for he was going to vote for Mr..
Roosevelt, despite of anything he or
anybody else might say--that no one
could change his mind This man
was a machinist and he felt that r.
| d. R. was a great fellow, had done
much for the working man and all
the other arguments with which we
are so familiar However, my friend
was undaunted and every time he
saw HIS friend (the machinist) he
/ kept talking Willkie to him. The
day before he told me this story he
had seen him again and, much to
his surprise, he (the machinist)
stated that he had decided to switch
his vote to Mr.. WilIlkie. The rea-
son? Just this: That even though
he was a man of only average intel
ligence, he had come to realize that
Mr.. Roosevelt was insulting that in
telligence by trying to make him
believe all these defense inspection
trips" he was making all over the
country were non-politieal and we're
in actuality nothing more than cam
paign trips being made at the tax
payers expense. And that, if he
tried TO fool the people in that way
he was likely to do it in other ways
as well!
So. you see, you never can tel1l
And we cannot AFFORD to take any
one for granted.
Then there are the 11q5 of unde-
cided vOters-some of whom are un-
doubtedly in every district in this
town. BY talking with these neigh
Ill
pings and campaign literature that
seem to fit their particular case,
ganging up on them with mutual
friends, ETC., nearly all Of these 11a5
can be won over to our cause.
Just talk, talk, talk! Eat Willkiel
Sleep Willkiel Talk WilIkiO! And
win with Willkie!!
Finally, on election day we in the
18th district are going to see that
every registered Willkie voter gets
to the polls. And we are going to
try TO get them out as early in the
day as possible to lessen the work
for everybody in the late afternoon
and evening.
Just one more point-have no
truck or trade with the defeatists!
II cause is so much worth winning
as this one is, it's worth fighting
for! That's what Mr.. Willkie is
doing against such tremendous odds
- and with more determination,
more hope and more confidence each
day. And make no mistake about it
every indication points increasing
ly to his success in Novemberi
! never have been one to share ia
this defeatist attitude of some Of
Willkie's staunchest admirers whom
I know. During the days when the
Willkie trend seemed TO be at its
lowest ebb. as be started on his re-
cent western tour from Chicago and
COfeyVille, still had and I'm
telling you ] have tonight more than
ever-the utmost confidence IN his
sense Of timing, in his ability to
pull another "blitzkreig as was
done in Philadelphia (who would
have given him an outside chance
Tor the nomination 25 days before
The nomination date?l and conf
ience that the American people will
not reject this man-this man whom
earnestly believe has been sent to
hem in this hour of need just as
surely as Lincoln appeared as the
man of the hour in 1860.
have no patience with those peo-
pie who give lip service to the
HOPE that Willl1ie will be elected
md then allows the defeatist atti-
ude to peFmeate into his heart. Get
ne straight do not for one minute
hink that this election is in the bag
but / DO have, as have had ever
ince before Philadelphia, fullest
onfldence in the success of this
ause.
This Is my year for picking win
ersl picked the right man in the
rimaries this spring (for the first
lme In years.; picked Willkie
rior to Philadelphia; picked De-
roit TO win the American League
ennant and the world series, and
m emphatically picking Wendell L.
VILLKIE to win on November 5.