The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
By the Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 Up -
Experts in putting two and two to-
gether have been trying their act
on the public statements of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and Wendell l..
Willkie.
They discovered a similarity be-
tween some of the remarks of the
two presidential candidates, al
though sharp differences appear in
regard to some issues.
Without digging into claims of
who said it first, here Ire some
sample similarities:
Willkie: Democracy and our
way of life is facing the most cru
cial test it has ever faced in all
its long history.
Roosevelt: 1--WE face one of the
great choices of history. 1t is
the continuance of civilization as
we know it versus the ultimate
destruction of all that we have
held dear"
Willkie: Declared the situation
in France and Britain resulted from
Democracy becoming soft, and
not that a%utocracy is a better way
of life"
Roosevelt: 'Whatever it's n e W
trappings and new slogans, tyranny
is the oldest and most discredited
rule known to history"
Willkie: 1--WE do not intend to
send men from the shores of this
continent to fight in any war"
Roosevelt: eve will not send our
men to take part in European
wars"
Willkie: This great democracy
must be preserved at all hazards"
Roosevelt: "The American peo-
pie will sustain the progress of a
representative democracy"
Both candidates repeatedly have
stressed the idea of national unity,
and both have spoken of bringing
all classes together on a national
program.
Willkie told the republicans at
Philadelphia that he would cam
paign ito bring unity to America"
And Roosevelt told the democrats
at Chicago that This nation
through sacrifice and work and un-
lty proposes to remain free"
Willkie proposed a campaign to
bring the unity "of labor and CAPT.
tai, agriculture and manufacture
er, farmer and worker, and a IL
classes to this great cause Of the
preservation of freedom"
And Roosevelt spoke of "a war
against poverty and suffering and
ill-health and insecurity in which
all classes r joining in the in
terest of a sound and enduring
democracy"
Both candidates, too, have be-
spoken the need for a sterner, more
disciplined citizenry in the United
States though on different
grounds.
Roosevelt mentioned the useful
ness of discipline in discussing the
possibility of some kind of national
training for youth.
Wllkie, contending that I'VE
have been dominated by a candy
stick philosophy, emanating chief
ly from Washington" asserted that
THE curse of democracy today is
that every one has been trying to
please the public"
Roosevelt has spoken of his con
slant endeavor to awaken this coun-
try to the menace for us and for
all we hold dear"
And Willkie, declaring IF you
elect me president, I shall preach
no soft doctrine" added: II shall
not array class against class and
l shall closely s%crutinize all public
expenditures. . -
On such questions as unemploy-
ment and taxes, this happens:
Roosevelt told young democrats
last spring that their opponents
would offer to give everybody a
job, maintain relief, meet defense
needs, reduce taxes and balance
the budget; and he said:
when you ask them how, -.
Their only answer is the vague
assertion that they will repeal all