The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-01
Willkie Continues Tour of
State, Sees America Being
PushedCLose 7oUard War
Person Who Put People in
Middle of Stream Not
One to Get Them Out
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
GIVEN RISING OVATION
Promises to Clean House
in Government; Asks
Women to Help
BY Theodore F. Koop


Aboard Willkie Train En- Route
Through Michigan. Oct. 1-AP- A
Republican campaign tour OF Mich
igan industrial centers. where the
labor vote is heavy. today followed
Wendell l.. Wilkes assertion that
the Roosevelt Administration is
pushing "us ever closer and closer
toward war"
Facing a cheering audience which
filled the bulk OF the 10000 seats in
Detroits Olympia Stadium, the he
publican presidential nominee said
Monday night
"The closer Mr.. Roosevelt gets
us to war. the more people say
that we ought not TO change
horses In the middle OF tbs
stream.
well, for one thing. what are
we doing In the middle OF the
stream? How did we get there7
The man who got US In Is not
the right one to get s>out."
Willkie wan addressing the Ma.
tlonal Fedora don OF Womens Re-
publican Clubs whose members gave
him . long rising ovation and IN
terrupted his half hour address fire.
quently with applause.
"When Senator MeNary and
! are elected" he told them, 1.-THE
first thing I shall do to help you
In the great task that lies ahead
Of you, will be to c0an house
In the government. will clean
out the cynles and unbeilevers,
the nuts and bunk-artlsts. Ny
administration Will be composed
OF men who believe In the
American people"
The nominee. dwarfed by huge
portrait OF himself on the front OF
his reading desk, said that II was
up TO the women OF America TO
teach the principles OF democracy.
Declaring that there rs danger OF
young people becoming cynical, he
continued:
Thousands OF our youth, who
have lost faith In other people,
have formed Communist groups
and have received encourage
nfent from very high places"
He gripped the rostrum and
leaned forward. shaking his head
TO emphasize every word. He added
the very" TO his prepared text.
The candidate earlier In the az.
ternoon had addressed trainside
crowds at Wyandotte and Ann
Arbor.
The Ann Arbor crowd covered the
wide slope south OF the station and
lined the bridge at the west as well
as filling the roadway for several
blocks. Many In their work clothes
were among the crowd and women
who were evidently workingmen's
wives showed their favorable reac-
ton to the earnestness and logic of
Mr.. Willkie. The plain people were
out in force.
The Ann Arbor High School band
entertained the crowd during the
long wait and won hearty applause.
The large number OF young people
in the crowd was a notable feature.
They showed quick appreciation OF
the speakers points.
The orderliness and effectiveness
OF the crowd. 10 anyone who has at
tended such miscellaneous political
gatherings, were Indications OF the
deep interest taken IN the tissues.
Applause was spontaneous and gen.
ersl at every good point made.
Willkie said that he wanted to
"cleaD out the cynlcs" and reduce
the bureaucracy in @he federal gov
eminent.
"But the backbone OF our
government will remain a Just
az II 10. The army will be there
even though Mr.. Roosevelt goes.
The navy--ln spite OF him
Will be there. All the civil serv-
Ice, the ,o2o, 900 persons who do
most OF the work Of govern
nnent, Will be there" t....s......
Willkie called for election of 4
Winston Churchill government in
the IhitrdNstates, arguing that Eng
land advantageously changed gov
ernments during a crisis.
He also appealed FOR the support
Of labor. saying that he favored New
Deal labor legislation that be want
ed 10 create Jobs for the idle.
His four stops today Pontiacs
Flint. Lansing and Grand Rapids
are manufacturing cities. and wiz
kie was expected TO continue that
line OF argument His final talk IN
Michigan will be made tomorrow
morning at Adrian, and then be