Evening star., 1940-11-01
U. 5. Being Led
Straight 10 War,
Wi||kie Charges
Calls Roosevelt Credit
For British Plane
Order Imaginary
(Tert OF Mr.. Willkte's Speech
on Page A.
BY J. A. OLEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent.


CIAL IN NEW JERSEY, Nov. l.
A charge that President Roosevelt's
foreign policies are leading us
straight to a war for which we are
totally unready" was made today by
Wendell Willkie as he started along
the last few miles of his fight fol
the presidency.
In a statement issued this morn
ing as he began his final day oi
campaigning by train in New Jer-
sey, Mr.. Willkie also told the coun-
try President Roosevelt failed tc
mention in Boston Wednesday night
that the 10000 new planes for Great
Britain "are airplanes on order
just like most of our own airplanes.
With 27,643 miles behind him
more than $1,000 by rail and 1884
by air-the Republican nominee
confidently awaited the climax OF
his campaign in Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night.
He predicted victory in a speech
in the armory at Camden last night
after telling the crowd there that
the challenge confronting America
is to make democracy work in this
machine age. without turning to
government domination of the peo-
pies lives, as some other countries
have done.
Plane Credit Imaginary"
In todays statement Mr. Willkie
said the credit the President would
like to assume" in connection with
the $4,000 planes for Britain "is
mostly imaginary"
These orders" he said, "have
been placed by the British govern
ment with American aircraft man.
ufacturers who have been for the
last seven years neglected by the
third-term candidate and even
abused"
Mr.. Willkie said he began the
campaign with a determination to
present a solid American front to
the world in this dangerous hour
and to that end, indorsed certain
elements Of the third-term candi-
dates position in foreign affairs
But, he added:
This attitude Of mine has been
called by the third-term candidate
political sterility and me-too stuff
I was willing to forego use Of some
of the most telling points against
Mr.. Roosevelt's rashness in foreign
affairs. But my opposition was not
willing to let it rest at that.
II wanted to devote myself mainly
to our great domestic issues-the
third term, the utter failure in every
single element of the fourth New
Deal promises to cure our ills
agriculture, unemployment, indus
trial recovery, fiscal policy, unbal-
anced budgets, rising taxes, increas-
ing deficits, our head-long course
toward bankruptcy.
Failure Charged.
"The third term candidate has
avoided every one. Why has he
refused to debate them?
obviously, because he couldn't. In
every field after a record of failure
he has only to offer that he has
spent almost $50 ,O00, 900 900 and in
creased our national debt by $24, 900,
900 ,000-and accomplished no re-
covery whatever"
Declaring that the President 'is
just as incompetent in national de-
fense as he has been in the solution
of every great domestic problem,
Mr.. Willkie concluded:
THE sooner our people realize
that his foreign policies are leading
us straight to a war for which we
are totally unready and that his
domestic policies are leading tc
complete collapse, the quicker will
come our opportunity to correct
both and above all, to keep out OF
foreign war;
In his Camden speech last night
Mr.. Willkie denied a report he said
had been circulated in South Jersey
that if he is elected he will end
time e-and-a-half for overtime work
He charged also that word has
been passed around" among w
P. A. workers that If they do not
vote in accordance with the New
(See WILLKIE, Page A-30