Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-13
Wallace Says Critics
Distort Dictator
Phrase in His Book
DeIetion Charge Denied;
G. O. P. Again Raises
Relief Issue

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!. Relief Issue
Henry A. Wallace, Democratic vice
presidential nominee, last night
struck back at critics whom he &C
cused of distorting a phrase from
his book, Craftsmanship and Reli-
sion," to show that he had praised
Mussolni, Hitler and Stain.
Mr.. Wallace's statement. issued
through the Democratic National
Committee, was in reply to a pub
lished statement by Samuel F.
Pryor. jr.. chairman of the Eastern
division of the Republican National
Committee He also disputed other
comment concerning Statesman
ship and Religion" which was COL
lection OF lectures issued in book
form in April 1884, .after they had
been syndicated in the daily press.
I'm the haste of campaign life"
he said, Mr. Pryor has fallen into
error when he states that deleted
from my book a statement as fol-
lows: The first thing which stands
out in the lives of reformers Of the
sixteenth century is their tremen-
dous earnestness. The only people
of this century who seem to have
comparable earnestness are such
men as Lenin. Mussolini and Hitler.
This statement which Mr.. Pryor
saws was deleted appears in all
copies of Craftsmanship and Reli-
zion" with a footnote which reads
as follows: This sentence is as 1t
was given in the Alden-Tuthill lee
lures before the Chicago Theological
Seminary on January 80. 1884.
"'When the author learned from
the Round Table Press that the lee
lures we're to be syndicated in the
daily press he asked that the SEN
tence be omitted because recent eX-
perience has indicated that unscru-
pulous commentators have not hesi-
tated to lift sentences out OF their
context to make it appear that the
authors opinions are contrary TO
those he actually holds,
Word Earnest" Defined.
'Mr. Pryors difficulty" Mr. Wal
lace continued, "is that he has
neither read my book nor looked up
the meaning Of the word earnest.
In the Funk and Wagnalls die
tionary which I have before me.
the meaning Of earnest is given as
intent and direct in purpose; zeal
Gus. fervent -. In times OF great
world stress. hundreds OF earnest
people come into positions OF lead
ership. Some are good and some
are evil. But they are marked by
4 deep feeling of conviction or they
would not have come into their
positions Of leadership. There is no
questioning the intent and direct
purpose characterizing the dicta-
tors. The all important thing
today is that we have men in our
democracies who on behalf of free
dom have a comparable earnestness.
This is a point which I have been
endeavoring to make in repeated
writings and speeches for seven
years"
The relief situation was projected
Into the political scene last night
also when Representative Otter,
Republican. of Pennsylvania, said in
a statement through the Republican
Committee that IAN increase of
100000 in w. P. A. rolls throughout
the Nation. scheduled for this
month. the month before the presi-
Dental election, has turned the
spotlight on the political use of the
w. P. A. by the New Deal"
He said the w. P. A. administra-
tor told House committee in April
that there would be an increase in
w. P. A. rolls in October and No
vember and that the administrator
commented that he presumed it
would be interpreted as an attempt
to Influence the election
The w. P A. official" Mr. Otter
said, could not have known when
he made that statement in April
what the unemployment situation
of the country would be in October
and November, but he did know
there would be an election in No.
vember."
An assertion that 1T is Wendell
Willkie and not Franklin D. Roose-
welt who believes in his heart that
he is indispensable came from
the National Committee of indie
pendent Voters The committee is
headed by Senator Norris. Inde-
pendent, of Nebraska and Mayor La
Guardia of New York. The state
ment accused Mr.. Willkie of using
an "astonishlngly big 7" in the
campaign and of "consummate ar
rogance.
Concurrently. the American Sc
curity Union sent out 3000-wo
statement to affiliated locals regard
ing the policies Of Mr.. Willkie on
jobs, relief and national defense. and
said that no sane unemployed per-
son on relief or in need of security
can vote for Mr.. Willkie." The
statement. issued by David LASER,
the president, said that despite the
inadequacies of the New Deal pro-
gram, the welfare of the unemployed
demands the reelection of President
Roosevelt and liberal Congress"
The Security Union was founded
In August by group which broke
away from the Workers Alliance
because it reputedly was under
Communist domination.
The statement concluded that the
election of the Republican candi-
date and Republican Congress
would mean turning all unemploy-
ed back to the States on dole or a
local work program as the localities
chose