Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-08


production of American factories
and farms is safely delivered tc
England" and promised that
Britain will win the war against
the Axis powers.
Striking back at the recent
speeches made by Charles A. Lind
bergh, Willkie told a wildly cheer
ing audience of 10000 in Madison
Square Garden that America will
not alone save freedom but provide
her own last probable chance
ultimately to avoid war" by rush
ing about aid to embattled Britain
now.
Willkie spoke from the same
platform he occupied last Novem-
Der 4-the night before the presi-
Dental election. Then he was the
Republican candidate for presi-
dent. Last night he spoke under
the auspices of the Committee ia
Defend America by Aiding the
Allies and was introduced by New
York's mayor Fiorello II. LaGuar-
dia, one of his most outspoken
foes during the political campaign.
$4,000 OUTSIDE
The Garden was packed long be-
fore Willkie appeared and $1,000
people milled around in the streets
outside. listening 10 the speeches
over loud speakers.
Declaring that he spoke as an
American, passionateiy devoted "a
his country. Willkie said:
I'm America we are free
and we believe that those who
disagree with us have the right
to do 70 but our freedoms
\ are under attack today. There
has appeared In the world the
philosophy OF totalitarianism
which seems TO blot them out.
IL has captured most OF Europe.
II seeks now to conquer the
British IsIes-the last citadel OF
freedom In Europe.
ITS agents are In South
America and are slipping among
us as evil advance messengers of
Its future designs.
"Me- mn q -appease- the
forces of evil. We cannot make
peace with those who seek TO
destroy our very way of life"
SLAP At LINDBERGH
Willkic attacked the speeches
recently made by Lindbergh in
wv York and ST Louis. although
30 did not mention him by name.
lie declared:
. Some amnng uS- say NE
are weak and unprepared: that
the British are bound To fail and
that our own hope lies In locking
ourselves behind our own de-
fenses while freedom coIlapses
all about us -.
This IL a doctrine OF con-
fusion, fear. despair II we had
followed this doctrine In the
past. In all the struggles we have
undertaken, We would not pos
sess freedom today. II IL
cowardly doctrine, unworthy Of
our past, destructive of our
future.
81 reject and repudiste utterly
AS I know you do-any such
doctrine of defeat and despair.
The truth Is that II we see 10 IL
that the ever increasing produc-
tion OF American factories and
farms il safely delivered to Eng
land. England will not only sur
viVe; she will win -.
\ ROSE BY ANY NAME
81 care not what you call safe
delivery-convoyin patroling,
y sirplane accompaniment. or what
not. That IL Americas right and
also her duty and her self
interest. II America will but do
that. she will not alone save
freedom hut provide her own
last chance ultimately to avoid
war"
His shaggy head shaking with
emphasis. Willkie challenged state
ments that Axis production ex-
ceeds American and British pro-
duction. He secuted Lindbergh's
contention that the British cannot
base enough planes on the British
Isles 10 combat the Axis. which
has practically the whole continent
of Europe.
Europe does not surround the
British commonwealth of ma
tions," he said. THE British COM
monwealth surrounds Europe.
And all that far flung common
wealth, and associated peoples,
provide bases for alrplanes. II Is
our Job TO supply the planes.
Then England will have the
superiority.
FAITH IN PRODUCTION
81 know that the British COM
mOnwealth of nations and the
United States can OutprOduce all
the boosted ingenuity and ca
pacity of Hitler and his factories.
l have faith that they will do
80
Hitler cannot win this war
without conquering Britain: to
prevail he must write his peace
in London. And Hitler can never
successfully invade the isle Of
Britain providing her sea lanes
are kept open. But by the same
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