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pledged hemisphere defense and
bluntly declared that our aid to
Britain would continue.
Polls began to show that the mon
political" campaign was proving ef-
fective.
The picture changed suddenly on
October 10, when President Roose-
welt announced ut press confer
ence that there had been q sys-
tematic and deliberate "falsification
of facts by the opposition" /" and that
he, consequently was going to the
country with q series Of five political
speeches to set the people right. The
Democratic National Committee
would foot the bills, it was explained.
even though defense inspections
were combined with some Of the
trips.
Opens Political Drive.
Five days later, In the frank role
of candidate, the President hit the
Philadelphia area. In train-plat-
form appeal for votes at Whining
ton, Mr.. Roosevelt recalled that the
Du Pont stronghold was the home
town of the Liberty League" which
| fought him in 1896. In quick sue
cession, in the afternoon, he visited
shipbuilding plants in Camden and
Philadelphia, and the Frankford
arsenal. In q speech that night in
Philadelphia he began to nail the
"falsehoods," citing the improved lot
Of the working man under the New
Deal, and declaring that 9y000, 900
men and women had been added to
private payroNs under Democratic
rule. The Republicans were charging
that the New Deal had not created
any jobs-an issue. Interestingly,
that has been raised this year by
Gov. Dewey, who asserted in his
acceptance speech that it took a
war to put America to work.
At a press conference on October
Is the President secuted reports that
he planned to serve but part Of his
term and then hand the reins over
to Henry A. Wallace, the vice presi-
dental candidate.
Newark, Jersey City and Kearny
were ports Of call on the next push,
October %. and he topped that
one of with speech in Madison
Square Garden, in which he denied
that the re-arming program was
tagging, and charged the Republican
leadership had played politics with
defense in 1898 and 1899 and "they
are playing politics with the ma
tional security Of America today"
Then came another drive into
New England with New Haven,
Hartford, Worcester and Boston on
the calling list. Again the Presi-
dent was hitting on the theme that
this country would not be involved
in the war.
Your boys are not going to be
sent into any foreign wars" he as
sured hearers.
Terms COP Nazi and Communist.
The last major trip opened with
speech in Brooklyn where the
President implied that the Repub-
licanism of 1910 was in fact an
"unholy alliance" OF Communism
and Nazism. Then he swung through
Western New York, catching such
important points as Rochester and
Buffalo and winding up at Cleve-
land, where a meeting was told that
the great storm raging over the
world was the Presidents true
reason" for seeking q third term,
but that the clear, sure footing
ahead" would be reached in the
next four years and when this
term is over there win be another
President"
Back in Washington, November 3,
the President called on the people
to vote. The next day he headed
back to Hyde Park, travelling
through several upstate New York
counties by automobile and making
brief talks in the process.
On November I, election eve, the
President took part in . Nation
wide radio rally and, making no
appeal for votes, called for the
faithful application OF American
principles In shaping the political
future of the Nation.
The electoral vote score Novem-
Der S: Roosevelt, 40; Willkie, 80.
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