Evening star., 1944-10-28
Roosevelt
Continued From First Paee)

deliberate and indefensible effort to
place political advantage not only
above devotion to country, but also
above our very great desire to avoid
the death and destruction which
would be caused by future wars
Il do not think that the American
people will take kindly to this policy
OF vote my way or won't play"
Introduced by Andrew j. Higgins,
the shipbuilder, who Is honorary
president Of the business group. Mr..
Roosevelt spoke from midfield
stand in the park. sitting barehead-
ed in an open car, although a chill
wind swept the field. He received
tremendous reception when he en-
tered the inclosure and again when
he left, and his speech was punctu-
ated frequently with cheers, mingled
with "boos" for the opposition.
An indirect reply to Gov. Dewey's
charge that the administration fears
to free men from military service
because of the jobless problem that
will be posed, drew one of the loud
est demonstrations.
Pledges Swift Demobilization.
when this great job in winning
this war is done" Mr.. Roosevelt said
slowly, the men of our armed
forces will be demobilized and re-
turned to their homes Just as rap
idly as possible. The War and Navy
Departments are pledged to that.
I am pledged to that. The very law
of this land, enacted by Congress,
is pledged to that. And there are no
strings attached to the pledge"
Another oblique slap at Gov.
Dewey-whom he did not mention
by name-also brought an appre-
ciative roar. Recalling the "glori-
GUS operations in the Philippines"
climaxed by the licking" of the
Japanese Navy three days ago, the
President said he wondered what
ever became of the suggestions made
a few weeks ago that I failed, for
political reasons, to send enough
forces or supplies to Gen. MacAr-
thur"-a reference to a statement
by the Republican candidate that
was interpreted at the time as crit
ical of the way men and materials
had been allocated to the Pacific.
The President said he was giving
his audience piece of news" in
telling them that there are now
more than 100000 men overseas.
as he recounted the deeds of our
armed forces. He said that since
Navy Day a year ago, Army, Navy
and Air Forces have made ~ land
ings in force on enemy-held shores,
and that every one of these q D
days has been a triumphant sue
cess"
Says COP Whitfield Navy Down.
AS he enumerated the steps inI
the construction and training pro-
gramf that have been necessary for
fashioning the American war ma
chine, Of 11,000, 900 men and wom-
en-, the President also took a shot
at the Republicans whom he ac-
cused OF having Whitfield down"
the Navy before he came into power
and Of practicing drastic false
economy"
He added along the same line
that "less than three months be-
fore Hitler launched his murder
Gus assault against Poland, the Re-
publicans in the House of Repre-
sentatives voted IA to 8 in favor of
cutting the appropriations for the
Army Air Corps"
Discussing the strategy along
which the war has been conducted.
he said that "the war in Europe
has reached the final decisive stage
the attack on Germany itself. But
we have much longer and much
farther to go in the war against
Japan"
The President also put In boost
fSHy his vpsVAv2&Sa0 0~~~k>- ~.