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Second No-No
Barely feed
Salem ; Champs Continue
'in Race; BonneTille
, Foe on Thursday
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. sole hope la the championship
race.
- Oregon City had ousted Mc-
Minnville from the meet by a 9
to S score before Griffin took the
mound to strike out 14 Kids, al
low bat one ball out of the in-
' field, walk nary a batter and face
the one-two-three minimum of
21 batters.
' The 1000-odd fans hadn't quit
talking about the amazing- stuff
young Griffin serred up when
-burly Biff Georgesen, tournament
veteran, came along to Tog bis
variety by Eugene batters. Biff
had two away in the final inning
and a no-no - game In his grasp
when Centerfielder Phillips took
it away from him on a dribble
down the third base line which
went as hit when Reimers
throw was a bit late at first base.
Georgesen was toiling for the
hustling Bonneville Engineers,
who collected 1 nine blows and
7 to 0 victory off two Eugene
pitchers. Maurle Stremich, high
scoring Portland basketeer,
topped the Engineers' assault
with a brace of blngles and a
double in four trips.)
. Hurlln Hank Singer distrib
uted four singles to the, Wood
burns in his mound chore for the
Dealers, who put the game away
with a three-run first Inning.
Rudy Gentzkow and Chuck De
Autremont headed the 10-hit
Dealer attack, each registering a
pair of hits.
Georgesen, who whiffed eight.
received one scintillating 1 bit of
support in the first Inning, when
Walt Schlaffle. former all-stater.
hurled a perfect strike to third
base from his rlghtfield spot to
complete a double play. Schlaffle
hauled down Libby's drive deep
to right and pegged out Walls,
who attempted to go from sec
ond to third after the catch.
Had Georgesen succeeded In
' bagging his no-no, however, it
would hare come as an anti
climax to Griffin's superior ef
fort. Georgesen walked tour on
the paths while the Pendleton
pitcher wasn't responsible for
putting on even the lone runner
that reached a base.
With the first round now out
of the way, all games are for the
full nine-Inning routes. Quarter
finals are to be played tonight
and tomorrow night, with Cor
Tallls meeting Julia Lee Wright
of Portland In tonight's 8 o'clock
bill ' and the Portland Firemen
tangling with Medford at 9. Fri
day night will see Oregon City
and Pendleton play at 8, and
Square Deal and Bonneville at 9.
Square Deal 8 10 0
Woodburn 1 4 3
H. Singer and L. Singer; Bean
and Uselman.
Bonneville f 9 0
Eugene .., 0 01 '4
Georgesen and Miller; Wilson,
Adams (.60) and Libbr, Taylor
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Witnesses' Held
As Deputy Slain
WORTH WINDHAM. Me., Aug.
Id-WVDeputy Sheriff Dean
Pray, 40, was shot and fatally
wounded today daring an argu
ment with two men who. Deputy
Sheriff Ralph Hooper said, Iden
tified themselves as "ordained
ministers' of a religious sect, Je
hovah's Witnesses.
A wave of excitement spread
through this little town follow
ing the shooting, which consti
tuted a new chapter in a series
of demonstrations of violence in
southern Maine involving oppo
sition to alleged activities of
some members of the sect.
' One of the men, listed by po
lice as Arthur F. Cox, 49, of
Philadelphia, was booked on a
charge of murder j and was held
at Cumberland county Jail.
t The second man was held with
out formal charges pending in
vestigation of the shooting.
Police quoted Perley Varney as
saying that he witnessed the
shooting and that several shots,
were fired after Pray, wielding a
tire iron, ordered the pair from
the building.
Film Luminaries
Cleared by Dies
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. JO.--.TJ-Four
prominent Hollywood
film personages, named as com
munist sympathisers in testimony
before the Dies committee, were
cleared of the accusation today
by Rep. Martin Dies, committee
chairman.
"The chair has carefully con
sidered evidence received to date,
Including the testimony of some
of those who have been accused,
he said, "and is of the opinion that
Mr. Humphrey Bogart, Mr. Fred
rie March, Mr. James Cagney and
Mr. Phil Dunne are not and have
never been members of the com
XBunist party.
Bogart, March and Cagney are
. well, known motion picture actors
and Dunne is a scenario writer.
He and Cagney voluntarily ap
peared today before Dies com
mittee Investigating - unAmerican
activities and denied any connec
tion with the communist party.
They were linked to It in testi
mony by John Leech, former Los
Angeles county communist or
ganiser, who previously had
named other film., personages In
testimony at Beaumont; Tex.
Portland Radio . Singer -To
Wed Actor Carton
HOLLYWOOD, Aug XQP)
Jack Carson, - Milwaukee actor,
and Hay St. Germain, radio singer
of Portland Ore., will be married
tomorrow night, Carson . said. He
la playiag la "Fireman Save My
v Child," and will have io go be--v
fore the. cameras again Thursday,
so there will be no Immediate
War Games
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Mistakes for an enemy unit, this tank from the 87 th tank: company,
upon" point blank by a crew from the 153th field artillery, during
Wis. To avoid a had-on collision the tank was turned sharply and
tank crew are shown fixing the damaged tank track. AT Telemai.
Two Communists
Ousted, Kingman
KINGMAN, Ariz., Aug. 10-(JP-
Ralph Duncan and Henry Singer,
convicted 10 days ago of disturb
ing the peace by circulating com
munist petitions, left by train to
night for Phoenix, Ariz., as 200
persons shouted warnings for
them never to return.
They Dare appealed their Jus
tice court conviction to the super
ior court, and were freed from
Jail today on bonds of $100 each.
As they left the county Jail
crowd gathered and Duncan wi
knocked down. The two were or
dered to take the Boulder dam
highway out of town, but Duncan,
an elderly man, pleaded to be al
lowed to take the train. They
spent the day in the railroad sta
tion, emerging only to board the
train.
Howard Declines
Investigation Job
HYDE PARK. NY. Aug.
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that several months ago he
asked Roy Howard, editor of the
New York World-Telegram, to in
vestigate fifth column activities
In Latin America and that How
ard had declined.
During a press conference, the
president Identified Howard as
the private individual he had In
mind when he said in his third
term acceptance address that,
with one exception, the persons
he had asked to help in the de
fense program had agreed to do
so.
The president said he had ask
ed Howard to go to South Amer
ica by plane, on a 40-day trip,
and meet editors and government
officials he knew when he rep
resented the United Press there.
Mr. Roosevelt said he asked How
ard to talk to them confidential
ly, on behalf of the United States,
and find out what their own per
sonal opinions were on fifth col
umn activities.
House Draft Bill
Is More Drastic
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afso written into the senate mea
sure today, on a CO to 10 vote.
The general debate on the draft
in that chamber today produced
a clash , between Senator Connally
(D-Tex) and Senator Wheeler (D
Mont). Connally angrily charged
that Wheeler "wants to make it
Just as difficult as possible" for
the country to recruit an army.
Wheeler, irate, protested, and
Connally withdrew the statement,
but not without adding a rejoin
der that "no other senator" was
as "free In reflecting on the mo
tives of others" as was Wheeler
a prominent opponent of conscrip
tion. Late in the day. Chairman
Walsh (D-Mass) of the senate
naval committee arose to ques
tion the necessity for a large
standing army, and announced he
would seek a "test vote" on a pro
posal that, before conscription
was attempted, the nation build
up a powerful air force, an "in
vincible navy," a "multiplicity of
airplanes and bombers" and anti
aircraft guns which would dot
the country "from one end to the
other."
The senate appropriations com
mittee disclosed meanwhile that
several of its members had spoken
of "conscripting business, apply
lag "a little force," or enacting a
"universtal tax bill after hear
ing a high-ranking naval officer
complain that the navy was hav
ing difficulty in obtaining mater
ials thai go Into fighting ships.
Deschutes Forest
Has Serious Fire
r KLAMATH FALLS', Ore., Aug.
20 (-Fire fighters wers rushed
to a 2000-aere blase In the south
ern, Deschutes national forest to
day as an adverse wind whipped
it out of control toward Green
Umber, both private and govern
ment. - ; : ;-T
" Lookouts'' reported ; the, blaze,
believed man-caused, had merged
with a SOO-acre spot fire which
had been controlled. ;
victor Sisaon chief firs -dis
Tank Meets With Variety of Grief
patcher, said fire conditions on
the Klamath Indian reservation
were the worst In history. A force
of 650 was fighting ' four large
biases in the Indian ' territory to
night.
Nearly 400 of the 5S0 men were
holding the Swan lake fire, which
has blackened 8000 acres. The
blase at Kirk also was reported
under control. The other fires,
one at Wilson Point and another
in the Black Hills timber unit,
were proving difficult to check.
Suspect Firebug
In Yakima Blaze
YAKIMA, Aug. 10-(fl-Yaklma
officers today rounded up 48 tran
sients for questioning in connec
tion with the early morning fire
which destroyed the John Dower
Lumber company and damaged
three othe rlndustrial structures
causing a loss of approximately
895,000.
John Dower of Tacoma estimat
ed loss to his company of 80,
000. The fires, which officers be
lieved were set by a firebug, dam
aged the company's yard In Wa
pato near here in the last two
years, and he said officers were
Investigating incendiarism in con
nection with the one here today.
Officers said they had received
reports the huge lumber storage
shed and two adjoining sheds
burst Into flames simultaneously
and that a man was seen running
across the roof of a nearby hotel
at midnight, when the flrebroke
out
Big Diomede Fort
Rumor Is Refuted
ALAMEDA. Calif.. Aug. 80-if)
-Reports that Russia had forti
fied Big Diomede island, in Ber
ing sea off Alaska, were discred
ited today by Commander Harold
G. Bradbury of the coast guard
cutter Shoshone, Just back from
a patrol cruise of Alaskan waters.
"So far as I was able to see.
there Is no foundation whatso
ever to rumors that Big Diomede
Is being- fortified as an air and
naval base by the Russians,"
Commander Bradbury said.
I can't understand why any
power would undertake to for
tify a place so unstrateglcally lo
cated. All I saw on the island
was a barn-like frame building,
perhaps constructed to house a
boat or two."
Big Diomede, Russian owned,
lies Just a few miles west of an
American-owned island. Little
Diomede.
Ttco-Year-Old Child U
Killed, Auto Accident
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. J0-fl)
An automobile overturned on
Cooper mountain near Beaverton
tonight, killing Leonard Honey,
two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Honey of Aloha, Ore. The
mother, who was driving, suffer
ed minor injuries.
France's Envoy
Ylcomte DMnmalo ; ;
vlccmU Jaquee DAumal, for
mer French minister at Bogota,
Colombia, is shown as he arrived
la New York to assume charge of
the Trench consulate. - His title is
that of 'minister plenipotentiary,
which Is the first time such a title
been used by a French dlplo-
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war maneuvers at Camp McCoy,
came to grief. Members of the
Salem's Part in
Event Is Planned
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The task of removing unneeded
parts of the Centennial setting
has been under way since last
week. Little remains but to make
last-minute alterations and to put
up the decorations, which will
consist, principally of American
flags and state banners.
The notification ceremonies
will be the occasion for a series
of meetings of party leaders of
the west with National Chairman
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., It was an
nounced last night.
National committeemen and
committee women, along wth
state chairmen and vice-chairmen
from the 11 western states will
confer with Martin In Portland
next Wednesday after attending
the McNary notification here.
Postlude to his appearance with
Governor Harold S t a s s a n of
Minnesota, official bearer of the
notification to Senator McNary,
at a luncheon at the Marlon hotel
next Tuesday noon. National
Chairman Martin will outline his
campaign ideas before a luncheon
to b put on in Portland next
Wednesday for the rank and file
of the party by the Multnomah
chapter of the Oregon Republican
club.
The Marlon county chapter of
the state republican club last
night offered the services and co
operation of Its members to the
county central committee in the
coming campaign and In partic
ular for McNary notification day
activities. The club also expressed
Its approval of central committee
plans to sponsor a valley-wide re
publican picnic in mid-September.
Heavy Stands of
Timber Imperiled
MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. Z0(
Heavy stands of timber In the al
most primitive Lochsa canyon
area of the Lolo national forest In
northern Idaho were threatened
tonight by a fire which already
has blackened more than 100
acres.
Seven hundred and fifty men
were on the fire lines. Foresters
said the blase was started by a
careless camper.
Scene of the fire At about 90
miles southwest of Missoula. Sup
plies were being transported to
the fire camp by airplane.
In Yellowstone national park
five forest fires continued to rage
unabated, and the flames broke
through defense lines on the 3800
acre Mountain Ash creek blaze.
This fire, rangers reported, was
approaching another along Spires
creek. More than 1(00 men were
attempting to corral the fires.
Townsend Settles
His Tax Argument
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20.-AV
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, old age
pension leader, has settled his
tax differences with -the govern
ment "for less" than the sum de
manded, his lawyer, Scott MeRey
nolds, said today after filing of a
lien for 120,412 against Dr.
Townsend was disclosed.
McReynolds said the dispute
covered 1931, 193T and 1933 and
resulted from an "erroneous be
lief that monies collected by the
old age revolving pension organ
ization became Dr. Townsend'a
personal funds, hut as a matter
of fact the doctor didn't get a
dime of the money. - -
Ready
For Dasli, Belief
SAN DIEGO, CaUf Aug. 10-(JPV-Crew
members of the tuns
clipper ' Prospect, arriving today
from-MawxaniTlo reorted the Ger
man motorshlp Weser had com
pleted refueling apparently pre
paratory to s dash to sea. .
The Weser, which recently slip
ped out of harbor at Puntarenas,
C.R., an dlater made port at Man
sanillo. Is painted a dun gray, the
Prospect crew said. The nazl. flag
flies from the stem. . . -
Crewmen also reported the Ger
man motorshlp Blsenach still was
at Puntarenas, but that some
members of the crew had been
transferred to the Weser.
Motorsbip
Italian Force
Jyt '
Greece
DritisKrAinerican Union Is
Possible, Claimed in
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Parliament Talk .
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Albanlan patriot by two Greeks
which touched off a bitter Italian
press campaign against Greece.
Greece denied any connection with
the slaying. ; -
The Germans snd British, mean
while, exchanged heavy aerial
blows during the dsy.
Three wates of 'German' planes
attacked English Inland points
while the British said their
planes' had bombed two German
transports at Haugesund, one of
the nearest Norwegian porta ' to
Britain, and nad made a surprise
attack on the German-held air
drome at St. Omer, France,
which left that base "cloaked In
flames."
The1 royal air force also said
Its bombers attacked the German
naval base- at Kiel and 30 air
dromes In Germany snd la enemy-
occupied territory. Daylight raid
ers bombed an . airdrome at
Flushing and an anti-aircraft po
sition near Amsterdam.
Churchill told commons that
his government was willing to
grant the US 99-year leases to
better the defense by the United
States of its Atlantic seaboard.
At the same time. Foreign Sec
retary Lord Halifax told the
house of lords of the agreement
"In principle" On the question of
leases and added the discussions
concerned Atlantic islands, var
ious West Indian points and
Newfoundland.
Reinforcements for
Navy Held Needed
OhurchlU Indirectly referred
to discussions in the United
States about the sale to Britain
of some over age US destroyers
when he appealed for "timely
reinforcement" of Britain's navy
from the United States.
The prime minister made It
clear that the British blockade
would not be relaxed to permit
food to reach Hitler-conquered
countries despite American re
quests because to do so would
"only prolong the agony of all
Europe."
He said also that Britain could
continue the fight again t Hitler
"indefinitely"; that the British
new aircraft production exceeds
that of Germany although Ger
many's planes still greatly out
number the British; and that
Britain has lost 92.000 dead,
wounded and missing In the war
since last September. He compar
ed that total with the SSS.OOO
British casualties in the first year
of the World war.
The Germans, stepping up air
fighting after a day's semi-holiday,
threw fresh bomb assaults
upon Britain. DNB, official Ger
man news agency, reported the
nazis had "successfully bombed
airports and other military ob
jectives. The Italians completed their
occupation of British Somaliland.
They were reported preparing for
an aerial attempt to conquer
Aden, British protectorate across
the Golf of Aden from Somali
land and the eastern hinge of
the gateway to the Red sea and
the Sues canal, s part of Brit
ain's life-line.
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AUSECIBA3, Spain, Aug. SI
-(Wednesday) - (J?) - JSnany
planes scored five direct bits
' oa the center of Gibraltar,
Britain' great rock: fortress,
starting a big: fire early today
In the fourth raid in 24 hours.
British Mti-aircraft batter
ies for bo firs time. . brovgfet
down st plawo . mm warships
-Joined in the shooting. -'
- The objective struck by the
raiders was not immediately d
determlated-but Games and
smoke conld be observed rising
front the center of.; the rock
" Ions after, the raiders; had fled.
- LOXDON, Ang. ZiPy-Tbm
" government announced- today s
amber . of . persons ' were lav
- Jured,' some fatally, la a -Ger-'
snaa air attack last night on a
sonthwest England town. -
Its " communique, lssned by
,the air ministry . and ministry
of borne 'Seettrity follows: ---
"Yesterday evening enemy
aircraft attacked a . town in
southwest England. Some bombs
'fell la a public park aad others
damaged booses sear a railway
station. -A a umber f persona
were injured, some of them fn
- tally. There was negligible en
emy air activity over this coun
try daring the night, (fad
communique).
ROME, Aug. Zl-Vfy-Am Ital
ian warning to neutral shipping
not to eater waters within SO
miles of British coasts was de
scribed by fascist authorities to
' day as meaning a totL uncon
ditional blockade" of British
Mediterranean territories
TOKYO, Aug. 21-(Wednes.
day) OfV-The spokesman for
the Japanese foreign office as
serted today there was appar
ent JnstlficaUoa for many Jap
anese activities in the Far East
in the principle under lying the
new Canadian-United States
defense plans.
The spokesman, YakJchire
Soma, said:
"If the United States wnder
takes a defease of Canada wa
der this principle, it would
seem many of the actions of
Japan regarding adjacent ter
ritories in the Far East would
be Justified."
Guardsmen Will
Head Home Today
CAMP MURRAY. Aug. I0-UP1
By train and by motor convoy.
national guardsmen from eight
western states will leave for their
home stations Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, marking the end
of their participation in war
games which saw a total of 41,000
troops engaged in maneuvers over
southwest Washington terrain.
The guardsmen wers to be
paid for their three weeks of
training prior to their departure,
and disbursements here to ap
proximately 19,000 officers and
men from Washington. Oregon.
Montana, Idaho and. Wyoming
were expected to amount to close
to 9600,000.
The entire evacuation will be
conducted on n schedule design
ed to allow guardsmen from even
the most distant points to arrive
at home by midnight Saturday,
the end of the three-week train
ing period.
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OREGON STATESMAN tomy
a r.:o:mnjY.
Democracy WiU
Siiirvive. Qaimed
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present nosltlon "as a country
with a strangling, cord around
her neck but thers was no bitter
ness in his speech.' Jul his talk
waa inthe vein of facing the Cir
cumstances and making the best
of themiC- , V-u-"
It is his ambition.- he -said, w
preserve in France a kind ox ae
moeracy with discipline, and
pointed to Switzerland as an ex
ample ot a country where "disci
plined freedom exists.?
-Of England be saldr - i
,I do not wish to criticise Eng
land. I cannot accuse her. - Any
nation lias the right to defend It
self. I feel France was left alone
to fight out the war on her own
soil too soon.- but I .do not wish
now to engage in resentment."
Traiisport Course
Bniigs Accusation
(Continued from' page 1)
that Vessel is blown skyward the
charge will' be made that aha was
torpedoed by , a German suoma-
rine. . "
Hs suggested that congress in
vestigate why the state aeparx
ment -or other officials Insisted
that the vessel, which left Petsa
mo, Finland, Friday night, had
persisted in a course through the
mined area In the face of the Ger
man warning.
Senator Pepper. (D-Fla) inter
rupted Bone to say that the tat
ter's remarks would "giTS sjd and
comfort" to nations that might
want to sink the ship.
Bone replied that he was tired
of hearing alding-the-enemy ar
guments and added that the "sen
ator from Florida wants to go to
war and has said so."
. "The senator tells a falsehood
when he makes that statement,"
Pepper replied heatedly.
Both senators later apologised
for their remarks.
Rep. Rogers (R-Mass) com
mented to reporters that in refus
ing to change the vessel's route,
the administration showed that it
preferred that the ship be "blown
up by the Germans rather than
the British. .
"The only possible reason for
not changing her coarse, she
said, "is that the British had
mined the waters near Iceland
while there were German mine
fields nearer Great Britain.
If the ship is blown np, she add
ed, "the tragedy will never" be ex
cused, and the administration will
be held strictly accountable."
Navy officials declined to com
ment on the ship's whereabouts,
but at the state department it was
said that in the absence of any
news to the contrary, the vessel
was assumed to be safe.
On the basis of unofficial cal
culations, the ship was believed to
have nassed through, the "danger
sons" during the night and morn
ing. A German embassy spokesman,
asserting he had no official infor
mation, expressed "hope" that the
vessel was safely through the area
described by the embassy as in
fested with uncontrolled mines
that constituted a "grave danger."
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. SAN DIEGO, Califs Ang. J0-.
(Jty-Smn Diego continued in .the
thick of the fight for a C o a s t
league first division berth here
tonight by thumping hapless Port
land f to 3. Two unearned runs
in the third started the Psdres .
off on an easy triumph, i
Portland I 7 t
San. Diego ; ; t 14 I
' liska Fallin (g and tAdams; .
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San Francisco
SacTamenton
Stats snd Sprlns' Botelho (7):
Judd and Ogrodowsky, Ballenger
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San Francoeco 17 0
Sacramento . ISO
Dasso and' Leonard; f Munger
and Ogrodowski. m I
Seattle
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Campbell; 8 tine
Los Angeles .
Barrett and
and Holm.
Hollywood
10
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Oakland
4
Osborne and Brent el. Dapper;
Corbett and Conroy.
American Aasoeiatioa
Milwaukee 0-0, Indianapolis 8-4
SUPsul 4, Columbus 18
St. Paul" 4, Columbus 18
Minneapolis 10-3. Toledo- 41
Kansas City 6. Louisville. 2
YOUNGSTOWN. O.. Aug. 30-
LTV-Harry Jeff ra of Balltomore,
featherweight . boxing champion.
was pressed hard tonight to gain
a split decision over i Jackie Wil
son ot Pittsburgh in a non-title
10-round match. A crowd ot 11,-
000 saw the boat. Each weighed
137. r
Roosevelt Turns
Down Debate Bid
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ss he did what the situation was.
In his own acceptance speech.
he said, he, told the public and
the democratic convention that
he happened to be the president
of 130.000,000 people and that
things were in such shape this
year that it was. of course, per
fectly obvious that he could not
do any political campaigning.
He did not identify "things,
but there was no doubt hs refer
red to the trend ot international
affairs, their impact on this coun
try and the vast defense program..
RUSHVDLLE. Id.. Aug. tO-iJPi
Renewing his invitation for
President Roosevelt to meet him
in debate. Wendell L. Willkle ex
pressed the opinion today that
the chief executive was "under a
doable obligation" to discuss, cam
paign issues because he was run
ning for a third term.
In a statement handed to his
press conference after Mr. Roose
velt had turned down his earlier
debate proposal, the republican
presidential nominee s a I d he
would "be glad to debate the
questions Involved in the present
campaign at the points he (the
d resident) visits in various parts
of the country.
The president is running for
a third t e r m," Winkle's state
ment said, "and in view of the
fact that this is a violation of a
tradition of ISO years standing, it
is my -judgment that he is under
a double obligation to discuss the
issues, as well as the particular
Issue of a third term.
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