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Price) 3cx nartvaakmda So '
No. 1S2
oJbiini
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Lewis; Ba
lor
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Italians Join
Nazis in Raid
On Tight Isle
Scores of. Casualties in
. Heavy Night Attack
. Over London ;
Laval Begins , to ; Parley
With ' Itauans 1 on :
iPeace Plan. -
(By Thai Associated Press) -
Axis air fortes backed by beavy
Italian reserves now moved up
f9 th French coast bombed
E3ies, bnlldlnrs and refurees In
- f JBdon last nlsbt and aarly to-
ijrjr as long-range ihori gnns
dueled across the channel and the
RAF again showered the contln
ental "Invasion coast" -'with ' cx
plosives.; jr t
T h sarage . night attack on
London, which followed the worst
daylight raid since mid-Septem
ber, slackened perceptibly after
midnight as the raiders . fanned
oat to assault Liverpool, Scotland,
Wales - and three midland cities,
There were estimated scores of
casualties. - '
Three waves, of planes also
struck at eastern Scotland at half-
hour Intervals, apparently trying
for telling blows on the British
naval base of Rosyth in. the Firth
of Forth, near Edinburgh.
The raiders braved Intense
Scottish anti-aircraft fire and re
ports said some of them appeared
p have been 'bit.
Rosyth was the first British
fend target raided by nazl planes
ii the war, on October 1C; 1939.
Britain at the time admitted two
cruisers and a destroyer were
famaged and 15 naval casualties
suffered. .
Rome Piscloees .
fart in Raids
Disclosure that Italian airmen
ad Joined wings with their Ger
man allies in the siege of. Britain
Vat made In Rome aid predic-
liUBi o an imminent acceierauoa
of . the fascist offensive In. Egypt,
where Britain, nas been reinforc
ing her. troops In . expectation of
a major winter land war.
Diplomatic sources la Switzer
land said Pierre Level, rica-pre-(Tnrn
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En bs Eoi1 . .
Paul Httuser'9 Column
When, In some Idyllic age a
million years or so hence, all hu
man troubles are Ironed out and
on the whole broad surface of the
earth there Is no
111 or ailment,
tot excluding
flat feet, and
hangnails, and
all neuroses have
ceased to exist,
there is going to
be one problem
yet remaining on
the heads of
those in author
ity. When all the
Ills that human
flesh is heir to
: have been spent, Haeaw. jt.
what then is to become of that
species which since the birth of
mankind has been pontificating
learnedly the reasons for these
. things. -
We have served more , nights
than we care to remember on the
telegraph . desk of a newspaper
and. we cannot at the moment
recall . a single night when some
Item didn't come through from
near or far in which somebody
solemnly declares that the rea
aon f o many people suffer from
flea bites, falling hair or twisted
necktie Is . because they eat too
much peppermint candy, spend
too much time listening ; to po
litical speeches or part their hair
on the side Instead of in the mid
dle. We vaed to read these little
items with care, but we don't
any more. We couldn't keep It
up and retaia that small por
tkm of sanity we have trraa
ared, lo, those many years.
There was Dr. BUtter who told
us and the' world we ate too
much, and we had o sooner cut
tbe grocery bill In half than. Dr.
Fritter, formerly of Prague, came
right out with the statement that
Americans ; didn't eat enough.
' Mean while a man named Edwards
was advising us to keep out of
noisy places while a man named
Jasper Fink told the world that
what - It .needed was more band
music We tried them alt.
From e nr own experience we
have come 'to the conclusion. i
that what alia . noet people :
: wooldnt all thekn If they would
stop trying to find something
that If gtod for what ana ,cxdv
1 yr&AT mcs xrrT.
Saekr Wfcltwa, mawlalmf
.tar e ear fcriI2in ptukta. - --
fiata aaa Uttlns, o?9. ta his ;
' llcktr a.ii tn4 to andrcM wtta
:J;aa aamu -li Uw vu Ihut - '
:s&fikntg wita lMt tjMticti."
: TBpa, Xl.-Trika, - ,
A crowd of sorts had to wait an
hour and a half for the preai
" dent's son,' Junior, to ' show up
yesterday. For some few of thesn
without a shovel & lean en fcxj
-'fciaoy moosaa, . -
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Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.-, Boosts S'NS-
! "My Old LlaifUhBmt Talk Here
"My old man makes a mighty good
velt, jr., above, center, in his
address here yesterday afternoon. "Hanking turn are J. F. Ulrica,
-ehairman, left, and Kenneth Bayne, secretary; tight, of tbe Marlon
county democratic central committee. Statesman photo, -
Roosevelt Jr. Thinks
McJSaryFine--in Senate
My Old Man Makes a Blighty Good President,
Assertion, of Youngest Roosevelt; Plumps
Public Power Angle 7
"One sreat ihiriglfciit this town: wYouV tot a xfraX
ttSUM who bright to - St&t in the
With that introduction
Charles L. McNary's home city,
sevelt, jr., opened. a ten-minute
in front of Marion county democratic headquarters, at Com
mercial and Ferry streets yester
day afternoon.
Speaking to a public address
system and radio audience from a
table aet on the sidewalk, young
Roosevelt his voice at times
sounding like a fireside chat-
added:
"X think Henry Wallace would
make a great vice president and
McNary . a great senator. And X
also think my 'old man makes a
mighty good president.' . .
A crowd which Kenneth Bayne,
secretary of the county democrat
ic central committee, estimated
at ' "several hundred" heard the
president's son suggest "it takes
a man like my 'old man' to get
such things as public power and
Bonneville." ,
"And now we are starting to
put up seven dams along the Co
lumbia river." he said, apparently
Intending rather to refer to the
Willamette river and the project
te control its flood waters.
The" Junior Roosevelt asserted
the new deal administration had
spent the last seven years work
ing "with all the interests of the
people at heart" and "doing for
the people what the people can't
do for themselves,., whereas the
administration of the previous IS
years "favored business,"
"The - administration has given
the people hope, faith and a real
sense ct security in the future,"
he declared.
The president's son attacked
Hiram Johnson, reteran Califor
nia senator w h o recently an
nounced his support of the repub
lican nominees, on t h e ground
that Johnson, while objecting to
a third term for the speaker's fa
ther "is I now starting his fifth
term.-? ? - ' '
Rooserelt declared his father's
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Head of Amicdn Squadr6it :
-Tells French
YYVMrwiv net. iS-flD-Tha
Tanks are coming again "mil
tons of them as they did in ISIS"
CoL ' Charles Sweny, honorary
bead of the royal air torcera ueag
ling American eagle squadron.
told Frenchmen tonight in a British-sponsored
i broadcast.
"Those of us who aireaay are
here are the Tan guard, as we
were in II 14.T declared Sweeny,
An Af tha nrrmliin of. the La
fayette escadrllle In whieh Amer
icans flew in France prior to ue
aited States entry into we wona
war. ' - . ' . - r:
Wi Am ar lean Toluntears
men of 1914, soldiers of the for
eign legion,; he asserted. "Mil
lions will come after s, as they
did in 1S18. v .
Great' Britain has become the
Verdun of this war; ahe Is the
rock against whieh barbarfjxa will
be broken fas it was broken In
ma tb rates of verdun. - la
this struggle you will be reunited
with us and in victory you wui
a back tour Joy and pnae in
France. " '. ' ;
Sweeny's broadcast was srrsns-
president,' said Franklin Roose
street corner democratic campaign
senate."
to his first Visit to Senator
dapper Franklin Delano Roo
campaign address for father
SRO Sign Is Hung
For Play at WU
Homecoming Mellerdrama
Success as Villain
Roundly Hissed
By If AXJXK BTJRXX
Complete, even to an ad-eor-ered
curtain and a foot power
organ, "Waller's Historic Tem
ple" opened its doors' to an 8RO
audience last night for the open
ing event in Willamette's annual
homecoming weekend. The occa
sion was the presentation of the
mid-Victorian melodrama, 'Little
Brown Jug" by Theta Alpha PhL
campus dramatic organization.
The hilarity of the evening was
shared between the ' appreciation
of the heart-rending play and add
ed musical attractions. -
The play, directed by Genevieve
Oppen, assisted by alary- Head,
was one of the best -yet offered
by the dramatic group, now in
its llth season. Melodramatic ges
tures, hoarse whispered asides
and the final triumph of love and
righteousness over- slinking vil
lainy brought cheers and hisses
from the delighted audience. :
Helen Newland, as the excit
able Bally Feesley, was the ob
ject of -the affections of D. de
Lancey and Jarias J or don, an up
right eltisen who eaves the old
homestead and returns the way
ward son to his mother's arms.
Ruth Matthews as Mary Natter,
the sweet heroine, was finally
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Yanks Coming
ed by. the British broadcasting
corporation. It followed by four
days Prime Minister Churchill's
appeal to. France te retrain from
.hindering Britain's war effort.
A native of Spokane, Wash,
and - a former officer i ct 1 the
French foreign legion. Sweeny has
managed ' to turn up where the
allies have an air scrap on their
hands. In 1S2S he was captain ef
the American squadron whieh
fought for - France In Morocco.
? He : holds an .honorary-group
captaincy in the RAT as leader of
the eagle squadron, now undergo
ing training with hopes ef being
in the air as a combat unit before
Christman. The squadron is under
the direction r William Erwta
Taylor ef New York city. - .
. When. formation of the Ameri
can eagle squadron was announc
ed a fortnight ago he told re
porters: J .
"This is a war TO moat enjoy
fighting U. There are many other
American who" want to 'help
thrash this man Hitler. ITow our
IUers have a chance." . .
British Bombs
Germans
MeavyUaul
Attacks Made Along Wide
. ; Front From Berlin
. j ; ; to Rotterdam L
Railway. Stations Blasted
and Huge Fire Set
r in Capital : "
LONDON. Oct. IS-OVBritish
bombs exploded early today from
Berlin to Rotterdamfrom Ham
burg to the west French -coast
and on war supply depots in far
interior Germany in one of the
longest and most violent counter
attacks yet delivered in six wee as
of almost endless aerial attritions.
The attack on Berlin the SSrd
of the war was declared by the
air ministry to have gone on in
termittently for nearly three
hours, the raiding pilots cutting
down through great cloud banks
4000 to 11,000 feet deep.
Two railway stations the Pul-lts-Btrasse
and Lehrter stations-
were hard hit for the second sight
in a row, the ministry said, and
a "huge fire" set off down below
guided squadron . after squadron
of planes which swept over the
city.
"Extensive damage" was
claimed.
Berlin Announces
Dead, Injured
(In Berlin the German high
command announced an unstated
number of dead and injured in
Berlin and Hamburg; said there
was fire and property damage In
the harbor and elsewhere In Ham
burg; spoke of damage to houses
and a lumber yard In Berlin.
(The German wireless broad'
east that the number killed in
Berlin was. "extremely high," and
accused the RAF of ''indiscrim
inate bombing of the German ci
vilian population.', '
fit was announced la jierila
fthatX,000 of the dtysMBChtKrt
children under 14 years old had
been removed from the capital
because of recurrent British
bombing: that 41.0 00 had been
taken from Hamburg and that an
additional S 0,0 00 would be re
moved from Berlin.)
Bald ost Berlin
One of Many
The assault on the relch's cap
ital, while the most spectacular
of this early morning bombing
campaign, was only one of; many.
The port of Hamburg, heme or
vital warship construction facul
ties, was heavily . attacked as It
had been many nights in the past.
the British said, and hits specific
ally were claimed on docks, ship
ping, oU store and a power plant.
A rear gunner of tne last or
the group of British ' bombers
which raided Hamburg reported
tonight on his return here that
even upon the arrival of his plane
over that city "a eolosaal tire was
biasing.
It was." he said, "tbe ratner
and mother ef all fires I have
ever seen ... An area about a
thousand yards long was envel
oped in flames and the' glow lit
up tbe whole sky. we dropped
pur bombs, nearby, but the fires
they started were completely
eclipsed by that terrific blase.
FR Threat Letter
Is Qiiickly Traced
MARTINEZ. Calif., Oct. 1 S-UPi
-Secret service agents traced a
return address on a letter today
and arrested Willard Whiting on
suspicion that he sent a letter
threatening the life of President
Rooserelt.
X letter received at the White
House and turned over to the sec
ret service read:
"If you are elected In Novem
ber, your life won't be worth' a
cent because this time we will get
yen and not the man In front of
you. Remember? (Signed) Sen
sible Cltixen." -
The reference evidently was to
the fatal shooting of Mayor Anton
Cermak ef Chicago by a would-
be asaaaain of Roosevelt In Miami,
Fla., in 1SS J.
' Secret Service Agent 8. J. Mof-
fit, who disclosed the text of the
letter, said It bore the return ad
dress: "Willard Whittlng, Crock
ett. CaliL-
JValtlng. If -year-old Crocket
warehouseman, . denied - writing
the threatening letter, but sug
gested that a "personal" lotter he
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Draft Nuiiibera
7ill Appear -t
On Sunday ;
' Tour draft serial anmberT ;
' If yon live In Salem, yonr
number will be published in
The Etateaman, saving yo the
trorable of going to the armory
end thumbing through the list
of . S544 names posted on the -local
Craft board's bullctla
board. -
A major portion 'of the list
wHl nM,ia Tit Snnday
Statesman and tLe remainder -early
next week. " - --- .
Vocal lien Named
on Appeal Board
PAUL R. HENDRICKS
GEORGE R. DUNCAN
57 Appeal Agents
JNamed by Fatland
jFor Draft Set-up
ji ? 3P j "
; Fifty . f even appeal agents to
look after the Interests of draft
registrants in Oregon were ap
pointed yesterday by Acting Gov
ernor Ernest R. Fatland. -
These agents, one for each local
draft district, will protect the In
terests of registrants and their
dependents, and advise draftees
concerning appeals from local
board's decisions.
Local appointees Include:
Marlon county Salem. Paul R.
Hendricks: Stay ton, George R.
Duncan; . Woodeum, H. Overton.
Polk county Elmer Barn hart.
of Independence. - . '
: Linn county Victor Oliver.' of
Albany. "
Salem Lads Admit
Robbery Attempt
. . .
Ray Straw, Clyde Elsey
Arc Beaten off by
Umbrella
Salem .police yesterday obtained
a confession from Ray Straw. If,
and Clyde Elsey, II, to the armed
holdup of three women at Leslie
and Liberty streets at :29 p. m.
Thursday night, officers revealed.
The robbery, attempted in west
ern style with bandanas over the
lower portions of the boys' faces.
was a complete ."flop," officers
said. The boys fled after the ham
mer of the small calibre either
toy or .11 pistol they were using
fell and did not discharge. One
of the women, all ef whom wished
their names concealed, started
beating the gun brandishing youth
over the head with an umbrella
when she heard the click and the
gun failed to shoot. ,
The youths ' were taken Into
custody by " police yesterday. In
connection with, the holdup' of
Frank C. Me Far land. 2170 Hyde
street, at his home about 1:S0
Wednesday night. At the time of
arrest the youths .admitted this
crime.'
They 'were, bound .over to the
Juvenile court yesterday.
41st Division Said
Not Hawaii Bound
CAMP MURRAY, Oct.' H-VF)
There - la no "Immediate pros
pect cf the 41st division being
moved away from Camp Murray,
Major General George A.. White,
division commander; declared to-,
night on his return from a Wash
ington, DC. conference with the
army's general staff. : - - .
i Commenting on reports the 41st
composed of Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho, Montana and , Wyoni-
Lbjt guardsmen called up for a
year's . active service was going
to - be sent to Hawaii. General
White said; . . ; -
Vlt any transfer was contem
plated, I'd know it. There's noth
ing In the air. , '
The general aald he was In
formed by General George Mar
shall, chief of atalf, that. the 41st
would be increased to war-time
strength by the first ef the yetr
tLrough addition of approximately
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V
7illirie Aslis
fWhere Is the Defense
I System, the . Jobs ??! :
j f He Queries J.;
GrOP Norninec U Pleased
' to Receive Support
; of John Lewis -' '
; By WILLIAM B. ARDERT
WTLKES-BARRE, Pa.. Oct. 1S-
(AVWendeU L. Willkie, his voice
extremely hoarse from .outdoor
campaigning In damp ' weather.
said tonight he would like to have
President Roosevelt answer these
qaaationa in his next political
speeca: -
i "I ask him: Where Is this de
fense system that he said that we
needed back la 1114?
I ask him: Where are these
Jobs that he has been talking
about ever since 1133?
I ask him: How does he pro
pose to make America strong by
running us into debt?
I ask him: How does he pro
pose to Increase our earning
power so that we can sustain the
enormous debt that his adminis
tration has created?
Willkie advanced these aeries
In a nationwide radio broadcast at
the end of a day in which he made
a half-dozen outdoor talks in
southern New York and Pennsyl
vania and an evening address to
a cheering Wilkes-Barre audience.
He said they were not questions
of the dead peat" but were "some
of the questions of 1140."
His request for an answer In
the president's next political
speech was interpolated In his pre
pared text. To hold down' the
length of his talk, he omitted a
large section of his manuscript.
Hopes Roosevelt's
Memory Better
The republican presidential can
didate said la the broadcast, made
from his special train, that he
hoped Mr. Rooserelt would re
member longer than his pledges
(Turn to page I, col. g)
Lewis Talk Draws
Varied Reactions
CIO Followers Differimr
C7
on Whether to Trail
in Footsteps
(By The Associated Press)
Here la some of the comment
on John L. Lewis announcement
of support for Wendell Willkie
and opposition to reelection, ef
President - Roosevelt :
Chicago Daniel J. Tobln. aren-
eral president of the Internation
al. Brotherhood of Teamsters, an
American Federation of Labor
affiliate, and chairman of the na
tional democratic labor bureau.
said Lewis had aligned himself
with the "enemies of labor."
Detroit R 1 e h a r d Franken-
s teen, member of the United Au
tomobile workers executive
board. (CIO), said Lewis was
one of the finest men that ever
11 red" but that "for the first time
on a major issue I have to dis
agree with him." Another execu
tive board member. Leo. Lamotte.
aald that to him 'Lewis' "always
has been corect until p r o r e n
wrong and I don't think he's
wrong now."
Patterson, NJ Irving Abram-
son. first vice president of the
New Jersey state CIO, asserted
that Lewis had "betrayed organ
ized labor for the moaied Inter
ests of Wall Street. - -
New - York Michael J. OufiL
International - president , of the
Transport Workers Union (CIO),
tonight wired John L. Lewis: -
"Congratulations on your stand
In- refusing endorsement of Roo
sevelt tKrcause of his failure to
fulfill obligations and promises
to labor. I have full confidence
in your, leadership. -
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First A nzdes Reach Canada'
To Train for Air Battling
A WEST COAST CANADIAN
PORT, Get. 14-(CP)-The fighting
sons ef Australia and New 'Zea
land reached the shores of Canada
today, eager to win their, wings In
the empire's vast air training
scheme and get Into Britain's bat
tle for supremacy of European
skies.
Embryo pilots, sir gunners and
air observers the dark blue uni
forms of the Australians mingling
with the tlae-grcy of the New Ze
landers they arrived at this west
erly port tonight to the cheers of
hundreds. '
Tho bronxed young Asxact lift
ed their roiees in the catchy lir of
a march "We are the boys from
way down under" as 'their ship
slipped out of the darxness to
dock. The cheers that rolled back
from the spectators mingled with
the strains of the Royal Canadian
air force welcoming hand.
Arrival at this port marked the
end ef a 21-day sea voyage for the
- -
Roosevelt
President Is Denounced as a "Caesar
rrPWLose "BIotivationT
. , in Radio Address
Labor Leader Says' He Has Confidence,
in "Integrity and Honor" X
of WendeU Willkie .
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S( AP) Flatly and emphatic
ally endorsing1 Wendell L. Willkie for the presidency, John
LC Lewis announced tonight that he would resign as leader
of the CIO it orffsniied labor declines to follow his lead and
President Boosevelt is elected. . . t
"Sustain me now or repudiate me," he told his followers.
The labor leader denounced the president as a fCaesar,
said his "motivation and purpose" was "war," accused hira
of seeking" a concentration of power in his own hands, and;
said his reelection would be a "national evil of the first max-
Draftees Needn't
See Local Boards
Registrants not Required
to Hurry to Obtain
Serial Numbers
Are you a draftee?
Then you'll be glad to know
that you don't hare to go to Stay
ton, or Woodburn, or Dallas or
wherever your local draft board is
located and get the serial num
ber assigned you on your registra
tion card. '
"If s not required. said Colonel
Elmer V. Woo ton, Oregon seleo-
uve aerviee airtcior, last mgnc
response to many inquiries re
layed by The Statesman.
Selective service publicity re-
aed had Indicated last .week
that registrants were expected to
go immediately to their draft
boards and ascertain, their num
here.
The only number that matters.
as far as draft officials are con
cerned, is the number denoting the
order in which registrants will be
called on to answer questionnaires
and, If qualified, to report for mil
itary . training. Colonel Woo ton
Indicated yesterday. The list of
order numbers'will be made up
from the national draft lottery to
be conducted next week.
Lists ef the preliminary, or ser
ial numbers, are available at local
draft board offices, however, to
registrants Interested.
The 8alem board's lists are
available only during office hours,
on the armory bulletin board. W.
H. Moras, chief clerk, said. The
of flee will open at I: St o'clock
this morning.
An additional II names were
added to the local list yesterday,
bringing Salem's total to 8144. or
119 more than the number of reg
istrations made last week.
Dallas Boy Victim
In Grade Tragedy
ASHLAND. Ore-. Oct, ISHffV
A train-truck collision at the flel-
m street grade crossing killed
two men today. .
Wardell Dolley, 40, Klamath
Fella truck driver, died In a hos
pital shortly after the crash. Bis
companion, James Gerald Garner,
14. of Dallas and Klamath Falls.
was killed outright. -
Dolley was thrown SIS feet -by
the Impact and the truck, a Ma-son-Ehrman
company vehicle, was
carried 404 feet by the north
bound Southern Pacific passenger
train, r - - xr ; - ,
Coroner. Deputy Will M. Dodge
said an Inquest would . be held
Monday night. -
. . ...
"boys . front ; down - nader.. they
marched off the ship and lined ap
tor Inspection by' Lt. 1 Governor
Eric W. Hainber of British Colum
bia. G. G. MeGeer,' Vancouver
member of parliament represent
ing the Dominiol government, and
Air Commodore A. E. Godfrey,
head of th RCAF , western air
command.' " : ""; " ; -
The New Zealanders represent
ed the Crit contribution front that
dominion- under the empire air
training plan. A previous contin
gent of Australlana arrived here
recently some of them brothers
and pals ef the boys who arrived
today. , " .
.The Anues had little to say ex
cept to express the unanlmoos
opinion tilt the sooner they get
into the war the better. - Some al
ready hare Hying experience and
are coining . to. Canada -for ad
vanced tralr. ethers have been
in the service only two months.
ice
. ....
ins
-nltude." America he added
"needs no superman, and "wants
no royal family.
He said that WClkle. ea ther
other hand, had aald he would ead;
unemployment, enforce the rlghtL
of labor to organise, and pro mete
collective bargaining, if WClkle'
is elected, he said, "this task canl
and will be done. He had "cea-4
ftdence. he aald. In Winkle's ln-j
tegrity end honor. - j
The labor leader, who suf port-4
ed Mr. Roosevelt tour years are,'
spoke from his office in the head-i
quarters of the United Mlaen
Workers here, snrreuaded by his
family and a few newspaper pee j
pie. His speech, broadcast ever an,
unusually large network of ste-l
tlons, was sponsored and paid tor
by the national committee of dem
ocrats for wnilte.-- - ?
Appealing to prospective :
eea, Lewis' saldlfj'-' -r
-"Tou. who may be about te die
in a foreign war,-created at thai
whim of an international meddler,; ,
should yon salute your Caeearr 1st
cold, common sesse,- I- think yeav
should Tote for Willkie." i
He appealed too to labor, te thai
farmers, to youth, and ether
groups, and aald Mr. Roosevelt
had failed to solve the nation's,
economic troubles.
Wlre now Are
the Teaxa-
It is authoritatively stated."
he said, "that !.. people
In the United States are able to
spend only five cents per meal per
person. . . . This In a land of plen
ty, with its agric altera! granaries
overflowing with surplus farm
commodities, which the farmer hi
aaable to selL Where now are tho
tears for the m-housed. LU
clothed and Ill-fed T-
If MrT Rooeevtl Is re-elected, kef
aald, It win mean that the mesn
bers of the Congress ef Industrial!
Organisations have rejected myT
advice and recommendation, tl
win accept the result as beiag the,
equivalent of a vote of no conQ-
denee and will retire as preaidest
of the Congress of Industrial Or-j
ganixations at Its convention tn
November. I
No nation, he aald. "should:
lightly endow any politician or .
statesman with a brief of aatkor
ity that, for all practical purposes
runs in perpetuity.
"Our forbears, he added, "paldt
the price In blood, agony, priva-j
tlon and sorrow, requisite for tho
building of this republic ' " i
'Are we now to east away thai ,
priceless liberty, which Is our her- -ltagef
Arewe to yield to the ep-i
petite lor power and the vauatlag
ambitions of a man who piers Utti
the Uvea of human beings for
pastime? ,V.. ' ,.,. . . '
"If President Roosevelt Is ret :
establlahed la office In the forth
coming election, he will answer to
no man. Including the congress,
for his executive acts, that may
create a dictatorship In this lanaVT
Enumerates Beacons f
For Opposition
Lewis enumerated a list ef ree
aons for his opposition to Mr,
Roosevelt's reelection. .
' The first; ho said, is that hie
"motivation and objective . is
"war. Of the third term Issue,
he aaldr "America needs . no
superman. . : . .
Quoting from a speech he made .
tn January of this year saying ;
that a coalition, had been formed
between .labor and: the admiaV.
stration. : and that a "political
coalition presuppose- a pre-elee
tion good faith between the eoaV
ITurn to page Z, coL. l
Chief Broadcasts
On Campaign :
Are Listed ; -
. : Major -r broairaats - o can
pain lasnce scheduled for U
Cat i . .' . " - '
6:154:83 p. m. CordeH
Hall for rtooeerelt, KEX. - . , j
C:45-7:13 p. m. Senator r
Vandenbers for Willi JCon?. j
8:SCW:15 p: na. -Wde2
wniic, KiiT. , . ; - - !
0: 15-3: 43 p. cw Equator I
Xorria for noeevelt, KGVT. f
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