PACK EIGHT
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OKECON. PUNDAY. AUGUST 1?. 1940.
Willkie Urges Some
Form Conscription;
New Deal Blasted
Elwood, Ind.. Aug. 17 yP
Here is the text of the speech
In which Wendell L. Willkie
formally accepted the Republi
can presidential nomination
here today.
- The ceremony of an acceptance
speecb la a tradition of our pioneer
put before the days of rapid com
munication. You all know that I
accepted at Philadelphia the nomina
tion of the Republican party for
president of the United States. But
1 take pride In the tradiuona and
not In change for the mere aake of
overthrowing precedeuta.
An acceptance epeech la a candi
date's keynote, a declaration of hit
broad principles. 1 cannot possibly
review the Issues in detail. I shall,
however, cover each of them frankly
during this campaign. Hen I give
you an outline of the political philo
sophy that Is In my heart.
Outlines Folltlcal Philosophy
We are bera today to represent a
acred cause the . preservation of
American Democracy.
Obviously. I cannot lead thla causa
alone. I need the help of every Amer
icanRepublican, Democrat or luc
pendent Jew. Catholic, or Protectant
people of every color, creed and
race. Party ilnea are down. Nothing
could make that clearer tban the
nomination by the Republicans of a
liberal Democrat wbu changed bis
party affiliation because be found
democracy In the Kepuoucan party
and not In the uew deal party.
And aa the leader of the Republl
can party let me say this. We go Into
our campaign as into a crusaoe
Revitalised and re-united, and Joined
by mlllloua who shsre In our cause,
wa dedicate ourselves to the prin
ciples of American liberty, and we
sball fight Una campaign on the
peels of those prlnclplea, not on the
bails of bate, Jealousy, or persousll
tles. The leaders of the Republican
party. In congress snd in the party
organisation, have made me that
pledge. 1 have given that pledge to
them. And I eitend it to au wno
will Join In thla cause. Whst we
need In this country Is a new leader
ship that believes In the destiny of
America. I represent here todsy the
forces that will bring that leadership
to you.
Bounds Pledge
There is a speclsl resaon why !
bava come back to Elwood, Indiana,
to make this acceptance epeech. t
have an engagement to keep In this
town. It waa made a long time ago
with a young man 1 knew.
Thla young man waa born and
raised In Elwood. He attended the
Elwood publlo schools. Ho worked In
your factories and stores. He atarted
the practice ol law In your courts
Aa 1 look back upon him, I realise
that he bad plenty of faults. But be
bad also three steadfast convictions.
Ha wss devoted to the Ideal of Indi
vidual liberty. He bated all apeclal
privileges and forma oi oppression.
And bs knaw without any doubt that
the greatest country on earth was
the United Stews of Amertcs.
That boy waa myself thirty-five
yeara ago. I still adhere to those
convictions. To him, to his genera
tion, to bis elders, and to the youth
of today 1 pledge my word that I
shall naver let them down.
In former deys America wss de
scribed aa a country In which any
young man might become president.
It Is still thst kind ol country. The
thousands ol my fellow townsmen
standing hereabout know how distant
seemed that opportunity to me thirty
years ego. We must light to preserve
America aa a country 111 which every
girl and boy has every opportunity
for any achievement.
taltlt In Future
To the mllllona of our young men
and women who have been deliber
ately dlalllusloned by the polltlcsl
Influences I now oppose; to the mll
llona who no longer believe In the
future ot their lend to them 1 wsnt
to say in all humility thla boy 1
knew atarted like you. without money
or position; but,
America gave biro the opportunity
for a career. I aant to assure a sim
ilar opportunity to svery boy and girl
of today who is willing to stsnd on
bis own feet, and work, and light.
Plrturee family Tree
I have more reason thsn most ol
you to leel strongly shout this be
causa the Uulfd Btetee gave to my
femlly their met chance lor a (ree
life. The aucestora of both my tether
and my mother, like the ancestore o!
millions ol Americana, lived In cen
tral Europe. They were humble
people not members of ths ruling or
eslthy clssees. Their opportunities
mere reeirlcted by discriminatory
laws snd clsss distinctions. One i
esUed because of bla religion; anoth
er was persecuted because he believed
In the principles of ths rrench revo
lution; snd still snother wss Jelled
for Insisting on the right ol tree
epeech.
As their descendsnt, I heve fought
from boyhood sasiut all those re
strictions, dlscrtmlnsllons and tyran
nies. And I am still lighting.
- My grsndparenu lived In Oermeny
They were euppurters of the demo
cratic revotutlone In thst country,
and when the revolutione fsilrd they
fled to the United Htslea. How la
mlUar that sounds! Todsy, sleo.
people are being oppressed In Europe.
The story ol the bsrbsrous and worse
than medlevel persecution of tf
Jews a race thst hss done so much
to improve the culture of three coun
tries and our own Is the must treble
In human history, today there are
millions of retugeee who desire eetic
tusry snd opportunity In America.
Just sj In my irsndpsrente' time.
The protection of our own putor snd
agriculture prevente us (rum admit
ting more thsu a few of them. But
their misery and Buffering make us
resolve to preeerve our country aa a
land free of ham and bitterness, of
racial and clasa dlstmcuon. 1 pledge
you that kind of America.
Dad, Indiana pioneer
sly mother ass born In this coun
try. My fnther ass three or lour
years old when bis parents settled In
northern Indiana It waa then a
trackless forest. Aa a young man he
helped to clear that forest. He worked
hia way through the Port Wayne
Methodist college, taught school, and
became superintendent of school!
here In Elwood. My mother waa also
a school tescher. Whenever they bed
time, they both studied lsw and
eventually both took up the practice
of law. I doubt If any two people ever
appreciated or loved thla country
mora than they.
As you who lived here with them
well know, they were fiercely Demo
cratic. They hated oppreealoo. autoc
racy, or arbitrary control of any kind.
They believed In the qualltlea that
have made America great. At school
they taught those virtues to msny of
you who art here todsy. At home
they taught them to their children.
It Is a tribute to tbslr teaching that
when the United states entered the
World war In 1917. three of their four
boys were volunteers, in the uniform
of the American forcca, within one
month after war waa declared. They
withheld no sacrifices for the preaer
vatlon of the America of 101T. In an
even mora dans-eroue world, wa must
not withhold any sacrifice necessary
for the preaervatlon of the America of
today.
No World Isolation
Today we meet In a typical Amer
ican town. The quiet etreete. the
pleasant fields that Us outside, tba
people going casually about their
buslnees, ssem far removed from tha
shattered cltlee, the gutted buildings,
and the stricken people of Europe,
it Is bsrd for us to realise that the
war In Europe can affect our dally
Uvea. Instlnctlvsl7 wa turn aalde
from tha recurring confllcta over
there, tha dlplomatlo Intrigue, tha
shifts of power that the laat war
failed to and.
Tot Instinctively also ws know
thst we art not laolated from those
suffering people. Wa live in the same
world aa they, and we are created in
the asms Image. In all the democra
cies thst bsve recently fallen, the
people Wf re living the eeme peaceful
lives that we live. They had aimilar
Idesls of buman freedom. Their
methods of trade and exchange were
tlmllsr to ours. Try ss wa will, wt
cannot brush the pitiless picture of
their destruction from our vision,
or escape the profound effecta of It
upon the world In which wa live.
Telia Foreign Policy
No man la so wise ss to foresee
whet the future holds or to lsy out
a plsn for It. No man can guarantee
to maintain peace. Peace la not
something thst a nation can achlovs
by Itself. It slso depends on what
some other country does. It Is neither
practical, nor desirable, to adopt a
foreign program committing the
united otetea to future action under
unknown circumstances. .
The best we can do la to decide
what principle shall guide us.
sclerdie sen Ire Fstorrd
Pot ms, that principle csn be sim
ply defined:
In the foreign policy of the United
Statee. as In Its domestlo policy, I
would do everything to defend Amer
lesn democracy and I would refrain
from doing anything that would
Injure It.
We must not permit our emotions
our sympathies or hatreds to
move ue from thst fised principle.
ror instsnce. we must not shirk
ths necessity of prrpering our sons
to tske care of themselves In case the
defense of America lends to war. I
shsll not undertake to analyne the
leglalatton on thla subject that Is
now before congress, or to exsmlns
the Intentions of the sdministratlon
with regard to It. I concur with msny
members of my party, that these In
tentions must be closely watched.
Nevertheless In spite of these consld
eratlona, I csnnot aak tha American
people to put their faith In me. with
out recording my conviction that
some lorm of selective servtcs Is the
only democratic ay In which to
secure the trained and competent
manpower wa need for national do
fenae. Britain a Bulwark
, Also, In the light ol my principle,
we must honestly fsce our relstiou
shlp with Orest Brllsln. We must
sdmlt thst ths loss of the British
fleet would greatly wesken our de
fense. This Is becsuse the British
fleet hss tor yesrs controlled the Au
Isntlc, leaving ua free to concentrate
In the Pacific. If the British fleet
were loel or captured, the Atlantic
might be dominated by Oermany, a
power hostile to our wsy of life, con
trolling in thst event most of the
ships snd htpbulldlng fscllltles of
Europe.
This would be celsmlty for ua. We
might be exposed to attack on the
Atlantic. Our defense would be weak
ened until we could build a navy and
airlotve strong enough to defend
both casta. Also, our foreign trsde
a-ould be profoundly affected. That
trade la vital to our prosperity. But
If we had to trade with a Europe
dominated by tha present Oermsn
trade policies, ws might hsva to
change our methods to some totall
tarlan form. Thla la a prospect that
any lover of democracy must view
with consternstlon.
The objective of America la in the
opposite direction. We must. In the
long run. rebuild a world In whlcb
we can lite and more and do busl
liese In the deinocrellc way.
Agrees Ultn F. It. A. In Part
The president of the United States
receutly said: "We win extend to
the opponents of force the material
resources of this ustlon. snd st the
seme time e will herueas tile yse
ol those resources in order thst we
ourseles. In ths Amerlcss. msy hse
equipment snd training equel to the
task of any emergency and every
defense."
I should like to state thst 1 sm In
sgreement with these two prlnclplea.
ss 1 understand them snd I don t
understand them aa implying mili
tary involvement In the present hos
tilities. Aa an American rltlsen I am
glad to pledge my aholehearted sup
port to tha president In whsKrer
action bs msy tske In accordance
with these prlnclplea.
But 1 cannot follow tha president
in bla conduct of foreign affaire In
thla critical time. There bava been
occasions when msny of us bave
wondered If he la deliberately Incit
ing ua to war. t trust that 1 bave
made it pissn that in tba defense ot
America, and or our llbertlea. I
should not besitste to aund for war
But like a great many other Ameri
cana 1 asw whst wsr waa Ilka at flrat
hand In 1917. t know what war can
do to demoralise civil Ubertlea at
home. And I believe It to be the
flrat duty of a president to try to
maintain peace.
Hits Meddling
But Mr. Roosevelt bea not done
this. Ha haa dabbled In Inflammatory
statements and manufactured panics
Of course, we In America like to
spesk our minds freely, but thla doea
not, mean that at a critical period In
history our president should csuss
bitterness snd confusion for the sske
ot a little polltlcsl oratory. The
preatdent a attacka on foreign powera
nave been useless and dangeroua.
Ho haa courted a war for whlcb the
country is hopelessly unprepared
and which It emphatically doea not
want. He haa secretly meddled In the
affalra of Europe, end ha haa even
unscrupulously encouraged other
countries to hope for more belp than
wo are able to give.
"Walk aoftly and carry a big atlck"
waa the motto of Theodore Roosevelt.
It Is still good Amsrlcan doctrine for
1940. Under the present administra
tion the country hss been placed In
the false position of shouting Insults
BY LAND AND SEA
Father crlls "To brims
HIM HIS PIPE FROM frit
SIDEBOARD IN THE
DlrJlrvS ROOM
BY aiMBlWS SOFA,
WHICH HAS BECOME A
MOUNTAIN KAN6E,
MAKE A SAFE PAS4ASF
TO FARTHER 6H0RE
I ftrf.i.eH (,y Tie Belt t.Min'i Inr i 819 j j
TAILSPIN TOMMY Snarodl
A" ArtMBO plan. Ms Attack! o T thahj - okay, ted.' Tell him V" 7 look, tom.' X I F what a man 1
TeVii''.-"0'".-1 li-OHfc AHt.R. ( WELL LAND WE'VE K 7W ( T M 6 "i'5 A J4) TMAT BARON
MAS BEEN KILLED... AND NOW .7-aO I GOT TO CON SID 6 fl THE VSUSMAtLINi , Oi, IVON HAPSEIG IS
I V SAFETY" OP OUR. JW tVV' r0OWN THedEJ ciZf' )H6 P10URE0-
V Ahoy, clipp-. --v AiASS engehs wTV) d vtv " Ki - v - "f i-i I it to the exact
t shV..we shall VY IL--J- A AC ( A lonoV.,0
V j give you oust K -I--- "TY : 7. vXfevC, )w V , A L LONGITU-E r
rL QN THE CLIPPER'S COCKPIT, ll! I Jf iL
'.T TOMMY i,K6$ f. SANE , .l .Jwa.., SSs4?' 5""-'
- 1 . . ' t-N I but kecuctaht decision I j - r,rV&ZV?!z. f felsTer-pesT
BEN WEBSTER 8 CAREER-Offe, Accepted Bt EDWIN ALGER
f WEL-' THIS IS THE DOflSON'EST " 7 COME TO THINK CP IT, A4E 1 16T ME SEE, NOW TIM'S VgjJ I CAM I WHV...WHO ARE VOUT '
I PLACE I EVER WOCKE0, BRIAR! I THEV SO STRANGE AFTE.R ALL? fci 3 M LAST WORD'S WERE FOR WT HELP YOU, fl NEW BOV AROUND I
1 I MR. CLANCY SURE HAS SOME 1 GOSHl I THINK lM GONO I I ME TO MAKE MVSELF fl MISTER? yl HERE? SURE VOU i-'
7 V THE STRANGEST IDEAS, BUT- V7? IIKE IT HBRBI USEFUL-JtY "N. HELP ME1"
THE NEBBS The Pes!
By SOL HESrt
MR.NEPS, WILL VOUrV'1 AROUMO ThE. WORLDS f TwECEL'S KlO OTME'i tUELTVlW "N flF VMWATVOL) SAY S tdueXWELL INCREASE IwOuStbvM
PILLS REALLY DO N"TW i NO OTWEC POWER BUT ( VS..LL PRODUCE HA.LP TmE POWER volVL PUT TSjSAkjOS BY SiSHfft CMP ftlra
aftt 7 VrcMOMSTRATl X K 2-ELClSH COCTUNE: VOO'Ll. ) FATHER'S B5MM ANO 6SWDM
WeVTH S VrX ,r a VJLV5 V0 HUNSER.'- UVE WITHOUT ExEROSiMG 7
snd not even beginning to prepare
to take the conaequencea.
Confidence Lark Told
But while he baa tbua been quick
to tell other nattona what they ought
to do, Mr. Roosevelt bsa been slow to
take tha American people Into bla
confidence. He haa heeilated to re
port facta, to explain situations, or
to define reellstlc objectlvee. The
confusion in tho nations mind haa
been largely due to this lack of In
formation from tho Wblte House.
Would tee Candor
Aa prealdent. I plan to reverse both
of these policies. I should threaten
foreign governments only when our
country waa threatened by them and
when I waa ready to act; and 1
should consider our diplomacy aa
part of tha people a business con
cerning whlcb they were entitled to
prompt and frank re porta to tha
limit of practicability.
Candor In these times la the hope
of democracy. Wo must not kid our
selves sny longsr. We must begin to
tell ourselves tho truth right bore
and right now.
Wo have been sitting aa spectators
of a great tragedy. Tha action on the
stage of history haa been relentless.
Por Instance, tba French people
were Just aa brave and Intelligent aa
the Oermana. Their armies were con
sidered the best In tho world. Prenoe
and her allies won tba last war. They
possessed all tha material resources
they needed. They had wealtb and
reaervea of credit all over the earth.
Yet tho Germans crushed Prance 11 Xe
an eggshell.
(Continued on Page Ton.)
FETLS THAI ANY ERRAND
CAN BE MADE iNTERESf
1N6 AND IMA6INES fHtfT
RU6S ARE DRV LAND AVD
BARE FiOOR TriE OCEAN
JUMPS FROM
RU6
BUT 15 CONFRONTED
WITH A LIMITLESS
STRETCH OF 5EA BE'
'TWEEN LAST RU6
AND THE SIDEBOARD
S0Ll4 THE DIFFICULT"
BV CONVERTING FOOT
STOOL INTO A BOAT
On the Radio Chains
STtltONS
erhere to find Ibiu on tho Dial:
B.LX. M6U. fori Im lid; Itrl. 40.
oe Angeles; huh, 1470. Spokane
gtfU. leu. San t'ran.lsro; kl.W
iiO. Portland K4K. :. arallle:
kSt. IUM. U Anielee; kilt SJ41
Oenter; fcol.V t4u. Prtlsnd:
HOMO tf'M eatlle; SHI. 630 sn
Frsnrlwo; Kl., 1130, fslt lake.
Sunday
t oo Bummer Hour, KNX, KL
KOIN; Manhattan Merry Oo Round.
KPO. KGW; Our Musical Herltege.
KEX-
ft 30 Album of Familiar Music.
KPO. KOW: Paul Carson. KGO. KEX
6 00 Take It or Leave It, KSL.
KOIN; Ooodwlll Hour, KOO, KEX.
KJR.
30 Carnival. KPO. KOW: Orsnt
Psrk Concert, KOIN. KSL. KNX.
7:00 Chsnsonette. KaO. KEX;
Regsl Amblings. KPO; Crime Doctor.
KNX, KOIN: Stock's Orch.. KOW:
News. KSL.
7:30 Wsgon Dsys. KPO: Chester's
Orch.. KOW: Kenny's Orch, KOO.
KJR: Crosby's Orch, KNX.
1:00 Busses Orch, KOIN: Kslten
born, KPO. KOW.
8 30 Elliott's Orch, KOIN; Sports
Newsreel, KOO, KEX, KJR; Night
Editor, KJO. KOW.
8:00 Bheltons Orch, KPO. KOW;
Dane Orch, KNX; Bnelton'e Orch,
KOO. KJR.
0:80 Chvne'e Orch, KOMO; Sane
tusry, KOO. KEX; Agullsr'a Orch,
KNX, KOIN.
10:00 Harpa's Orch, KOO, KJR.
KEX; Reporter. KPO, KGW.
By C.LUYAS WILLIAMS
RUfc - fO
REACHES SPACE IbO
WIDE 1b JUMP. GOES
BACK AROUN'D ROM,
SEEKIN6 T.K.V ROUfE
HEAR6 FATHER SHOUT
TO HDRRV UP, Aril?
WAPES WITH PIPE
RKbvtf THR0U6H THE
OCEAN
to SO Martina Orch.. KOO: Csm-era-
Club. KNX, KOIN.
11.00 News. KOO: Nottingham's
Orch.. KPO, ROW; Orgsnlst, KZX
Van e Orch, KOIN.
Monday
( 00 Forecast. KSL. KNX. KOIN:
Quia Program. KPO. KOW; Green
Hornet, KGO. KEX. KJR
6 SO Martina Music. KOO. KJR.
KEX; Paul Carson. KPO-
6:00 News. KEX: Hour. KPO.
KOW; Rlcardo. KOO: Lombardo's
Orch, KNX. KOIN, KSL.
30 Burns and Allen. KPO. KGW;
Blondle. KNX, KSL, KOIN: Adven
ture in Reading. KGO. KEX.
1 00 Amos and Andy, KNX. KSL.
KOIN: Fred Waring, KPO, KGW:
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
famous glass mater,
PRODUCE!?
& ftiicroN mo OWNED Bi,
C0LUM&IP UNlVEKSilY
tf PAY$ 6UUM0I& U. $3,ooo,o'oo
WW. FEVSRTTbTHE SCHOOL WITHOUT
Afl& ATTCrVreP ISA
l CHIRPIN6 0PA
MAW- CRlcm
RICHEST CAMPUS
In 1801 Dr. David He-sack, professor of botany at Columbia University, purchased a num
ber of unwanted New York City lots. He tried to develop the land as a botanic garden, but
was forced to sell the property to the state of New York.
The botanic garden property was ultimately given to Columbia University In 1814 and
leasing it proved a source of trouble. Today, strange as it seems, it is the site of the $92,173.
900 Rockefeller Center which annually pays Columbia U. more than $3,000,000 rental. Ac
cording to the present lease, the property and buildings in 2025 revert to Columbia without
charge.
Monday: Smoke Jumpers.
Three Sons, KGO. KEX.
7:30 Washington Merry -Oo-Round.
KOO, KEX. KJR: Where and When.
KPO, KGW; Smoking Time, KNX.
KL. KOIN.
8.00 Show Boat. KPO. KGW; Pass
ing Parade, KGO; Kemp's Orch,
KOIN.
B :30 Hawthorne House. KPO.
KOW; King's Orch, KOIN, KSL
KNX: Richards Orch, KEX. KJR
00 Paul Sulllvsn. KSL. KNX.
KOIN: Uj'le Ol' Hollywood. KEX:
Claastca for Today. KPO, KGW.
:30 Cisne'e Orch.. KOO. KEX:
Lofnera Orcb, KNX; News. KJR.
10:00 Crosby's Orch, KNX. KSL;
Reporter. KPO. KGW: Dsnclng With
Clancy. KGO. KJR. KEX.
great Irish statesman,
WtefHS 6MH9S0N
PF COMMODORE
(Old IvnsiJes)
ibl at. u. a rsi. os-au rttau hwiis
10:30 Music by Woodbury. KOMO;
Duchln's Orch. KGO. KEX. KJH;
Sportsmen s News. KPO; Kent a Orcb.
KOIN.
(1 :00 Blltmore Boys Orch, KPO;
This Moving World, KEX: Clsrk
Ross. KOIN, KSL; News, KOO, KOW.
KNX
Italian Dead, 2,052
Rome, Aug. 17. .-TV-Italy
published a casualty lis today
showing 2.052 killed since gha
entered the war. In the second
half of July 41 men died of
wounds from the fiehting in
France and 95 were killed in
Africa.
by JOHN MX
HAL FORREST
17 - 'SB
v -m i i
M -
By