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Willkie Wins Press
With Humaneness
And Sincerity
Candid Talk, With No
Qualifying Phrases,
Impresses Writers
By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2!).—The
big news in Philadelphia yesterday
was not the completion of the ticket
nor the almost obvious choice of
national committeemen. The big
news was a press conference before
which Wendell Willkie presided in
the ballroom of the Warwick Hotel.
Here were gathered 400 or 500 news
papermen and cameramen. They
had wait almost an hour. They
were diverted for a moment or two
by a foolish and ill-advised appear
ance of young Phillip W'illkie, who
was ushered before the mob, scared
and pale and doing his best—looking
like one about to be hanged. Some
one blundered—probably not the
W’illkie family—when he was sent
in to amuse the waiting reporters.
The poor kid was shunted out of the
way quickly by the stage managers
and after a little time his father
appeared.
"How he reminds one of Borah,”
one heard from every hand from
men who had not seen him before—
shaggy, large and smiling, full of a
friendliness that even the Klieg
lights of the cameramen, which
bleared his gray and ingratiating
eyes for a moment, could not erase.
His disarming grin electrified the
room. Obviously the reporters fell
for him. He is like A1 Smith in this
respect—if you are going to be his
enemy you must avoid him.
Unsophisticated Pleasure.
What he said, of course, was said
With a Midwestern accent—it was
almost a drawl. His "rs” were hard
and he called "ahms'’ arms and
spoke of his "fahm.” where he will
be officially notified as his "farm.’
And he had the Middle Westerner's
obvious unsophisticated pleasure in
himself, pleasure which is not van
ity, but a comradely sense of equal
ity.
What he said was, of course, can
did and not off the record. He
used no qualifying phrases, no dead
ening qualifications when he made
a statement. It was "aye-aye" and
"nay-nay.” He said, "Of course, I
am for the Hatch bill and shall ask
our committee to impose its re
strictions on our campaign whether
the bill passes or not and I hope it
will pass." He spoke the direct
Kansas language of the prairies. He
said, “I want to limit all contribu
tions to my campaign to $5,000. I
want lots of small contributors;
this is a people's movement. They :
should pay for it.” He was not1
hypocritical. He really believed it
and made the reporters believe that,
he believed it.
Muffs No Questions.
He W'as not above a wisecrack.
President Roosevelt had said early !
yesterday he would like to talk over
with Mr. Willkie our defense plans.
When the reporters asked the Re
publican candidate about the Presi
dent's proposed conference, he said,
"Sure, I will be glad to see him
and talk things over. I have al
ways believed a man should be cour
teous to his predecessor,” And the
laugh of the 500 reporters amused
him and he laughed back, Groton
and Harvard, Lawrenceville and
Princeton. Harkness and Yale would
hardly do that. Mr. Willkie muffed
no questions. When he didn't want
to talk he said so. When he couldn't
talk on any subject he said so and
explained why. He w>as cordial,
frank, human. The bulldog asperity
of Thomas E. Dewey and the bird
dog seriousness and self-conscious
ness of Senator Taft had no coun
terpart in the big, Newfoundland,
romping, glad-eyed nozzling of this
Indiana thoroughbred.
It was above everything a Mid
western show of a man who knew
many answers and was not ashamed
to acknowledge it when he didn't
know an answer; no vanity, no
pompous pride.
What a show he will make in this
campaign They will flock to see
him as to a circus all across the
land. It may be curiosity which
draws crowds. Curiosity often fools
politicians. They think it carries
conversion. But in Wendell Willkie’s
case his circus crowds really may
believe what he says. There can be
no doubt that here is a man who
can sell soap. He sold his line to
these reporters. It was a great job.
It was the news of the day. They
did not feel kindly +oward him be
cause they felt sorry for him, but
because he was their kind and they
were a bit proud of him.
(Released by the North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.)
Rome-Berlin Rivalry
Seen as Aid fo Turkey
By the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, June 29. — Turkey
looked today to rivalry between the
Rome-Berlin axis and Soviet Russia
as her chief hope of retaining con
trol of the Dardanelles and the
Bosporus, gateway from the Black
Sea to the Mediterranean.
Political circles, awaiting some
Indication of whether Russia would
go further toward the straits after
taking Bessarabia from Rumania,
expressed hope that the interest of
Germany and Italy in the Dar
danelles w’ould lead them to curb
possible Soviet aspirations in that
direction.
It is this conflict of interests
which has enabled Turkey to hold
on to the Dardanelles in the past.
Turkish newspapers gave new as
surances today of the country’s
friendship toward Russia, empha
sizing that Turkey had not entered
the war against Germany and Italy
out of consideration for the Soviet
Union.
British Group Leaves
To Make Film in Canada
By tht Associated Press.
LONDON, June 29.—Elisabeth
Bergner and a group of motion pic
ture actors and technicians left to
day for Canada to make a British
government war film.
It was reported here that Charles
Boyer, a Frenchman, would go to
Canada from Hollywood to play
opposite Miss Bergner, Viennese
actress. •
HOLLYWOOD, June 29 <JP).—
Charles Boyer, reported in London
as the leading man in a British gov
ernment war film to be made soon
In Canada, said last night he had
not been approached on any such
film venture and knew nothing of it.
PHILADELPHIA.—WILLKIE GREETS CONVENTION—With a shower of confetti falling over them,
Wendell L. Willkie, Republican presidential nominee, and Mrs. Willkie are shown as they greeted
a hysterically screaming crowd at the Republican convention yesterday. —A. P. Wirephoto.
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Text of Willkie's Address
Nominee Pledged to Continue Fight
For Ideals of America
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. June 29 —
Following is the text of the ad
dress made yesterday afternoon
by Wendell Willkie. presidential
nominee, before the Republican
National Convention:
“I doubt if in all history of Ameri
can political conventions any con
vention has ever been presided over
with more impartiality, more fair
ness and more ability than this one
has been presided over by Joe Mar
tin.
“I want to say to the members of
this convention that as your norm-,
nee I stand before you without a
single pledge, promise or under
standing of any kind except for the •
advancement of your cause and the
preservation of American demo
cracy.
“It is a moving and appealing and
almost overwhelming thing to be
the nominee of a great free conven
tion of this kind.
“I doubt if any man who has not
experienced it could imagine and
understand the full import of the
emotion it brings to one when such
obligations comes to him.
Deep Sense of Dedication.
“I wanted to come here to you
this afternoon, not to discuss poli
cies or principles, but merely to
thank you. to express my apprecia
tion and to tell you of the deep
sense of dedication I feel to the
cause that you have asked me to
lead.
“Democracy and our way of life is
facing the most crucial test it has
ever faced in all its long history;
and we here are not Republicans,
alone, but Americans, to dedicate
ourselves to the democratic way of
life in the United States because
here stands the last firm, untouched
foothold of freedom in all the world.
“And as your nominee I expect to
conduct a crusading, aggressive,
fighting campaign to bring unity to
America, to bring the unity of labor
and capital, agriculture and manu
facturer, farmer and worker, and
all classes to this great cause of
the preservation of freedom.
Common Purpose.
“I think as one who has been a
member of each of those classes in
the course of my brief life, I under
stand that in America we all have
a common purpose at this time that
this way of life shall not pass from
this earth. For the rehabilitation
of American economy: for the build
ing of an adequate defense so that
no dictator, however strong, mav
seek to strike; for the unity of our
people; for calling again America
to its great tradition of progress.
I pledge myself to you, and I ask
each of you to join with me in this
great crusade.
“Forty-eight days ago. and only
48 days ago. I started out to preach
to the American people the. doctrine
of unity, the doctrine of the destiny
of America, and the fact that I am
the nominee of this convention at
this time proves conclusively how
appealing is this simple doctrine to
the American people.
“So you Republicans I call upon
you to join me. help me. The cause
is great. We must win. We can
not fail if we stand together in one
united fight. I thank you.
“Now I am going to sleep for a
week!”
G. 0. P. I
'Continued From First Page.) I
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in his hand and to promise “a
crusading, aggressive, fighting cam
paign to bring unity to America.”
Confetti sifted down from air
conditioning vents. It clung to his
smiling, perspiring face: was tangled
into the wavy locks of his hair, lay
in heaps on the platform.
But Mr. Willkie paid no attention
as he made a short speech.
"I understand that in America |
we all have a common purpose at,
this time that this way of life shall
not pass from this earth,” he said.
“For the rehabilitation of Ameri
can economy, for the building of an
adequate defense so that no dictator,
i however strong, may seek to strike;
! for the unity of our people; for call
ing again America to its great tra- |
dition of progress. I pledge myself
! to you and I ask each of you to join
with me in this great crusade.”
Besieged at Hotel.
Through the evening he was be
sieged at his hotel by delegates
seeking a word with the nominee,
by leaders come to discuss campaign
plans, by persons hoping to catch a
; glimpse of the man who had per
formed a political miracle and by a
quick rub of the lamp been trans
formed from a big business man
into a presidential nominee.
His vice presidential running mate
was in Washington. From there,
Senator McNary had given consent
“like a good soldier” to make the
race, though he said he much pre
ferred to be a member of the Senate
than to have to spank it to order
with a gavel.
Once Senator McNary's consent
had been gained, the nomination
was achieved quickly in one ballot.
Representative Dewey Short of Mis
souri got a complimentary vote, but
Mr. Short himself came to the plat
form to thank the delegates, with
drew his name with an explosion of
oratory and moved that the McNary
nomination be made unanimous. It
was.
Then a few formalities were com
pleted before the 1940 convention
was trundled into the history books.
Each State presented the names of
the man and woman it had selected
to represent it on the national
committee. The convention em
powered the committee to act with
full authority for the party until its
1944 convention. A resolution
thanked Representative Joseph W
Martin of Massachusetts for his
work as permanent chairman.
Convention Ended.
Mr. Willkie. who a few minutes
before had been standing on the
platform with Mrs. Willkie. left the
hall. Chairman John Hamilton
stepped forward to move sine die
adjournment.
The motion carried with a spatter
of “ayes.” Delegates already were
turning away. The beat of feet
against the concrete runways be
came a steady, continuing sound.
State standards, tipped with ele
phants holding American flags in
trumpeting trunks, were overturned.
Workmen moved in to clear up the
Utter of badges, torn paper, confetti
and balloons.
Two hours later taxicabs without
passengers could be found in front
of the hall. The 1940 convention
was over.
Destroyer Survivors Tell
Of 'Navigation Miracle'
B* the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 29.—Survivors of
the sinking of the Canadian de
stroyer Fraser after a collision off
Bordeaux said today the skipper of
another Canadian destroyer had per
formed a "miracle of navigation” to
save them in the inky darkness.
Steaming close to the broken
Fraser, the rescuing vessel took up
wards of 50 officers and men from
the section of the Fraser which re
mained afloat, the survivors said.
Then, risking enemy gunfire, she
turned her searchlights on the tum
bling seas where men, coated with
oil from the Fraser's tanks, tossed in
lifebelts.
The tragedy cost probably 45 lives.
American telephone equipment
may be introduced into Arabia.
McNary Ballot
How States Voted
At Convention
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 29.—Here
is the first ballot which chose Sen- |
ator McNary yesterday as Repub- ;
lican vice presidential nominee:
13 Alabama—13 McNary.
6 Arizona—6 McNary.
12 Arkansas 5 Short, 7 McNary.
44 California—44 McNary.
12 Colorado—12 McNary.
16 Connecticut—16 McNary.
6 Delaware—4 McNary, 2 Short.
12 Florida—12 McNary.
14 Georgia—14 McNary.
8 Idaho—8 McNary.
58 Illinois—52 McNary. 6 Short.
28 Indiana—28 McNary.
22 Iowa—22 McNary.
18 Kansas—18 McNary.
22 Kentucky—21 McNary, 1 Short.!
j 12 Louisiana—10 McNary, 2 Short.
13 Maine—13 McNary.
16 Maryland—16 McNary.
34 Massachusetts—29 McNary, 5
Short.
38 Michigan—33 McNary, 5 Short.
22 Minnesota—20 McNary, 2 Short.
11 Mississippi—11 McNary.
30 Missouri—30 Short.
8 Montana—8 McNary.
14 Nebraska—10 McNary, 4 short.
6 Nevada—6 McNary.
8 New Hampshire—8 McNary.
32 New Jersey—32 McNary.
6 New Mexico—6 McNary.
92 New York—82 McNary, 10
short.
23 North Carolina—15 McNary, 8
short.
8 North Dakota—8 McNary.
52 Ohio—36 McNary 16 short.
22 Oklahoma—22 McNary.
10 Oregon—10 McNary.
72 Pennsylvania—72 McNary.
8 Rhode Island—8 McNary.
10 South Carolina—8 McNary, 2
short.
I 8 South Dakota—8 McNary.
18 Tennessee—18 McNary.
26 Texas—2 short. 2 Bridges. 22
McNary.
8 Utah—8 McNary.
9 Vermont—9 McNary.
18 Virginia—12 McNary. 6 short.
16 Washington—16 McNary.
16 West Virginia—16 McNary.
24 Wisconsin—24 McNary.
6 Wyoming—4 McNary, 2 short.
3 Alaska—3 McNary.
3 District of Columbia—3 McNary.
3 Hawaii—3 McNary.
2 Philippines—2 McNary.
2 Puerto Rico—2 McNary.
Glass Grinder Needed
An examination for optical glass
grinder at the Washington Navy
Yard is announced by the Civil Serv
ice Commission. At least six months'
experience is required, and the age
limits are 20-48. The pay in $6.91
to $7.87 a day.
G. 0. P. Platform Described
As Filled With Double Talk
By JOHN LARDNER.
PHILADELPHIA, June 29.—The
troubles of Wendell L. Willkie are
just beginning. Outside of his major
problem, which is now collecting a
salary of $75,000 in Washington,
there is the problem of what the
Republicans are going to give him
to work with.
Your correspondent has studied
the Republican platform carefully,
from above, beneath, left profile and
right profile. It looks the same from
all sides. It is a strong, silent plat
form. It reminds you somewhat of
Harpo Marx, in the fact that it
doesn't say anything,
Now that the party has a nom
inee. the leaders including our
favorite character, the party whip)
will get together and make the plat
form a little more specific, by filling
in the name of “Wendell Willkie”
in all the blank spaces and de
nouncing the boll weevil in para
graph 7, formerly occupied by the
man-eating shark.
Party’s Platform.
Unless Mr. Willkie puts his foot
down with a gentle thump, the plat
form will then emerge as standard
Republican, containing the follow
ing planks:
1. Down with dirty weather.
(“Under the New Deal, the weather
has been rotten, venal and corrupt.
Let us restore a patriotic mean rain
fall for Americans!”—Congressman
Alabaster Snuffin.)
2. Stay in and/or out of war.
3. Down with dishonesty.
4. Help the Allies by all means
short of help.
5. Down with forest fires.
6. America will never perish as
long as America never perishes.
7. Down with the boll weevil
(formerly the mar.-eating shark).
8. No parking within 10 feet of a
fireplug.
9. Down with Democrats.
10. How have you been?
Before Mr. Willkie’s nomination,
the platform touched lightly on the
international situation. In a humor
ous mood, the boys decided to nom
inate a candidate first and then let
him try to figure out what they
meant by what they said about the
situation.
Tries to Find Code Word.
This practical joke has everybody
in stitches except Mr. Willkie, who
is still trying to find the code word.
It's a tough one. The leaders figure
it will keep him busy while they go
out and try to hustle some votes.
As nearly as Mr. Willkie and his
staff can make it out, the plank
argues as follows:
Defend America, but not at any
body's expense, and have the young
people prepared for war, but do not
train them, and Hitler is a heel,
but do not get him sore, and the
situation is perilous, but very satis
factory, except February, which has
but eight and a score till Leap Year
gives it one day more—and not one
cent for tribute.
This is all as clear as the late
stock market edition of a news
paper published by the Drui'ds in the
year 701. In fact, it is the first
international platform to be written
in double talk, and Mr. Willkie. as
a desperate measure, has called
upon Hymie Caplin, the popular
fight manager, for advice. Mr. Cap
lin can decipher it if any one can.
There is some reason to believe he
wrote it.
Mr. Caplin believes there is no
sense in a two-ocean navy. What
he wants is a two-navy ocean. That
may earn him a place in the cabinet.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Police Team to Compete
Authority was given yesterday by
the Commissioners for the pistol
team of the Metropolitan Police
Department to go to Camp Ritchie,
Md., to participate in the 19th an
nual Eastern small-bore pistol and
rifle tournament, to be held there
July 3 to 7, inclusive. Members of
the team are Acting Sergt. S. R.
McKee and Pvts. R. B. McMahill,
W. B. Slack, J. B. Layton, C. F.
Thompson and G. M. Stewart.
WILLING BUT NOT WANTING—Nominated on the first ballot
as the Republican candidate for Vice President, Senator McNary
said he would accept the nomination, but did not wish it. He’s
shown in his office in Washington yesterday. —A. P. Photo.
Politics
(Continued From First Page.)
his personal support would be ac
corded Secretary of State Hull.
That the President can have the
nomination at the wave of his hand
is a foregone conclusion with more
than 700 convention votes already
pledged to him.
Looking rested and in his best
health and temper, Mr. Roosevelt
saw the press yesterday, but de
clined to discuss politics .on the ex
cuse that he was "too busy.”
He joked, however, at a power
failure in the White House on the
morning after the Republican nom
inated a utilities executive and
added in response to a question that
he will be glad to see Mr. Willkie
for a discussion of foreign affairs if j
the GOP. nominee requests such
a meeting. The President and Mr.
Willkie have been in near accord on
foreign affairs in the past, judging
by their public declarations.
Farley will Leave Monday.
With the Democratic convention
due to get under way at Chicago on j
July 15, National Chairman Farley !
planned to leave here for arrival in
the Windy City on Monday. Other
party workers already are on the
scene and the Arrangements Com
mittee will convene there on July 8.
Meanwhile the Republican vice
presidential selection. Senator Mc
Nary. received his nomination calmly |
and announced his intention to re
main here indefinitely to carry on
the duties of Senate minority leader.
“I wish they’d impose the (vice
presidential* chore on somebody
else, but I'll be a good soldier and
do the best I can,” he told reporters
who sought him out in his office to
tell him of his top-heavy majority
in the first convention ballot.
Senator McNary disclosed that he
had “never met” Mr. Willkie.
Sees Success of Ticket.
“I don’t think I have ever even
seen him. but he's an excellent can
didate and the convention has pre
pared a very good platform.” he
said. “The ticket should be success
ful in November.”
Elsewhere these expressions were
forthcoming:
Senator Norris (independent, of
Nebraska*, a third-term advocate—
“Willkie is Insull the second. I
don't believe there is a ghost of a
chance of Willkie being elected.”
Democratic Chairman Farley—
"What sets of forces, economic and
I social, are to conduct our Govern
ment? The historic American
processes, or some new and some
what foreign methods of concen
trated control?”
Speaker Bankhead—The issue is
whether “the voters wish to place
the executive in the control of forces
which are somewhat foreign to our
usual American way of life.”
Secretary of Interior Ickes—
'Franklin D. Roosevelt will be re
nominated and re-elected.”
Potatoes 76% Water
White potatoes are approximately
76 per cent water, 20 per cent starch,
1 per cent ash, .5 per cent cellulose,
.4 per cent sugar and .1 per cent
fat, states Industrial and Engineer
ing Chemistry.
HENRIETTA TUSCH WILLKIE.
r—.... ■ wwww———————
HERMAN FRANCIS WILLKIE.
The parents of Wendell
Willkie were both practicing
lawyers in Elwood, Ind. They
are now dead.
—A. P. Wirephotos.
British Report Japanese
Sink Junks in Yangtze
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 29.—A Reuters,
British news agency, dispatch from
Chungking, said today 80 Japanese
bombers sank many junks in the
Yangtze River and drowned an un
determined number of boatmen in a
raid today—the sixth in as many
days on the provisional Chinese
capital.
Bombs also started big fires in a
lumber yard along the river. The
bombers attacked in three groups.
Trade Parley Opens
ROME, June 29 (TP).—Delegates of
Germany, Italy and Hungary and
three Balkan countries, Rumania,
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, met here
today to settle trade and transporta
tion problems arising from the war.
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SALEM, OREG.—Mrs. McNary and her 5-year-old daughter,
Charlotte, shown in their home yesterday after they received
word of the Senator’s nomination. . —A. P. Wirephoto.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Willkie as they sat on the front porch
of their Elwood find.) home yesterday and proudly looked over
newspaper pictures of their favorite nephew. They live
almost within' sight of the house in which the G. O. P. nominee
was born. —A. P. Wirephoto.
National Gypsum Head
Predicts Exoneration
By tbe Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y„ June 29.—The
National Gypsum Co., one of five
corporations indicted by a Federal
grand jury in Washington on price
fixing charges through a patent-'
licensing arrangement, “will have no
difficulty” in the opinion of Com
pany President Melvin Baker.
“Our general counsel informs me,”
Mr. Baker said, “that we will have
no difficulty in defending any claims
that the grand jury may find against
us. Everything we have done per
taining to pricing and competitive
relations during the past 12 years
has been done under the advice of
counsel.”
Mr. Baker and Ralph F. Burley,
National Gypsum vice president,
were among nine individuals named
in the indictment. The concern,
organized here 14 years ago, op
erates in 10 States.
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