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British Land on Walcheren Isle,
Gain in Drive to Smash Germans
Guarding Sea Lane to Antwerp
Canadians Cross
Causeway From
South Beveland
BULLETIN.
LONDON (£•).■—British Com
mandos stormed ashore today
on the southern and western
coasts of Walcheren Island,
and were making good prog
ress late today in a pincers
drive to smash the last Gejr
mans barring the sea lane to
Antwerp.
The Berlin radio said “Ger
man reconnaissance planes
have observed a battleship of
the King George class, four
cruisers and numerous land
ing vessels, which indicates
that other attempts on Wal
cheren are to follow.’’
(Map on Page A-2.)
Bf thf Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 1.—Canadian
troops burst across a steel-swept
causeway onto Walcheren Is
land today, and Berlin declared
Allied amphibious forces had
landed on the island's southern
shores in a pincers to obliterate
the last German guns barring
the sea lane to Antwerp.
The Germans said the sea-borne:
units landed this morning at Vlis
singen (Flushing), biggest city (pop
ulation. 23,000) on Walcheren.
The Canadians cut out a foothold
several hundred yards deep on the
eastern edge of the island. 8 miles!
miles northeast of Vlissingen. after
crossing the long, narrow causeway 1
from conquered Beveland Island
under a hail of bullets and shells.
Resistance \\ eakens.
Resistance on the south shore of
the Schelde Estuary weakened per
ceptibly, supreme headquarters said,
and Canadians in a 3-mile advance
fought into the coastal village of
Knocke. Perhaps fewer than 2,000
Germans remained in this pocket,
southwest of Vlissingen: 7.900 al
ready had been captured.
The Allies landed on Walcheren I
after an artillery barrage from the!
south shore of the Schelde Estuary.;
only recently cleared of Germans, i
the Berlin broadcast said. It gave
no hint of the progress of the as- j
sault. and there was no Allied con- j
firmation of such a landing.
Adjoining South Beveland Island.!
however, had been captured in the j
same kind of squeeze attack, with;
British forces landing on the south- j
ern coast while Canadians pushed;
across the land causeway.
Three-quarters of Walcheren had
bpen flooded by Allied bomb breach
ing of its dikes, with sea water;
sweeping over some of the German!
hatteries controlling the estuary ap-j
proach to Allied-held Antwerp.
Chase Nazis in Mud.
Below the Maas River. Allied col
umns struggled through knee-deep
mud in pursuit of Germans escaping,
over the river behind a screen of
stubborn rear-guard actions.
All field dispatches indicated the I
Germans had generally succeeded
in escaping an Allied trap.
Berlin declared Field Marshal Sir |
Bernard L. Montgomery had never
drawn on the mass of his forces!
around Nijmegen for the battle to i
clear Southwestern Holland but was;
keeping them intact for an offensive
aimed at reaching the North Ger
man plain.
The German radio also declared
that on the front in France a
strong American attack supported
by more than 100 tanks had cap
tured Montigny, 15 miles east of
Luneville. The German communique !
said French elements had entered;
Baccarat, 14 miles southeast of
Luneville.
Many Nazis Escape.
The skillful enemy withdrawal ap
parently already has saved a large
proportion of the 40.000 German
troops previously reported south of
the Maas. The Allied close-up to
the Maas was being slowed by every
trick of minefields and sniping.
It was expected that the Ger
mans would make a major stand
on a line extending frqm the
Dutch port of Rotterdam to Arn
hem along the north bank of the
Neder Rhine.
The Brazzaville radio reported
that the British had crossed the
Mass just north of s Hertogenbosch.
(See WESTERN FRONTrp7X27f
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Heavy Blasts Are Heard
Off Atlantic City Coast
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1.—Heavy
blasts at sea shook beach-front
buildings at Atlantic City, N. J., at
about 11:05 a.m. today, the 4th
Naval District said.
A Navy spokesman reported that
no gunnery practice in the area
was scheduled, as far as the district
office could determine.
Late Bulletin
Mann Act Review Asked
The Justice Department
asked the Supreme Court to
day to determine whether the
Mann Act prohibits the trans
portation of women within
the District for immoral pur
poses. The department peti
tioned the court to review the
decision of the Court of Ap
peals which held the act is
not applicable to such trans
portation.
8-29 Raid on Tokyo Indicated
In Confusing Jap Broadcasts
One Report Declares Lone Plane Appeared,
Another That 'Several Bombers' Flew Over
By the Associated Press.
Tokyo radio spluttered for
| hours today about a B-29 Super
Fortress raid on the Japanese
; capital, but the War Depart
ment in Washington said it had
'no information about any
i aerial operations over Japan.”
Tokyo has not been hit by Amer
ican bombs in more than two years.
In a series of confused reports,
Tokyo radio said a B-29. apparently
from a newly developed base in the
Marianas Islands, appeared over the
capital, but left •'without attempt- [
ing attacks”; that several four
engined planes were over the city;1
that at least one plane raided the
factory district, throwing workers1
into confusiorv
The reports all agreed that one,
plane or planes were over the Tokyo
area arourW 1 p.m. Wednesday
i Tokyo time i.
One broadcast, recorded by the1
Federal Communications Commis
sion. giving detailed instructions on!
combatting fires in inflammable j
t Tokyo, said “an enemy plane sud
denly raided part of the Kanto
region," an important industrial
area covering the entire area
around the capital and embracing
1 several prefectures.
“Several enemy four-motored
bombers" roared over the capital at
1 p.m., but were driven off, the
first Tokyo report said.
A later broadcast, recorded by the
Associated Press, said:
“Latest reports disclose only one
enemy plane, a B-29 bomber, and
not two as believed earlier, appeared
over Tokyo early this afternoon."
Half an hour later, the broadcast
continued. "Without attempting at
tacks, the enemy plane fled'' in a
southerly direction.”
Confusion Recalled.
Tire contradiction of succeeding
reports recalled the confusion
among Tokyo broadcasters when
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle’s
bommbers struck the city on April
18. 1942. This is the first report
(See TOKYO, Page A-4.F~
—
De Gaulle Safe
From Blast in
Paris Suburb
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Nov. 1.—An explosion
rocked a Paris suburb today 15 min
utes after Gen. Charles de Gaulle
had made one in a series of All
Saints' day speeches there.
While it might have been an at
tempt against Gen. de Gaulle's life.
French officials expressed the view it
was sabotage, and was only coinci
dental with the speech.
The explosion, followed by other
blasts heard for two hours, set off
air-raid sirens. This caused a re
port the blast resulted from a pick
aback glide bomber from an enemy
plane, but the United States Air
Force declared there had been no
enemy planes in the Paris region,
A broadcast recorded by the FCC
said De Gaulle spoke today at the
suburb of Vincennes. The explosion
may have occurred there.
The War Ministry said consider
able damage and some casualties re
sulted.
Romanian Cabinet s
Resignation Reported
By tht Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. L—The Rome
radio reported today that the
Romanian cabinet had resigned.
The broadcast heard by the Asso
ciated Press, gave no details, but
said King Michael had accepted the
resignations.
Earlier, the Moscow radio made
a detailed report of demonstra
tions in Bucharest. The broadcast
said the demonstrators demanded
replacement of the government of
Gen. Konstantin Sanatescu by a
“national democratic front’’ regime.
Quoting a Tass dispatch, the
broadcast said that no fewer than
70.000 persons massed before the
royal palace on Monday and de
manded "a new government capable
of carrying out the people’s wishes.”
A delayed Associated Press dis
patch direct from Bucharest re
ported that the nation's strongest
party, the National Peasants led by
Iliu Maniu. held a mass meeting
Monday and outlined its program,
which includes nationalization of
industry, conversion of the country!
into a democratic workers state and
complete redistribution of large land
holdings.
Tokyo Radio Claims
U. S. Cruiser Sunk
By the Associated Press.
Japanese planes were declared In
a Manila dispatch, broadcast by the
Tokyo radio today, to have sunk an
Allied cruiser early this morning
(Philippine timet in “an effective
raid against enemy war vessels in
Leyte Gulf.”
The dispatch was without con
firmation from either the Allied
command or the enemy's imperial
headquarters.
Japs Report Landing
On Peleliu Island in
Palau Counterinvasion
Sinking of 4 Transports
Claimed in Broadcasts;
Confirmation Lacking
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By the Associated Press.
A Japanese imperial commu
nique today claimed that Japa
nese assault troops landed on
the north coast of Peleliu, an
American-conquered island in
Southern Palau, at dawn Wed
nesday (Japanese time).
The communique, picked up in a
broadcast recorded by the Federal
Communications Commission, as
serted "a special torpedo assault!
unit” attacked an American convoy
east of the Peleliu while the landing
was being made.
It said four American transports
were sunk and two others heavily
damaged.
The Japanese communique was
wholly unconfirmed.
Most of the Palau Islands, some
500 miles east of the Philippines,
were left in Japanese hands by
American invasion forces, which
took over the southern islands in
the group in September.
Later Tokyo broadcasts, also re
corded by FCC, said the counterin
vasion occurred October 28.
Propagandists said the landings
were made by ‘‘Japanese death
defyingicorps” from “Palau Islands,”
presumably Babelthuap, largest
island in the group.
The corps. Tokyo radio said, “oc
cupied the northern coast of Peleliu
and is now heavily attacking the
invaders.” It asserted landing par
ties were steadily driving south
while “Japanese defense units on
the c|nter” of Peleliu were
"strengthening their counterat
tacks.”
Japanese holed up on “Bloody
Nose ridge” in the center of Peleliu
were the last units to be wiped out.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reported
mopping up continued in this sector
October 20.
Jap Troops Reported
In Kweilin Rail Station
Br the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING. Nov. 1—The Jap
anese have battled into the north
railway station of Kweilin, key de
fense center for Southeast China,
the Chinese high command an
nounced today.
Heavy fighting also was in prog
ress in the eastern suburbs of the
K-wangsi capital, the Chinese ad
mitted. as three enemy columns
continued their drive on the city.
The Tokyo radio said Kweilin was
ringed on all sides and the Japanese
were tightening the encirclement.
The dispatch from Domei. enemy
news agency, said one Japanese
unit reached the north gate of the
city while another captured an im
portant height less than four miles
east of the capital.
Athens Shops Close as Value
Of Drachma Drops to New Low
By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Nov. 1.—Shops all over!
Athens were closing today as the
last vestige of confidence in Greek
money disappeared.
In the past 24 hours the value
of the drachma slid from the fan
tastic figure of 10,000,000,000,000 to
22,000.000.000,000 (trillions) for a
British gold sovereign (nominally
$4.87).
Yesterdays fall of the drachma
followed a statement by Finance
Minister Alexander Svolos that the
depreciation was unjustified in
view of the nation's gold reserve of
£43,000.000. held abroad, and the!
fact that aid is forthcoming from!
the Allies. 1
I
Gold is the only medium of ex
change which holds its own and
even the United States dollar has
depreciated. Last week a gold sov
ereign would buy $8. Today it
would purchase $18.
The fact that the Red Cross has
been unable to distribute regular
rations except bread because of a
transportation system breakdown
has caused a great rise in free
market prices and the resultant
panic to buy gold.
Discussions of how to solve
Greece’s financial problems con
tinued.
The government apparently pins
some hopes on . remittances from
expatriate Greeks to families in the
homeland.
Yanks Destroy
Concentration
In Leyte Drive
Troops 5 Miles
From Strategic
Coastal Village
By the Associated Press, '
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS. Philippines, Nov.
1.—Doughboys of the 24th Di
vision today smashed another
Japanese rearguard concentra
tion and advanced to within 5
miles of the strategic coastal
village of Carigara, as another
American column on the coast
braced itself for a possible cli
mactic battle or Japanese coun
terattack.
i Later Australian dispatches
reported the 24th Division had
driven within 2 miles of Cari
gara and «7th Division columns
in the south had pushed half
wav across Lete Island, i
The infantrvmen captured the
town of Tunga, on the Jaro-Cari
gara highway which runs through
Northwestern Leyte Valley. Retiring
enemy forces blew up a bridge at the
end of the town, however, and fur
ther advance appeared to be halted
temporarily.
I wo miles eastward, along the
highway, the doughboys broke the
back of another Japanese delaying
concentration. Associated Press War
Correspondent Fred Hampson re
ported the Japanese raked the roads
with heavy and light artillery, mor
tars and machine guns, exacting a
'considerable toll.”
The Japs withdrew only after
Americans had hammered the road
side for hours with artillery and had
thrown a flanking column around
the enemy.
The second American column, the
1st Cavalry Division, was poised at
Barugo. a coastal town 5 miles from
Carigara. The Japanese must stop
both legs of the American advance
or lose their last strategic base
northeast of Leyte's heavily jungled
mountains.
If they fail to stop the attacks,
which might reach Carigara today,
they must drop back along a single
escape route skirting the coast to
Pinamopoan, bnly spot from which
they might negotiate a winding trail
over the mountains to the south.
This trail has been the route of the
Japanese reinforcements brought
from Cebu via Ormoc Bay, and the
forces in the north must reverse
their travel on the same treacherous
road or face annihilation.
No good port lies west of Pinamo
poan on the north coast, and only a
trail leads even to the scattered vil
lages in that mountainous sector.
The two American forces both
gained ground yesterday. The 24th
Division moved northwest of cap
tured Jaro for 3 miles, slowed there
when it met a strong Japanese road
block, but gathered force late in the
day to whittle down the desperate
enemy opposition and resume its ad
vance.
That a battle for Carigara was
certain was indicated by the con
tinued flow of Japanese reinforce
ments north over the mountains and
by the strong stand the defenders
| were 1 making with road blocks
against both American forces.
The probability of a counterat
tack w-as stressed by Maj. Gen.
Franklin C. Sibert. commanding the
(See PHILIPPINES7~Page~~A-4.)
Warren Back in Hospital;
GOP Loses Campaigner
By the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 1.—The re
turn of California's Gov. Earl War
ren to the hospital for a checkup
on a kidney infection makes un
likely his further campaigning for
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in the short
ening presidential race. Vern Scog
gins, press secretary to the Governor
says. ,
Gov. Warren returned to Sutter
Hospital a second time yesterday
after being treated last week. His
physicians described his condition
as “quite satisfactory” and said the
infection is no longer serious.
All Guerrillas
In Philippines
Placed in Army
By the Associated Press.
TACLOBAN, Leyte, Philippines,
Nov. 1.—Filipino guerrillas were
blanketed into the Philippine Army
by proclamation of Sergio Osmena,
President of the Commonwealth.
His order, indicating how closely
Filipino guerrillas worked with Gen.
MacArthur, gave official status to
the rank given in the field to every
man in “a recognized military
force.”
A recognized military force was
defined “as a force under a com
mander who has been appointed,
designated or recognized by the
commander in chief of the South
west Pacific area.”
The order was broadcast through
out the Philippines today over the
“Voice of Freedom” radio by Brig.
Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, secretary of
information in President Osmena's
cabinet.
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Reds Fight to Clear
Vital Hungarian Town
In Path to Budapest
Fierce Enemy Resistance
In Streets Reported;
Counterattack Halted
BULLETIN.
LONDON ifl’i.—The Berlin
radio said late today German
and Hungarian troops had
abandoned Kecskemet and a
Moscow dispatch said Rus
sian tanks had reached a
point 40 miles from Budapest.
By the Associated Pres-*.
MOSCOW, Nov. 1. — Russian
motorized infantry is clearing
scattered enemy detachments
from three sides of Kesckemet,
while other Red Army troops are
battling firecely In the streets
of the city, 44 miles southeast of
Budapest, late front dispatches
said today.
i Soviet tanks, artillery and infan
try are pouring into a 60-mile-wide
break in the enemy's defenses be
| tween the Danube and the Tisza
Rivers, the dispatches added. At
j captured Izsak, 17 miles southwest
!of Kesckemet, the Russians were
lonly 43 miles below Budapest.
The army newspaper Red Star
disclosed that the new offensive
aimed at Budapest got under way at
least three days ago and overran a
defense zone where the enemy con
centrated as many as 20 antitank
guns to the mile.
Thus far the offensive has swept
up 200 Hungarian cities, towns and
villages, more than 4.000 prisoners
and control of several hundred
square miles of new territory, the
Russians declared.
Hungarian Unit Destroyed.
Front dispatches said the Hun
garian 23d Infantry Division was
virtually destroyed, its commander
killed and the deputy commander
and most of the staff captured as
Soviet armor and a wave of tommy
gunners broke into Kesckemet.
Inside the city—a provincial seat
with a population of 83,000 —the
enemy resisted stubbornly.
Russian tanks in superior num
bers beat off German armored
counterattacks.
A correspondent for Izvestia re
ported that Soviet forces increased
the fury of their assault toward
Budapest "tenfold" after they dis
covered bodies of four Red Army
prisoners tortured and slain by the
Germans and Hungarians. The
‘prisoners’ arms and heads had been
hacked off and their bodies showed
traces of being tortured by fire,
the correspondent asserted.
30 Tanks Wrecked.
The Russians also pushed toward
Budapest at a point 120 miles north
east of the capital. They captured
50 places, including the large town
of Hajdunanas.
More than 30 German tanks were
wrecked or burned in the fighting
southeast of Budapest, the Russian
communique said. It described the
Red Army operations as "impetuous
outflanking maneuvers" and said
Soviet forces hurled back repeated
enemy counterattacks that were re
inforced with fresh troops.
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U. S. Leaders in China Shifted
To Spur Chiang's War Effort
Resignation of Gauss Announced by
President After Recall of Stilwell
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt is malting
a clean sweep of top American
personnel in China, including
Ambassador Clarence E. Gauss,
in a supreme attempt to re
invigorate the Chinese war effort
under leadership of Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-shek.
Doubt that the move will succeed
already is apparent in military
quarters here where strategists
speak with less and less confidence
about China's future war role.
Diplomatists still are hopeful,
however that Gen. Chiang may be
induced to snake up his government
and army command and reconcile
himself to the Communists in North
China in order to strengthen his
government The whole issue within
China should come to a head in the
Kuomintang party's Ceneral Execu
tive Committee the middle of this
month.
Apparently to save what he can
in line with American policy of
building up China as a power now
and a great postwar nation. Presi
dent Roosevelt has made these
moves thus far :
1. Recalled Gen. Joseph W. Stil
well from his triple China-Burma
India command at the request of
Gen. Chiang and replaced him with
Maj. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer and Lt.
Gen. Dan I. Sultan.
2. Announced at yesterday's news
conference the resignation of Am
bassador Gauss. Close official asso
ciates of Mr. Gauss had said vir
tually up to the time of the an
nouncement that they knew of nc
plans for him to come home.
3. Stated that Maj. Gen. Patricl
‘ < SeeSTILWELLT PageA-3. >
War Fund Drive Here
Goes Into Final Week
46% Short of Goal
Jennings Warns Workers
Must Do 'Some Hustling'
For Successful Campaign
‘The immensity of the job
ahead" was described to 20,000
Community War Fund solici
tors today as they swung into
the last week of the campaign
for $4,850,000 with 46 per cent
of the goal still to be collected.
The solicitors report tomorrow
on contributions made since last
week’s total of $2,607,171—53.7
per cent of the goal.
"The $2,242,829 yet to be brought
in is so great that the immensity
of the job ahead takes on an obvious
glare,” Coleman Jennings, cam
paign chairman, declared in a state
ment to all solicitors.
“Riding on Momentum.”
The chairman said he feared
some solicitors “had been riding on
momentum." collecting gifts nor
mally made to the drive, without
| "hustling” to get contributions re
quiring more effort.
Unless the report meeting at
: 12:30 p.m. tomorrow in the United
States Chaftiber of Commerce
Building shows “considerable gain,”
Mr. Jennings said, he will fear for
success of the campaign in meeting
its deadline November 8.
Mr. Jennings urged installment
j payments for persons unable to give
large cash donations now. He also
emphasized that solicitors must ex
! plain to prospective givers the 150
; agencies combined in the fund—
local relief agencies. USO clubs, and
United Nations Relief.
I "There are still too many persons
j who do noj understand,” Mr. Jen
nings said. “They do not under
stand how much their money is
needed and that unless the fund
meets its goal, all 150 agencies Will
! suffer together.”
Cities comparable in size to
i See WAR FUND Page~A-22 . >
Rhode Island Claimed
For Roosevelt Despite
Strong Drive by GOP
Republicans Counting
Heavily on Defections
In Democratic Party
By GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.
PROVIDENCE. Nov. 1.—Rhode
Island, of all the Eastern States,
has been considered the great
est push-over for President
Roosevelt. Despite this fact the
Republican organization is fight
ing desperately to win for Gov.
Dewey.
Republicans are counting on
Democratic defactions, and you hear
reports of many of them. They are
counting on strife within the ranks
of organized labor—with the CIO
arrayed against the AFL. And they
are hopeful that a large segment of
the so-called Italian vote, one of the
biggest single blocs in the State, will
this year swing to Gov. Dewey.
The odds, however, appear to be
with the President. Unless there
is a strong undercurrent of resent
ment against the New Deal admin
istration. stronger than anything
that has appeared on the surface.
Mr. Roosevelt will carry the State,
though perhaps by a smaller lead
than in 1940.
Industrial Centers.
Rhode Island is more strongly in
dustrialized than any other State
in the Union. Almost the entire
State, indeed, is an industrial center,
or rather a series of industrial cen
ters, with the city of Providence
the main focal point. It has be
come axiomatic that the Roosevelt
strength rests in the cities, and par
ticularly in industrial centers.
Obviously, if the Republicans are
able to wrest Rhode Island from the
Democrats, it would be doubtful
that Mr. Roosevelt could carry any
State outside of the Solid South.
Rhode Island swung into the
(See LINCOLN, Page~A-22.)
First 'Caesarean' Quads Born;
Parents Met in Washinaton
Ey the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1.—Quad
ruplets—three girls and a boy—were
born today to the wife of a Securities
and Exchange Commission financial
analyst.
Mrs. Joseph Cirminello gave birth
to the children in two minutes—
from 11:12 to 11:14 a.m.—by Cae
sarean operation, the first ever
performed for a quadruplet birth.
X-ray examinations had shown
that quadruplets were expected, but
the news had been kept from the
mother.
A doctor told her while the Cae
sarean was being performed. She
received spinal anasthesia.
Her husband walked a corridor
| outside the delivery room during the
births.
"I've never seen so many hands
and feet in my life.” said Dr. John
C. Ullery, obstetrician, who super
vised the operation.
Quadruplets are born on an aver
age of one in every 658,503 births.
Before the operation Mr. Cirmi
nello said his wife believed she would
have twins.
“I sure hope every thing turns out
all right,” he said. "My stomach
feels like it’s tied in knots.”
Mr. Cirminello is a native of
Brooklyn. His wife comes from
Okmulgee. Okla. They met while
working for the SEC in Washington
and came here two years ago.
Dewey Stresses
New Deal Split
In Congress
Talks to 4,000 at
Pittsfield Station
On Way to Boston
(Text of Gov. Dewey’s Address
on Page A-9./
By J. A. O’LEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent.
PITTSFIELD, Mass., Nov. l._
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey told a
station crowd here this morning
that one-third of the Demo
cratic members of the House and
Senate have lost confidence tin
the administration and vote
against it regularly. He ques
tioned the ability of a govern
ment “to establish permanent
peace after this war.”
At his first stop in Massachusetts,
where he spoke to a crowd estimated,
at 4.000. Gov. Dewey predicted the
election of Gov. Leverett Salsonstall
to the Senate next week. Gov.
Salsonstall welcomed Gov. Dewey
to the Bay State.
Gov. Dewey is also scheduled to
give talks in Springfield and
Worcester during brief stops on his
way to Boston for an address to
night.
The Boston speech will climax an
all-day effort to swing Massachu
setts’ 16 electoral votes out of the
Democratic column, where they have
j remained since 1928.
outline oi Boston text.
The Republican nominee's secre
tary, Paul E. Lockwood, made public
the following outline of the Boston
text:
"The Governor will discuss in Bos
ton the question of who will outbid
the 'One Thousand Club' for control
of the captive Democratic party. He
will talk about the subversive ele
ments that now seek to take over
the country. He will also outline
the principles by which we must live
if we are to be free.'’
It was in Chicago a week ago that
Gov. Dewey first told of Democratic
plans to organize a club of 1.000
members, each contributing $1,000.
The Republican nominee read a let
ter he said was written on the let
terhead of the national Democratic
campaign headquarters in Little
Rock. Ark., containing the statement
that "members of this organization
undoubtedly will be granted special
privilege and prestige by party lead
ers.” Gov. Dewey revived the sub
ject again in Buffalo last night*
when he declared, "there is no T.000
Club' in my party.”
20.000 Hear Speech.
The crow’d of 20,000 that turned
out in the Buffalo auditorium was
enthusiastic and responded with
lusty cheers to the "punch” lines in
: the early part of his speech, as he
replied to the President's Saturday
i night broadcast.
"In challenging Mr. Roosevelt's
ability to establish a prosperous
; domestic economy after the war Gov.
Dewey departed from his prepared
text to assert that in its best year
the New Deal only achieved a na
tional income of $76,000,000,000. as
compared with a national income of
$89,000,000,000 in the 1920s.
When Gov. Dewey entered the
hall in Buffalo the crowd was chant
ing in unison, “it’s time for a
change"—a line the Governor him
self has used in nearly every speech,
and one that never fails to bring a
cheer from his supporters.
Broken Promises l narged.
In his Buffalo speech he accused
the President of repeated broken
promises, and sought to show from
the record of Mr. Roosevelt s eight
prewar years that he cannot keep
his postwar promises on domestic
issues.
Gov. Dewey again summed up his
own program to simplify taxation,
ease the tax burden on the small
wage earner, extend social security
coverage, keep a floor under farm
prices, improve the administration
of labor laws and restore harmony
between Congress and the White
House.
The Republican nominee faces a
tough fight in Massachusetts, but
the fact that the President also has
decided to speak in Boston Saturday
night is an indication that the Dem
ocrats are not too confident of what
the Bay State will do.
President Roosevelt carried the
State by 63.189 in 1932. by 174.103 in
1936 and by 136.822 against Wendell
|L. Willkie four years ago. In 1940
slightly more than 2.000,000 votes
! were cast, of which the President
: got 1.076.522 and Mr. Willkie 939.
700. Recent estimates are that the
I total vote will be as high this year
; or even higher when the service hal
S lots are counted.
In Buffalo Gov. Dewey continued
j the battle of satire he and Mr.
I Roosevelt have been carrying on in
answering each other.
Gov- Dewey picked up Mr. Roose
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Tonight's Political
Broadcasts
12:30 p.m.—WOL, Gov. Dewey’s
speech from Buffalo, re
broadcast.
8:15 p.m.—WOL. Dorothy
Thompson, speaking from
New' York in behalf of the
Democratic National Com
mittee.
9 p.m.—WRC. John Gunther.
Orson Welles, Quentin
Reynolds, from New York
in behalf of the Demo
cratic National Commit
tee.
9:30 p.m.—WRC. WOL. Gov.
Dewey, speaking from Bos
ton.
9:55p.m.—Sinclair Lewis,
speaking from New York
in behalf of the Demo
cratic National Commit
tee.
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