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Show Willkie Now Mentioned For Congress Post i NEW YORK, Jan. 29 () The r name of Wendell L. Willkie has , been added to those mentioned for the late Kenneth F. Simpson's I congressional seat as representative representa-tive from Manhattan's Seven- teenth district. Harvey J. Schwamm, new Re-' Re-' publican leader of New York's Seventh assembly district, ex-' ex-' pressed an opinion Tuesday that Willkie would be the "ideal" Republican Re-publican candidate. He said he would ask Governor Herbert H. Lehman to delay a special election for the post until the 1940 presidential presi-dential candidate, who is in England, Eng-land, could be consulted. |