Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-16 | Page 3 | Hull Says Willkie Ignorant of Facts

Hull Says Willkie Ignorant of Facts WASHINGTON Sept 16 INS Secretary of State Cordell Hull Monday accused Wendell L. L Willkie Willkie Will Will- kie Republican presidential nominee nominee nominee nomi nomi- nee of gross ignorance in blaming President Roosevelt for contributing ing to the downfall of CzechoSlovakia CzechoSlovakia Czechoslovakia Czecho Czecho- slovakia at the time of ol the Munich crisis The secretary denied that Mr Roosevelt had talked to Premier Mussolini or Chancellor Hitler by telephone at the time of the CzechoSlovakian CzechoSlovakian CzechoSlovakian Slovakian cho-Slovakian crisis as Willkie reportedly reportedly reportedly re re- re- re stated last Saturday at Peoria Ill Hulls Hull's statement follows The assertions that Mr kie kle made are untrue and make it evident that he is grossly ignorant of the history of ol the last few years The president has never communicated communicated communicated by telephone with either Premier Mussolini or Chancellor Hitler All the president has ever urged upon the nations Involved has been an accordance with the provisions of the Kellogg pact which provided for pacific solution solution solution tion of controversies as they arise In September 1938 at the time of the Slovak Czecho crisis he specifically urged in messages made public immediately that a peaceful solution be found through negotiations in which all the nations nations nations na na- na- na involved would be represented represent represent- ed including Slovakia Czecho and I that such negotiations be undertaken undertaken undertaken under under- taken by all nations on onan an an eq equal al basis with none of them under the threat of aggression I