Show WHEELER LER SAYS U VIE U. S S. S 1 POLITICS BRINGING WAR i I I II Foes of Foreign Policy I Intimidated r Senator Tells By PAUL STAPLES Thursday had before them the accusation that the people people people peo peo- of the United States are being led to war through betrayal of political promises and propaganda phrases used in 1916 an accusation accusation accusation tion made by United States Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Burton K Wheeler of Mon Mon- tana Senator Wheeler en route to Spokane Wash severely de denounced I de-I the foreign policy of the United States Wednesday night before a crowd that jammed into every inch of available space within hearing distance at the Newhouse hotel I have been accused of being J an isolationist the senator said b butt t Im I'm telling you that the greatest isolationists in this countr countr coun- coun tr trY are Cordell Hull secretary I coun-I of I s state te and President Roosevelt By their statements and ac ac- ac I ac-I Senator Wheeler charged we haven't got a friend in the world except possibly England England- and they wont won't like us after this war is over America First Sponsors Senator Wheeler spoke under auspices of the Utah America America America Amer Amer- ica First Committee Inc and was i introduced by Professor Joseph FSmith F F. Smith of the University of Utah Walter E E. Cosgriff committee chairman presided The speaker said he was appearing appearing appear appear- ing not as a Democrat nor a Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican but as as an ordinary American citizen interested i in keeping this country out of war He asserted that Wendell L L. Willkie Willkie Will- Will kie kle G GO GOP 0 P presidential nominee and President Roosevelt vied with each other before the election in promising that American soldiers would not be sent to fight I eign soil I President Roosevelt hasn't said i anything about this since the election election election elec elec- tion however and his action does not carry carryout out his political promises promises promises prom prom- Senator Wheeler charged He cited seizure of Greenland trading of destroyers the proposal of ship convoys and the lend lease-lend bill as steps leading this country toward participation in the warThe warThe warThe war The lend lease-lend bill was sold to the public as a defense measure but the only place in it where defense defense defense de de- de- de was mentioned was in the title he said The lend lease-lend bill was not a defense measure but a bill to denude denude denude de de- de- de nude the defenses of the United States he asserted Senator Wheeler charged th that t persons persons opposed to th the country's foreign policy are being intimidated ed into silence and that a smear campaign is being waged against themI them I detest one-man one government under any name whether it be called nazism fascism or new he said Despite what Mr Ickes Harold L L. Ickes secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of interior says Im I'm not going to keep quiet he said Draws Applause This last statement like many others drew hearty applause When Senator Wheeler referred to Colonel Charles A A. Lindbergh as a patriotic American there was vigorous applause and an undertone undertone un un- unI I of boos The speaker said he greatly admired ad admired admired ad- ad mired the English regarding them as as the smartest in the world and expressing hope they win the war But no matter where you find findan an Englishman he is always thinking of England first Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Wheeler said I wish Americans Americans Americans Amer Amer- would be more that way about the United States he said j I Wont Won't Keep Quiet In Warning Nation I 9 l r Nl a r w Y rr y r rR rr rr r A R r r A F r l h t. t f. f w s l y h A i A r Z l. l i t S SWE WE IIA HAVEN'T VENT GOT A FRIEND IN THE WORLD Senator Burton K K Wheeler speaks in Salt Lake |