| Show r. r Quits GOP Race fter Wisconsin Loss LossI I I MILWAUKEE April 6 UP P Gov Go homas EDew E. E Dewey y f New York Thursday had won at least 15 5 and probably and probably 18 delegates to the Republican national convention p m h n the basis of late but still incomplete returns from the states state's lection Section Tuesday I 1 I OMAHA April 6 AP Wendell AP-Wendell Wendell L. L S W Willkie the tle Republican irtys nys 1940 standard bearer and an indefatigable campaigner ir r the honor again this year has withdrawn from the race ceding he has no chance to win the party's 1944 presidential L In an abrupt and dramatic an- an at a rally in Omaha ity ity- auditorium Wednesday night at the conclusion of his his' i r pared speech on Foreign Poly Poli Pol- Pol i y told a crowd of that e el was was q quitting as a candidate r the G 0 O P nomination for forr r resident asserting it is obvious I lat at t I cannot be nominated ph h e entirely unexpected state- state lent ent which Willkie described as asI I something quite personal some personal some some- Ing ling perhaps of not much im- im ortance urged ortance urged that his friends desist from any activity toward towards is s 5 nomination His Ifs decision to quit th the race as attributed to his failure to in In a single delegate Tuesday in le Wisconsin prima primary y Governor I For comment of f nations nation's ress on Willkie's action see ge e 6 6 homas E. E Dewey of New York not an active an-active active or declared emerged with 15 delegates dele g rates gates tes pledged outright and three claimed for him crowd apparently not immediately im im- mediately sensing the real signifIcance significance leance of the brief announcement v vigorously applauded Willkie He was surrounded by those on the platform including Mrs Willkie I f Continued on Page Five f S Column On One m Quits Campaign for GOP Nomination 1 ter fter Total Failure in Wisconsin Primary 1 I r Continued from P Pg Pege s One j he e finished his valedictory ing mg g Thank you very much vs s Willkie smiling shook hands handsH H local political lea leaders ers the wd lingered and there ther were fled expressions on the faces at many many obviously astonished ring Willkie declare he was out from the quickening for the nations nation's highest office and his party left ilha laha on a late train en route New York where he is sched- sched 1 to to arrive Friday Foreign Policy Polley n minute 50 minute prepared In his 50 ech devoted primarily to crit crit- m m of the administrations administration's forn for for- n n policy Willkie gave no inti- inti of his withdrawal an- an But at th tha end of of- his lis speech which climaxed his five-day five campaign of Nebraska where he is entered in the presidential presidential presidential primary April 11 he made known his decision to quit Addressing Fellow Americans Willkie said his announcement involves what I have been trying to do what do-what I have been fighting for He said it was his conviction that no Republican could be nominated nominated nominated nom nom- for president unless he received received received re re- re- re at the convention the votes of some of the major midwestern states Explains Stand I Asserting that it was in the midwest midwest midwest mid mid- west that the Republican party has had its greatest resurgence he continued Therefore I quite deliberately entered the Wisconsin primary to test whether the Republican voters vot vot- I ers era of the state would support me meI I and in the advocacy of every sac sac- sacrifice sa sacrifice and cost necessary to winI winning winning win win- ning and shortening the war and andin andin andin in the advocacy of tangible effective effective ef ef- ef- ef I economic and political cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation among the nations 01 of the world for the preservation of the he peace and th the rebuilding of humanity The The Wisconsin primary results Willkie said is naturally disappointing disappointing disappointing pointing and doubly so since the delegate who led the poll f for r delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates is known as one active In organizations such as the America First opposed to the beliefs which T r entertain In Milwaukee Sec Sec- I ei ry- ry Stat oi of State Fred Fred 1 R. R Zimmerman Zimmer Zimmer- man who led the field of delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates denied affiliation with the America First committee Asserting that this country desperately needs new leadership Willkie then announced his retirement retirement retirement retire retire- ment from the race I It is is' obvious now that I cannot cannot cannot can can- not be nominated I therefore am asking my friends to to desist from any activity toward that end and I Inot not to present my name at the convention I earnestly hope that the Republican Republican Re Re- publican convention will nominate a candidate and write a platform which really represents the views which I have advocated and which I believe are shared by millions millions millions mil mil- lions of Americans I shall continue continue continue con con- to work for these principles and policies for which I have fought during the last five years |
