Show Y f I This Man Willkie 1 I rI r No He 3 He 3 He Was Called a Radical at Coll College CI Third of six III stories on the Mo me of Wendell Willkie 1 ny Dy TO TOM I WOLF OLl Most people who remember the undergraduate Wen Willkie think of a tall husky boy invariably Invariably Invariably In in- In- In variably clad In a brilliant red sweater who chewed tobacco to show how tough he was was- He was widely considered a radical Actually young Willkie's radicalism radicalism radicalism radi radi- boiled boned down do to a great interest Interest Interest in In- terest in socialism of the Jack London variety including the abolition of all inheritances a great respect for tor trust busting Teddy Roosevelt and a worship of Fighting Bob La Follette La Follette liberalism meant fighting a system under which big business poured money Into political machines to elect men who would do Its bidding Much of Willkie's fight with the present present present pres pres- ent administration is based on his hatred for this kind of tem In the present situation Willkie sees big government doing defog exactly exactly ex ex- what big business did In the systems which La Follette found so insidious Though usually at odds with the soft shoe group at Indiana Willkie was very much of a campus leader For the major part of his undergraduate years he led the fight on the fraternities fraternities ties because of their snobbish snobbish- ness He eventually resigned himself to the existing system and joined elegant Beta Theta Pi Trained as Speaker in College His powers as an orator were vastly enhanced as an undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate under under- graduate and his brilliance as a debater and speaker earned him the position of senior orator for j c 7 i g y yi i K r ri i hy i f. f x s. s F Sl d a Julia Willkie at the Un University etsity of Indiana A brilliant student she kept house for her three brothers at the Bloomington school his class 1913 His family dinner dinner dinner din din- ner table had stood him in good stead During his college and law school summers Wen Ven worked as a ajack ajack ajack jack of all trades throughout the west Money was a secondary object to travel and experience He worked variously as a dishwasher dishwasher dishwasher dish dish- washer short order cook harvester harvester harvester har har- vester dresser of oil tools vegetable vege vege- table picker and even as a barker for a tent hotel in a rush town in Colorado His work took him into nearly every state in the west Since all his later work has confined him east of the Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi sippi these summer experiences are proving invaluable to Candidate Candidate Candidate Candi Candi- date Willkie Lost First Case to His its Father While he was still an undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate under under- graduate Wen got his first law training At 16 he be helped his father prepare the defense of two laborers who had violated an injunction The won their case In his first case after graduation graduation graduation tion from law school however Wendell had his father as opposing opposing opposing ing counsel The summation of Wendells Wendell's defense was a master master- piece It took three hours to de liver His fathers father's reply was two sentences sentences sen sen- fences Im sure my son will I make a great lawyer make so much out nt of of no Ire e I Fathers Father's s prophetic hath h I wor About this same ame Words wo 1 h assistant librarian tm e a ati j I wood Her name w Was Dame caine 10 tt Edith Edit Will j r I II I 6 y s y i 1 s fit r f as a slim Ii l' l s if high h collared student V 4 a at J This picture was wa tak taken Rh f was graduated from law dal 1916 1 tt I Wens Wen's She had at Indiana been a aWen's dass h dj J although I had hardly known one ti h there ano I Posterity has it i imet i that heu a met her In Elwood he said sald Wilk Id I'd like to add thre luli to your name But tb the of this bon mot no dt its supposed author an s snot Pretty young Miss bliss ly not swept oft off her i feet feel t M thought blue eyed blue eyed I shag shaggy Willkie was something o Ol cl I Iwar I dreamer America was j In b G J I Iwar war before the knot was tied I I I Willkie dame ame hOlne c cers' cers training camp in a bf bM which delayed the wedding III J days His brides bride's bouquet bouque pfd up en route was still I when Edith Wilk matched marched iH q the aisle on January 1 n ll I lr w to add three letters letten Wa to Ii name I Defended Soldiers While tW E His grandparents grandparents' hate was strong in W Web i Willkie and he volunteer r ht fr r i the U. U S. S army the day t s I sAmerica America declared war He an in France as a captain It in i fI field artillery 1 I Captain Willkie 1 k I France half halt a year ear aft ended to defend many tl oJ h b I I colleague had wound themselves i for compare compart minor offenses j Back in America in 1919 dell Willkie was an and I rookie lawyer What sho sh I Ido do Someone approached S Sa a liberal and a hero to rt ru mh congress Should he acce i should he practice law laws I rAn t r tAn An old and good fried i r Ji I plied the answer answer-a a job in Ai it with Firestone Tire and Re t company's legal department I As to the running for COng craps r Forget it advised i friend the first thing you b bt t I you'll be elected and thole that mean your finish r t rt tI t I Next Th The young lawyer la j f |