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Show 4e , Ifi I EN ENWashington fi fiR fiBE R BE Washington WasWngton D C CWILLK CWILLRIE CWILLKIE WILLRIE WILLK AND r FOR FORSeldom D n RSeldom R RSeldom Seldom in political polltIca ] history has a aPresIdent aPresident aPresident PresIdent of the United Ul11ted States re recElved recowed received cElved cowed such wholesome wholcsome support on onmajor onmajor onmajor major fore gn policy from a defeat defeat- defeated defeated defeated . - - ed candidate e.ndldate endldate . as Franklin Franklm Roosevelt Roosevelthas Roosevelthas Roosevelthas has received 'rom rom ham ' Wendcll Wendell Wll1kle Wilikte WilikteFew Wll1kleFew WlllkieFew Few people kno v how act ve ye WIll1tle Willkie WIll1tlehas Willkiehas Wlllkiehas has been beh nd the scenesFor scenesFor scenes scenesFor For Instance Willk WIIIk Wilik e a has even evendone evendone evendone done some missionary work on Joe JoeMart JoeMart JoeMart Mart n chairman of the Repubhcan Republican RepubhcanNational RepublicanNational RepublicanNational National committee and opposItion opposItioneadcr oppositionleader oppositionleader eadcr leader ] of the house Wilkie W llkie likle remams remains remamson remainson remainson on very friendly terms with his old oldcam oldcamps oldcampa cam camps a gn managpr manager even though thoughtht'y thoughthey thoughthey tht'y thty they ' c : flered fiered on foreign pol cyShortly cyShortly cy cyShortly Shortly after the congressional congressionalvote congressionalvote vote to repeal the Neutrality Neutrahty act act actin , , , In which the Republicans Repubhcans nearly de defeated defeated defcated phonedI feated Roosevelt Willkie WiIlkle Willkle phoned phonedJoe phonedJoe Joe MartinJoe MartinJoe Martin MartinJoe Joe he said those Republl Republi Republlcans Republicans Republicans cans who voted against agamst repeal of ofneutral ofneutral ofneutral neutral ty are going gomg to have a tough toughbme toughtime toughtime bme time be ng re elected They re go gomg gomg going mg to find the country is behmd behind behmdRoosevelt behindRoosevelt behindRoosevelt Roosevelt on thl thisThe this thisThe The Republ can national chair chairman chairman chairman man replied that he would not only onlyre onlyre onlyre re elect all the Republicans Republlcans who whovoted whovoted whovoted voted against agamst Roosevelt Roosevet ] , , but he hewould hewould hewould would also elect a lot of new Repub Republcans Republicans Repubhcans lcans licans ! to fill the scats of the Demo Democrats Democcats Democrats crats ccats wh whj . ! i had voted w th RoosevetListen RooseveltListen Roosevelt Roosevet RooseveltListen ] Listen sa d Wlllkie WIllkle Willkie if you re reelect reelect reelect elect 80 per cent CC'1t CC1t ' of those who voted votedagamst votedagainst votedagainst agamst against the President you 11 be the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest pol t cal gen us of all t meAnd meAnd me meAnd And said Sald Wlllkie WlIlb.le WlIlble Wilikie . m in telling the thestory thestory thestory story to a friend fnend afterward a few fewdays fewdays fewdays days later there was Joe h mselfvoting mself mselfvotmg mselfvoting votmg voting with Roosevelt for a de declara declaration declaration clara claratIon tIon of war warBuy -Buy Buy - Buy Defense Bonds- Bonds BondsSRIP BondsSnip Bonds BondsSniP - SniP SRIP BUILDING PROGRAMThe PROGRAMThe PROGRAM PROGRAMThe The act on of the house naval offairs af of affairs atfairs fairs comm ttee ltee in m slashing slashmg the pro proposed proposed proposed posed expans on of our two ocean oceanna oceannavy oceannavy I na navy vy v . was as due chiefly to shortages of ofmaterlas ofmaterials ofmaterials ' materlas materials ] and construct on equip equipment equipment equipment equipmentHowever ment mentHov mentHowever Hov However . ever Rear Admiral Samuel SamuelRob SamuelRob SamuelRob Rob Robnson nson chief of the bureau of ofships ofships ofships ships ran into a blunt barrage of ofquest ofquest ofquest quest ons ens about the worth of the thebattlesh thebattlesh thebattlesh , battlesh p under modern combat combatcond combatcond combatcond cond tons t ons Comm ttee members memberssharply memberssharply memberssharply sharply suggested that in m view of ofthe ofthe ofthe the battleships battleship s record in this v . war warthe warthe ar arthe the navy might be wise to build bulld no nomore nomore nomore nomoreRobinson , more moreRobmson moreRobinson Robinson Robmson contended that this thiswoulJ thiswould thiswould woulJ would be impractical ImpraCtIca ] since the theUn theUn theUn Un ted States needed battleships If Ifour ifour ifour our enemies continue contmue to use them themfor themfor themfor for combat purposesWhat purposesWhat purposes purposesWhat What is your honest prnate prlate prl\ prl priv \ ate opm opin opmIon opinion opinion Ion of the battlesh p p7 ' he was wasasked wasasked wasasked asked Do you think thmk this type of ofship ofship ofship ship is worth all the money it costs costsand costsand costsand and the time and labor required to tobUild tobuild tobuild bUild them9 them them9I ? ' I m sorry gentlemen but it s not notmy notmy notmy my function to answer that ques questlOn question question tlOn tion s destepped Robinson Robmson with a asmile asmile asmile smile I m not a policy pollcy man My Myjob Myjob Myjob job is to bu Id sh ps after it is de declded detided decided clded tided they are needed However HoweverI I have my own ideas about the bat battlesh batflesh battiesh tlesh flesh pTh pTh p pTh Th s drew laughter and the ad adm adm adm m ral rat was pressed no furtherRob furtherRob further furtherRob Rob nson also was qu zzed close closeIy closely closely Iy ly about the high cost of certa1l1 certain certa1l1vessels certainvessels certainvessels vessels wh ch the navy proposed proposedin In the expansion program chiefly chieflyan an aircraft carrier at an estImated estimated$85 estimated85 $85 85 $ 000 000H 000H 000 000H H gher labor and material costs costsare costsare costsare are the biggest factors Robmson Robinson Robmsonexpla Robinsonexpla Robinsonexpla expla ned For instance mstance we have havea a new type of armor plate for our oursh oursh oursh sh ps wh ch is far stronger than thantha thanthat thanthat tha that t used by any other nation It Itcosts Itcosts Itcosts costs $60 60 $ a ton three t mes as much muchas muchas muchas as the armor plate we formerly formerlyused formerlyused formerlyused formerlyusedHow ' used usedHow How about the labor supply supply7We ' We have plenty of labor to carry carryout carryout ' out our shipbu shlpbu Id ng program Rob Robmson Robinson Robmson mson inson said Also plenty of tac fac II li IIties lities 11ties ties Getting Gettmg mater als and ma machme machine machine chme chine tools is our b g problem r ght ghtnow ghtnow ghtnow now However the shortage doesn tamount t tamount tamount amount to a bottleneck In fact factproduct factproduct tactproduct product on is running a ! little 1ttle ahead aheadof aheadof aheadof of ofschedule schedule and \ will Ill > , be greatly ex expedlted expedited expedited pedlted pedited by next spring sprmg sprmgBuy springBuy -Buy Buy - Buy Defense Bonds- Bonds BondsCAPITAL BondsCAPITAL Bonds - CAPITAL CHAFFThe CHAFFThe CHAFF CHAFFThe The outbreak of the war obscured obscuredthe obscuredthe obscuredthe the inc dent but the house ate crow crowIn crowin crowin In a big way on its act on last sum summer sumflier summer mer flier barr ng David Lasser torn forn er en erhead enhead erhead head of the Workers All ance ante from fromgovernment fromgovernment fromgovernment government employment After a acareful acareful acareful careful investigation mvestlgatlOn the appropr a at at t ons oils comm ttee tlee completely exoner exonerated exonerated exonerated ated Lasser of any Commun st af of affillat offiliat atfilial fillat filiat ons ens Representatives John Ta Taber Taber Taber ber N Y J W D tier ttcr tter Pa 1nd and 1ndBverett andEverett ' indEverett Bverett Everett D rksen 111 III Ill who made the theor theor theor or g na nal ] accusat on ducked U tJ ii e a com corn commlttee cornmittee cornmittee mlttee mittee session v . when hcn Lasser was wascleared wascleared wascleared wasclearedPuerto cleared clearedPuerto Puerto Ricans wryly recall that thatU thatU thatU Cayey25 U S mvy nwy navy s rad mad o 0 to toers \ers ers vers \ at Cayey 25 miles from San Juan were d s smantled smantled smantled mantled three years ago and sold soldas soldas soldas as scrap iron to the JapanescOffice JapaneseOffice Japanese Japanesc JapaneseOffice Office of C vil vII an Defense is pre preparmg preparing preparmg YouCan parmg paring a handbook on What You Can Do For Civilian Defense Detl.nse Detlnse . Au Author Author Author thor EleanorPlerson EleanorPierson of the handbookIS handbook is Eleanor Pierson wife of : Export Ixport Import Bank BankPres BankPres BankPres Pres dent Warren Lee Person P ersonAustralia erson ersonAustralia chardG Australia sable s a able Minister Mmlster R chard G Casey Cascy drives about Wash ngton ngtonin In transparenttop a British car w th a transparent top and right hand driveApparently driveApparently drive driveApparently Apparently not hiving hwmg enough to todo todo todo do with the war repre representatives < entatlves of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Pure Food and Drug admin admJn adman s strat btrat trat on now ask drug firms the ques tlon tion question questlon How much bus ness d d you do youdo last year ? ' ' ' |