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Show WILSON PLANNING HIS CAMPAIGN President Will Make Speeches at Shadow Lawn, Replying Reply-ing to Criticisms. Long Branch. N. J., Sept 14. The part President Wilson is to take in tho campaign for his re-election was dis-. cussed here today by the president, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Sec-retary Tumult'. The plans will be put into final shape at a meeting here Monday between President Wilson, Vance McCormick, chairman of the Democratic national committee, and Homer S. Cummings, head of the speakers' bureau of the national committee. com-mittee. The president will begin his "porch campaign" at Shadow Lawn next week. Although he has decided to make no speeches away 'from hero, except before non-partisan organizations, organiza-tions, his political advisers said today the president expected to be able to get his views before the country effectively. ef-fectively. The campaign for the re-election of the president will follow the lines of hiB speech of acceptance. Through speeches to delegations here and through letters he will amplify points made in that address, and will accept the challenge of Charles E. Hughes, the Republican nominee, on the issue created by the settlement of the recently re-cently threatened railroad strike. Mr Wilson also has decided to devote de-vote himself strictly to telling of the achievements of his administration and to attacks on the Republican party. The president will dwell particularly particular-ly on the prosperity of tho country and his plans for the "industrial preparedness." pre-paredness." In this connection, It became be-came known today, that as soon as congress convenes in December he will make further efforts to have passed a bill allowing American ex-oorters ex-oorters to utilize common selling igencies abroad. Th president plans tonight for St. Louis to address an association as-sociation of underwriters. It is possible, possi-ble, however, that the trip may be cancelled if there should be a sudden turn for the worse in the condition of Mrs. Annie E. Howe, his sister, who s critically ill at New London, Conn. nn |