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Wv Thursday, October 10,194#'„ 47 » ' * ^ ^ T~' -* * ««- ,• * ' rwa __ • ... . &w«s <1 % •' wmmmwmn 'P7V:jWilli.W.9,W«Si1 r :"^ r#fV R"0t'• tHX HeHnST FLABUDXAin -'V-qf - * * W,' T?.:-.* K,:f •;,>VT'5 v?-1 > J* ' ' .% .* >.»•.- *£* » r - ^ ' *\- •:" ,' *1 * #5 * * •» »t At, *•«•&<.>* t» •'! .«».k. -*,.£ '. {.,, „ , , '« st* ;>v^*v V,^ 7® TAKE YOUR CHOICE , j j w # y v . " - , g r ' { ' ,'l &1 '-£ :&f>w OLP FASHIONED «TUf*/ xHOPKlMt MRS. WILLKIE'S Home Town Editor Boosts Willkie LIFE STORY FOR WOSIENJfOTERS Wife of Candidate Gets Share of Limelight and Smiles / Back at Her PuWJc SHE'S 23 YEARS MARRIED As Edith Wilk She Met Hus* band at a Wedding, and Danced With Him Mr*. Edith Wilk Willkie, wife of the Sepublican candidate, is quite a contrast to her 210-pound busband. She to only five feet two and probably Weighs about 110. She is trim and active, and has short fluffy brown hair frosted with silver. Born torty-odd years ago Itn Nash: Tille, her family moved back to its Bative Indiana, where she and her '•Ister (now Mrs. Miller Hamilton of Indianapolis) were brought up in the ... town of Rusbville. Her father, who tied a few years ago. was a smalltown building contractor. "1 grew up," •ays Mrs. Willkie. "In a home where I never heard a cross word spoken." After graduating from high school, die went to the University of Indiana for two years. Then she worked as a librarian In Rusbville and Elwood. It was at a wedding that rhe net-Wendell Willkie. She was maid of honor and he was an usher. He asked her to dance with him. "Bis dancing was to bad that I've savor tried dancing with him since." abe confesses. But shd liked him, even If ha was only a struggling young Hwyer without vary glowing proa- • facta. ' They were married Jamary 14, 1*18, •lid soon thereafter Willkie went overffeas with the Field Artillery. It was •b his return that they moved to Akron, where he had secured a Job In the Firestone offices. His salary wasn't ttg. and she bad a oretty tough time Baking it stretch over the housekeeping expenses. :Y Mrs. Willkie doesn't play bridge and 4be belong* to no clubs. She spends .' So more time on her clothes than the average woman, but the results are •Iways simple and becoming. Her main Interests have always been her husl| md and her son Philip. . :r: It isn't In her line to deliver speeches, and she has politely but Consistently refused to speak on the ffulio, although she has great admiration for those to whom it comes natu- •felly. Her ambition, she says, is to be • charming hostess" and a "devoted •Sd intelligent wife and mother." The nominating convention, she ad- --HBits, caugbt her unprepared. But she lived the eicitement of it. The convention loved her, too. and she had tike spontaneous admiration of delegates. spectators and reporters. The story has been told a thousand times of how Willkie proposed to her. "Edith." ha said, "how would yea Ilka to change Wllk to Willkie?" fended Willkie Washington Washington, October 9--Three spectacular affairs scheduled within the next week or two are likely to provoke a strong case of dithers among the professional politicians.^ First is President Roosevelt's Columbus Day speech in the nature of a report on national defense from Dayton, Ohio, and broadcast to the world. Then the registration of men of the draft age under the Compulstory Training Act four days later. More dramatic is the drawing of trainees' numbers in the available. The latest reports show I "extension of remarks" appearing in shortage of shelters will restrict the the Record are called. Permission is first call^ to^lOO.OOO men instead of J obtained to insert clippings and comthe 600,000 originally planned. ment. which time does not permit to Though the drafted men will not report until the week following the elections, thos- seeking return to public office do not want a wave of complaints about conditions in the camps set aside for the trainees. Despite the best efforts of promoters it seems that Congress will begin a series of short recesses without taking up several pieces of major legislation. Noteworthy in the list is the House bill to force changes in the management of the National Labor Relations Board now definitely blocked in the Senate Committee on Education and Labor by pro-union forces. It is reported that Chairman Thomas, of Utah, pulled a fast trick on Senators Taft and Bridges, who had demanded a committee session. While these two Republican stalwarts were national lottery shortly after enrollcampaigning, Senator Thomas held a ment. The fretful campaigners for 1 meeting with only four members prespublic office await the repercussions en* a,1<* sustained his own attitude of of the public with some justifiable foreboding. The present crop of office-holders realize they are more vulnerable to hostile flarebacks to cortsciption than other contestants. Their votes were responsible for the new law. The balm which soothes their raw nerves in the struggle for re-election is the evidence of popular support for such compulsory training received during the period the legislation was under consideration. Now that the day for registration and the subsequent call to tne colors is at hand, the incumbents art haunted by the spectre of defeat at the polls. As experienced politicians, they know full well that public favor is a fickle thing susceptible to overnight changes. Our sitting lawmakers find it difficult to measure the flow of sentiment among their constituents on this subject as election eve approaches. In this instance public opinion is one of those imponderables. Many solons assume their jobs are in jeopardy at this season because of the knowledge that concealed resentment is dangerous. If our international affairs should take a critical turn during the next few weeks when the draft is a live topic in every household, resistance to consription would be greatly modified under the stress of a national emergency and patriotism would outstrip all other considerations. With these dark spots on their political outlook, the legislators are privately congratulating themselves on their foresight.' It seems that they incorporated a provision in the draft law preventing calling men to camps until adequate housing facilities were deferring action on the House reform measure. Another measure designed to curb abuses of power by the multitude of administrative agencies, known as the Logan-Walter bill, has met a similar internment in the Senate. If Congress continues to remain in session in a technical sense it Is •unlikely that other matters of. importance will be considered before election. What will happen to the program when the votes are counted is nothing more than a guess. Many legislators, prevented frofn making campaign speeches by forced attendance at Congressional sessions, are taking advantage of the forum provided in the Congressional Record. The official report of daily proceedings is cluttered with innumerable examples of "voiceless oratory" as the be delivered orally on the floor of the Senate and House. As the circulation of the Congressional Record is limited to about 30,000, it is necessary for the authors of the unspoken "remarks" to reprint their contributions to insure • reading by tKeir constituents. As lists of registered voters are kept on file in each incumbent's office, it is a relatively easy matter to extend the distribution intended for the voters. As is customary in fc. campaign year much repetition is noted. For instance, the appendix is v*. plete with such captions (from Republican sources) as "No Third Term," "There Is No Indispensable Man." The Democrats stress the achievements of the Democratic Congress and the Administration on all phases of governmental action. The voter is expected to read all these reprints. Order your Rubber Stamps at Plaindealer. Eyea . Examined A. E. Nye Bid*. West McHenry It. Paul A. Schwabe OPTOMETRIST Phone: McHenry 12S-J THURSDAY MORNING8 Woodstock 874 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Our Repair Department at jour service for any troubles yon may have with yoii car or truck. It is one of the best equipped garages in Northern Illinois. Drive in and let us check the car and give you an estimate on the necessary work. Have your truck tested at tiis garage, which is an official testing station, and receive your state sticker. We have a well equipped repair shop to take care of your correction to comply with the law. CENTRAL GARAGE FRED J. SMITH, Prop. Phone 200^ Towing Johnsburg S P E E D Y f HCU.O DICK** XTKU.NDU HB MEANT Win CLllHftTS «X«T cAse -*>o •VCR OO I THMIK rPSCTTM OCX MO f S*r, SAM«"TH#T WAS A PEACHERUlO I aw YOU HAP OUT in THF COUNTRY Y!\STERDAY -J WHAI, I WAS OUT IN THE GxWfRT MfFT DURI$VEINDG C AAQ P EFAPCOHM O F A R0SSMAN MOTOR SALES hor NASH • LaFAYETTE - PACKARD See the 1941 NASH AMBASSADOR 6 today at the -- AUTHORIZED A SERVl CE h R0SSMHN MOTOR SALES RIVERSIDE DRIVE and. PEARL STREET ~ PHONE 13 Among early Willkie supporters was Carlson of the Elwood Call-Leader. Wiliki*. wh«n § years oio, used ta deliver this paper. For Willkie, Declares N. Y. Times* Which Twice Supported Roosevelt The New York Times supported Franklin O. Hoosevelt for the Presidency 1b 1932 and asain in 193C. In 1940 It will support Wendell Willkie. In all its history, the New York Times has listed itself as "an Independent Democratic newspaper." Only once before has this famous newspaper su^ ported a Republican nominee for President Its declaration of reasons for deserting Roosevelt la a campaign document of high importance.--in fact, according to leading editors, the most important declaration of its kind in newspaper history. It says la part: Wa give our support to Mr. Willkie £ primarily for these reaaons: Because Never before haa the country experi- •Bced so extraordinary a concentration of power in the hands of a few •en as in the government today. All Ike safeguards erected by the American people against too autoccatie a LEARNS OF NEPHEW'S DEATH A letter received by Mrs. Margaret McCarthy last Thursday told that her grandnephew, Max Frieze, of South Dakota, had been killed, but no detials were given. His mother was the former Nellie Cleary, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Cleary of Sioux Falls, S. D., old time McHenry residents. Order your Rubber Stamps at The Flaindeeler. we believe tbht he Is better equipped than .Nr. Roosevelt to provide this country with an adequate national defense; becau, # we b«>l!»>ve he I* a practical liberal who understands the need of Increased production: because we believe that the fiscal policies of Mr. Roosevelt have failed disastrously; because we believe that at a time when the traditional b&feguerds of democracy are falling everywhere It ta particularly Important to honor and preserve the Amerlcau tradition against vesting the enormous powers of the Presidency in the bands of any man for three consecutive terms of office. Roosevelt the Amateur Adequate national defense BtMtfB much more 'han airplanes, tanks and cannon, even when all of these are aetually on hand and not Just on order." It means a nation stronR in its economic health tnd power, with a thriving industry, fall employment, both of man power and of money, new capital flowing vigorouslj Into new channels of production. It means, in short a nation with gigantic industrial force behln>! Its army and Its navy The record shows ihat Mr. itooaevelt has achieved least success tn the solution of this very problem. He haa failed to create the conditions for a confident and expanding business Is a reasonable assumption that this same problem can be managed better by a man who understands business, who has the confidence of business, who has himself been a part of business, whose interest In business problems has been first-hand and continuous rather than casjal and Intermittent. and whose experience Includes a successful personal record in stimulating business and expanding tadistrial production. In this field Mr. Willkie is the professional and Mr. Roosevelt Is the amateur. The third term Issue has been defined by more than 100 years of American history, %y the deliberate decision of our greatest Presidents and by the reluctance of Americans to surreader a safeguard of the 4«m» cratic system. Third Term Issue From Mr. Roosevelt's own statsment to the Democratic Convention the country knows that a year ago be had no intention of challenging the tradition against a third term: "Last September it was still my intention to announce clearly that under no cii^ cumstances would 1 accept re-election." This simouncement was never made. The doctrine of one man's tndlspensabillty is a new doctrine for this country. It Is £ doctrine which less scrupulous men In Europe have used to root themselves in power. It is a doctrine which we lif the United States have good r^asoD to question, particularly when we consider how the powers of the Presidency have grown, what immense patronage, what gigantic etr penditures, what enormous power to perpetuate himaelf tn office is now within the grast of any President These considerations a.s especially relevant when the particular President who now chooses to remain In offlcS for a third term ia the aame President who has never surrendered voluntarily a single one, of the vast "emergency" powers which Congress has given hint. He is the ssme President who >ao shown hlmeelt so Impatient of constiti* tionai restraints that he was wilting to circumvent the Supreme Court Itself by adding enough members to five hi* own opinions s majority. Liberalism and Reform We welcome the fact that Mr. Willkie stands pledged to conserve rather than destroy what Is best {n Mr Roosevelt's reforms. We believe these r» forms would be safe In Mr Willkle's hands, not only becsuse Mi. Willkie is a man nf good will, but because bis sp> proacb to the problems now before us shows him to be a liberal. Cbnruft youths Perform atwilmot Clem and Vince, the locally famous "Adam Brothers" and Miss Wanda Jepsen of McHenry participated in the WLS program given by;the 4-H club at Wilmot, Wis., Friday 'pveninj October 24. Phil Kelly broadcasting system in of tile Chi^ rected the program. Moon, Earth r«# ffffc&n is about 240,<XN^M#! from the earth and the sun is about 93,000,000 miles from the earth. SB9B8S Better light in your home means better Sight family j LPE9 4 ncrj In a variety of models and styles liluminjtsn E#gf»trri*g 3'tekff CE beautiful, new I. E. S. Better Light Lamps in your home and give your family the benefit of scientifically correct lighting. 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