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...Franklin Roosevelt's acceptance speech, he pointed a finger of reproach at the "one exception," the only man who had refused to help him in his program for national defense. Who was the man? Gossip sizzled. The President would not tell. Washington wisemen thought it must have been Alf Landon, who had reportedly turned down a Cabinet job when the President refused to commit himself on Term...
...Republican nomination for President of the U. S. Bigger than the story of his acceptance was the story of the crowd at Elwood that swarmed in, 200,000 strong, to make the biggest political rally in U. S. history-three times as big as the one that heard Alf Landon's acceptance, twice as big as the one that heard Franklin Roosevelt accept in 1936 at Philadelphia's Franklin Field. On the quiet Indiana town that normally holds 10,000 people the crowd moved like some vast, unregimented, good-natured army on the march. It moved faster than...
Problem. For Wendell Willkie the day began early. The two months that had passed since he won the Republican nomination in Philadelphia had been preparation for his speech. The polls had indicated that he would win the election if it were held now-but the polls had shown Alf Landon leading immediately after his nomination, and after Landon's weak and unimaginative acceptance speech at Topeka, the polls had shown his steady decline. Wendell Willkie's ease and self-confidence had made it plain that his campaigning would be colorful, his personal appearances could carry...
...Proudly showed the rough draft of his acceptance speech to Editor William Allen White (Emporia Gazette). Sage Mr. White announced that Wendell Willkie's victory was "in the stars," told a story: "In 1936 I told Alf Landon that he wasn't going to carry Kansas . . . But this year it's different, and Mr. Willkie is going to carry Kansas...
Willkie flashed a broad grin when he heard the demonstration start and the galleries begin to chant: "We want Willkie." Then he ducked downstairs for a conference with ex-Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas, who reportedly said to him: "If you're still in there pitching on the fourth or fifth ballot I'm with...