Removal of Question as Election Issue Declared Made Clear in Mr. Willkie's Acceptance Speech London, Aug. 19.
Aiter the speech by Mr. Wendell Willkie, Republican choice for the presidency, on Saturday, it is clearer then that the question of aid for Britain is not to be an issue in the presidential election contest, which is now in its early stages, declares the "News Chronicle" in an editorial today.
Mr. Willkie was guilty of no understatement when he said that the defeat of Britain and the consequent loss of the British Fleet would be a calamity for his country.
"The full agreement of the presidential protagonists is equally in our interests," the paper says. "We hope that from the unanimous desire of the American parties and the people to help a cause, which is common to The newspaper adds that Mr. Willkie, indeed, could hardly have gone further in backing up the line that President Roosevelt has taken, for he adopted the unusual course of quoting with his full approval the recent statement by the President, declaring, "we will extend to the opponents of force the material resources of this nation." Such unlanimity is unquestionably in America's own interests. s. In particular, we trust that it will be found possible to release to us some of the over-age destroyers of which so much has recently been heard.
"There could be no more eloquent sign of America's determination to give us her full help than to help us at once where aid is most needed.""—
Reuter
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.