Partial Inventory of the Wendell L. Willkie Campaign Speeches
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Title: Wendell L. Willkie campaign speeches
Date (inclusive): 1940
Collection Number: XX647
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
13 phonorecords
(0.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to American foreign and domestic policy. Includes speeches delivered at Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a few radio
announcements.
Creator:
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Wendell L. Willkie campaign speeches, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940.
Scope and Content of Collection
Relates to American foreign and domestic policy. Includes speeches delivered at Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a few radio
announcements.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
Statesmen -- United States
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
onsite digital
Sound recording of Willkie speech in San Francisco
1940 September 21
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: xx647_a_0002847
Scope and Contents note
Willkie is introduced as a progressive Republican. Speaking about foreign policy, he criticizes Wallace for stoking fear of
Nazis on the campaign trail, saying many aspects of foreign policy should not be politicized. He further criticizes the New
Deal on monetary concerns. First, he says Roosevelt has made international trade hard due to uncertainty in the value of the
dollar. Furthermore, he says the rejection of the London summit caused the currencies of gold-block nations (i.e. France)
to crash. Willkie reads a 1937 Churchill speech advocating actions FDR has since not taken; Willkie uses this to help charge
that Roosevelt's policies have lead to the downfall of Europe and the current climate. Willkie believes the New Deal has been
a failure on the domestic front as well, leading America to bankruptcy and unconstitutional government. He further criticizes
Roosevelt for packing the Supreme Court while other, more important issues needed to be dealt with. He concludes by warning
of the perils of bankruptcy and saying he is a friend of the laboring class. KPO broadcast. In English.
onsite digital
Sound recording of Willkie speech in Los Angeles
1940 September 19
Conditions Governing Access note
Use copy reference number: xx647_a_0005956
Scope and Contents note
In this stump speech Willkie criticizes the economic policies of the New Deal. He argues philosophical points but also describes
various individual effects, such as how tax-free government bonds dissuade investors from allocating funds to jobs-producing,
risky business investment. In English. (4 discs)
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