U.S. At War: Willkie Finds the Road

Wendell Willkie turned homeward from his Northwest campaign swing. The real news of his trip was that he had found in the West a road to Republican unity.

In Iowa, he told 200 Iowa newspapermen that the differences in the Republican party were minor. Said he: "There has been some misconception of what is Republican opinion. All day, beginning at breakfast, I have talked with Republicans. I have not talked with any Republican who has any notion that the party should represent narrow nationalism, economic toryism, or abandonment of any social advances.

"They want...