Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 9, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 7 September 1939 — RAYMOND WILLIS CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATE [ARTICLE]

RAYMOND WILLIS CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATE

(From Knightstown Banner) Daily it becomes more evident that regardless who may be nominated for the United States Senate by the Democratic party, the one name that is uppermost in the minds of the people of Indiana for that position in 1940, is the name of Raymond Willis of Angola, stalwart liberal conservative of the Republican party, whom many concede actually won the election lost fall but was reputedly counted out by th manipulation of late returns. As the Congress Of the Nation in the late weeks of the last session of that body turned down the New Deal spending measures and broke the backbone of needless spending, reports come in from all over the state recalling the manly fight made by the Senatorial candidate from Angola against the un-Americanism not only of the spending measures of wasteful debauchery of the resourcts of the nation, but likewise of the un-American philosophy involved in New Dealism, especially insofar as one-man control, leading toward an actual dictatorship, was the real direction of this new wing of the Democratic party. For into the breach came Raymond Willis, humble citizen, invited by a multitude of friends throughout the state of Indiana to utilize the rich foundation of years of simple dignified service in his own community, and in a civic way, thruoghout an nentire state. As a real American Raymond Willis was nominated by the Republican party to meet all challenges against The American Way, and with telling force it was Willis who gave the essence of hope and victory in speech after spetch, that resulted so magnificently in sending to Congress, in the House of Representatives, such a fine majority of Indiana Congressmen of Republican affiliation; and aii of whom were committed and delegated by the electorate to continue the fight charted by Raymond Willis for the ideals of true Americanism, wellbalanced with sand and proper relief for the needy, together with a stoppage of the purchase of elections by corrupt use of the power of the money set aside for relief. Though well entitled to his own reward for his matchless leadership in last fall's campaign by being seated in the United States Senate, nevertheless the idiosyncrancies of New Deal and Two Percentism election control prevented Willis from being seated, and now an electorate eagerly awaits the next election to reverse that error by sending Raymond Willis to the United States Senate in 1941 by an overwhelming majority.