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October 12, 1940

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WILLKIE DECLARES NEW DEAL REGIME IS 'IRRESPONSIBLE'; Our Democracy Cannot Defend Itself in Disunity Caused by Administration, He Asserts ASSAILS ROOSEVELT TRIP 'Inspection' Is 'Political' and Violates Hatch Act, He Says --Acclaimed in Boston Calls Roosevelt Trip Political WILLKIE DECLARES NEW DEAL IS UNFIT Holds Hatch Act Violated Peace Called a Major Objective Compares Outlay in South

By James A. Hagerty Special To the New York Times.times Wide World

Willkie calls Roosevelt Adm irresponsible; quotes J Goebbels as saying disunity would make revolution easy; text

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Tom Mix

1940Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880)[†]

Thomas Edwin Mix was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He was one of Hollywood's first Western stars and helped define the genre as it emerged in the early days of the cinema.