The life of Wendell Willkie. I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some damages some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with David Willkie. I want you to introduce the cabinet audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. Was seeking a third term. Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac. Grew up in elwood. When they married, this was the place they generally call home. In the family, my great great grandfather had lost his shirt during the depression. Instead of giving his father in law a handout, when the willkie and bought a farm land. He asked his fatherinlaw if he would manage it. How much time did he spend no ques
Is standing after just these few hours of fire. This was, sadly, one of the iconic, crushingly sad images of the day. The spire of the church, made of oak, was under renovation, more on that later, when the fire at the base just became too much for the supporting timbers, and it went down. On the lefthand side of your screen is the current live picture and there are many things to point out about it. Number one, you see one socalled master stream from the paris City Fire Department trying its best to suppress the flames from inside the carcass of the church. And paris firefighters are going at it steadily from all angles around this building. Periodically we see a shoot of new smoke and sparks from inside the structure. And we can only imagine what that means. At this hour, 10 00 in paris, 4 00 on the east coast, the effort is nothing short of trying to save the remaining structure. That picture right there, they have an exposure fire going on in one of the stone columns. A Stone Build