Two days before the opening of the Republican National Convention, Wendell Willkie, formerly of Elwood, Ind., blew into Philadelphia. He announced to newsmen: "My campaign headquarters are in my hat. Be sure to put it down that I'm having a swell time." Talking all the way, followed by a curious crowd, he strode down Broad St. until he reached convention headquarters at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. There, in the lobby, the upstart Presidential candidate was almost mobbed.
Only six weeks before, Wendell Willkie, president of Commonwealth & Southern Corp., had officially started his campaign. Launched...
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