Photo shows part of the crowd of more than 19,000 persons who gathered at the Hollywood Bowl for a national unity rally and hear Wendell L. Willkie warn that war "may and probably will come to this country." The former presidential canidate declared that neither a position of isolation nor one of internationalism guarantees peace and urged his hearers to stand behind the government in its war against totalitarianism. Dated July 24, 1941.
Willkie, Wendell L.--(Wendell Lewis),--1892-1944 Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.) Audiences--California--Los Angeles Lawyers--United States Amphitheaters--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles) Microphones Public speaking--California--Los Angeles Podiums--California--Los Angeles Night photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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