25 OCTOBER 1940, Page 13

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Sta,—A Republican friend with Republican associations writes: "The Winkle campaign is perhaps less encouraging than we had thought, or is he perhaps a more ordinary person? For a few weeks we almost thought him Lincoln incarnate. Perhaps we may have to vote for Roosevelt after all, although he has quite educated us away from thrift. It will make some difference later to G:eat Britain."—Yours