Arizona republican., 1916-06-09
PROGRESSIVE
 PLATFORM UP
 TO CONVENTION
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to keep Americas great heritage un- l falteringly in first place. American problems must be faced and solved in | the light of American ideals.
 American political action must be taken in the service of American ends. Unwavering patriotism and unfalter- 1 ing fidelity to America is the only spirit which should animate our citi- ZOnS.
 In this spirit of Americanism, action must be taken for the common defense. We must be ready in spirit, arms and i industry. Preparation in arms re- l quires:
 A navy once more second in battle efficiency;
 i A regular army of 250,000 men, fully armed and trained, as a first line of l land defense;
 A system of military training ade quate to organize with promptness be- hind the first line of the army and na wy. a citizen soldiery, supplied, armed and controlled by the national govern ment.
 (A) In our democracy every male citizen is charged with. the duty of de lending his country. This duty is not new. It has existed from the founda- tion of the government. Under pres ent conditions it cannot be performed without military training It is not nec- essary that this training should be so extensive as to interfere with the or nary pursuits of the citizens, but it should be systemattical, efficient, pro vision being made for other kinds of public service by those with honest, conscientious scruples or physical dis abilities A voluntary system in effect gives opportunity for military training only to those who are well to do. We should have the son of the workman and the son of the rich man trained side by side. A universal system un der the control of the federal govern ment which will provide adequately for our defense; promote efficiency in time of peace and develop, as nothing else can. that essential of good citizen ship-the ideal of personal service for national ends.
 We should therefore give to every citizen the opportunity to secure at the expense of the federal government sufficient training to perform this duty ! with efficiency.
 We stand for peace, not war. We believe in preparedness for defense, 1 not for aggression. We must not sa not for aggression. We must not sac "a rifice the lives of men for the glory or gain of military conquest. We there fore, desire that the women of the ] country who bear and rear it's soldiers and make and keep it's homes, should have the full protective right of suff- rage, either by state or federal action.
 Arms alone cannot maintain na- l tion. Of far greater and pre- eminent l importance must stand a national in 1 dustry, efficient for the general wei 1 fare and prospericy justly distributed, 1 a national life organized in all points for national ends. Four years ago this i party was born of a nations awakened l sense of these fundamental truths In i the platform then adopted we set forth ] our position on public questions. We l here re-affirm these declarations They f are, made on national issues. A nation ] to survive must stand for the princi- i ples of social and industrial justice. 1 We cannot permit the oppression of 1 any class and expect of that class high 1 ideals, of patriotism. We.must protect ! the wage earner, the developer of country life.
 We must remove the artificial causes of the high cost of living; prevent the exploitation of men, women and child ren in industry by extension of the workmen's compensation law to the i full limit permitted under the consti- tuition and by a thorough-going child labor law; protect the wage earner; and by. a properly regulated system of rural credits encourage the farmer and give to the landless man the right to acquire. land
 A country must be worth living in to be worth dying for.
 To make possible social justice, to maintain our position in peace and war, we must insure business and in dustrial prosperity. This can be done.
 By a regulation of industry aimed at promoting it's growth and pros | pSiAes hHu d Juot uiSlllDutioH ol ilS Z returns and a healthy expansion of foreign trade.
 By a conservation and development of our national resources, human and material
 By making a new standard of gov ernmental efficiency through con- plete civil service system, a national budget and the destruction of pork barrel legislation
 By the creation of permanent ex- pert tariff commission. The protec- tive system is essential to our na- tional prosperity. Tremendous new pressurek will be thrown upon our in dustries after the war by the highly mobilized production of European 1 countries. At all times conditions of competition must be capitalized be- tween ours and foreign countries. We can only get the protection we need through the use of exact and com plete knowledge unaffected by preju- dice or politics. We can only secure that knowledge at all times and when needed through such a commission.
 We have set forth in this platform the plain essentials of national exist ence with which most men agree;
 which any man can propose. They are not new in principle Our urgent and immediate need is for their pref erence. We have had ample experi- ence with the promiser, with words,