The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-11-08
AMERICA NEEDS
NO CONTRACT
SAYS HARDING
Reiterates Stand Against Alli-
ance with Europe
NEVER FAILED HUMANITY
No Meeting Of Foreign Powers Re.
quired to Show Us Our
Obligations.

On Board Senator Harding's Speci-
al Train, Austin, Tex, Nov. Ito a
thousand Texans who had gathered
to greet him at Marshall today, Sen
ator Harding made his first speech
since the election, and In It he reiter-
ated his stand against any alliance Of
the United States with Europe.
q want your assistance in the re-
sponsibility | am about TO resume" he
said. you know that ours Is a popu
lar government, and somehow | think
that the verdict of last Tuesday indi-
Gates that the American people mean
to keep II popular government We
were partisan when we went to the
pClls last Tuesday. Now we are all
fellow Americans with a common In
terest. OF course | was spokesman for
my party, but | would not stand for
my party If it did not consecreate it.
self to the service OF the American
people
out of the sacrifices of the world
war and its sOrTows and sufferings
and the Infinite cost OF cur part there
came one thing that is Of infinite com
ptusdNlOI W AIuGliId. 1t Wlpeu Oul
the last vestige OF sectionalism
want an America in which there Is no
north, no south, no east, no west
people with one thought, one ideal
one confidence, one flag, the Stars and
Stripes.
81 don't know but that could,
preach this morning. You know the
ideals that Christianity gave us, and
ycu and | want an America that shall
be helpful to the less fortunate people
OF the world But ! want an America
strong, fortunate and wholly free to
pay her part in dealing with the rest
Of the world. do not want mortg
aged America
Il do not mean to find fault with
those who have followed different
ideal. think the purpose was high
Out OF the turmoil OF the world war
came many propositions and we do
want peace and we do want interna-
tional fellowship We want world CO.
operation. but America has never
failed humanity since this Republic
began. America never will fail hui
manity We do not have to be con-
tracted to play our part as an agent
Of humanity and We are not going to
be contracted now. Our moral obliga
tlons will always stand out.
America does net need any meet
ing OF foreign Powers to tell us where
we stand, TO tell us what our moral
Obligations are. We want to meet
with them, counsel with them, know
their thoughts and give them ours, but
we want to give these things in the
fraadom of Annrira -
This little talk was punctuated by
handclapping and cheering from the
audience and by shouts Of That's
right"
"Ycu are in the home of your
friends" Gov Hobby Of Texas wired
to Senator Harding today
Your generous message is charac-
teristic Of your people, Senator Hard
ing replied
These messages reflect the fine
frlendliness of the greeting found all
day today as the special train bore
steadily southwark toward Bronsville
Texans showered upon the Senator
and Mrs. Harding gifts of flowers and
fruit, baskets and boxes of jellies and
preserves and armloads of purple sug.
ar cane. Before the special was 100
miles into Texas the private car Su-
perb, the travelling home of the Hard.
ings, suggested a county fair exhibit