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gal waste Of the taxpayers money. and
prevented America from being caught
| into the snares and tangles of their
| blundering in Paris. OF course, they
are irritated because representative gov
| ernment-that safeguard of our republic
frank about it, they would speak with
equal irritation about another "oli-
garchy"-an "oligarchy" which they
never consulted much-the win of the
American people.
1t is a strange and deplorable
thing that the control of the Demo-
cratic party has fallen into hands
that even now are reaching out in
their perfect accord" to perpetuate
the condition of extreme centraliza-
tion from which America has suffered.
to perpetuate the narcotic of phrases
by which American citizenship was
to be lulled into inactivity. What
would Thomas Jefferson say to this
What do those democrats who have
looked upon their party as one in
trusted with the safeguarding of
local rights say to it? l think that
they. with us. contemplating the
precipice toward which these years
of autocratic bungling have led US,
will see that it is not only a preci-
pice over which our prosperity may
be flung, but over which sound Am
erican representative government
|
with the great mass of Americans, will
say: I'VE have had enough
When Americans say. as they do
say. America FIRST they mean no
one-man power, but our America as
a people whose will is expressive
ment. They mean a nation of people
whose citizenship is based upon a
willingness of one to serve all, and
not upon a program of herding. into
selfish groups. whose slogan is What
can l get" They mean that Amer
ica first is a spirit by which are
preserved the rights of the one man,
or the one group. or the one locality,
only by a watchfulness by that indi-
vidual, by that group, or by that To-
cality that the welfare of all America
shall be preserved.
Discusses Race Question.
Discussing the race question as pre-
sented in the Pacific coast. the candi-
date said:
Today you have come here from
the Pacific coast of our country.
do not doubt that Americans on the
coast are troubled in their minds
about the oriental question. as it is
called. That question raises every
Interpretation of our watchword
America first" for it involves four
sets Of obligations. It involves our
it involves the obligations of all
America toward one group of Amer
lean states and their peoples. But
it also involves the obligation of that
group of states to the nation.
There is abundant evidence of, the
dangers which lurk in racial differ
ences. I do not say racial Unequal
ities-I say racial differences. l am
ever ready to recognize that the
civilization of the orient is older
proud and honorable traditions.
May Create Friction.
I'm spite of the honor of these orien-
tai peoples and in spite of their con-
tributions to the worlds advancement,
it is conceivable that they may be SO
different in racial characteristics or in
manner of life or practice from other
peoples of equal honor and achieve
nent, that no matter whether it be
on the soil of one or upon the soil OF
the other, these differences, without
periority or inequality. may create, as
I believe they have created upon our
Pacific coast without blame to either
side, friction that must be recognized
The nation owes it to the Pacific
coast to recognize that fact. The ma
ton owes 1t to the Pacific coast states
to stand behind them. in necessary
measures consistent with our national
honor, to relieve them of their diff
culties.
The problem incident to racial diff
ferenceS must be accepted as one ex-
listing in fact and must be adequately
met for the future security and tran
qutllity of our people. We have learned
during the anxieties of world war the
necessity of making the citizenship Of
this republic, not only American in
heart and soul. but American in every
sympathy and every aspiration.
Anxiety for Future.
No man can TRANQUILITY contemplate
the future of this republic without an
anxiety for abundant provision for ad-
mission to our shores of only the i'm
migrant who can be assimilated and
thoroughly imbued with the American
spirit.
From the beginning of the republic
America has been a haven to the
oppressed and the aspiring from ali
the nations of the earth We have
opened our doors freely and have
given to the peoples Of the world who
came to US the fullness of American
opportunity and political liberty.
We have come to that stage of our
development where we have learned
that the obligations of citizenship of
necessity must be assumed by those
who accept the grant of American
opportunity. From this time on we
are more concerned with the making
of citizens than we are with adding
to the man power of industry or the
additional human units in our varied
activities.
AS a people and a nation, as Gov
hns