Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-30

Il want to be charitable and charge
this to fundamental incapacity of the
administration Setting aside the fact
that an adequate program Of prepar-
edness might have in itself prevented
the acts and policies which made nee
essary our Intervention in the war.
VINO can ever sgen appropriately es.
and precision. this lack of preparation,
this indefiniteness of purpose and vac
tillation of policy cost ns?
The. America Army and the Ameri-
can Navy upheld the traditions of our
tpeopIes and our history. American
genius and American skill worked
wonders at home and abroad. but in
these successes. in these triumphs the
| administration had little part.
l. Costly Blunders of War.
1 I'VE do not care to dwell on the
costly blunders and the unspeakab1e
waste of the war administration. We
may forgive the aircraft waste and
disappointment in aircraft equipment
! In the war, but we hold to strict &C
counting for the grievances land fail
ure of two years of peace. We can
forget the unhappy story of unbeard
OF waste and extravaganza in seeking
shipping to meet our war needs, but
I'VE do npt forgive the utter failure to
meet the opportunities for shipping
eminence in peace. The failure of the
Shipping Boar the astounding inabil-
!
nifty OF all time, is the outstanding
proof of incapacity to meet the call of
the new order in the world
| Every nation, with few exceptions,
| is facing the problems of reconstruc-
| ton and reorganization following the
world upheaval. Those whose boun-
daries are even temporarily secure
| find themselves face to face with
Questions of domestic concern and in
volving internal tranquility.
. 80 AVA %fOn &c
referred TO some of these questions.
We must set our own house in order
and also do our part, make our con-
tribution to the sterilization and re-
Mobilization Of world civilization
All OF these require not only high
ideals. lofty principles, assured 10y
atty and patriotism and inspired
craftsmanship. but administrative ca
pacity. business experience and abil-
ity. and large measure of practical
common-sense. All these are not to
be found in com bination in the demo-
cratic party leadership of today.
st is matter of common knowl-
edge that majority of the govern
ments of the nations are practically
BANKRUPT; Even among the great
nations there are very few which can
be claimed to be solvent in the mat
ter Of realizahle assets. This is of
tremendous significance. i
Lincoln once said that our nation
could not endure half slave and half
free. and by the same token and in
cannot long endure half bankrupt
and half solvent, half subject and
half free. This is obvious to all who
consider the subject status of hun
dreds of millions of people under
the fixed and practically unalterable
conditions of the Versailles compact,
dominated by the creditor nations of
the world.
Here are the seeds of future
wars-the only release from intolera-
Bile conditions. This. we like to
think. is a progressing world, a de-
veloping civilization. Universal peace
must come not from fixed boundaries
and unchanging restrictions. not from
leagued and armed force. but from
enlightened and. expanded human ma
ture, broadened acquaintance and un-
Outstanding.
Let US do our part in the world
first by giving the world a fitting
example of self-government, compe-
tently conducted. Before we reach
for thestars let us sweep the hearth.
Retrenehment Is Needed.
I'VE need retrenchment in expendi-
lures. We need efficiency in govern
ment We want to unshackle bust
ness from it's burdens of taxes, heay-
lily and inequitably and unscientifical-
ly imposed.
I'VE want to establish our lines of
transport and communication on a
basis which will make them adequate
to the ever-increasing demands of our
development and needs. We want an
educational system which will offer
free opportunity to every aspiring
mind: we want a policy of social JUS
tice which will be response to the
sermon on the mount.
I'VE want an American merchant
rina which will ri;
products in American bottoms under
the folds of Old Glory to every port
in the world; we want an agricultural
development which will furnish food
in plenty and find profit and pleasure
in the doing; we want high stand
ard of living based on high rate of
wages. honestly earned and reflected
in high production and protected
against unfair competition of foreign
goods produced under inferior work.
ing conditions.
I'VE want free and clean press:
we want a nation of home-owners and
,home-lovers. We want a religious
people. free, to worship according to
their conscience. We want tolerance
as we'll as liberty. We want whole
and keep US in touch with Gods out
of-doors.
"All of these we have in measure
and all of these NE may have in full
if We will work as well as wish.
"And when we have won them. we
will have given the world our greatest
possible contribution of good and
aided the world toward the millen-
mum.
ls Big Program.
This is a big program l realize. 1
know it is not to be accomplished in
any one or perhaps in q number of
administrations. but it is a program !
/ shall work to in whatever station Il
may be called to serve.
Remember that good government is
of the people. 1t is their OF right. and
they can command it if they are will
ing to deserve it. work for it and sup
port it.
TT is in this faith that we ask that
you place an American government in
power at Washington-a government
which will assemble at Washington
men of experience and constructive
minds: a government pledged to econ
omy and efficiency; government in
which the executive and legislative
departments will work. together in the
interest of all; government which