Arizona republican., 1920-05-30

United States no longer can afford 10 l have hordes of aliens descending upon it as to a promised land of ease and wealth. America must be kept for Americans. All foreigners who come to remain foreigners must be barred.
 We believe in and favor legislation for the rigid control of Immigration. Legislation of this character must be sweeping in form, barring all aleus ex- cept those who come to this country to become good Americans. not hy- pheuated citizens. Those who come to make money and then depart, those who come 10 become parasites on good citizens. those who come in search of ease. mast be shut out. We can afford to admit no aliens except those who can give proof they will become Amer jeans as our own forefathers became Americans.
 Amercanization
 With the control of immigration and the shutting out of all undesirables. we believe In a national campaign of Americanization. There are millions of foreign born men and women in this country. Far too many Of them have not become Americans. preferring to keep their own customs. live among their own kind in a foreign colony" speaking their own language. This condition is against all American prin- ciples, and should be discouraged. No effort should be spared to make real Americans out of these aliens who have never become assimilated into this people. Schools and industry can play 8 large part in any plan of Amer icanization which may be worked out in detail.
 National Defense
 Three years ago the United States went into a war for which it was to- tally unprepared. It played a great part in that war, a brilliant part. But .F.. tf. paredness. and preparedness the Re publican party believes in. Prepared ness would have shortened the recent war and saved many lives. At it was, our allies saved the day until we were ready to fight
 The Republican party believes in and pledges itself to a broad program of national defense and preparedness. Our navy must be kept ID as the sec ond navy of the world, and its fleets kept in readiness to protect at once the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. 4 stand ing army of suffieieient size to meet any sudden emerg ency must be main tained. the national guard encoura ged, some system of reserves worked out on a democratic basis
 The aviation service must be amply provided for as a vital part of our forces, and ample appropriations pro- vided to keep us in the front rank
 
 fast losing. Tn all of the services the seniority custom must give way to a system of promotion according to merit. Additional opportunities to be- come officers should be given enlisted men,
 Universal Military Training
 A remarkable physical decline in American manhood was brought to light by the war. and at the same time the war gave indisputaDle evidence of the physical good wrought by military training. The Republican party be- lieves in and favors universal com pulsory military training as something of great worth in making better Amer jeans, not only physically but mentally and morally.
 Universal military training should be given youths for three years. be- tween the ages of IS and 21, for a pe- rtod of about three months each year. Such training, we believe, would be in- valuable in making stronger. cleaner and better Americans. In addition, 1t would be of first importance in a scheme of national preparedness.
 Universal military training such as that we favor would be compulsory, but would entail no direct obligations to actual military service. Once young Americans are trained, however, the task of putting an army in the field would be a short one, eliminating the long months of training in camp that held up our draft army in the recent struggle.
 The War Debt and Tax Revision The war is over, but behind it it has | left a burden on the American people | for years to come-the enormous war debt. amounting to many billions of dol- | lars. Though much smaller than the war debts of the European nations, this war debt imposes a great task in it's payment. The debt must be paid, but it's payment must be extended over a term of years to make the burden of taxes not too heavy.
 ] The Republican party favors the ex- f tension of the payment of the war debt over q sufficient period of years to l Tighten the yearly tax burden for the best interests of the taxpayers.
 The Republican party favors the elimination of the war luxury taxes, such as those on tobacco, soft drinks l and the like The inheritance tax should be retained, and also the income \ tax. though the latter should be greatly modified to remove it's burden on per sons with incomes below $5.000. The l excess profits tax should be main l tained. but entirely remodeled so that l 1t puts no strain on the growth and l expansion of business. making it in- stead a curb on profiteering. Other l revenue measures should be modified along the same lines.
 Radicalisna
 The Republican party cannot express itself too strongly in denouncing radi- calisn. Maintaining the right Of free speech and free assembly to the ut most, it believes in legislation to make treason and sedition real crimes against the people and the nation, crimes punishable by severe penalties This legislation would curb radicalisrn but not liberty, for sedition is treason, and treason is a crime against liberty and civil rights.
 We believe in the deporting or radi- cal aliens We furthermore believe in a program of education to combat the spread of radicalism, for radiealism sconsists of lies. and cannot prevail