The Washington times., 1920-06-28
Temporary Chairman Calls on
Democrats to Island With
Forces or Civilization"
tcontinued from First Pase.)

board was established. A war trade
board was created. Food and fuel
regulations were formulated. Vast
loans were successfully fioated Vo-
cational training was provided. A
national council OF defense was Gre
sted Industry was successfully mobi-
liEed.
Almost over night. the factories OF
the nation were made a part OF the
war machine, and the miraculous re-
vival OF the shipping industry nlled
the ocean lanes with our transports.
N"Our fleet laid the North Sea mine
barrage. We sent hghting craft to
every sea, and brought new courage
and inventive genius to the crucial
night against the U-bost.
"In Transporting our troops TO
b France we never lost a man in a ship
conveyed by the American navy.
Let no one misunderstood US. These
great Affairs were carried forward
under the stimulus OF American pa
triotism, supported by the courage and
the spirit OF our people. All this Is
I. freely and gladly acknowledged, but
surely the time has come when be-
cause OF the calculated criticism ana
the premeditated calumnies or the OPP
position, we are entitled to call atten-
tion to the fact that all OF these
A
leadership of a great Democrat and
great Democratic administration. We
have no apologies TO make-not one
We are proud of our great Navy we
are proud of our splendid Army; we
are proud of the power of our coun-
try and the manner In which that
power has been used; we are proud or
the work that America has done in
the world; we are proud of the he
| - ica M
! and we are proud of the inspired and
incompatible leadership of Woodrow
Wilson.
a., THE COST OF THE WAR.
"There are men so small in spirit, SO
pitifully cramped in soul. that they
4 euggest that the war cost too much.
The Republican platform endorses
this complaint.
Again. they say that we were not
prepared for war. In a strict mill
tary sense. a democracy is never pre-
pared for war; but America made
ready in a way that was far more
effective than by maintaining. at
enormous cost, great armaments,
which neither party ever advocated
and which our people would never
approve.
"Wars are not fought by armies
alone. They are fought by nations.
1t is 4 measuring of the economic
strength of nations. The front-line
trench is no stronger than the forces
which lie behind the trench. The line
Of communication reaches back to
every village, farm, counting house.
factory, and home. America pre-
pared by making the economic life OF
the country sound.
What would have been our situa-
tion if, prior to the outbreak of the
war. we had not prepared so that our
farmers were able to feed the armies
OF the world? What would have been
our situation il labor had not been
willing to follow the leadership Of
the President? What would have
been the situation II we had not es-
tablisbed a currency system which
made 1t possible for us to finance the
war? What would have been the sit
uation if the Republican party had
been in control and had maintained
its old attitude toward legislation?
There would have been an inevitable
breaking down of the economic struc-
ture OF our country. We would have
been CAUGHT in the throes of a panic
more devastating than any we had
ever known. Industrial life would
have been disorganized and the tasks
of war, difficult as they were, might
then nave DeCOiuo dito6OihSi iAfipOS
sible.
XTrACKs ON THE PRESIDENT.
Republican leaders have been
moved by a strange and inexplicable
jealousy of the President. Their
foverish animosity, expressed in gross
abuse and through secret intrigue,
has been productive of one OF the
most unhappy chapters in American
history, recalling the similar expert
cnces of Lincoln and Washington.
Political malice followed the Presi-
cent to the Peace Table. Senatorial
round robin was widely circulated.
Every device which partisanship could
develop was employed for the purpose
of weakening the influence of our
Commission at Paris and making the
task there still more difficult. At a
time when every Instinct of fairness
pleaded for a whol--hearted support
of the President, political antagonism
and personal envy controlled the anti
Administration forces.
''The President made every sacrifice !
for the cause of peace. The long-con-