The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-15

to the honor or the fepuOllc ana the progress and prosperity of it's people, Wherever it has appeared that the property of the government has been il- legally transferred and held, action has been brought for it's recovery and will be pursued to a final judgment. No government was ever able to prevent altogether the commission of crime, but this government, under my direc- tion, is doing the best it can to detect and punish any and all wrongdoing. The laws of the land are being, and will continue to be, enforced. pro- pose to use every possible effort to re- sist corruption in office. The Ameri- can government must be clean.
 Statement Of Principles
 Many principles exist which I have tried to represent and propose to SUD- port. I believe in tie American Con stitution. I favor the American sys7 tenn of individual enterprise, and I am opposed to any general extension of government ownership and control. l believe not only in advocating economy
  tical application and actual accomplish ment. believe in reduction and re- form of taxation, and shall continue my efforts in that direction. I am in favor of protection. I favor the permanent court and further limita- tiOn of armaments. I am opposed to aggressive war. l shall avoid involv- ing ourselves in he political eOntro- versies of Europe, but shall do what I can to encourage American citizens and resources to assist in restoring Eu- rope, with the sympathetic support of our government. 1 want agriculture and industry on a sound basis of pros perity and equality. I shall continue to strive for the economic, moral, and spiritual welfare of my country. American citizens will decide in the coming election whether these accom- plishments and these principles have their approval and support.
 The domestic affairs of our cOun.
 try appear to me to be far the
 chief concern. From that source
 comes our strength. The home
 market consumes nearly all of our
 production. Within our own
 boundaries will be determined
 to a very large degree the economic
 welfare and the moral worth of
 the American people. These are
 plain facts, but there are others
 equally plain.
 America, under Providence, has come to be a nation of great respon- sibilty. It exists as one of the fam fly of nations. We can not be iso- lated. Other people exist all about us. Their actions affect us, and our ac- tiOns affect them, whether we will or no. Their financial condition is not and can not be entirely separated from our financial condition. But the final determination of our relationship to other countries rises into a higher realm. We believe in the brotherhood of man, because we believe in the fatherhood of God. That is our justi- fication for freedom and equality. We believe in the law of service, which teaches us that we can improve our selves only by helping others. We know that these principles are applicable alike to our domestic and our foreign relations. We can not live unto our selves alone.
 Foreign Policy
 The foreign policy of America can best be described by One worG-peace. Our actions have always proclaimed our peaceful desires, but never more evidently than now. We covet no territory; we support no threatening military array; we harbor no hostile intent. We have pursued, are pursu- ing, and shall continue to pursue with untiring devotion the cause of peace.
 These ideals we have put into prac- tical application. We have sought to 1Hn by appropriate action. We have been unwilling to surrender our independ- ence. We have refused to ratify the covenant of the League of Nations. But we have co-operated with it to sup press the narcotic trade and promote public health. We have every desire to help; but the time, the place, and the method must be left to our own determination. Under our Constitu- tion we can not forclose the right of the President or the Congress to de termine further problems when they arise. We must necessarily proceed upon the principle of present co-opera- tion without future entanglements.
 As peac3 means fundamentally a reign of law, we propose to become a member of the Permanent Court of In. ternational Justice. Such action would do much to indicate our de. termination to restrain the rule oi force and sOlidify and sustain the rule of reason among nations.
 We have observed with sympathy the continuing difficulties of Europe. We have desired to assist whenever we could do so effectively. Late in De. cember, 1922, the Secretary of State announced the American plan, which was finally adopted. Under it the re parations commission appointed a com mittee of experts of which three were Americans, one of whom, Charles C. Dawes, was chosen chairman. A re port has been made which received worldwide appreciation and has been accepted in principle by the govern. ments interested. At a conference of prime ministers held to work out the details of putting this plan into opera tiOn, l directed the attendance of Am bassadOr Kellogg, assisted by Colone Logan, to represent our government Throughout all this course of event, we helped in the only way we could help.
 Make Private Loan
 I believe the substance of the plan ought to be adopted By that test will