Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23

tions Of various national problems hav'
been presented and are being earnestly
considered by our people.
After four months debate it Is no
the Republican party which finds rea'
son for abandonment of any Of tht
principles it has laid down or Of thu
views it has expressed for solution Of
the problems before the country. Tht
principles to which 1t adhereS are rooted
deeply in the foundations Of our ma
tional life.. The solutions which 1t pro.
government and on consciousness thai
t may have the responsibility fol-
placing those solutions In action.
In my acceptance speech I endeav-
ored to outline the spirit and ideals by
which would be guided in carrying
that platform into administration. To-
night / will not deal with the multi
tude of issues which have been already
well canvassed. I intend rather to dis
cusS sones Of those fundamental prir1-
ciples and ideas upon which I believe
the Government Of the United States
should be conducted.
Calls G. o. r. Progressive.
"The Republican party has ever been
a party of progress. do not need to
review its 10 years of constructive his
| tory. 1t has already reflected the spirit
of the American people. Never has 1t
done more for the advancement Of fun
damental progress than during the past
seven and a half years since we took
over the Government amidst the ruin
| left by war.
1T detracts nothing from the char
acter and energy of the American peo-
| pie, 1t rninimizes In no degree the quail
| ity of their accomplishments to say
that the policies of the Republican party
have played large part In recupera-
ton from the war and the building OF
the magnificent progress which shows
upon every hand today. I say with
emphasis that without the wise policies
which the Republican party has brought
into action during this period no such
progress would have been possible.
THE first responsibility Of the Re.
publican administration was to renew
the march Of progress from its collapse
by the war. That task involved the
restoration of confidence In the future
and the liberation and stimulation Of
the constructive energies of our people.
It discharged that task. There Is not a
person within the sound of my voice
that does not know the profound prog
resS which our country has made in
knows that American comfort, hope
and confidence for the future are i'm.
measurably higher this day than they
were seven and one.half years ago.
Some Reminders Given.
at Is not my purpose to enter upon
detailed recital of the great construc-
tive measures Of the past seven and a
half years by which this has been
brought about. It Is SUFFICIENT to re.
mind you of the restoration of employ
ment to the millions who walked your
streets in idienesS; to remind you Of the
creation Of the budget system; the re-
duction Of six billions Of national debt
which gave the powerful impulse of that
vast sum returned to industry and
commerce; the four seQuent reductions
of taxes and thereby the lift to the
of adequate protective tariff and .itfIIai-
grafton laws which have safeguarded
our workers and farmers from floods of
goods and labor from foreign countries;
the creation of credit facilities and
many other aids to agriculture; the
1 building up of foreign trade. the care
OF veterans; the development OF avia-
ton, Of radio, OF our inland waterways.
Of our highways; the expansion of
scientific research, of welfare activities,
the making of safer highways, safer
mines. better homes; the spread of out
door recreation; the improvement in
public health and the care Of children,
and score. OF other progressive actions.
"Nor do I need to remind you that
Government today deals with an eco
nonic and social system vastly more
intricate and delicately adjusted. than
ever before. That system now must be
kept in perfect tune II we would MAIN
tain uninterrupted employment and the
high standards OF living of our people.
The Government has come to touch
this delicate web at a thousand points.
Yearly the relations of Government to
national prosperity become more and
more intimate.
only through keen vision and help
full cooperation by the Government has
stability in business and stability in
employment been maintained during
this past seven and half years. There
always are some localities, some indus
tries and some individuals who do not
share the prevailing prosperity The
task of Government Is to lessen these
inequalities. 4see
Never has there been a period when
the Federal Government has given such
aid and impulse to the progress of our
people, not alone 10 economic progress
but to the development of those agencies
which make for moral and spiritual
progress.
Business Policy Stated.
But In addition to this great record
Of contributions of the Republican party
to progress, there has been a further
fundamental contributions contribu-
VSA rtrrf a& al 1Nn
cthers-rayd that is the resistance of
the Republican party to every attempt
to inject the. Government into business
in competition with its citizens
After the; war, when the Republican
| party assumed administration of the
country, we were faced with the prob
| lem Of determination of the very nature
of our national life. During $50 years
we have buiided up a form of self gov
eminent and social system which is
| peculiarly our own 1t differs essen
| TALLY from all others in the world It
| Is the American system. 1t is just as
definite and positive a political and
social system as has ever been devel-
| oped on earth.
1T is founded upon a particular con-
ception of self-government, in which
decentralized local responsibility is the
very base. Further than this, it is
| founded upon the conception that only
| through ordered liberty, freedom and
equal opportunity to the individual will
his iniative and ENTERPRISE spur on the
march Of progress. And in our insis-
tence upon equality of opportunity has
our system advanced beyond ell the
world
During the war we necessarily turned
to the Government to solve every diff
cult economic problem. The Govern
Inent having absorbed every energy OF
our people for war, there was no other
solution. For the preservation of the
state the Federal Government became
centralized despotism which under
slir,ed srtocratic powers and took over
the business of citizens. To large de-
gree we reginented our whole people
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