The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-03-07

| borders. Our people have IN recent
years developed new found capacity
for cooperating among themselves to
effect high purposes in public well
fare. 1t is an advance toward the
highest conception of self-govern-
ment. Self-government does not and
should not imply the use of political
agencies alone. Progress is born of
cooperation in the 7community-not
from governmental restrictions. The
government should assist and encour-
age these movements of collective
self help by itself cooperating with
them. Business has by cooperation
made great progress in the advance
ment of service, in stability, in regu-
larity of employment and in the cor
rection of it's own abuses. Such pro-
gress, however, can continue only so
long as business manifests its respect
for law
There is an equally important field
of cooperation by the federal govern
ment with the multitude of agencies,
state, municipal and private, in the
systematic development of those pro-
cesses which directly affect public
health, recreation, education and the
home We have need further to per-
feet the means by which government
can be adapted to human service.
Education
/ Although education is primarily
responsibility of the states and local
communities, and rightly so, yet the
nation as a whole is vitality concerned
4, in its development everywhere to the
highest standards and to complete
universally. Self-government can
succeed only through an istructed
electorate. Our objective is not
simply to overcome illiteracy. The
nation has marched far beyond that.
The more complex the problems of
the nation become, the greater is the
need for more and more advanced
instruction. Moreover, as our num-
bers increase and as our life expands
with science and invention, we must
discover more and more leaders for
every walk of life. We cannot hope
to succeed in directing this increas-
ingly complex civilization unless we
can draw all the talent of leadership
from the whole people. One civiliza-
ton after another has been wrecked
upon the attempt to secure sufficient
leadership from single group or
class. If we would prevent the
growth of class distinction and
would constantly refresh our leader
ship with the ideals of our people,
we must draw constantly from the
general mass. The full opportunity
for every boy and girl to rise through
the selective process of education
can alone secure to US this leadership.
Public Health
In public health the discoveries of
science have opened a new era. Many
sections of our country and many
groups of our citizens suffer from dis
eases the eradication of which are
mere matters of administration and
moderate expenditure. Public health
service should be as fully organized
and as universally Incorporated into
our governmental system as is public
education. The returns are a thous-
and fold in. economic benefits, and in
finitely more in reduction of suffering
and promotion of human happiness.
World Peace
The United States fully accepts
the profound truth that our own
progress, prosperity and peace are
interlocked with the progress, pros
perity and peace of all humanity.
The whole world is at peace. The
dangers of a continuation of peace
today are largely the fear and suspic-
ion which still haunt the world. No
suspicion or fear can be rightly di-
rected toward our country. Those
who have a true understanding of
America know that we have no desire
for territorial expansion, for econom-
ic or other domination of other peo-
pies. Such purposes are repugnant
to our ideals of human freedom. Our
form of government is ill adapted to
the responsibilities which inevitably
follow permanent limitation of the in
dependence of other peoples. Super
fetal observers seem to find no
destiny for our Astounding increase in
population, in wealth and power ex-
cept that of Imperialism. They fail
to see that the American people are
engrossed in the building for them
selves Of new economic system, a
new social system, a new political
system-all of which are character
lied by aspirations of freedom of OPP
portunity and thereby are the mega
ton of imperialism. They fail to
realize that because of our Astounding
prosperity our youth are pressing
more and more into our institutions
of learning. That our people are seek