Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-25
RICHIE AND HULL
URGE BOLD POLICY
Democratic Leaders Advance
Broad International and
~ National Programs.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A broad and constructive program OF
national and international policies has
been set forth by two Democratic lead
ers as the need for the United States
Government.
Gov. Albert C. Richie Of Maryland
declared In a radio address last night
over the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TENS network that the Hoover mora
forum had placed the United States In
international economic and political
circles. He added that future action OF
this Nation depended on the leadership
at the helm.
Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, in
a statement through the Democratic
National Commute, declared the world
today, under American leadership over
the last 10 years. is in virtual state OF
economic war"
There can be no real progress" he
continued, toward confidence or per-
manent trade recovery while retaliations
and bitter controversies rage.
Calls Prosperity Myth.
"In large sense we are now witness
ing the climax or eliminating effects
of 10 years of unsound economic pol
icies of the Harding, Coolidge and Hoo
yer administrations. The slogan which
they preached to all nations. that for
a country to isolate itself by high tariffs
and the very minimum of trade rela-
tons, would insure domestic prosperity,
has now been proven to have been a
pure myth from the beginning"
Gov Richie also declared the isola-
ton policy of recent administrations
had been brought to an end through
development in the worldwide eco
nomic situation and the American Gov
ernment'S participation in European
affairs. He said the situation could
not be treated except with entangling
political conditions.
I'VE cannot escape consideration OF
the future and the fate Of other ma
tionS," the Maryland Governor said,
because their future and fate may in
volve our own Whether we like 1t or
not, whether it is a departure from
American traditions or not, whether II
violates Washingtons warning against
the danger of entangling alliances or
not, the fact remains that we are IN
the maelstrom of world economics. Our
era of isolation is over
Urges Clear Policy.
Richie said no one could say what
the consequences of the moratorium
would be, but added they would be
momentous. He predicted that when
the moratorium ended, the German
reparations would not be resumed on
the present basis and that the United
to collect European debt payments. He
urged that the United States meet the
situation with "wide-open eyes"
IF we have our eyes shut to the
truth about prohibition, about the on
rushing business depression. about the
destruction of our export trade. about
buying wheat which we dare not sell,
about the duty of industry to its labor.
about the virtue of local government
at least let us approach with wide-open
ewes the realities which are involved in
our entry upon the worlds stage.
I'VE need not be alarmed about 1t.
We need not regard 1t as a bolt from
the blue. With the role we played in
the World War, with our boundless re-
sources and our power. with the inter-
dependence of nations in a complex
world, surely some measure of interna-
tional leadership or participation is re-
quired of us now, If only for our own
national security and economic good"
Economic Peace Necessary.
In his statement Hull also said:
Treatment of the effects only of the
existing panic by means Of the mora
torium and other methods to aid Ger
many and Austria temporarily against
financial collapse and to improve the
world business psychology. should as
soon as possible be followed by broad
and constructive program Of national
and international economic policies
dealing with the causes of the depres-
sion.
World peace depends largely upon
the sort of economic policies maintained
by the important nations. Economic
control means military control when
ever undertaken. To establish military
peace we must first establish economic
peace. and this latter step is prerequisite
to extensive and permanent disarma-
ment."