Milford chronicle., 1934-12-14
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN BUILDERS
BY JULIAN MASON. VcePresdent National Republican Budrs

A real contribution to the current
discussion on the reorganization
of the Republican Party was made
in New York recently in speech
by Demarest Lloyd, publisher of tho
Little Washington magazine, AZ
fairs"
1T seems to he commonplace
saying nowadays" said Mr.. Lloyd
that opponents of the New Deal,
whether Democrats or Republicans,
will never get anywhere. as long as
they merely criticize what is going
on. They should. it is said. com"
forward with a comprehensive pro-
gram. want to say, and ! think it
is far and away the most important
thing | have to say, especially To
Republicans, that to attempt such
thing is not only impossible but un-
necessary. undesirable and unwise.
Mr. Lloyd then emphasized in dra.
matte fashion the historic service OF
sheer opposition. He went on to say:
1T is said you must be construc-
tive, that merely to oppose Is de-
structive. Let us take look at the
lessons of history. What have been
the milestones in our own?
Begin with No taxation without
representation in form
and emphasis, but it reused the col
onists. Newt. No more British rule.
Our forefathers did not attempt TO
work out all the details of how the
colonies would function, when Tree.
They united on the sO-called mega
tive and said, in substance. we VIII
work out the substitute for BRUSH
rule later. THAT they did; but we
know from the protracted debates
on the Constitution what would have
happened to our morale in the War
for independence, if the issues had
been precipitated at that time.
Later looms the Monroe Doctrine.
NO more Europe in the western
Hemisphere-agai negative prop
osition. We did not plan out the fu-
ture of South and Central America.
Later still, No more slavery. Inc
abolitionists did not offer anything
resembling q workable plan for the
South. but they carried the country.
Coming to our own times we
have Prohibition. Nothing construc-
tive-iust No more liquor but 1t
went over with almost complete un-
animity by the states.
Then, fortunately, came Repeal
NO more national prohibition.
Repealers quite wisely avoided the
trap set for them by the drys in the
assertion that they should not talk
about repeal until they could agree
upon a comprehensive alternative
plan. Had the vets attempted this I!
task, they would have been hopeless /
ly torn with controversy over the /.
relative merits of the various meth /.
ods of regulation, and never could /
have achieved that unity necessary !
to bring about repeal 4
In the present Republican c0ntro- /
versy, the truths thus set forth by /
Mr.. Lloyd seem to be present in fact,
though few of the controversialists /
seem to realize it.
For the conservative Republicans, I
Charles D. Hilles, National Com
mitteeman from New York, stated
the case in a letter to his fellow
He said:
"A revolutionary overthrow OF
normal American government has
been proceeding for more than
year without reaching its peak and
The brunt of the opposition must
still be borne by the Republican
party. If Republicans will give as
lurances that their basic principles
will be maintained and their course
,f action will be consistent they will
merit confidence. The Repu olican
,arty iannot initiate the New Peal;
ammo vacillate between two opin-
ons; Iannot stagger toward the