Milford chronicle., 1935-05-24

hearts, and to do it in such a wa,
that we may feel that we are go
ing ahead" as well as standing VI
: for American principles.
Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr.
: of New York, who, believe it or not
/ is looked upon as a Presidential
e possibility in considerable sections
> of the country, outlined, in Wash
ington broadcast, eleven "fundamen-
tai issues" upon which "any Reppb'
lican program must not pussyfOOt OF
{ compromise" A number of his
. points are sound, but most of them
are Instantly "cOppered" by his hit
> or-miss concessions to the Roose-
= welt program. The net effect is one
of clumsy confusion.
Furthermore, Congressman Fish's
eleven fundamental issues" are
cluttered up with such trivial de-
tails as Abolish all government
publicity bureau" This reminds me
of that provision in the original
Constitution of the Boer Republic
! which required that "Citizens must
remove their hats in courtrOoms."
Senator William Z. Borah, in a
four-point program given to the
Hearst papers, is more logical than
Mr.. Fish. He asks the abandonment
of the present economic scarcity"
policy. He stands by his historic po-
sition of mo foreign entanglements." !"
He demands a tariff protectionism
against cheap foreign competition" "
And he urges the elimination of all
+ forms of monopoly, believing that
New Deal policies are especially
harmful to independent business
men.
II seems to me that the Senator,
! in his final statement, has a hand
on the paramount issue, though he
does not completely reveal it.
OF course, we have from Mr.. Bor-
ah a repetition of his demand TO
J select an entirely new set of ma
tional officers" for the Republican
party. Why do not he and those who
agree with him on this get the dele
gates to accomplish this? They
might even go after the famous
Southern delegates" A quiet inves-
tigation carried out by the National
Republican Builders seems to show
that no one at present is seeking to
"round up" these convention forces
which have so often determined par
ty control. In the present lack OF
definitely aggressive candidates for
the Republican nomination, party /
control world would be the sole mo- I
tive for such a roundup.
go
National Chairman Henry p.
Fletcher. in a statement to a group /
of college newspapers during the 1
week, did not change from his fine
and unflinching denunciation of the
fundamental MARKHAM Socialism in
the New Deal tendencies.
Bertrand H. Smell. Republican
leader in the House, contributed his
bit with the prediction that the Re-
publican party would probably have
a "middle-of-the-rOad" platform and
candidate in 1886. Mr.. Smell, an ex-
tremely shrewd and very likeable
person, would almost certainly find I
his prediction come true. if the con-
vention took place this week. And it
may come true a year from now. If ,
it does, it will be one more deadly
blow at the moral standing of the I
party.
During the week, the speech that
has done the most to clarity the
real basis for American opposition
10 the New Deal was that made by H
former Secretary of Treasury Ogden
L. Mills at the Institute of Politics
lt BOwdoin College in Maine.
Mr.. Mills carried forward" the
position which he has taken from
he very first day of the New Deal,
against the Slavery and inherent inn
of a planned Economy"
Again he showed the reaetiOnism
hat lies in these invasions of hui
nan and economic liberty. He ask
ID. fundamentally for freedom Of
and private enterprise.
More than that. though, Mr.. Mills
OOk account of the strong present
popular demand for wider distri-
lutiOn OF wealth and a better social
But he took account of this
rom the historic American view
loint, not from that Of any foreign
site New Dealisn. He saw the
number Of prOpeTtyless
americans, and he said of them: III
Theirs is the problem we
must solve in our march to-
wards that ideal state, cOntem-
plated by our fathers, where
freedom will be combined with III
a security through the distribu-
tion of ownership of property. III
among so large proportion of
the families of the country, as li
to fix the character of society NH
making It neither Communist N
nor Fascist, but proprietary" IN
To my mind here is the first Re- n
ublican attempt to fit logically in
} the old Americanism the needs Of
merica today. This is not lib
raj diVagatiOn meant to win votes. XIII
or is II a swing to ROOseveltism.
Is conservative Americanism pro-
along original American
mes. From the standpoint of pOliti- III
II appeal. / do not like the label
state. Perhaps Mr..
ills will give us something better.
) he proceeds to develop his
fought.
At the Office of the Builders. 60
asst 42nd Street. New York City, NJ
q have had this week a new rush
Volunteer effort. In response to / I'LL