Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1938-10-21

trines of both Federal and State Constitutions
which guarantee the freedom of religious wor-
ship and the complete separation of church and
state. We have opposed in the past and viii
continue to oppose in the future all alien social
and political creeds and doctrines which deny
or would destroy those principles. Experience
has demonstrated that wherever representa-
tive democracy or private enterprise has been
destroyed, religious freedom has sooner or later
disappeared together with freedom of speech.
of the press, and of public instruction. The
politically controlled and dominated system Of
the socialistic state cannot function and per-
petuate itself unless it ultimately controls the
opinion-making forces, not only the forces of
press and school, but also the religious forces
that deal directly with the spirit of man. We
hold that the Capitalization of government by
the New Deal administration evidences a trend
toward such state and that the spiritual as
well as civic regeneration Of the American peo-
pie can be brought about only by the return
to the American system of representative de-
mocracy. ,t t..~e o.
Health and Medicine
We advocate the continuation and extension
of the present policies of the State Board of
pAOPOo0A
of the present national administration for the
specialization of medicine. We commend the
Levy Court Of New Castle County for its pro-
gram of the installation of sewage systems in
rural and suburban communities and advocate
the extension of this program throughout the
state.
Relief
We must have ample relief for the unem-
ployed, for needy mothers and for, the aged
and blind, but above all, we must have relief
from unemployment. There is no substitute for
jobs. Accordingly, the relief problem is mex
tricably bound up with the ills of business, in
dustry and labor. The curing Of these ills on
a sound permanent basis as advocated by the
Republican Party in its national and state plat
forms of the present and the past will, we be-
heve, alleviate to large extent the problems
incident to unemployment relief. 'e
The Republican Party in Delaware may just
ly take credit for the enactment of the legisla-
tion whereby unemployment relief in the state
is now and at all times has been administered,
and to the Republican administrations in New
Castle County and in the City of Wilmington
should go the credit for providing funds. for
this purpose. Relief in Delaware is and has
been essentially a Republican institution, and
we condemn the vacillating tactics of the pres
emit Democratic state administration in failing
to take timely action to meet the emergency
in the City of Wilmington during the past win
ter. In this regard, we commend the Republi-
can administration of the City of Wilmington
and the Levy Court for New Castle County
for the prompt and efficient action taken to re-
lieye suffering and privation. ,A~
We believe that the problem of relief is one
to be dealt with by the states and that the cost
ly and inefficient system of administration of
relief on a national basis as practiced and advo-
Gated by the New DEAF administration serves
only to decrease the funds which might other
wise serve to alleviate the suffering of the needy
and, at the same time, furnishes means where
by funds available for relief purposes can be
and in fact have been used both directly and
Indirectly for corrupt political purposes.
We pledge ourselves to strive unremittingly
so as to afford the opportunity for work at a
saving wage for every person willing and able
to work, and at the same time to meet emergen=
cies resulting from unemployment with prompt
and efficient aid to all needy persons. a@
SOCIAL security
and Old Age Welfare
Delaware under Republican administration
was pioneer in social legislation The state
old age welfare act passed by Republican leg
islature is the means by which funds are made
available fer unemployment relief and for the
care of the aged. The Republican Party in Del
aware is accordingly in complete sympathy with
all legislation which win provide greater meas
are of security for American wage earners
and thereby enhance the welfare of the nation
as whole. However, in the operation of the
national security act by the New Deal admin-
stration, the only practical results accom-
,lished has been the setting up of new method
If taxation. and the creation of new bureauc-