Evening star., 1939-10-26
Puzzled by Inactivity
Of 6. O. P. Leaders
Says PIons for 1910 Election
Should Be Pushed
More EnereetieoIIy
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Millions of Republican voters through
out the country are wondering why there
isn't more activity on the part of their
party leaders. The convention to select
the Republican candidate for President
is now only eight months distant, and 1t
seems as If the Democratic party man
ayers have been throwing out smoke
screen to blind or scare the Republican
leaders by monopolizing the front pages
of the press with the European war and
the debate going on in the United States
Senate over the so-called Neutrality
Act.
OF course, we cannot blame the Demo-
Gratis for wanting to distract all the at
tention they possibly can from our many
dangerous and vulnerable domestic
issues. But just what has the European
war got to do with our domestic polit-
ical problems?
1t is pure propaganda for any one to
advance the idea that, in order to keep
this Nation out of war, it is necessary
to have for President some one who is
intimately acquainted with foreign az
fairs. To illustrate, one of the most
striking examples in history is the able
and comprehensive manner in which
President Abraham Lincoln handled
the Trent affair during the Civil War.
No more delicate or critical problem has
ever been placed on the desk of an
American Chief Executive, and yet Mr..
Lincoln's great common sense capably
disposed of the matter. But up to the
time Mr.. Lincoln took the oath of Office
ever seen salt water, much less crossed
it and visited any foreign power. Again,
Grover Cleveland, in his admirable ham
ding of the ticklish situation known as
the Venezuela dispute with Great Brit
ain, made our great diplomats and in
ternational experts of his time blush
with envy. No one ever charged Mr..
Cleveland with being acquainted with
foreign affairs and international dis
putes. 1t was just another case of good
horse sense reinforced by stiff back
bone.
No matter what happens over In
Europe, our Republican leaders must re-
member that the campaign of 1910
should, and must, be fought over our own
domestic troubles, of which we have
plenty, without interfering in the affairs
OF any other country. The voters of this
great Nation want to know: How we are
going to rid ourselves of our relief ques-
ton; how we are going to increase the
number of jobs for those who really want
to work and earn their own way instead
OF longer being burden on our country.
Our voters want to know when they
are going to be permitted to run their
own businesses again instead of having
their affairs conducted by the Govern
ment. The voters want to know when
the Government is going to cease being
a competitor of private business. The
voters want to know when this great
orgy OF public. spending is going to be
curbed so there will not be the present
danger OF losing our national credit. In
short, the voters want to know when the
fantastic theories of the so-called New
Deal are to be done away with.
No unbiased person, regardless of his
political afiiliation, has anything but
praise for the masterful way in which
President Roosevelt has handled things
IN this European trouble. However, this
Is no reason why Mr.. Roosevelt should
either be left in Office to look after our
Nations affairs, or, in the event he should
decline to run again, name his successor.
The Republican party has men who are
just as competent to look after the best
interests OF our country as the Demo-
cratic party has, and the voters are dis
turbed because the Republican leaders
seem to be so slow in getting their plans
IN operation. AMERICAN PATRIOT.
October 81.