Evening star., 1940-06-27
Platform Stands for Defense Measures But No Foreqn War

00,000, 900 increase in our ma
tional debt, billions of uncollec-
tible foreign debts, and the COM
plete upset of our economic sys-
tenn, in addition to the loss of
human life and irreparable
damage to the health of thou
sands of our boys.
The present national admins
tration has already spent for all
purposes more than 1000, ,000,-
000-haS boosted the national
debt and current Federal taxes to
an all-time high: and yet by the
Presidents own admission we are
still wholly unprepared to defend
our country, its institutions and
our individual liberties in war
that threatens to engu'f the whole
world; and this in spite of the
fact that foreign wars have been
in progress for two years or more
and that military information
concerning these wars and the
rearmament programs of the war
ring nations has been at all
times available to the national
administration through its dip
lomatic and other channels.
NATIONAL DEFENSES.
The Republican party stands
for AmericaniSm, preparedness
and peace. We accordingly fasten
upon the New Deal full RESPONSE
bility for our unpreparedness and
for the consequent dangers of in
volvement in war.
We declare for the prompt, Or
derly, and realistic building Of
our national defense to the point
at which we shall be able not only
to defend the United States, its
possessions, and essential out
posts from foreign attack, but
also efficiently to uphold in war
the Monroe Doctrine. To this
task the Republican party pledges
itself when entrusted with ma
tional authority. In the mean
time we shall support all neces-
sary and proper defense meas
ures proposed by the administra-
ton in its belated effort to make
up for lost time; but we deplore
explosive utterances by the Pres
ident directed at other govern
ments which serve to imperil our
peace; and we condemn all Ex-
ecutive acts and proceedings
which might lead to war without
the authorization of the Congress
of the United States.
Our sympathies have been pro-
foundly stirred by invasion of
unoffending countries and by
disaster to nations whose ideals
most closely resemble our own.
We favor the extension to all
peoples fighting for liberty, or
whose liberty is threatened, of
such aid as shall not be in VIOLA
ton of international law or in
consistent with the requirements
of our own national defense.
We believe that the spirit which
should animate our entire defen-
sive policy is determination to
preserve not our material inter-
ests merely, but those liberties
which are the priceless heritage
of America.
RE-EMPLOYMENT.
The New Deals failure to solve
the problem of unemployment and
revive opportunity for our youth
presents major challenge to rep
resentative government and free
enterprise. We propose to re-
create opportunity for the youth
of America and put our idle
millions back to work in private
industry, business and agricul-
ture. We propose to eliminate
needless administrative restric-
tions, thus restoring lost motion
to the wheels of individual enter
prise.
RELIEF.
We shall remove waste, dis
elimination, and politics from re-
lief-through administration by
the States with Federal grants
in-aid on fair and non-political
basis, thus giving the man and
woman on relief a larger share
Of the funds appropriated.
SOCIAL SECURITY.
We favor the extension of nee
essary old-age benefits on an
ear-marked pay-as-you-go basis
to the extent that the revenues
raised for this purpose will per-
nit. We favor the extension of
the unemployment compensation
provisions of the Social Security
Act, wherever practicable, to
those groups and classes not now
included. For such groups as
may thus be covered we favor a
system of unemployment COM
pensation with experience rating
provisions, aimed at protecting
the worker in the regularity Of
his employment and providing
adequate compensation for rea-