Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-26
Republicans Draft
Peace, Armament
Campaign Platform
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our elected representatives from
Washington.
1t has failed by disclosing mlh-
tary details Of our equipment 10
foreign powers over protests by
the heads Of our armed defense.
VT has failed by ignoring the
lessons Of fact concerning modern,
mechanical. armed defense.
In these and countless other
ways the New Deal administration
has either deliberately deceived tie
American people Or proved itself III
competent longer to handle the
affairs OF our government.
Who would win the Republican
party's 1919 presidential nomina-
ton still was anyones guess with
the NOMINATING speeches less than
"a hours away. The pressure Ma
on and the front runners Thomas
F.. Dewey Robert A. TAFT and Wen
dell l.. Willkit -JucktNcd ene.Gttl-
cally for position.
Whoever wins Will run on a plat
form pledging him to keep the
country at peace, even though ma
terial aid might be extended the
British. ISolationists within the
party demanded and received a
platform description of the Repub
licans as the party of "American-
ism Preparedness and Peace
The isolationists, however, lost
their fight for a specific declara-
ton that we insist that not one
drop of the blood of American
youth shall be spilled on a foreign
soil for the purpose Of interfering
IN amy European or Aslatlc con-
flict.'
Meanwhile, as other candidates
raced to corral as many delegates
as possible, the dark horse Candl-
dacy If former President Herbert
Hoover. figured in the background.
Hoover, himself. declined to discuss
his candidacy. He said he saw no
evidences of change since two years
ago when he announced he would
not be candidate for public office
But his friends in California were
preparing TO raise d Hoover rallying
cry if an early deadlock persists.
Willkie tossed another firecracker
into the ranks of the stop Willkie
cohorts. He announced that the
convention Eeynoter, 33-year-old
Gov Harold E. StasSen of MIN
nesota, would support his candi-
dacy and that other members OF
the Minnesota delegation would
doubtless follow StaSsenS lead.
Stassen said he would vote for
Willkle on the first ballot and sup
port him from here on out
W1llkle drove ahead with his
WhirlWlnd tactics, breaktaStins with
OhioanS including some delegates
and alternateS. meeting with menu
beers OF the Kansas delegation and
celebrating his views again n u
press conference. Rep. Frank O.
Horton Of Wyoming SAID that he
had other congressman from mid
west, west coast and Atlantic SEA-
board states had met with Willkie
and found his views "COmpletely
acceptable to the majority of the
Republican congressman
The Dewey headquarters contin-
ued TO eXudc COntlGcuCc in the
young district attorneys prospects,
j. RuSSel Sprague, DcWeyS man
a8er claimed thorough wedding out
Of all doubtful votes Stlll left Dewey
with a minimum of 4l0 for the.
initial ballot
Efforts to reach some kind OF
agreement between the Dewey anG
TAFT forces were gong on behlnd
the scenes There was no lndica-
ton that these efforts had attained
any success II Wa presumed that
amy DeWey-Iuit or Tait-DeWey
move would DE- directed against
WIlikle.
Former PrrSlGc~~ Hoover raised
the g OP. war flag last night III
SOlemnly delivered address which
some Of his friends hoped and be-
lleVtd would set a time bomb to
explode with ms nomination for
president later in the week.
He battered the New Deal with
series Of grave charges. Repubh-
can listeners shouted and pounded
their guilty" verdict He fired
series Of words and phrases total
ltarian liberalS-the New Deal en-
DrOidered waste basket called bank
ruptcy-that handmaiden of power
named glmme-a billion quick have
an election, not an auction starry
eyed men. But the tremendous dem
OnStratlon many had expected, die
not develop. There was less than
III minutes of uprOar Upwards OF
dozen state standards were hur-
ried into the aiSles. But no parade
developed comparable 10 those del
egateS customarIly provide for a
prospective presidential candidate.