Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-18

The 4.000-WOrd document, COM
pleted after hours Of pickering IN
the resolutions committee had thrown
the convention off schedule. also
promised that ali the material aid
1T our command. consistent with
law and not inconsistent with the in
tereStS of our own national defense
would be extended To tine pcace-loN-
ing and libcrty-Iuving peoples wan
tonly attacked by ruthless aggrcS-
SUrS.
Some Of its authors said the for
cign policy plank would assure Il
middle Of the road" course in for
cign affairs and Senator Wheeler Of
| Montana declared that if adhered To-.
it would thoroughly protect the Unit
cd States and guarantee that there
would be no intervention in for
cign wars.
Pepper Loses.
Before it Was finally adopted, how
ever. Senator Pepper Of Florida had
/ led an unsuccessful fight for plank
plcdging full aid short Of war; for
the democracieS and Il solemn
pledge" that the United States would
moi extend the hand of appeaSe-
ment' to relationships.
Secretary OF Commerce Hopkins
told reporters there is nothing in
this foreign relations plank which
changes by one jot or title the for
eign policy oi the President or Sec
Rotary Of State.
\ specific promise TO continue the
SO-called GuEfey soft coal act, which
expires next Spring, was written in
10 the labor plank along with Il
pledge of sympathetic considera-
ton" of similar legislation for the au-
thracite industry.
Unemployment.
On the question of unemployment,
the document recommended 4 ma
tlonal unemployment conference "un-
der the direction of the President
and 10 be attended by LEADERS Of
government, industry, labor and farm
groups
Opposition was expressed to plac
ing control of Federally-Ginanced
work relief in the hands Of the states.
The platform declared that this Re-
publican proposal is thinly DISCUS
ed plan to put the unemployed back
on the dole
An another aspect of social legIS-
lation. the platform pledged an eG-
fort to make the Social Security Act
increasingly effective.
Asserting that weakness and I'M
preparedness invite aggression" the
platform committed the party to pro-
viding this country with Ian invin-
chile air force, navy strong enough
to protect all our Seacoasts and our
national interests, and fully-equip-
ped and mechanical army"
Apparently answering Republican
charges that President Roosevelt was
responsible 70" the country's "unpre-
paredneSS,' the platform declared
that for years the Chief Executive
has warned the nation that "OrganiZ-
ed assault against religion, demo-
cracy and international good faith
threatened our own peace and Sc
curity."
Men blinded by partisanship
brushed aside these warnings as war
mongering and offlciouS intermedd-
lings," the platform continued.
Under the heading "electric pow
Ell" the party's policy declaration
aimed blow in the direction of
Wendell Willkie, the Republican
nominee.
Accept Water Power Issue.
The nomination of utility eX-
ecutive by the Republican party as
its presidential candidate raises
squarely the issue, whether the ma
tons water power shall be used for
all the people or for the selfish in
tereSt OF the few. We accept that is
sue The platform said.
y reaiiirmatiOn Of The AdminiStra-
tons present farm program was
written into the platform together
with a pledge to make parity" as
well as soil conservation payments
until such time as the goal of parity
income for agriculture is realized No
new farm program was involved.
On the question of labor and in
du>try, the platform pledged con-
tinuance Of enforcement of fair labor
standards, maintenance Of the prin-
cipleS Of the National Labor Rela-
tions Act and expansion Of employ