The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-15

Hartford, May t6.--A sharp at
tack on President Roosevelts for.
elgn policy was made BY U. 8, Sena.
tor John A. Danaher In the Keynote
address at the opening session OF
the Republican state convention OF
Foot Guard hall here last night.
He asserted that defense needs OF
this country were being neglected |
while planes and war implements |
were being shipped TO England and |
France, ard charged that the I'D.
minls'ration Is trying ITO police the
WORLD.
Senator Danaher also attacked
the domestic policies OF the present
Democratic administration, claiming
that the unemployment problem has
not been solved and youth OF today
flnds itself with little opportunity.
II Geny that II Is our war" said
Senator Danaher. II deny that we
must or should enter that war"
sour foreign policy should be
abandoned, Our foreign policy
should be domestic flrst, our for
eign' policy should DO one OF nom
lHteTVtHtlOIlD Htiu oitlSS VttViV Az
poses In the president OF the United
States such vast potentialities for
our involvement In overseas wars,
let your delegates 10 the national
convention have In mind the Selec-
ton OF one TO be president OF the
United states whose policy will be
America first'."
Immediate Objective
Preservation OF this country, he
asserted, SHOULD be our immediate
rs well as our ultimate objective,
even II thereafter she be the only
nation left on the face OF this war.
torn and sorely troubled world,
"Of course, the United States will
not later shrink from bringing 10
bear It's influence, its intelligence,
IL wealth, In the reimbursement OF
the world. We have no slightest In.
tention, like pontiuS PLATE, OF
washing our hands OF the whole
affair. But just rs surely as we 70.
day uphold the torch OF clvillSa-
ton, Of ordered government, OF poll.
tical obligation, 70 too, will our OPP
portunity Of keeping bright that
torch remain only 80 long aS we
avoid the abyss OF war"
Danaher had been scheduled as
one OF the six delegat es. at-large 10
the national convention, but de-
clined after delivering his keynote
speech last night,
Contests Expected
In addition 10 the at-large dele.
gatsS, ten delegates representing the
fivo congressional districts will be
elected. Two contests appeared un.
adjusted despite overnight conf.
dences. They involved an at.large
election sought by Austin d. Barney,
Pennington, and Attorney General
Francis A. Pallotti, and the first
district fight OF State Sen. Anthony
J. Rich, Bristol, to gain one OF the
places scheduled for State Rep,
Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr., Suflield, and
Albert 8. Bill, West Hartford, Sec
rotary Of the state central commit
tee.
The text Of Senator Danaher's
keynote address follows, In part:
Oh yes, we hear fine American
citizens soy that they do not agree
with our president In anything
else but that they certainly ap-
prove his foreign policy. They
think Of foreign policy IN terms OF
q series OF acts which are designed
10 assist one set Of belligerent na.
lions In O war against others.
Such people think In terms OF
their emotion, In assisting q given
slac 10 win an overseas war.
say We should think In terms OF
the United States. ! say that the
preservation OF our own naticn
should be our immediate as well
as our ultimate objective, even II
thereafter she be the only nation
left on the face Of this war.torn
and sorely troubled world.
Foreign Policy
Those who approve this so-called
foreign policy" after oil, are ape
proving what? Let me point out
TO you, that throughout our entire
history the United States OF AM
erica pursued what Webster calls
q policy: "a settled or definite
course or method adopted and
followed by q government" We
we're thinking In terms OF the
United States. Our people men,
tally took sides, II you like, In
other peoples wars, their sympa-
thieS were aroused one way or the
other, to be sure, but foreign en-
tanglementS were abhorred and
foreign inducements were avoided.
The only time we ever relaxed
that policy under which our ma
ton grew and prospered, our eff
forts while nominally successful,
actually ended In disaster. Bill
lions upon billions OF dollars were
spent, hundred Of thousands Of
American boys were casualties,
scarcely q home that did not feel
the effect of the war. We put
everything into 1t, our energy, Cur
idealism. our fortunes, and our
lives. We took nothing out Of 1t
but misery and loss
The present president Of the
United Sattes until 1887 followed
our traditional policy. The Amer
lean people were so fully convince
ed we should give notice to the