Evening star., 1941-08-24
Roosevelt Policies
Voted Full Support
By Young Democrats
Election Of Officers
Closes Convention
At Louisville
4y the Associated Press.

4y the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 23-Joe
Carr of Tennessee, elected president
Of the Young Democrats Of America
by acclamation today. declared the
organization shall be mobilized to
the full strength of its manpower
behind the President of the United
States" In the national emergency.
The youthful Tennessee Secretary
OF State in his acceptance speech
said the first consideration Of the
organization was the national vel
fare. adding:
wherever 1t takes us-from
Dakar to the Orient; whatever
duties it may impose upon us; our
reply Is that we are not only ready,
but on our way"
Praise Roosevelt and Hull.
Earlier the convention, at the
final session of its biennial three
day meeting, adopted resolutions
commencing President Roosevelt
and Secretary of State Cordell Hull
''for their courageous and aStute
conduct of our foreign affairs. and
we stand with them in their titanic
fight against the armed might OF
Nazi Germany"
The convention also approved the
administrations policy of full and
complete aid" to England and China
and said that we approve of the
policy of full and complete aid to
La1 that hotrnA
of Communism and our determina-
tion to destroy its roots In this
country should not blind us to the
fact that Russia is battling our
common enemy"
With noisy demonstration the
Young Democrats voiced their dis
approval of Japan's occupation OF
bases In Indo-China and after con-
demning the collaboration of the
"spineless and undemocratic vichy
government" resolved that "the
United States should oppose by every
means at Its disposal any further
aggression by the Japanese gov
ernment"
Approving a statement from Mr.
Roosevelt read to the convention at
the opening session Thursday night,
the organization adopted a resolu-
ton that those obstructionists who
still wear the Democratic label are
in the wrong party"
Back Occupation of Bases.
The convention further adopted q
resolution stating that our military
L. el bo 1,,tkN,~trAI -
cur armed forces to occupy and de-
fend such strategic areas and bases
as our leaders deem essential to
the security of our country"
The resolution as originally intro
duced yesterday urged occupation Of
Dakar, the Cape Verde Islands and
Singapore but these specific places
were eliminated by the Resolutions
Committee. Approval of the eight
point peace program recently formu-
lated by President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
also was voiced.
Other resolutions urged the use of
1every facility at our disposal" in
furnishing aid to nations fighting
Hitler: condemned irresponsible
persons who are trying to SOW the
seeds of disunity by their reckless
statements" and urged curtailment
of the production of all commodities
not essential to national defense,
and the efforts Of the Federal nedi-
alton services in settling strikes in
defense industries.
In a hotly contested election in
which the powerful Pennsylvania
group split its 70 votes in half, Miss
Patricia Firestone of Harrisburg,
Pa, was elected vice president. She
defeated Mrs. Glover CASTOR of Los
Angeles and Miss Genevieve Blatt
of Pittsburgh.
John Dugan of Louisville, national
committeeman from Kentuckey, was
\ elected national treasurer and Jerdy
Lewis of Indianapolis, secretary.
The 1943 convention city will be
selected three months before the
time of the meeting by the National
Committee Salt Lake City and
Los Angeles are seeking the meet
ing.