Evening star., 1944-07-20

AuQ now, WUue u0lklOo CnS
world around is still engulfed in
tragedy, the COP proposes to our
suffering people that we hold the
world together by that verbal hy-|
brid Of the new Republican lexicon,
Peace force" the paternity of
which no one admits, and which
nobody understands and nobody will
explain.
Gives Pledge to Veterans.
We must write . peace-at what
ever lengths and by whatever hon.
orable means-supported by what
ever effective implementation or
common international action may
be necessary to guarantee to the
10,000. 900 returning veterans that
their sons will be spared = recur-
rent war. And we shall never forget
the mothers of our men and women
in uniform.
"The bravest battle that ever was
fought:
Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps Of the world you will
find 1t not
Twas fought by the mothers Of
men,"
We must get our boys home again
at the earliest hour consistent with
the safety Of this Nation and the
world.
Upon the record of the foreign
policy Of this country in the last IL
years this administration can be
trusted safely to do that very Job.
The best evidence of the sound
ness and wisdom of our foreign pol
icy In the past years is found in the
concrete results Of its operation.
Today this country has the complete
confidence and the genuine friend
ship of all the nations Of the earth
except enemy nations.
Some there were who lamented
the fact that the present emergency
and Roosevelt met on the threshold
of q third term, instead Of that Of a
first or second, but Of such unex-
pected condolences Is the grim busi-
ness Of history.
George Washington, the father OF
our country, said: II can see no
propriety in precluding ourselves
from the services of any man, who
in some great emergency shall be
deemed universally most capable OF
serving the public" That great
emergency is with US now.
Criticizes Hoover Administration.
Our adversaries go back to their
overworked watchword Of many
campaigns, that only Republicans
are capable Of dealing with the
domestic problems Of Federal ad-
ministration.
Well, we know from bitter ex-
perience where their expertness in
this field led us. After three unin-
terrupted terms in charge OF the
Government, that expertness led us
into the depths Of depression.
President Hoover had no slide
rule with which to find his way out
of that disastrous quagmire. The
country turned from the great engi-
neer to a Democrat. The country
will not turn back from that Demo-
crat to the pupil of the great en-
gineer.
Need we recite the swift methods
by which Roosevelt, from that day
Of his Inauguration, stemmed the
calamitous tide and started US to-
ward economic security and ade-
quate defense?
But the Old Guard simply walls:
How long shall we keep the Dem
ocratic party in Washington"
How long?-Until the escutcheons
of this government shall have been
cleansed of the debauchery Of the
Harding regime. ae
+ How long?-Until the economic
and financial structures OF this Re-
public shall have been healed Of.
and protected against. the return of
the rampant and unchecked piracy
during the do-nothing administra-
ton Of Calvin Coolidge.
How long?-Until the farmer, bus
inessman and worker shall have
been insured against q recurrence Of
the devastation wrought by the un-
fortunate and unsung administra-
ton Of Mr.. Hoover.
How long?-Until that permanent
peace promised to the heroes of the
First World War shall have been
kept in spirit and in truth.
How long?-Until all these high
ends can be reached, or until the
people have lost faith in their ac-
complishment, for there is not
mustard seed of hope for their
achievement in the promise made
from this stadium last month by
the party of Harding, Coolidge and
Hoover.
We are confident of victory at the
polls. Our confidence springs from
appreciation OF what a Democratic
administration through years of
stress has done for our country.
Appeals TO Business.
This confidence springs from the
sentiment in the business world
when it contemplates its sound,
usual, peacetime prosperity. This
confidence springs from the farmer
who remembers the starvation
prices he got for his product until
the futile. feeble, faltering Repub-
lican regime gave way to the
courageous, definite and foresighted
Roosevelt policies.
1t is deepened by the comparison
the farmer makes of these prices
with the prices of his grain and
livestock today.
This confidence springs from the
worker, who finds himself for the
first time in history guarded against
the exactions of conscienceless ex-
ploitation. We have a right to be
confident.
But let us not be overconfident,
for by that sin on-year elections
have been lost. Because Democratic
voters have considered victory won,
they have neglected to do their full
share. We shall leave this conven-
tion hall touched with the livid fire
of conviction that we will win be-
cause we deserve to win.
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