The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-04
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Top "A Slate
OfDernocrats
Platform Stresses Interna,
tional Post War Organ
ization for Peace.
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

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Amid historic demonstrations
acclaiming his 12-year record in
the White House and the prom
Use of his future service, Presi-
dent Roosevelt was renominated
for a fourth term by the Demo-
cratic national convention in
Chicago.
Only one ballot was necessary to
give the President 1,086 votes.
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia
received SO votes, his support COM
ing chiefly from Southern delega-
tons who registered protest
against the fourth term and the New
Deal. James A. Farley, former ma
tional committee chairman and
manager of Mr.. Roosevelt's first two
campaigns, received one vote. His
name had not been placed in nomi-
nation.
In one of the most holly contest
ed battles for the vice presidential
nomination in the history of the
! party, Sen. Harry S. Truman of
Missouri, whose craftsmanship of
the senate committee investigating
the war program had won him ma
tional recognition, captured the po-
sition. The Missourian won on the
second ballot when he overcame
long lead piled up by Vice President
Henry A. Wallace on the first poll.
A crowd which jammed every seat
and flowed over into the aisles and
galleries of the Chicago Stadium
cheered the Presidents acceptance
speech which he delivered by radio
from an undisclosed Pacific coast
naval base, whittier he had arrived
from a cross-country trip. The
President described this journey as
lin the performance of my duties
under the Constitution" Senator
Samuel D. Jackson of Indiana, per-
manent chairman of the convention,
introduced the President.
Nations Choice.
In outlining the future as he saw
it, and stressing the necessity of
planning for forthcoming eventuali-
ties, Mr.. Roosevelt declared:
1.-The war waits for no elections"
"The people Of the United
L States" he added, twill decide
this fall whether to turn this
1914 job - this worldwide lob -
to inexperienced and immature
hands, to those who opposed
lend-lease and international CO.
operation against forces of ag-
gressiOn and tyranny until they
could read the polls of popu-
lar sentiment, or whether they
wish to leave it to those who
saw the danger from abroad,
who met it head-on and who
now have seized the offensive
and carried the war to its pres
ent stages Of success"
No. l item in the Presi-
dents analysis of "the job before us
in 1914" is fast and overpowering
victory over the Axis. Next is the
formation of an International or
ganization which would make future
wars impossible, and third is the
building of a firm economy for re-
turning veterans of the war.
Concise Platform
President Roosevelt's desire for a
concise platform was fulfilled when
the convention ratified by acclama-
ton the 1,500-word document pre-
sented by the resolutions committee.
1t was one of the shortest in modern
times, with most of its planks single
sentences.
Chief interest conferred in the plat
forms declaration for a postwar in
ternational organization based on
sovereign equality and with power
to use armed forces if necessary to
preserve peace.
On the race question, the plat
form declared:
1--WE believe that racial and reli-
gious minorities have the right to
live, develop and vote equally with
all citizens and share the rights that
are guaranteed by our constitution.
Congress should exert its full con-
stitutional power to protect those
rights"
The platform urged steps pro-
noting the encouragement of
risk capital and new enterprise
and promised special attention
to the natural resources of the
west. 1t urged reduction or re-
peal of wartime taxes as soon
as possible.
Relaxation of wartime controls at
the earliest possible moment was
promised, along with pledge of
special aid to small business and a
declaration against monopolies, car
tells "or any arbitrary private or
public authority"
For agriculture, the platform
pledged: price guarantees and crop
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