The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-01
| THE FACTS
m OUR NEWS
Bv HORACE A. WHITE

ftbLlCANS al WOhk IN CHI-
CAGO The Republicans In !
Chicago at their national convention
are divided into two major camps. !
One camp II led by the cold and
calculating Newspaper publisher,
Mccormick. Col Mccormick has |
stood for isolationalism In interna-
tiOnal politics before Pearl Hsrb0r,
and he stands for isolstionalism even |
while the American boys and girls |
die on foreign battle fields. Col. |
cCormick rs an individual Is un- |
important. Isolationism ut this stage
Of our development Is such . back |
ward way to look At Western civil
lization and world civilization, for |
that matter. that to watch an In
dividual In action who Is motivated
by isOlationism Is mere entertain
ment and not worthy Of mention I'm
serious discussion.
As q symbol, however. Col. Nc
Cormick Is important IS he tries 10
influence the Republican Conven-
ton with his "watered down" views
Of isOlationism. There are a great
many people who stand under the
Mccormick banner unidentified a.
TO person and name; but they stand
there. nevertheless. This Is the
danger Of the Mccormick camp.
symbol. Col. Mccormick. are for
having America and the world re-
main static and unchanged. Africa
must remain unchanged according
TO these people, not because Africa
Is Africa. but because in Africa to-
day one can invest one dollar and |
take out twenty-five. The people |
under the Mccormick banner are
opposed to working men In Ameri-
ca. aving q decent wage and q de-
cent house. They are opposed to
these things for the workers be- |
cause they feel, and wrongly SO Of
course. that II workers have these
advantages their profits will be less. |
These are the same people who fight |
any advance in the standard Of liv-
ing Of the American people, feeling |
that any advance in the living |
standard Of the American people
will mean more tax dollars out Of |
their pockets. They are the people |
also who would welcome an Ameri- |
can brand of fascism--not Fascism
in the Hitler sense, but Fascism
nevertheless.
There are the people at the con-
vention led by Mr.. Willkie, who |
have read the lessons Of history. |
These people under Mr.. WILKES |
banner know that America and her |
interest can no longer be safe by |
following the course Of isolation
ism. Mr.. Wilkes followers are
aware that to withdraw from the
world situation because . nation
ton Is preparing for q third world
war. and thereby putting America
in the dangerous position Of max
ing no contribution to . creative
peace. The followers Of Mr.. Will
kie say that we have no right to
seek to control and to force the
opinions upon the rest OF the
world. We do have . right, say the
followers Of Mr.. Willkie, to work
very hard and very earnestly for
cooperation and understanding. Mr..
Willkie leads his followers to the
point that cooperation entails vOy
definite obligations. These obliga-
lions must express themselves In
terms an economy that IL beyond
just purely national benefits. In
other words, an economy that Is
based purely upon the security Of
Americans and American workers
Is bound to collapse and lead to
another great world conflict.
Col. Mccormick and his follow
ers. on the other hand, in contem-
plating this idea. argue that the les
sons Of history are unimportant.
They are unimportant because their
selfish interests are more important
than the welfare Of the people. The
people who stand under the Nc
Cormick banner see the handwrit-
ing on the wall TO the effect that
they will not be able TO dominate
the world situation with a back
ward process that is advantageous
only TO the McCormicks in America,
SO their answer TO the rising tide OF
world kindship on the part of COM
mon men everywhere is to have
America withdraw into its crusty
shell OF isolationsm.
These two opinions will be war
ring furiously during this coming
campaign. The Mccormick opin-
ions will be put under the banner
Of an extrayagant and wasteful
New Dealism. II will be pointed out
that Lend Lease cost the American
people many millions Of dollars.
They will hammer away at bureau
cratic activities in Washington, ~
IL a country could be run without
bureaus and departments. They will
seek to capitalize on the needless
grumbling Of the American people
about OPA and Price COntrol-Of
course this group would want M
Price Control because II gives them
the control Of all the money ulti-
mately. and after . war most COM
modities in America will be at their
pleasure.
The Willkie group will have logic.
right and common sense on their
side. They may have . difficult
time OF getting II written into the
Republican platform, and IL they
do succeed in getting II into the
Republican platform. Il Is yet to be
proved that Mr.. Dewey. who will
undoubtedly be the Republican
nominee. has courage and insight 70
work and fight for common people
the world over with America and