Evening star., 1944-06-27
(Te1t Of Warren Speech on
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GOV. warren commented and the
auditorium and its thousands rocked
with laughter and applause.
Gov. Warren pledged the Repub-
lican party to swifter and conclu-
sive prosecution of the war. He
promised that II put in control oi
the Government, the party would
insist on a just and lasting peace
after the war has been won; that II
would collaborate with the other
to maintain peace, but that
1t would care for the interests OF
too.
Throughout his speech the Cali
fornia' Governor was interrupted by
applause. Frequently the delegates
rose to their feet and cheered him
wildly.
Reaction Spontaneous.
The reaction to his speech was the
most spontaneous and hearty that
has been accorded a Republican
or Democratic-keynote speech In
many long day.
I'VE are here to do . job for the
people," Gov. Warren be-
gan. I'VE mean business"
At one point in the speech, Gov.
Warren said that where the New
Deal had done good, the Repub-
lican party would not seek to erase
that good. There has been prog
ress in every decade of American
history" he pointed out. Progress
Is an American habit. We do not
propose to deny the progress that
has been made during the last
decade. Neither do we aim to re-
peal it. Whatever its source, if 1t
Is good, we will acknowledge 1t.
If it is sound, we will build on it."
But after this more kindly ref
erence to the New Deal, Gov. War
rem turned loose with a denuncia-
ton Of the Roosevelt Administra-
ton for leading us away from
representative government" and
for setting up tremendous bu-
reaucracy that was denying the
freedom of the people, Of private
enterprise and of the press and
radio.
Gov. Warren emphasized that the
vast proportion of war work done
in this country had been done In
States which are now under Re-
publican State rule-26 in number.
Those are the States Of this Union
where labor has achieved its highest
dignity" he said, where labor and
come to their best
understanding; where they have
learned to work together most effec-
lively, where, together, they are
doing their best job.
What is the result OF that kind
of government? I can tell you. can
tell you in terms that every Amer
ican with son fighting overseas
will understand. To win the war in
the air, those Republican States
have been called on to produce more
than 81 per cent of all our airplanes.
To win the war at sea, those States
have been called on to produce more
than 76 per cent of all our ships.
To win the war on land, those States
have been called on produce more
than 81 per cent of all our ordnance
and more than SO per cent of all
other fighting equipment.
The American people were in
troduced, not long ago, to DR.. VIM
the-War. From the record of these
States 1t is clear that DR.. Win-t the
War is Republican.
All-American War.
But this war cannot be fought
and won as Republicans or Demo-
Gratis. This is an all-American war.
There is place for every American
in 1t. There is no place of honor
for any American who Is not in it.
1.-The generals who command our
the admirals who command
our fleets are no more Republican Or
Democratic than the armies and the
fleets which they command. They
are not a product of politics. They
are products of our political
military establishment.
Their concern it not with the
party in power-whether it is Re-
publican or Democratic. Their con-
Germ is how to get the men and the
materials out where the war will be
won. They know how to run the
war and we will see to it that they
have the opportunity to run it with
out political interference.
Our purpose is to see that the
country is responsive to their mill
tary leadership; 70 stand back of
them through good days and bad: to
see to it that they get the materials
needed for victory.
How well that victory can be
won; how magnificently it can be
won when Government unites all
the people to win it is plainly writ
ten in the record of those 26 States
whose government is now Repub-
lican. That is what needs to be
done for the Nation as a whole.
First Objective.
ITO that we dedicate ourselves as
our first objective; to keep the wal
out of politics and politics out of the
war; to strengthen, among us, that
spirit of single-mindedness, of unity
Of self-forgetfulness that Will heart
en- our military leaders, strengthen
their hands and speed the day wher
having bivouacked along the mair
streets Of Germany and Japan, the,
will lead out boys victoriously home
again.
But when the war is won. what
then? We will have 1l,00O,0 900 mer
and women out of uniform We will
have tens of thousands of business.
men whose war contracts have beer
Cancelled
What will those millions of Amer
leans want? They will want wha,
is the right of every American te
have. They will want jobs. BY jobs
they do not mean made jobs-with
the Government as employer. That
is not what We mean either. They
mean Y,AeyNAAp-,AA hing int,a n, neviuA n