Evening star., 1944-03-21
Threat Of Third Party
Seen in WiI|kie Talk
On Republican Policy
BY GOULD LINCOLN.
Star Staff Corresnonds,+

RIPON, Wis, Mar. 21-Wen-
dell l.. Willkie has warned the
Republican party against nomi-
mating an ultra-conservative
presidential candidate out OF
touch with the times, and cou-
pied with this an intimation
that if it does so he or some
other leader may be forced to
start a third-party movement.
The 1910 nominee replied in
strong words to his critics in the
extreme right wing of the party in
q speech last night in this CITY
which many regard as the birth
place of the Republican party
Mr.. Wlllkie, 1t is known, is not
planning now to sponsor a third
party in case he or some one an
proved by him is not nominated.
However, strong intimation that
circumstances might dictate such a
departure was seen in his praise of
the liberal Republicans" who, in
1877, as a protest against the cor
ruption OF the Grant administra-
ton, held separate convention at
whlch they nominated Horace Gree
ley. He also praised the revolt in
1912 OF Theodore Roosevelt and his
Bull Moose party.
States Three Talks Today.
Before speaking here, Mr.. Willkie
yesterday addressed meetings at
Oshkosh and Fon du Lac. Today he
will address a chapel session at
Lawrence College, Appleton. then
an Appleton luncheon meeting and
later night meeting at Green Bay.
Last night Mr.. Willkie said the
Republican party must oppose to
the utmost that party and those
men who, under whatever guise or
slogans, either designedly or as a
consequence of the policies thev
preach, would take America further
along the road of a society con-
trolled by government with incen-
tlVes deadened and freedoms dis
appearing"
Looking backward" said Mr..
Willkie, some NAV condemn Mr.
Roosevelt for the split that he
caused. Yet we cannot but admire
him for the courage with which he
held his convictions and we must
be grateful to him for the MANY
reforms which we now take for
granted.
Recalls Taft, Root Ideals.
"A more successful theological
movement (though this, too, met
with defeat in its proposed forms)
was the new international view
point introduced in the beginning of
this century by such men as Messrs.
Root and Taft, who were regulars
OF the regular. We must not forget
that William Howard Taft was the
first president of the League to En-
force Peace, which was the germ of
the League of Nations. And the
ideas propounded by Elihu Root.
concerning international law. are
today practical problems that we
must meet.
Il have cited these instances to
show that a vital political party is
not-cannot be-a rigid's mechan-
ism. 1t must perpetually generate
within itself the principles of its |
future"
Mr.. Willkie declared that one of
the fundamental issues of the day
is the relationship of government
to the economic and social we'll
being of its citizens. The Repub-
ncan party, he said, was founded
upon the principle of human free
dom and remained in power during
most OF the period of Americas
amazing industrial development.
Destruction Of Incentive.
The New Deal administration, Mr..
Willkle contended, adopted and ex-
plotted the thesis that the cure for
all evils lay in Government control.
1t gradually led toward the destruc-
ton of the incentive system and the
eventual adoption of Government
controlled society.
Although it adopted many social
advances" he continued, "it based |
its beautiful house on the sands of
constantly increasing Government
deficit financing.
The total result, consistently |
forced by the administration, has
been the illusion that there is an
irresponsible and inevitable conflict
between a society built up on eco
nomic incentive and a society of |
human welfare.
This is not alone false; it is i'm
possible in free society. Too long
and too often have we been led to
regard human values as the opposite
rather than the supplement of the
incentive system. We have been
presented with the two as alterna-
tives.
DO you want security, or initia-
tive?
DO you want protection, or ad-
vnnt1Ireo