Evening star., 1944-06-27

CHICAGO.-KEYNOTER-Gov.
pictured the Republican party
keynote address to the Republ
Democrat in the White House. But
out where the people live, the
country is predominantly Repub-
| lican.
In those 26 Republican States, the
people have already elected the
kind of government which the job
ahead of us requires.
They are determined, this year,
to have more of that kind of Gov
ernment. They are. determined to
have more of it in the States. They
are determined to have more of it
in Congress. They are determined
to have more of it-and a great
deal more Of it-in the White
House
In those States where the people
have returned to the Republican
party, Government is not only for
the people, but of and by the people.
That means not some of the people,
but all of the people. Their kind
of representative Government
reaches from ocean to ocean and
from border to border. 1t extends
to both sides of the tracks. It in
cludes every citizen. That is why
the platform of this convention
will be one on which all of us can
stand together-not divided by race
or creed, not as minoritieS or ma
jorities, but as fellow Americans.
Lauds COP Regimes.
No party that stands for less
than that can unite America. A
better world for others must begin
with us. That is why in Is OF
our States it has already begun.
In those States which are al
ready Republicans, you will find
the record of public administration
is progressive, enlightened and in
the public interest. In those States
you will find increased emphasis
upon the public health, upon free
education, upon care for orphaned
and neglected children, upon sup
port for the aged. for the. victims
of industrial accidents, for those
handicapped by physical disabili-
ties, and for the victims of eco
nomic misfortune.
Those are the States of this
Union where labor has achieved its
highest dignity; where labor and
management have come to their best
understanding: where they have
learned to work together most ef-
fectively, where, together, they are
doing the best job.
They Produce the Goods.
What is the result of that kind
Of Government? I can tell YOU.
can tell you in terms that every
American with son fighting over
seas will understand. To win the
war in the air, those Republican
States have been called on to pro-
duce 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 to produce more
than 81 per cent of all our ord
nance-and more than 83 per cent
OF all our other fighting equipment
The American people were intro
duced, not long ago, to DR.. Win
the-War. From the record of these
States it is clear that DR.. Win-the-
War is Republican.
But this war cannot be fought
and won as Republicans or Demo-
Gratis This is an l-American war
There is place for every Amer
lean in 1t. There Is no place of
honor for any American who is not
| in it.
Share Responsibility.
In or out of office, Republicans
and Democrats share the RESPONSE
bility of winning the war. We want
to share it in the same spirit in
which the sons of all of us fight
from the same fox holes, through
the same jungles, across the same
beaches, in the same ships at sea
! and in the air.
The generals who command our
armies, 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 nonpo-
htlcal military establishment Their
concern is not with the party In
power-Whether it is Republican or
Democratic. Their concern 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 without DO
litical interference.
Our purpose is to see that the
country is responsive to their mill
tary leadership; to stand back of
them through good days and bad !;
to see to it that they get the ma
terias needed for victory.
No Politics in War.
How well that victory can be won;
how magnifcently it can be won
when Government unites all the
people to win it is plainly written
in the" record of those 26 States
whose government is now Republi-
can. That is what needs to be done
for the Nation as whole. To that
we dedicate ourselves as our first
!, objective; to keep the war out of
! politics and politics out of the war,
to strengthen, among us, that spirit
Of single-mindedness, of unity, of
: self f-forgetfulness that will hearten
our military leaders,. strengthen
their HANDS and sped the day
when having bivouacked along
the main streets of Germany and
Japan, they will lead our boys VIC
toriously home again.
I But when the war is won. what