The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-31
The Party and the Times

The Party and the Times
 We favor continuance of the Demo- cratic party in administrative leadership of this country for another four years through the reelection of Franklin D, in the belief that 1t Is the best qualified party to lead this nation through the concluding days of this war and into the unknown days of the postwar era.
 We favor continuance of the Demo- cratic party's leadership for the next four years, principally because we con Waterbury and the Nation, that the for eign policy of the postwar era Is the true issue of this presidential campaign. The late great Wendell Willkie declared: "Our foreign policy Is now and will be for gen. erations the paramount and the absorb ing question before us and upon It's wise solution will depend the domestic welfare of the American people"
 Those were the words of on American patriot and Q lover of freedom for man. kind, They were not the words of party politician, for they spoke for, and of all mankind. By the same virtue we believe that the foreign policy platform advo- cat0d by the Democratic party and ut. tered within the words of President Roosevelt speaks for the sovereignty Of free men. It Is not yet finished product, that foreign policy but 1t Is on an hon. est path toward Q constructive goal
 That cannot be said for the foreign policy advocated by the Republican party. The Republican foreign policy platform Is not supported by all dominant leaders of that party resulting in bIckerings and disputes and cleavage within their ranks, which appears as gigantic naked crack throughout the entire platform. This is the same party which eXiled the late Wendell Willkie for his honesty in openly declaring that we must look to all men of the world If we are to be more than hypocriteS within our own domestic house.
 We cannot reconcile this selfishnesS of the Republican party leaders who place themselves first, and their nation and party second, thus creating the faulty Structural aspects of their platform. we cannot reconcile 1t with promise for unified thought and action by, and for all Americans after this war. We cannot accept leadership that Is without support of it's adherents as in the case Of Gover- nor Thomas E. Dewey.
 Members of the Democratic party and their leader Franklin D. Roosevelt, demonstrated proof of their grasp Of foreign affairs previous to our entrance into this war Their unqualified, pro- gressive action in supporting such measures as Lend Lease, Selective SerV- ice, Arms Embargo and such Is indicative of their belief that we in America must not and cannot be bound by committ- Az aRA Hat ioVNA HiNINf A their wisdom in advocating such legisla- ton is now being indelibly stamped upon History's pages by the daily an 1louncements of Allied victories against the Axis enemy forces of civil liberties.
 Such a record is rot that of the Repub- hran members and leaders, True, they Lave repudlated their previous actions of voting, in the majority, in opposition to passage of Lend Lease, Selective Service and Arms Embargo Acts, and they are rightfully entitled to do so, but they have given no reason for self-repudiation other than those based on the Self-evident fact that passage of such bills, and the subsequent trend of the Allied war effort is vivid proof of their error in originally opposing such measures. To admit an error and then not to offer any proof that you have adopted the course of the right 
 way gives no promise of never commit ting the error again. Their error, which we admit was committed in the sincere belief that we were nation by nature isolationistic and not part of the liberties Of the entire world, is indicative that the members of the Republican party and the dominant leaders, in the majority, do not have the instinctive leadership neces- sary to guide us into postwar streams. By their belated and glaringly tardy re- pudiation of their former acts, they have proven themselves, at least under their present leadership, to be followers and not leaders.
 The Democratic party five years ago, by Iks unqualified support of expedient war flme measures gave proof then of its grasp of Americas place in foreign af- lalrs By a progressive continuance of positive measures during these war years ,I has indicated its proper growth and maturity in dealing in such matters. The HsDuhIlcan party, however, by it's opposi-
 nm IIw years ago revealed that it
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