Evening star., 1944-06-28
COP Seen Determined
Peace ShoIl Be Stern

TeOGe OU0II De Sle4n
Writer Says Platform Sums Up
Case for Postwar America
By David laurence
CHICAGO. June 2s-Ths Republican
case against the New DsaI ana the
Republican program for postwar Amer.
lea when the war u won were sumnnAd
up with striking similarity In the four
main addresses and platform.
In : nutsheli, the Republicans are
determined that the psase shall u not
soft but stern. that ne enemy ahAll hs
punished and that measures 10 pre-
vent . third world war should b taken
By an international organisatton which
u expected To preserve peAce.
The Republicans Are dAterminAA also
that the postwar period shall - onS
Of release from the draStic controls In.
posed ~ the New Deal ana that Amer.
ica shall 80 back TO . government 81
laws under the Constitutaon ana elin-
mate government BY ths whims q nb>r.
Gov. Waren's keynots was novel Ia
the sense that he sndsavoced to- box
forward with his party rather than
backward. His speech pleased the
delegates and struck fesp0nsive chord
among independent-minded people Be.
cause he said quite frankly that the
Republican party does not intend 70
concentrate on past mistakes but TO look
ahead to what can be done to correct
them and yet preserve whatever Of
good has been done IN the last 10 or
II years by the Democratic admiri-
istrAtior1.
Tstahtarianism Issue.
Representative Joseph Martin, minor.
ity leader Of the House, plainly, cofn.
pared the New Deal to totGiitArianisn.
This win be heard again and again ii
the coming campaign. FORMER presi-
dent Hoover used somewhat the same
approach. though he went farther ana
declared that the Communities have
succeeded in getting eonsidArable Ia.
fluence In the Democratic party. Mr..
Hoover's address In respect to foreign
policy seemed to parallel that 81 the
administration and would appear to BE-
very much in line with Prime Min.
lister Churchill1 views.
Representative Glare Luce Of Con.
necticut made an eloquent address in
which she placed emphasis ON what
kind Of an America the returning sol-
diers would fnd. She was pointed IN
her criticism Of the Roosevelt Adu0in-
istrAtion for failing to ret the Nation
better prepared IN the 3os ana for
falling to steer. the Nation BY more
effective diplomacy with forsien nations.
The platform y the aniaae hodge,
podgs which national conventions brinx.
- the committees try to appe6se or
satisfy various factions within ! party.
The platform u written broadly so it
can Be interpreted more specifically BY
Gov. Dewey. The Chicago Tribune
damns the foreign policy plank With
faint praise and argues that nation-
alists and internAtionalists had to be
sattsded and hence concessions 10 both
side1 left the platform far ffom what
It might otherwise have been-but the
point Is that the Tribune thinks its
"satisfactory." j.
The platform writer's forgot, of eousse,
that the New Deal oppodtton wutld
pick the haws' ID due tina. % the
platform authors Seye NJ. Roo1syAlt
. big opening Ia strsasing the need for
: two-thirds vote Of Tia Ssnats % satify,
any treaty or any AGrssnens. witi1-
any other nation or ASSOCIATION ofs
nations. est:4 VI,
Revival u 1918 Fight
The Constitution says this, anyhow.
and the repetition Of It In . party rlat-
form win be seised On by Roosevelt
supporters - the manifestat3on az 4
purpose to use the cne-third sfos,p
entry into . League Of Nations lust as
happened in 1919. 70 revive the 1919
fight is to reopen the question Of Re-
publican responsibility for this war.
The platform writer's might better have
omitted reference to the two-thirds
business.
The rest Of the platform, especially
the condemnation Of bureaucracy and
arbitrary action of executive agencies,
is well written and forward looking In
that it accepts .the purposes. cot the
National Labor Relations Act, the wage
and Hour Act, the Social Security Act"
but promises "a fair and Just admin
istration Of these laws"
There are significant planks, such Is
those that favor State rather than
Federal control Of insurance, support
for privately owned airitnss, anti.
lynching and anti-poll tax legislation,
unrestricted admission into Palestine
Of refugees. free press and free radio,
reciprocal bilateral tariff agreements
and . number of others that relate to
current controversies and have special
meaning to particular groups Of in.
terested voters.
AS usual, the party platform seeks
wide support from all factions and in
terests, but this one may be described
as far more progressive document
than any adopted by the Republicans
since the Roosevelt administration
came into power. In 1893.
Reproduction Rishts Reserved.)
Glamour Is Gone
From the Topeka Capitol.
Whatever happened to the old flash.