Evening star., 1944-06-27
Committee Approves
Foreign Policy Plank
Criticized by WiIIkie
Democratic Party
New Deal Prisoner
Martin Asserts
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star staff CORRESPONDENT.

BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent,
CHICAGO, June 27.-The Re-
publican National Convention
today heard It's permanent
chairman, House Minority Lead
er Martin OF Massachusetts,, say
the New Deal OF the Roosevelt
administration is the Fascism OF
Europe.
He said the Democratic party has
become prisoner of the New
Deal" declaring the presidential
election fight is not solely to elect
a Republican administration, but to
"emancipate the Democrats"
Accepting election to the chair
manship, the New Englander, who
Is slated to be Speaker II the COP
wins q House majority next Mo-
vember, told a cheering convention
the first job OF the Nation, includ-
ing the Republican party, was to
win the war.
But, he said. I'VE are in more than
one war.
Another War 1T Home.
I'm one Of those wars our sons
and daughters fight against Ger
man and Jap. There Is another war
here at home. It is q battle. be-
tween two eternally hostile ideol-
ogies. One idea is that Of q free
society. The other is the concep-
ton of the regimented and planned
society. You may call that any
thing you wish. ~
I'm Europe they call it Fascism.
Here we call 1t the New Deal"
In this war at home, Mr.. Martin
said, the Republican party will stand
for "the American system Of Gov
ernment. for our ideal Of the free
society-free enterprise and a free
republic"
The convention was late assem-
bling AS conventions invariably
are.
Its big business today is the con.
sideration and adoption Of the party
platform, If 1t can get the document
away from the Resolutions Com
mittee which has been struggling
with 1t for week. Big items at is
sue have been the foreign affairs
plank and the tariff.
Herbert Hoover will address the
convention tonight.
Seeks Liberal Tariff Plank.
ALI Landon Of Kansas, the party
standard bearer In 1895, has been
fighting for ! liberal tartd p1ank, 10
erase trade barriers ID the posfvsr
period.
The friends Of WeadelI Z. wiIfKie,
the presidential candidate in 1910.
are fighting for q stronger, moro
specific, plank on internal tional col
laboration. Mr.. Willkie himself
helped to muddy the waters by
issuing 4 statement last night Ia
New York, attacking the plank pre-
sented by Senator vandenberg Of
Michigan. Mr.. Willkie wants q nat
declaration for q council Of nations
right now.
The chances are that Mr.. viii.
kie's demands will fall on deaf ears.
One delegate commented today:
Lets, see how Mr.. Willkie Is
going to vote lin the presidential
election) before we pay too much
attention to what he says now"
So far no one has mentioned Mr..
WILKES name in the party con-
vention itself.
Roundly Denounces New Deal.
Having heard from California
Gov. Warren's keynote speech last
night-the convention today listened
to Massachusetts in the person Of
Mr.. Martin. Mr.. Martins denuncia-
tion of the New Deal was even
more severe than that made by
Gov. Warren. He did not admit
that any good had come out Of the
Roosevelt administration, whereas
Gov. Warren declared the Repub-
licans If put in power would hold
on to anything beneficial which
has come out of the last dozen
years of Roosevelt.
There is a deliberate intention"
Mr.. Martin said, ION the part OF
some New Dealers to remake
American in a way which would
destroy opportunity and initiative.
Those who advocate the rigid, per-
manent regimentation of the Ameri-
can people do not dare to declare
openly their purpose. They slyly
plant the propaganda that the war
controls must continue long after
the war Is over. What they want
is permanent control Of all industry
and to dominate all phases of our
life.
Republicans are determined to
keep American citizens from being
chained like vassals to New Deal
bureaucratic machine.
Captured by Minority.
"The Democratic party which we
have known and with which we
have struggled on so many fields,
but which was a party of Americans
who believed in the American sys-
tenn, has lost its power over its own
destiny. The Democrat party has
been captured by minority whose
it despises"
Lie permanent n q + m n
launched into long series of OBJ
jectives of the Republican party,
one of which is to win decisive vic
tory over the Nazis and the Japs.
Mr.. Martin declared that If the
party were returned to
power 1t would restore Congress to
its responsibilities and functions,
establish genuine economy in Gov
and supply jobs to Amer
Ican workers.
Day of Reckoning "At Hand"
Mr.. Martin told the delegates the
day of reckoning" was at hand for
the New Deal because people are
tired of bungling and fumbling.
waste and extravaganza, arrogance
md bureaucratic dictatorship"
Even some Democrats have rebelled,
le said.
I'VE have seen the head of the
Communist political party in this
country, Earl Browder, merge his
party with Sidney Hillman's CIO
(see REPUBLICANS, Page A-43