Evening star., 1946-09-26
Brooks Links Reds,
Democrats in CALLING
For Defeat Of Party
By Gretchen Smith


PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26.-Term-
ing the Democratic party "the DEM
ocratic- Communist coalition party"
Senator Brooks, Republican, of Illi-
nois today called for the defeat
OF every candidate who plays a part
in the party which has been in
almost complete monopolistic con-
troll Of our National Government for
the past IA years"
Addressing the 500 delegates as
sembled at the biennial convention
OF the National Federation of Wom-
ems Republican Clubs which opened
at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel this
morning, Senator Brooks asserted
that This monopolistic, political
coalition party is not the time hon
ored Democratic party except in
name. It is a coalition of a weird
assortment of political bedfellows
consisting of New Dealers. so-called
liberal Left-Wingers, the Com
munists and fellow-travelers, backed
up by the Hague, Flynn, Kelly and
other big Eastern city political ma
chimes"
The speaker placed the present
national lag in production, as well
as the scarcity of commodities, di-
rectly on the administration, prom
Using his audience relief in the sit
uation with defeat of the Democratic
party in the November elections.
Sees Abundance of Meat.
with artificial wartime restric-
tive restraints removed, there will
be an abundance of food for every
American family" he declared. THE
American women know that with
more live cattle on the hoof in
America today than ever before in
our history, removal of the Com
munistic controls will create an
abundance of meat in every butcher
shop in America.
The roadblock that prevents pro-
duction and insures scarcity and in
tiation is the fumbling, muddling
alien bureaucratic idea that the lives
and liberties of every American must
be controlled from Washington.
The Illinois Senator charged the
Republican party with meeting "a
challenge of whether we shall live
in free or controlled world abroad
or whether we shall live under
free or arbitrary Government at
home"
Predicts Republican Victory.
The convention was called to or
der this morning by Mrs. w. Glenn
Suthers of Chicago, national pres
ident, who expressed the belief on
her arrival yesterday that the ma
jority of American women are fed
up" with the present national ad-
ministration and will vote Repub-
lican on November 5.
American women have had
enough standing in line" Mrs.
Suthers said. Now that the war
is over there Is just one more line
they want to get in-the line next
November to vote Republican"
The delegates were welcomed by
Mayor Bernard Samuel of Phila-
delphia at the opening session, and
a report of the federation's expan-
sion in recent years was given by
Miss Marion E. Martin, executive
director of the National Federation
of Womens Clubs and chairman OF
the women's division, National Re-
publican Committee.
Charges Policy of Secrecy.
Referring to the educational pro-
gram carried out by. womens Re
Republican Clubs throughout the
country, Miss Martin voiced op-
timism over a Republican victory
this fall, due to the educational
program designed to put factual In
formation into the hands OF women
snd to train them to leadership in
the political field. I'VE do believe
that given the facts the decision
which follows will be sound and for
the best interest of the country as
a whole" she declared.
The committee chairman accused