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ana q police state IN q tOtalttartan,
centralized, bureaucratic govern
ment.
Police State Seen.
This convention hypocritically
denounced totalitarianism abroad
but unblushingly proposed and ap-
proved 1t at home. This convention
would strengthen the grip OF a
police state upon a liberty loving
people by the imposition of penal
ties upon local public officers who
failed or refused to act In accord
ance with it's ideas in suppressing
mob violence.
We point out that II a foreign
power undertook to force upon the
people OF the United States the
measures advocated by the Demo-
cratic convention In Philadelphia
with respect to civil rights, it would
mean war and the entire Nation
would resist such effort.
The convention that insulted the
South in the party platform advo-
Gated giving the Virgin Islands and
other dependencies of the United
States the maximum degree of local
sell h-government." When an effort
was made to amend this part of the
platform 80 as to make 1t read
that the party favored giving the
Virgin Islands and the several States
the maximum degree OF local self
Hnvnrnuaorf fha a ~. ova "A ~ ant a Adipo n
the words these several States" was
stricken out and the sovereign States
were denied the rights that the party
favors giving the Virgin Islands.
Point to voting Record.
We point out that the South. with
ciock-like regularity, has furnished
the Democratic Party approximately
SO per cent Of the votes necessary
to nominate a President every four
years for nearly a century. In 1920
the only States in the union that
went Democratic were the II South
ern States. Notwithstanding this
rugged loyalty to the party, the
masters Of political intrigue now al
low Republican States In which
there is scarcely q Democratic Of
flee holder to dominate and control
the party and fashion its policies
As Democrats who are irrevocably
committed to Democracy as defined
and expounded by Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson and Woodrow VIII
son, and who believe that all neces-
sary steps must be taken for its
preservation. we declare to the peo-
pie OF the United States as follows:
/. We believe that the Constitution
OF he United States is the greatest
charter of human liberty ever con-
ceived by the mind of man.
2. We oppose all efforts to invade
or destroy the rights vouchsafeo
by it to every citizen of this republic
;. We stand for social and eco
nomic justice, which we believe, can
be vouchsafed to all citizens only
by a strict adherence to our Con-
stitution and the avoidance of any
invasion or destruction of the con-
stitutional rights Of the States and
individuals. We oppose the totali-
tartan, centralized, bureaucratic
Government and the police State
called for by the platforms adopted
by the Democratic and Republican
conventions.
Race Segregation Supported.
4. We stand for the segregation Of
the races and the racial integrity o1
each race; the constitutional right
to choose ones associates; to &C.
teept private employment without
governmental interference, ands tt
earn ones living in any lawful way
We oppose the elimination of seq.
regation, employment by Fedora
bureaucrats called for by the mis-.
named civil rights program. w
favor home rule. local self Govern