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there will be no new trade agree
ment entered into.
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there will be no new trade agree.
ment entered into.
Sees Tragic Betrayal.
! This is a tragic betrayal of oul
obligations, not only to the Ameri'
can people, but to the world. Ir
our legislation providing aid fol
the recovery of Europe, we required
every Nation receiving this assist
ance to enter into similar agree
ments with other Nations, to level
of, in part, the barriers to trade
that have stif1ed commerce, thrown
labor out of employment. and con-
tributed to the frictions which have
brought war and devastation to the
world.
In the enactment of the Smoot-
Hawley law of 1890. 1 recall the
influence OF the Pennsylvania Manu-
facturers' Association. I recall the
dominating influence of Mr.. Joseph
R. Grundy. then head of this asso-
citation. He came to Washington
and did his work. He did it well.
He succeeded in procuring the enact
ment of the highest tariff barrier
ever raised against international
trade in the history of this or any
other Nation.
After accomplishing the creation
of this legislative strait jacket. he
apparently disappeared like some
sunken river from the surface OF
the earth until the assembling of
the recent Republican convention
when he reappeared with all his
power. influence and skillful manip-
ulation in behalf of candidates,
platforms and policies. He so DOM
mated that convention that it has
been designated by some of the press
as the "Grundy convention"
We are told by the press and the
radio and it is common knowledge,
that the pilgrimage Of the Senator
from Pennsylvania to the headquar-
tiers of the Governor of New York
was inspired by this old hand at
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Points to New Chairman.
We know from the press and the
radio and the general knowledge
which is common to us all, that he
exercised great influence in, if he
did not actually dominate the selec-
ton of the new chairman of the
Republican National Committee.
This seems to have been the first
installment of the pay-off. What
future installments will turn out to
be, only the future can reveal.
The American people may have
been surprised at the selection of
the new Republican chairman for
the approaching campaign. But it
is revealing to recall that this
Pennsylvania Congressman, back
yonder in the year 1943, expressed
his political philosophy and the rea-
sons for his belief that the Re-
publican Party deserved to be re-
turned to power in these United
States. 1T is time" said Mr. Hugh
Scott. "for the Republicans to take
over. We are the best stock. We
are the people who represent the
real grit, brains, and backbone of
America"
Refers to G. o. P. Platform.
1t would be a futile process to
waste time seeking to analyze the
newest Republican national plat
form. 1t was appropriately described
by the Senator from Massachusetts,,
who was chairman Of the Republican
Resolutions Committee, when he
said, 'it is tent big enough for any,
body to get under"
However, whatever the platform
may or may not promise, whatever
the candidate may or may not stand
for, we have, in all this confusion
the vague atmosphere of promises
and threats, one clear true clarion
call. They are going to eliminate
all the bureaucrats In Washington.
Congress creates a bureau in some
department, like the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue in the Treasury, or
/ the Bureau of Reclamation in the
Interior Department. or of Soil Con-
servation in the Department OF
Agriculture. or the Bureau OF For
eign and Domestic Commerce in the
Department of Commerce, or the
Bureau of Yards and Docks in the
Navy, or the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation in the Department OF
Justice. Some able and sincere
American is appointed as the head
of one of these bureaus, and he Is
Immediately denounced as bureau
crat. and the Republican politicians
swear by all the gods of justice and
economy they will eliminate him
from the payroll as barnacle upon
our ship of state.
What is bureaucrat? A bureau
crat is a Democrat who holds some
office that a Republican wants, and
the only sort of housekeeping you
will get in Washington, in the event
of a Republican victory in November,
will be the changing of the political
complexion of those who hold the
Offices
The fourth article of the current
Republican platform quotes Aora
ham Lincoln. The Republican poll
ticians and leaders have not been
closer to Lincoln in two generations
than to quote him. But they did
quote him in their platform, where
he said:
THE dogmas of the quiet past are
inadequate to the stormy present.
The occasion is piled high with DIFF
ficulty and we must rise with the
occasion. AS our case is new. so we
must think anew and act anew
Description Of Conditions.
This is a precise description OF the
conditions which faced this country
is years ago, when the Democratic
Party accepted the responsibility OF
charting a new. course for our do
nestle and international economy
We found that the dogmas OF
the quiet past were inadequate to
the stormy situation which then
confronted us. The occasion was
piled high with difficulties, and We
sought to rise with the occasion. As
our case was new, we thought anew
and acted anew.
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