Evening star., 1948-07-25


party Of the corporations, by the
corporations, and for the corpora
tions. The party of . Lincoln ilaa
been reduced to the party OF q
Dewey.
Second Emancipation.
But we here tonight-we OF the
Progressive Party-we here dedi-
cate ourselves to the complete ful-
fillment Of Lincoln's promise; we
consecrate ourselves to a second
emancipation; an emancipation that
will achieve for the Negro and all
Americans of every race, creed, and
national origin a fun, free, and COM
plete citizenship everywhere in these
United States.
We ally ourselves against those
who turn to Nightmares the peo-
pies dreams of peace and equality
We ally ourselves to stand against
the kings of privilege who own the
old parties-the corrupted parties,
the parties whose founders rebelled
in times past, even as we do to-
day, against those whose private
greed jeopardises the general well
fare.
We stand against their cold war
and their Red smear, under cover
of which they steal our resources,
strike terror into our hearts, and
attempt to control our thoughts and
dominate the life OF man every
where in the world.
We stand together to stop the
disasters economic, political, and
military-which their policies must
breed.
Only those who take the spirit
of Jefferson and Lincoln and apply
1t to the present world situation
can bring the peace and security
which will end fear and unleash
creative force beyond the power of
man to imagine.
Rooseyelt's Challenge.
1t was in the spirit of Jefferson
and Lincoln that Roosevelt chal-
lenged the money changers in his
first inaugural address is years
ago. 1t was in the spirit of JET
ferson and Lincoln that he told
the Wall Street crowd in 1910 that
they had met their master. In the
spirit Of Jefferson and Lincoln he
outlined the four freedoms and the
economic bill of rights.
1t was in the spirit of Jefferson
and Lincoln that he addressed that
great Senator, George Norris, and
said: II go along with you because
1t is my honest belief that you fol-
low in their footsteps-radical like
Jefferson, idealist like Lincoln, wild
like Theodore Roosevelt, theorist
like Wilson--dare to be all of these
as you have In bygone years"
Franklin Roosevelt did not fear;
he reveled in the names hurled by
those who feared the shape OF his
vision. We of the New Party-the
Progressive Party-shall cherish the
adjectives and mound of hate
thrown at US. They are a measure
of the fear in the temples Of the
money changers and the clubs of
the military. The base metal OF
Wtuperation cannot withstand the
attack Of truth.
We of the Progressive Party must
and will--carry on where Roose-
velt and Norris and La Guardia left
off They preserve for us all that was
most precious, the old-fashioned
Americanism that was built for us
by Jefferson. Jackson, Lincoln,
Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow
Wilson.
Land Of Trail Blazers.
There are some who say they
agree with our objectives, but we
are ahead OF our times. But we are
the land of pioneers and trail
blazers. Though we have reached
the end of the old trails to the
West, a new wilderness rises be-
fore us. The wilderness of pov-
erty and sickness and fear. Once
again America has need Of FROM
tiersmen. A new frontier awaits
us--no longer west to the Pacific
but forward across the wilder.
ness OF poverty. and sickness, and
fear. We move, as the pilgrim
ships moved, as the conestoga wag-
ons moved, not ahead of bur time
but in the very tide. And always
before US, the bright star, the
dream of the promised land, OF
what this Nation might be.
But the American dream is no
utopian vision. We do not plan
rocket ships for week lend trips to
Mars. The dream is the hard and
simple truth of what can be done.
In one fleet of heavy bombers lies
wealth and skill that could have
saved Vanport from the flood
waters, that could have taken q
million veterans out of trailer camps
and chicken coops. We can build
new schools to rescue our children
from the firetraps where they now
crowd two at a desk. We can end
the murderous tyranny of sickness
and disease. The dream is nothing
but the facts. The facts are that
we spend $4,000 900 900 year for
cold war. The facts are that world
health authorities, given one tenth
of this sum, could In one year with
$4,000 100000 wipe from the face
of the earth tuberculosis, typhoid,
malaria, and cholera!
The cold war has already brought
death to millions of Americans.
Look at your friends. Read the
papers. Here are casualty lists. Mil
lions-sick of cancer, tuberculosis, Of
pellagra, Of heart disease and polio
We can prevent and cure not only
these diseases but a vast host of
others by devoting our science as en-
Enthusiastically to peace as to war.
Cold War Casualties.
A nation that Is shaped for life,
not death, can save these lives-your
lives, the lives of your families. To-
eether we must rise up and write
an end to the casualty lists of the
cold war. This is the American way
to conquer the forces of nature
not our fellow men.
Within the past month other men
candidates of the graveyard parties
have stood in this city, have flexeo
their muscles, and have declared
their Intention to continue the colo