Evening star., 1949-02-06

,ut to begin, with Gov. Thomas E.
press, as the President said in his
inaugural-but 1t is much more. It
Is the freedom Of the individual to
choose his own work and his life
occupation, to spend his earnings as
he desires to spend them, to choose
the place where he desires to live,
to take the job that fits him whether
some union official IS willing that
he get it or not. 1t Is the freedom
Of the local community to work out
its own salvation when 1t has the
power to do so. 1t is the freedom Of
cities, of counties, of scnool districts;
the freedom of educating ones own
children as he thinks best. It is the
freedom of thought and experiments
in academic institutions. 1t is the
freedom of men engaged in indus
try to run their business as they
think best as long as they do not
interfere with the rights Of others
to do the same. Certainly there
are limitations which must be inn
posed by the state to protect the
liberty of others more and more as
our economy becomes complex. But
a party which believes in liberty
will see that such limitations are
only imposed to the extent it is abb
solutely necessary
The Democratic Party. Mr.. Taft
asserted, is treading the path Of
totalitarianism, since that creed
dominates today the CIO, and
therefore the Democratic Party.
If it prevails" said Mr.. Taft, 1T
must ultimately destroy liberty here
at home. 1t is strange indeed that
our people in recent elections have
tended to support the theory that
the Government should be the
source of all planning, of all con-
troll, and of bread and circuses for
the multitude"
Lists Other G. o. P. Ideals
The Ohio Senator was specific in
his opposition to many controls
which the Democratic Party has
thrust or desires to thrust upon the
American people.
Because" he said, 'of my belief
in the vital need of liberty, am
opposed to price control and wage
control and ALLEGATION control IN
time Of peace. I was opposed to
the OPA and the WPB after the
war ended because they attempted
to substitute detailed control Of
business for the freedom Of compe-
tition and the freedom Of enterprise.
I am opposed to socialized medicine,
because it takes from the people
the right to buy the kind of medi-
cal service they wish, and takes
their earnings in taxes to be re-
turned in the form of Government
medical care under long series
Of bureaucratic regulations. I am
opposed to a tremendous burden Of
taxation, because 1t takes from the
people the right to spend the money
which they have earned, and spends
it for something the Government
thinks is good for them, whether
they want it or not"
Other ideals of the Republican
Party Mr.. Taft set down as equal
justice under the law and equality
and no special privilege. He charged
that the Democratic Party. under
the New Deal, has prevented equal
justice under the law by the crea-
ton OF boards and commissions with
power to make regulations having
the force of law, to try and con-
denim, practically without recourse
to the courts.
What the Government should be
expected to do-and here is his for
ward looking program-Mr. Taft
described as follows:
Finally, we are interested. as
every man concerned in Government
must be interested, in promoting
better education, better health. bet
ter housing, better security for our
people, and equality of opportunity,
particularly for the children. These
tasks are primarily the job Of our
State and local governments, and
while Federal aid is often necessary
in order that they may be properly
done, particularly in the poorer
States, there should be no Federal
control or concentration OF power in
Washington. There are many
in which we can promote
efforts in behalf of the whole popu-
lation, but our efforts should not
include direct or indirect subsidy to
the bulk of the people, or give men
something for nothing, except where
we do face problems of extreme
hardship and poverty.
Long Road Ahead
mo people as whole can get
something for nothing. They can
only be fooled into such a hope.
The idea that people can get their
medical care from the Government
without paying even greater price
than they pay today is fantastic"
National Chairman Scott, in his
report to the Republican National
Committee at the Omaha meeting,
said that the immediate task of
the Republican Party is the pres
entation Of an aggressively alert
to legislative fallacies
and to vote buying through the pay
of of pressure groups" He, too,
outlined a philosophy for the Re-
publican Party-the philosophy Of
"the open mind" as opposed to the
of "the open hand of
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