Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1950-06-23

Early in May, Herbert Hoover, the only
htinK eh-Pfesldent, made noteworthy
speech ~ group Of 1900 editors and pub-
iihhefs The world, be- said, had drunk too
deeply Oi ile mixed drinks Of three ghosts
~ shade " Kari Marx with his socialism.
NE shade Oi NussOllni with bis dictated econ,
Dint 10 epOok Of Lord John Maynard Kew.
iife VIVID his perpetual endowment for
Dufeauefais. And we have contributed an
American ideology Of giya,awav proora, ~
y hlHhi De called me New Generosity. A
lt no. yei "a ghost"
NJ Hoover did not turn thumbs down
yh hH governmental welfare activities IA.
oseo, hf SAID, Security from the cradle 10
ayDhi - ~ ~ years " age, and from about
- ~ tbe grave, has always been sacred to
NE American people. But, be went on. the
kfoup winch ls lD between these extremes
can mo JOS own security only iH a free but
iDngh system Of risk and selfsrelianee n
mixed drinks"
Then Nf. Hoover turned his attention IN
our iWO major political parties. lie 0bsepv,
90 MAJ % European nations there are mul,
liLnafs ~ paiiles which efeate confusion and
ofepan ~ We hfe ~ avoid that he said
vnf Two pafilfs must really become ODD0,
SITES, we should have, on ihe one hand n
slhbhehly conservative Republican Party
opposed, on tbe other, by a Democratic Par,
~ hhieh tends ~ the lef, Only under such
= condition, he believes, would Il be- possible
Ioi ihf voters ~ make a cleaF-eut choice. md
Tor tile respective parties 10 really stand Far
something definite and uBequiyOcal.
4 ib certainly evident that neither Of the
parties eyfb fantly resemble a cohesive whole
tpahy, The Democrats are now the minority
paf1y, and ne President their leader has n
program of Unprecedented scope for enlApV.
inK ilF functions Of ibe government. FOR
phiiihk ihf government into business for
continued ffdefm spending on q huge senle
400 iDt hNsihfluslye social security, AZ The
Same hnF, illf Democrats have iB the Bonnie
ihf foremost hdgOeate Of government ep0no.
MY senator Byrd. and their majority ISL
made possible by q Southern delegation
hhifh siill holds ~ traditional states rights
aDritihes. and ~blrh ls almost 800 per cent
Opposed io ihr President on such gpeni issiies
as ~" Administrations eiVl rights bin.
Ihf situation D. similarly confused with.
"a De- krpubhfhu phnY rs most oHoetiyoI
lender f senator Taft. a conservative who
believes That ebef-RrOMlhR government ISL
the greatest menace 20 the freedom Of theI
people 1H q also has group Of Aggros.
eve, liberal Senators, such as Aiken and
Morse aud Smith. who are continually res.
fltf under thr present leadership and who
~ along With much ~ ibe Truman pro.
gram
q can be effectively argued That great
political paty is biz enough 10 contain mem
~ widely varied views. However, M theI
present time. tho voter doesn't have much
choice ln the hast Presidential election, for|
instance. Governors Dewey and WarronI
rampalRued on q program which, in essence
has n0I baslcaly different from Mr. Tru.
mans They offered the voters about the
eafue fblnos thaf Az Ttytttau nHapod t,a.,, /
but said the Republicans could do II better
1his attitude. as the results proved, was not
convincing.
Mf ilOoyers idea Is simply that the par,
ICES stand definitely for specific, opposed
policies. Time viii tel whether that goal is
possible Of achievement.
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