The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-08-17
News and Views !.
By ALEXANDER S. LIPSETT Can ILNs Feature)

h -. LIZ SE1I Tan lLNS FedtuTe
Lincoln's party to the welfare ar
growth of America has been Owe
shadowed by Democratic party az
vances under the new and /or Fai
Deal, in no way detracts from tn
facts. &
The views of the organization o
the economic and social issues c
today are not only of an invigorat
ing character; they also display
deep insight into the causes of Re
publican defeats oyer the past de
cade and a half. Taking the Demo
Gratis to task for having only "on
solution for these issues, namel!
the unlimited extension of govern
ment control of the people," tn
signers of the Philadelphia state
ment emphatically reject the at
tempt to solve all issues by on
single remedy as a sign of politica
bankruptcy, "a new form Of SLAYER
to the state"
j. j. 4
"Too often" the state
ment sets forth, "the Republi-
can party has been permitted
to be maneuvered into a posi-
tion of purely negative opposi-
ton; too often, the appearance
has been created that the party
is not merely anti-socialist but
anti-social. The situation is
made worse by the fact that
many Republicans who have
frankly esposed some of the
important social goals have
been accused by members of
their own party of being me
too This accusation displays
lack of clear thinking that
seems almost fantastic.
"The truth is that many of
these goals are wholly conson-
ant with traditional Republican,
aims; they typify the kind of
goals that the party has al
ways worked to establish in
its long battle to free the COM
mon man. They are of the
essence of true Republicanism,
and they are wholly achievable
under our free economic sys-
tenn. The real issue with the
democrats lies with the means
of achieving these goals"
No thinking person intent on
maintaining and Strengthening the
United States as a citadel of lib
rty and democracy can seriously
ppose this concept. To permit one
'arty to dominate the political
Gene and shape the nations fu-
ure course is to turn away from
he forces and traditions that have
made America what it is today.
indeed, what the spokesmen of the
Advance are saying is
4 essence a reaffirmation of what
yas stated in different words many
ears ago by another group of AM
ricans assembled in Philadelphia.
he legacy left by these forebears
ontinues to reverberate through
ne ages.
f. j. j.
Concerning organized labor, the
tatement has things to say which
'ade unionists might profitably
eep in mind. Wholly apart from
lie well-grounded observation that
it has long been the policy of the
emocratic party to maintain it
slf in power by granting concess-
ms to special groups and that
has thus become a loosely-knit
liance between such groups, each
ghting for it's own interest att
lblic expense" the statement de-
nes industrial peace and manage
ent-union relations as essential
problem of responsibility.
"The Republican party must
guard labor's rights :, but
it must at the same time insist
on the fulfillment of their pub
lie responsibilities by all the
bargaining parties - labor,
management and ownership.
In addition, the party should
proceed to devise a system of
incentives that will encourage
peaceful bargaining and the
p f t b | e participation of
labor in the fruits of increas-
ed productivity"
\ 4 X
Similar views have often been
in this space. So far,
ey have not met with whole
arted acceptance on the part of
e Republican leadership. But
lille we are at it, it might well