The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1952-08-09
The Republican Platform
By RANDOLPH L. WHITE

The Republican Party IS Platform Oh 1902
feebly attempts to infer that it has broken
with the disgraceful record of the COP oil
the past They are trying to sell themselves
to the voters as "new" party. party
that holds promise of building better
America.
But suppose we take look at the rec
ord of the elephant Boys" who have been
barred from the federal feed trough so
long. If we impartially eNaluate this rec
ord our investigation will lead to only one
conclusion. It's the same old elephant
dressed up this year in made-over trap
pings; it's the same old ultra conservative
approach; it's the same old believing
about the shortcomings of the democrats
record of performance in Congress-
A candidate for president--be he Essen
hover or Taft--must be judged by the plat
form he agrees to support. The 1852 Plat
aspirations and insinuations that serve
not to repudiate the republican spirit of
the past but to revamp it's infamous preju-
dices. But General Eisenhower has pledged
to support it. So, we know his attitude.
The platform takes pride in the shoddy
record Of the Eightieth Congress of 1916
'48. Yet, that record of obstructonisn
caused the party's overwhelming defeat
in 194S.
On the issue of civil rights, the Repub-
licans have veered even further away
from it than they did in their 1913 plat
form
1t completely ignored the plea of or.
ganized labor and recommended that the
Taft-Hartley Labor Act be retained, with
out change. However, through the smooth
verbiage employed in writing the labor
Hank, the COP tried to palm off Taft
Hartley as being an instrument of Gree
dom" for organized labor That, for the
American workmen, the Taft-Hartley Law
represents the greatest advance towards
liberty since the Declaration of, Indepen
dence.
The Republicans screwy claim concern
ing it's stand on organized labor may soothe
the conscience of some COP labor haters
but it will not fool those Americans in the
ranks of organized labor
AS for the number two man on the Re-
publican national ticket--Senator Richard
M. Nixon--the current Congressional Quar-
terly compares his record on SO key votes
during the six years he has served in Con
gress. 1t indicates that his votes CLOSELY
parelleled those of Senator Taft While
serving in the 80th Congress, Nixon helped
Graft the Taft-Hartley Act which he now
strongly supports. The record futhe,
shows that Senator Nixon is against the
Rrannan Farm Plan, federal health insur
ance and has supported moves to wreck
price and rent control, public housing ane
social security. That is the record behinc
this smooth talking californian.
Because Of Nixon's record as an obstruc
ZIONIST, it is quite understandable that Dix
iecrats are rushing to his support. He i.
the complete answer to their prayer.
The GOPers are wooing Dixie voters a.
never before. So hungry for office are the
Republicans this year that their wild claims
are no longer the half-truths of politica
super-salesmen; they are outright false
hoods Party bigwigs are more desperate
than ever. Their prophets are forecastin.
an overwhelming victory this November
Candidates and their speaking stats are
preparing to beat the bush from coast t.
coast to scare up the votes to return then
to power.
But, despite the COPS bid for power
and all the ballyhoo emanating from it
camp, they cannot disguise the facts. And
the facts about their platform plainly in
dictates Americas return to 1922 Hard
ing era, or 1882 Hoover Depression.
Who do the Republicans think they'r.
fooling?