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Delegates Picked
BY Stable Owners

Was the selection among them
made on the basis of law and
evidence? Morality did not
determine the choice. The deci-
sions depended solely on who
owned the stables where the
competing states of delegates
were kept.
In the meantime, the Repub-
lican Resolutions Committee
met in secrecy to concoct a plat
form. They produced the inev-
liable weasel-worded jeremiad.
It cursed us and all our works.
For the most part, it promised
all things to all men.
SThere are very few cases
where the Republican platform
Is specific. Among those few, it
promises to return to the money
changers Of Wall Street the
temple Of our Federal Reserve
System. 1t would give complete
control OF it to those whose
selfish manipulations have
caused panics and depressions
throughout our history. The
platform promises that there
will be no repeal or substantial
amendment of the Hartley
Act. 1t boasts of the entire Re-
publican record in Congress
during the last 20 years.
They do not tell us what
that record is, but it's on the
books. inscribed for all who
choose to read it.
What is that record? It has
been remarkably consistent for
more than a quarter of a
century.
On all matters of taxation,
the Republicans have invariably
voted to spare the rich and
soak the poor.
They call that broadening
the tax base" and spreading
the burdens of governmental
costs"
On matters affecting price
controls and other efforts to
stabilize the economy, the Re-
publicans in Congress have uni
formly voted to permit prof.
iteers to exploit consumers.
They call that free enter
prise"
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Hero Tells Delegates Soldiers
Believe in Korean Mission

what they are fighting for" he
said. Il don't think any American
Army ever fought better than the
one that stopped the Communists
in Korea"
Korea, he said, is long way
from Mississippi "but somehow !
never lost the thoughts of home
when I was out there-I always
knew that I was really fighting for
my family and the people I grew
lup with"
Don't Have to Guess.
"You don't have to guess what
the fellows in Korea think about
the war. All you have to do is to
watch how they fight"
! Seated in the box for distin-
guished guests and proudly watch
ing Mr.. Pittman was his 16-year-
old bride, whom he married April
%. The two are spending several
days in Chicago.
Mr.. Pittman won the Medal OF
Honor for heroism November 26
1850. He led his squad on a
counter-attack against severe FIRE
When an enemy hand grenade
fell in the midst of his men he
threw himself on 1t. smotherine
lthe explosion.
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Farm Production
Income Up 500

To the farmer, we can boast
that prices are up-production
is up-income is up.
Gone are the days of 80 cent
wheat. IS cent corn, S cent cot
ton, 3 cent hogs, and 3 cent
sugar. In 1882 farm prices were
As per cent below parity-at the
end Of 1851, z per cent above
parity.
Farm output has gained al
most so per cent. In terms of
dollars-and-cents, the net in
come Of the average farmer has
increased 10 times. and in pur-
chasing power, four times since
1892.
In 1882 the sheriff was at the
door of the average American
farmhouse. There were $4,000
farm foreclosures in the single
year of 1882. Today the sheriff
has gone. American farmers
have in their holdings an equity
of 81 per cent-about 10 times
as much as the total farm debt.
Without end, I could recite
the benefits of rural electrifica-
tion, public power, conservation,
and other aids to agriculture,
but they all lead to one irresist-
ible conclusion. The American
farmer does not forget. 1948
proved that. In common sense
and common appreciation, he
will support again the Demo-
cratic nominee for President of
the United States.
To the leaders of business, we
present these challenging facts.
In 1882, there were no profits.
either before or after taxes for
your stockholders. Corporate en-
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power was treated as the priv
ilege of private monopoly and
the public interest was ignored.
Thus, under Harding, the
Ohio gang tried to auction eff
Muscle Shoals to a plunder-
bund. Under Hoover. they placed
the newly developed marvels of
radio in the hands of private
monopolists subject to little,
If any, restraint.
Fortunately for the American
people, their votes in 1882 made
certain that the valley of the
Tennessee, the Columbia and
other great rivers would be
developed in the public interest.
Twenty years of Democratic
administration have prevented
the private monopolistS from
further grabbing the resources
of the people.
The Republicans not only by
philosophy and by heritage, but
by their recent record in Con-
gress are dedicated to releasing
the new power of atomic energy
to private monopoly.
Atomic energy which up to
now has been an engine of war,
should be the handmade of I'M
dreamed-of productivity; the
means Of promoting peace and
providing indescribable prosper
ity; and the instrument for
wiping out the squalor and
suffering in which pagan Com
munism does flourish. With our
other resources, it must serve
the purposes of raising UP the
sick and afflicted; of providing
better educational advantages
to the young; assuring dignified
comfort to the elderly; lighten-
ing the burdens of the toiler on
the farm: in the factory, at the
Office, and of the home, and in
creasing the cultural and re-
creational opportunities for all
Americans.
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Republicans Voted
To Strip Defenses

On matters of foreign affairs
and national defense, congress
sional Republicans have voted
to strip our defenseS; antagonize
our allies; and to ignore the
poverty. hunger. and distress
which are the principal WELL
springs of communism.
They call that helping
America first"
On matters affecting foreign
trade, they have teetered be-
tween economic imperialism
and isolationism. and voted
amendments to the Reciprocal
Trade Act which would make
1t unavoidable.
They call that protection Of
our industry"
Since 1925, for the most part,
the Republicans in Congress
have opposed any and every
program to aid. promote and
maintain agriculture.
They call that rugged indi-
vidualism."
In the notorious Republican
80th Congress, they foisted on
the workers of America the
Taft Hartley Act. That law
was designed to cripple the trade
union movement; to discourage
collective bargaining; and to re-
vive the company dominated
union, the industrial spy, the
employment blacklist and the
anti-labor injunction.
The Republicans call that a
law ito free labor from its
chains"
Their senators and represen-
tatives in Congress have almost
invariably voted against Fed
eral aid to education; against
public housing: against health
measures; against old age and
survivors insurance. and unem-
ploEment compensation; against
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Republican Serve
The Rich Primarily

To whom do the American
people wish to entrust these
fateful days at the dawn of a
new age?
To the Hamiltonians of
today-the Republicans-who
serve primarily the rich in the
belief that their prosperity will
Seep through to those below?
Or to the Jeffersonians and
JackSonianS - the Democrats
who believe that the well-be-
ing of the many is the base
upon which our universal pros
perity must rest?
I could leave you with that
question to which all of you
so we'll know the answer.
But, before concluding, I want
to share with you a simple yet
beautiful affirmation of our
Democratic faith which another
solemn moment of our history
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tied to domestic policy nodded
in the image of a Hoover.
That is the paramount issue
OF the coming campaign.
The central fact of modern
world history has not been the
mad dreams of a Kaiser, a Hit
Ter, or a Stalin-the central fact
is that the world policy of the
United States has restrained
and destroyed those mad
dreams.
In 1918 as the smoke of battle
drifted from the victorious bat
tlefleldS of Flanders and of
France, there stood one tower
ing figure-President Woodrow
Wilson.
He brought a new vision to
the World-a vision of peace
guaranteed by system of COL
lective security. 1t was a prac-
tical vision, but it could only
work If these great United
States participated in it.
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could not cut more than a few
cents out of our Federal tax
dollar when 85 cents of every
dollar Of governmental expendi-
lures are earmarked for pur-
poses connected with the very
security of our Nation. Yet, we
have heard a voice in the land,
saying taxes could be reduced
by 40 billions of dollars although
Federal expenditures for all pur-
poses are only a little more
than twice that amount.
I cannot believe this was an
attempt wilfully to deceive and
mislead the people. But surely
it was the voice of one entirely
uniformed.
In either event, its possessor,
completely unframed in the art
of civil government, out of his
own mouth proves that he is
not qualified to assume the
presidency Of the United States.
Yes. the price of national
security comes high, but thank
God, we can afford it.
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|SuppIiers of Coats
Are CopitoIizing on
NAPLES Heat Wave
BY the Associofed Press

NAPLES. Italy, July 22.-Enter-
Iprising sidewalk merchants-with
supplies Of coatS-are cashing in
on the current heat wave in this
port city.
State and municipal ofdcials
upset by the number Of employees
arriving at work in their shirt
sleeves. have decreed men without
coats will be barred from theil
Offices.
But the sidewalk merchants
came to the rescue, establishing
themselves outside principal build.
ings with a stock of jackets o1
various sizes. Now employees still
can travel to work in shirt-sleevec
comfort, rent jackets outside tht
office and step in, properly attired
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Pledges Democrats
To No Retreat From
New Deal Program

CHICAGO, July 22.-Follo,u-
ing is the tert of the keynote
speech last night at the Demo-
cratic National Convention by
Coz. Paul A. Dever OF MaSsa-
chuSettS.'
Mr.. Chairman, delegates, my
fellow Americans: -.
It is with a sense Of genuine
humility that I assume the task
Of keynoter to this Democratic
Convention.
A little more than a week ago,
We listened long and carefully
to our Republican friends from
this very rostrum.
In vain we waited for a hope
full program for this challenging
atomic age. We heard only the
voice Of the fossil.
I emerged from the expe-
rience with one great consola-
tion-the consolation that wise
parents, an environment Of
struggle for survival, and my
own choice led me into the
Democratic Party.
For In the course of their con-
vention. our opponents brought
forth in this building, a shop
worn delegation. conceived in
malice. and dedicated to the
proposition that all the great
achievements Of the last 20
years should be swept away.
They opened their proceed
ngs on a note that "The pres
ent global struggle can be ended
VIGOROUSLY with lower taxes,
fewer soldiers and no allies"
Our opponents next proceeded
to the sordid business of accred-
1ting delegates-of picking one
set OF shoestring political ad-
venturers over another.
In the name of representa-
tive government. they should
have repudiated the whole venal
pack who neither vote, nor run
Tor Office, nor elect representa-
tlves. Georgia and Louisiana
Republicans are no real party
workers. They are only clubs of
prospective spoilsmen who meet
every four years and send a few
of their numbers to the Repub-
1ican National Convention.
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Economy Strong,
Safe and Healthy

So dynamic and flouriShing is
our economy that the necessary
staggering expenditure is only
20 per cent Of the national
production. Never in our his
tory has our economy been so
strong, so safe, so healthy and
so productive as it is today.
1t is true, as Herbert Hoover
asserted, that the taxes oc-
casioned by this seven-year
effort of Harry Truman to pre-
serve human liberty, are more
than the amount levied in all
previous years. But, it is also
true, as Mr.. Hoover neglected
to state, that under President
Truman the national income was
more, even after the payment of
taxes. than the total national
income before the payment of
taxes. in all the Republican ad-
ministrations in history.
Since 1882, this nation has
experienced a great social revo-
luton. The instrumentality
whereby the great social revolu-
tion achieves its objectives has
been, is, and will be the Demo-
cratic Party.
The Democratic Party in 1852
stands squarely and proudly on
the record of the last 20 years.
The Democratic Party con-
f1dently looks to the continued
support of the American elec-
torate, not because of the faults
of our rivals, but because of the
merits and accomplishments
provable by the Democratic rec
ord OF years Of patriotic service.
To the wage Garner, it can say
that in terms of purchasing
power your income has almost
trebled. 1t proudly asserts that
full employment is now a ma
tlonal experience-and we have
unemployment compensation to
soften the blow for those with
out work. In 1888, Is million
Americans. without unemploy-
ment compensation insurance,
faced the future without Jobs
and without hope.
The wage earners Of Amer
lea will not forget. Gone are
the days of the soup kitchens,
the apple peddlers, and the
eviction of bonus marchers. The
wage earners will not refuse the
hand Of their friend-they will
support again the Democratic
nominee for president Of the
United States,
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WHfui Senators
DESTROYED Vision

A little group OF Wllful men
Republican Senators-deStroyed
that vision. They prevailed in
a tragedy of history which re-
cords where their puny political
triumph led. For that hour he
had raised one of humanity's
incompatible heroes-Franklin
Delano Roosevelt.
We may view that hour now
with vibrant pride. BY land, by
sea, and by air, America fought
the good fight, fought it under
Africa's blazing sun, in the
Aleutians' smothering fog. on
the storied streets of Europe,
and in the steaming jungles of
the Orient-and America won
its war.
Unfortunately, due to Soviet
perfldy and no other reason-a
just and lasting peace has yet
to be secured. The nations of
the World have pledged their
honors to the establishment of
the United Nations. The dream
of collective action of a Wilson
and a Roosevelt has come true
in a world wearied of war. Alas.
however, because of Soviet
Russia, victory did not bring
tranquility.
For the third time in the
Twentieth Century, a Demo-
cratic administration faced the
colossal task of stopping in it's
tracks the remorseless march
of goddess tyranny. And this
it has done under the foreign
policy and determined leader
ship of President Harry S.
Truman.
From the Russian border tt
the Pyrenees-all Europe lay
easy prey to Soviet aggression.
But the Truman Doctrine stop
ped Communism at the Greek
and Turkish borders. The
Marshall Plan revitalized West
ern Europe economically, re-
stored it militarily and enabled
it help defend itself.
NATO has united the free
nations of Western Europe in
common determination to repel
further aggression. The Mutual
Security Program has strength
ened our friends and thereby
increased our own safety and
lessened the chances of war.
Let this fact of history be
ever emblazoned. The President
of the United States declared
to the Kremlin-thus far you
have gone-you shall go no
farther!
This has been our foreign
policy-and no farther have
they gone. They know that
when our leader-the man from
independence, Mo.-says some
thing, he means it; and that
behind him, ready to back it
up, stands the. whole mighty
power of the United States Of
America.
If any doubt about our ma
tional intentions fingered. that
doubt faded away when the
Communists of North Korea
invaded the Republic of South
! Korea.
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Average Family
Much Better OF

assert the Onc0ntrad1ctable
truth that the average American
family is much better off. The
ownership of our homes might
have been saved or made possi-
BILE by Federal home mortgage
legislation. Our money in the
bank is insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Our investments are safer be-
cause of the Securities Exchange
Commission. The diploma on
the wall might have been con-
ferred under the CT Bill of
Rights. Our children are better
clothed. Our youngsters are
better educated. The family
health is better protected and
the future much brighter than
ever before.
This, some would call. Creep
ing Socialism" I hail this as
Democracy, vindicated in ac-
tion-and I mean Democracy
with both a small and a large
ID"
Republican orators talk great
deal about corruption. They
should! Their party has long
history of first-hand knowledge
OF the subject.
The Democratic Party pays
tribute to the 1884 per cent of
Federal employees whose char
acter is above suspicion. With
vigor. it has exposed and pun
ished the false few who deserve
it.
The Democratic Party, with
equal vigor, denounces the un-
falthfulneSs of those disloyal to
their public trust and those who
corruptly attempt the "steal"
OF party nominations in national
conventions.
To the former. we have been
relentless in their prosecution.
The latter. we leave to the
responsibility Of the Republican
Party and the judgment of the
American electorate.
Republican orators and the
Republican platform say very
little about civil rights.
The Democratic Party may
take legitimate pride in the
fact that racial and religious
discrimination and prejudice
nave been enormously reduced
IN the last 20 years.
MY basic philosophy, my ex-
perlences in life, and my social
background impel without hesi-
tatlon and undiluted belief in
the legal implementation of full
civil rights and full economic
opportunity for all Americans.
regardless of color, creed, age
or racial origin. On this issue as
IN all others the Democratic
Party must forever move for
ward.
Tonight it is my joy-for me
a great opportunity-to give
testimony to my Democratic
1alth, and to proclaim the
greatness Of a great political
party.
That party has been in a
power for 20 years. It has made
promises, and 1t has kept them.
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Have Achieved Goal
Aimed at in Korea

Here was the test of the
United Nations. Was our COM
mitment a matter of sacred
honor? Was our word our bond?
Although the Republicans in
Congress had delayed military
and economic aid to Korea.
thereby encouraging the Com
munists of the North, Republic
cans as well as Democrats ap-
plauded our loyalty to the COM
mitment of the United Nations.
France was fighting the Reds in
Indo-China. Britain was re-
sisting them in Malaga. The
brunt of Korea fell on the
UniNd States and the, little
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brought from one Of Americas
most gifted pens.
My mind fleets back to Flag
Day, June the 14th, 1912. Amer
lea had joined forces with Brit
ain-then alone-yet in her
finest hour. The day of infamy
had been followed by repeated
defeats and staggering setbacks.
The heavens were leadened by
clouds of black despair-the
great republic of the West was
girding for the fray-yet time
was on the side of the enemy.
The gallant warrior, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, inspired Ste
phen Vincent Benet to set to
poetry our Nations inspiration
in that dark hour. Let us to-
night adopt it as our prayer.
From our lips, let us storm the
bastions of our destiny beyond
the stars. Let us ask Divine
assistance in its fulfillment.
And may l quote:
Grant us a common faith that
man
Shall know bread and peace.
That he shall know justice and
Righteousness, and freedom and
security,
And equal opportunity and an
equal chance
To do his best,
Not only in our land but
throughout
The world,
And in this faith. let us march
toward
The clean world our hands can
make"
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republic itself whose valiant
sons have sustained nearly four
fifths of the total casualties.
The goal never has been the
military conquest of world-C Com
munism-it has been the recap
ture of the invaded republic
and in that objective we have
reached the goal.
Iknow there are some Repub-
licanS-and at least one Gen.
eral Of the Armies now on a
peculiarly inactive status-who
disagree.
Most people, however. will
prefer the opinion of our chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the real hero of fighting men,
Gen. Omar Bradley. "To extend
our sphere" he says, would
lead to involvement in the wrong
war, in the wrong place, at the
wrong time, with the wrong
enemy"
The courageous and decisive
action taken in Korea may well
have halted the outbreak of a
Third World War. Appease-
ment or failure to keep our
solemn pledge might well have
precipitated it.
I said that Republicans as
well as Democrats applauded
the action at the time 1t was
taken.
When they are not talking
out Of both sides Of their
mouths in political convention.
they still acknowledge that it
was the best-the only thing to
have done.
Hear the words written by
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey-the
new "Mr. Republican"
On pages 80 and 80 Of his
book, entitled Journey to the
Far Pacific" "a book just off the
preSseS-Dewey says, and I
quote:
II regard our intervention in
Korea as the single action
which saved American influence
from disappearing in the Pa
cific and stopped further Com
munist expansion. The day
the President announced Amer
lean defense of Korea I pub
licly supported his action. I was
sure it was right and necessary;
I still am. .. am deeply con-
vinced that, if we had not sent
troops to defend Korea, Ameri-
can and United Nations pres
tige in the whole Pacific would
have collapsed. All Southeast
Asia would probably have gone
Communist by now. Defense
of Korea has given hope to the
people of Japan, the Philip
pines, Free China, Southeast
Asia, and IndoneSia. It has also
given hope in the great cause
of collective security through
the United Nations"
Thus for the words Of Tom
Dewey. They give the lie to
every carping speech made at
the Republican convention by
orators who would make po-
litical capital out Of the sweat.
blood, toll. and tears of Amer
ican soldiers and their families.
Eternal vigilance is not the
only price of freedom. We must
be strong as we'll as vigilant.
That means we must be willing
to give of the fruits of our
bounteous earnings to finance
the staggering military costs Of
preserving liberty.
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Labor Miorution Costly

Mass migration Of 1aborers from
drought-stricken areas in Brazil
where the carnauba-wax crop is
grown has severely cut the 1851
So production.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-08
M:xSsen'ss2%sn-
BY Barb, Jan, and PhyI

We, Phyl and Barb, want to give
a hearty pat on the back to the
other menl5er of our trio, jan
Cunningham and Madelyn Clark,
Bob Martin, Marion Jenkinson,
AID Bob Kennedy, too. These teen
ayers are the London High con-
testants in the American Legion
Essay Contest that are county
winners. Janet's essay was also
one Of the three state winners. For
her fine work, Janet receives an
all eXpnse-paid trip to Washing
ton. d. &. and several other Won
derfUl places. We're really proud
Of all you essayists!
Every year representative and
alternate for GirrS State are chos-
on from the Junior class. OF course
that is no easy job, but everyone
is always we'll satisfied with the
final choices. This year the repre-
sentative is Rilla JcnkinSon, and
her alternate is Chere Jones. Con-
gratu!ations, girls! We can't think
OF two more deserving people.
The typing II class wiped the
Carcon off their hands and board
cd the bus for Columbus Wednes-
day morning. In the morning they
visited the Farm Bureau and ac-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-08
TEXAS PROUD OF
BASEBALL OILERS

SINTON, Textile Plymouth
Oilers of Sinton are to semi-pro
baseball what the Phillips Oilers
of Bartlesville, Okla are to inde-
pendent basketball
The Plymouth Oilers are the
first Texas team to win the ma
tional seni-pro diamond title
They did it last year, taking seven
straight games in the Wichita,
Kan. tourney.
The Phillips Oilers have won
many national AAU basketball
championships.
These teams operate in similar
manner. Their athletic performers
arc regularly employed members
of the firm.
The Sinton Oilers made the
jump from obscurity to national
prominence in less than three
years.
1t was in March, I549, that the
Sinton office of the oil company
received an okay from its head
office to sponsor semi-pro base
ball club.
Then they began construction of
a fine baseball park. 1t accommo-
dates 2,4o0 and is lighted by a
total of 240 lamps of 1900 watt
voltage.