Evening star., 1952-07-02
Platform Chairman
SAYS Document Wont I
Be Weasel I-Worded'
By q stoff Correspondent Of The s.ur


ised today that the 1852 Repub
lican platform will not be
weaSel-Worded document.
He also predicted his committe
will write a foreign policy plan
on which opposing factions in tn
race for the party's presidentis
nomination will agree.
His views were expressed as
subcommittee began a secon
and final day of public hearing
on every major issue and man
minor ones that will figure in tn
coming campaign.
White Tells of Negro Vote.
Although civil rights never pre-
sents serious problem for tn
Republicans as it does for tn
Democrats. the hearing on tina
subject yesterday was one of tn
liveliest of all the group meetings
Walter White, executive Secre
tary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colore,
People, told the Republicans tina
the Negro vote in such key State
as California, Ohio and Illinoi
played an important part in tn
upset victory of President Truman
in 1948, because of the firm Demo
cratic stand for civil rights in tn
face of the Dixiecrat revolt.
Mr.. White had the backing yes
terday of Walter Reuther, heat
of the UAW-CIO and many othe
spokesmen from 81 national or
ganizationS.
Taft Law Denounced.
Other highlights Of the plat
form hearings were:
Spokesman for labor-both tht
AFL and CIO, denounced tht
Taft-Hartley law, and warned
against a return to isolationiSn
in foreign policy.
The United States Chamber o.
Commerce called for lower taxes
Government economy and a re.
examination of the foreign aic
program as to its cost in relation
to other Government costs. Tht
chamber said the defense program
must be adequate, but must no
be allowed to over-extend the Ma.
tion'S economy.
Representative Reed Of New
York, ranking Republican on tht
House Ways and Means Commit
tee. called for a plank promising
prompt and substantial reduction
in Federal taxes. He also de-
manded complete separation O.
the Internal Revenue Bureau from
the political control of the Treas.
ury Department as the only way
to assure honest and fair tax ad
ministration.
Harold E. Stassen, the onl!
presidential candidate to testify
before the platform subcommit
tees. recommended five planks, in.
Guiding a new dynamic, af1rma
tive and consistent foreign polio!
designed to weaken communism
without another world war.
Mr.. StaSsen also took a leading
role in the hearing on civil rights
and was applauded by the large
audience as he called for a Fed.
eral compulsory fair employment
practices law, an anti-lynchins
and an anti-poll tax law.
George L. Hart, jr., District o1
Columbia delegate and member ol
the Platform Committee, ques.
toned both Mr.. Stassen and Mr.
Reuther about the wisdom of ex.
tending Federal bureaucratic con.
troll over individuals into civi
rights.
Fears Concentrated Power.
Mr.. Hart told Mr.. Stassen he il
worried over the prospect Of {
further concentration of power il
the Federal Government. Mr
Hart said he has no sympath!
with the violation of civil rights
but is worried by the fear that II
giving the Federal Government
too much power I'VE may LOST
more liberties than we protect"
Mr.. Hart suggested that if tn,
FEPC law were put in the hand
of men like we have had in tht
Internal Revenue Bureau, wouldn'
they want to employ only Demo
Gratis or independents"
Mr.. Stassen expressed hope tha
a Republican administration woult
handle the law properly and add
ed that he is not in favor of "open'
end" authority for any commits
sion.
In challenging the argumen
that the civil rights problem
should be solved by education. MI
Reuther compared it to the high
way traffic problem. He sale
every one agrees education is de-
sirable in reducing accidents. bu
that arrests for traffic violation!
are the real deterrent.
Would Ban Southern Flag.
Edgar G.. Brown. director of tn,
National Negro Council, and {
Republican candidate for tn
House from Chicago. denounced
Dixiecrat opposition to civil right
legislation. He said if he is electet
he will introduce a bill in Con
gress next year to prevent the us'
of the Confederate flag.
Among the witnesses heard b.
the Foreign Policy subcommitte
were DR.. Charles F. Boss, jr., ex
ecutive secretary of the Board o
World Peace of the Methods
Church. He urged support of tn
U. N. every effort to bring tn
Korean military action to an hon
orable conclusion. support of tn
aspirations of people everywher
for freedom, the rejection of pre-
ventive war, and opposed univer
sal military training. While recog
nizing that negotiation with tn
Soviet Union is difficult, he urge
continued efforts through tn
U. N. to find a basis for solvin
problems between the East an