Evening star., 1952-07-22
Mckinney Praises
Parry Of Peace in
Welcoming Address
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, July 22.-Chairman
Frank E. Mckinney lauded the
Democratic Party last night as
one Of peace and prosperity and
said that never before have the
forces Of wealth and privilege been
so strongly modified for an as
sault on the things dt) stands
for"
"The rich, the powerful, the
privileged dominate the. Republi-
can Party today, just as they
dominated its ancestor. the Fed
eralist Party" Mr.. Mckinney said
in his address of welcome to the
Democratic National Convention.
Momentous Campaign.
'"The most momentous political
campaign in the history of our
country has begun" he continued.
Its outcome will determine
whether government of the people
shall remain with and for the
people, or be leased to the privi-
legged few, for their personal
profit.
For more than q century and a !
half. the Democratic party has
stood for government by the peo-
pie. and for the people, against
the traditional Republican doc
trlne, that the people cannot be
trusted to govern themselves. . i
THE Republican Party, while !
piously voicing its grave concern
for the sanctity Of our Constitu-
tion, hopes by it's attacks upon
social security, and other Demo-
crat-SponSored measures, to nullify
the most basic and important /
provisions Of the Constitution it.
self i
Nothing is more obnoxious to
them than the general welfare
clause, upon which so much of our
Democratic legislation is based.
They would repeal this clause
completely by killing legislation
based upon it,"
Quick Capsule History.
Mr.. McKinney's address was a
quick capsule history of the Ma
tion, from the Democratic view
point. He stressed the basic theme
that the Democrats have always
fought for the general welfare
while the Republicans have been
concerned only with special in
tereStS.
He called the names of the
party heroes: Thomas jefferson.
James Madison, Andrew Jackson,
Grover Cleveland, William Jen-
nings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson.
Then, he said, came Warren
Harding and exploitation of the
many for the benefit of the few
became once more the order of
the day"
Mr.. Mckinney continued:
Coolidge and Hoover followed.
ushering in the reckless age-the
age of false values and falser gods.
When Depression Hit.
Suddenly the fake foundation
OF this phoney prosperity crashed
in sickening confusion. Hitherto '
Self-respectings men and women
stood in long breadlines through
out the country. The ferment of
bloody revolution bubbled omi- :
nously. And the Republicans who =,
had done so much to bring on
this chaos could now do nothing
to alleviate it.
1T remained for the Democratic
Party to supply the leadership ,
and the answer. The time was
1882. The voice was strong and
steady. It told the people of
America, there is nothing to fear
but fear ITSELF
THE people heard and needed
this voice. And like the nomads |,
of ancient days they marched out
OF the wilderness of depression
and confusion, following in the
footsteps of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt"
When Harry Truman took over
after Mr.. Roosevelt'S death. Mr..
Mckinney said, Republicans were
convinced they had an opponent
whom they could easily defeat.
and he said they sought to con-
vince the people that Mr.. Truman
was leading the country to
SocialiStic ruin.
G. o. p. Spent Millions.
I'm the 1948 campaign they
spent millions and millions of
dollars to implant this absurd
belief in the minds Of the people. i"
Mr.. Mckinney said. =
But on November 5 of that
year the voters of the country
gave them one of the greatest
political surprises ever suffered by
hungry seekers for political power.
Harry Truman was elected Presi-
dent for four more years."
The party chairman recited
what he called the fateful deci-
slons of the Truman administra-
tlon-the atom bomb, the Berlin
air lift, the Marshall Plan aid toj
Greece and Turkey, the Korean
War-and then he said: i
1t Is by these momentous acts
OF great-hearted courage that this
modest, unassuming Democratic
President of the United States will
be known to history"
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