Milford chronicle., 1952-07-11

"AASA Oh SOuuU anu pdlIlULlN
Americans, irrespective of party
may well dedicate their hearts anC
minds and fullest effort. Only thus
can our beloved country restore its
spiritual and temporal strength
and regain once again the univer-
sal respect.
l speak with a sense of pride that
all of my long life have been a
member of the Republican Party
as was before me my father, an
ardent supporter of Abraham Lin
coin. I have an abiding faith that
this party, if it remains true to it's
great traditions, can provide the
country with a leadership which, as
in the days of Lincoln, will bring
us back to peace and tranquility.
Perhaps it is unnecessary here
to indict the present Administra-
ton for all of its tragic blunders.
For that indictment has already
found full expression in the resent
ments which have poured from the
hearts of the American people from
North to South, East to West, with
no distinction of race, creed, color
or political afhliatiOn. know.
From the four corners of the land,
/ have seen; I have heard. It has
been a spontaneous expression re-
hecting a deep sense of fear that
our leaders in their insatiate de-
mand for ever more personal pow
.er might destroy the Republic and
erase from the earth those mighty
principles of government which
brought to this land a liberty, a
dignity and a prosperity never be-
fore known. It has been an ex-
preston of faith in our ultimate
destiny as a free people; and ac-
acknowledgement of individual re-
sponsibility in the achievement of
that destiny; a vibrant testimonial
that the love. of liberty still burns
unQuenchable in the American
heart
Some Do Not Comprehend
Many of the people who thus
register the depth of their resent
ments do not fully comprehend the
nature and degree of the policy mis-
direction which has brought us to
fiscal instability, political insecur-
ity and military weakness. But,
they view with dismay the failures
of our leaders in the short after
math of victory which causes US,
the once proud and mighty victor,
to call upon every
mother to yield her sons
in fight for national survival;
which causes US to submit to ex-
tOrtiOn and blackmail for the re-
lease of our citizens unlawfully de-
tanned by nations with which we
are at peace; which causes us to
deprive our beloved divisions COM
mitted to battle in Korea of the
power and the means and the will
to achieve victOry-Our cOuntry's
traditional military goal.
They view with dismay the alarm
ing change in the balance of world
power, arising from the tragic deci-
siOns taken by willful or guileless
men representing us at Teheran,
Yalta, POtsdam and elsewhere.
Those reckless men who, yielding
10 international intrigue, set the
stage for Soviet ascendary as a
world power and our own relative
They view with dismay the tragic
weakness of our leaders reflected
in their inability to rebuild our
strength and restore our prestige,
even after our commitment to war
in Korea more than two long years
ago dramatically emphasized the
inadequacy of our security prepa-
ratiOns; reflected in their inability
to conserve our resources even
while they warn of national peril;
reflected in their tolerance of cor
ruptiOn or worse in the higher
positions of public service.
They view with dismay the ris-
ing burden of our fiscal commit
ments, the deprivation of the op-
pOrtunity to accumulate resources
for future security and family OBJ
legations, the growing tendency of
to control personal
life and suppress individual free
dom.
People Held Desperate
Our people are desperate for
plan which will revive hope and
restore faith as they feel the op-
pressive burden. of the tax levy
upon every source of revenue and
upon every property transaction;
as they see the astronOmically ris-
ing public debt heavily mOrtgaging
the industry. the well-being and
the opportunity of our children and
our children's children; as they
observe the rising costs of the ne
cessities of life impairing the eff
of pensions, insurance
and other fixed incomes and re-
ducing the aged and infirm to ap-
Dalling circumstances.
They look to their leaders, but
their protests are silenced by the
grim warnings of the disaster of a
possible total war. They see no
sign of concern, hear no words of
encouragement, find no basis for
easing fear. Their every express
sion of hope for reduction in the
lax burden is met by the angry
rejoinder that taxes must go ever
higher. There is no plan to trans
iOrm extravaganza into frugality,
no desire to regain economic and
fiscal stability, no prospect of re-
urn to the rugged idealism and
collective tranquility of our IA
hers.
They yearn to regain the religi- !
)us faith and spiritual rectitude of