The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-07-18
The Party of Reaction: Once
Federalist, Once Wing, Now
Republican-Always Tory
Bv LOWNDES MAURY, Butte

BY LOWNDES MAURY, Butte
At the recent Republican Convention
in Chicago, one prominent delegat
said the Republican Party may go tn
way of the old Whig Party, anothe
delegate said This may be the las
convention of the Republican Party
The causes for these fears of the yer,
leaders spring not only from 5 sue
cessive defeats in presidential cleo
tions In this period of change to Lib.
eralism all over the World, the plat.
form adopted is reactionary, justly fault
finding with the present administra-
ton COT non-action, stagnation except
in War; but not constructive; promis-
ing nothing to lead this nation from
international loss of face and inter-
nal methods driving us to initiation
and sequent bankruptcy.
General Eisenhower has promised
to support the platform. Like a good
soldier, if elected, he will try to keep
his word The harder he tries, the
quicker he will break the economy
down. If our gallant boys fighting he
roically in Korea, war started as
we'll by John Foster Dulles, (now Mr.
Republican, since Taft's defeat) as by
the President, meet calamity (pre-
dicted by Herbert Hoover) then the
Democrats, now in power, will be
blamed for it and Eisenhower will be
elected. AS it stands, the General will
meet his first and last defeat in No
Yember.
The Party of Nonaction will not be
ousted by the Party of Reaction.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Perhaps one in five thousand voters
will read this through and carefully. 1t
does say What Republican leaders hope
for. They charge that the Democrats
have plunged us into War in Korea
without the consent of Congress. This
of course is true and against the Con-
stitution But they do not promise to
withdraw our forces from Korea. No
Republican on the floor of House or
Senate has condemned the administra-
ton for exceeding its war powers.
EUROPE
They promise to develop the collect
i've security of Europe They have
nominated Eisenhower to do this. The
General has been on that job some
years. Ex- president Hoover in. his ad-
dress to the Convention said that our
military power in Europe is a "phan-
TOM" The Peoples Voice said months
ago that it was only "scarecrow." Can
the General in Washington do any bet
ter job organizing an unwilling Europe |
than he could while in Europe? The |
platform did not say that we had |
wasted $40 Billion in the ratholes of /
Europe. They lacked the courage, Eisen-
hover helped dump it.
THEY WOULD EXPAND TRADE
I'VE favor the expansion of mutually
advantageous world trade" The only /
outlet to expand trade is Communist
China and other Communist countries
Sewing machines and tractors cannot
be sold to the Man in the Moon. China
would buy of us 20 million sewing
and several million tractors and COM
bines. England is in that market The
Republicans do not propose to open it
to Americans.
WILL SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS
I'VE shall support the United Nations,
etc.. They do not say that India with |
$50 million people shall have equal |
voice in TN or that China with $50
million can get in at all. How can there |
be any United Nations when so many |
are excluded? 1t is United Western |
Nations not a United Nations.
Sound MONEY"
g our aim of a dollar on a fully
gold basis" There is in the |
United States Treasury about s21 Bill
lion in gold at S35 an ounce Abroad |
gold sells for about $50 the ounce. |
There is probably s81 Billion in cur
rency. If we go on the Gold Standard. | |
as fast as currency could be presented
gold would be paid out and go to
boarding or abroad. In 10 days the S21 | |
Billion i'm currency in our strong box. |
$50 Billion in currency in circulation |
and no backing of gold at all. The /
currency would be like former German /
Marks-a million for postage stamp. II
This would enable unprincipled bank II
ers to pay their depositors in currency H
IF no value. All life insurance, now cut II
n haf, would have no value at all. II
Poland is on the Gold Standard IT is II
achieved by shrinking the denomi II
lation of the currency. We can go on II
he Gold Standard safely only by cut II
ing all our dollars in value from as H
umed 81 to nearly 81 cents Otherwise II
here would be a mad scramble the pic II
tanks would outrun Mrs. Moriarity to II
he Gold Reserve. They would soon HI
ave sit all in New York or London. Hi
We would have none. This promise is HI
ne prime buncombe of the platform Ill
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