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tContlnueQ from rage IL
aggression that it cease to be a
profitable pursuit =.
Eve are against any trade
with the communist world that
would threaten the security of
the United States and our allies.
ITO seat Tin the United Ma
tions) a communist China which
defies, by word and deed, the
principles of the United Ma
tions Charter, would be to be,
tray the letter, violate the spirit,
and subvert the purposes of that
charter. It would betray our
friend, the Republic of China.
'We shall continue our de.
termined efforts to free the re.
naming Americans held pris.
oner by communist China
''We shall continue to seek the
Identification of Germany in
freedom and the liberation of
the satellite states Poland
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rum
ania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuan.
ia. Estonia and other once-free
countries now behind the Iron
Curtain"
Suooort uM
The platform said I'VE shall
continue vigorously TO support
tn, United Nations" and pleds
ed also cooperation with our
sister states OF the Americas for
fhe strengthening of our seeUr
ity, economic and social ties with
Them"
Taking note of "a major
threat to international peace in
the Near East" the platform
supports "a policy of impartial
friendship for the peoples Of
the Arab states and Israel to
promote a peaceful settlement
of tensions. But it does not
promise arms to Israel, barely
mentions the Palestine-Arab re.
fugees, and says nothing about
the Observation-Disclosures of Jer-
usalem.
These last two issues have
been a matter of deep concern
to the Vatican. Catholic agen.
cies have urged repatriation OF
the Arab refugees and the United
Nations as well as His Holiness
Pope Plus XII have repeatedly
called for the Observation-Disclosures
of Jerusalem.
The platform says this:
"We regard the preservation
of Israel as an important tenet
of American foreign policy. We
are determined that the integrity
of an independent Jewish State
shall be maintained. We shall
support the independence of Is
rael against armed aggression
The best hope for peace in the
Middle East lies in the United
Nations. We pledge our continued
efforts to eliminate the obstacles
to lasting peace in this area.
Nothing is said specifically
about charitable distribution ot
food and other relief abroad. The
agriculture section approves con
structive assistance by effective
purchase and donation to ease
temporary market surpluses, anC
elsewhere there are promises t.
seek to raise living standards in
under-developed areas of the
world. But the platform says moth
ing about making supplies avail
able for distribution by recog
nized charitable agencies.
One proverbisl plank was In
serted, in one sentence and
and without argument, as IL
was in 1852 and before. II calls
for a Constitutional amendment
for equal rights for men and
women" This has been steadily
opposed by the National coUn-
Gil of Catholic Women and 9TH
or national women's organize
tions, on the basis that II
threatens important gains al
ready attained by women.
On the other hand, in the La
Dor plank, the platform assert
ed it favored equal pay fol
equal work regardless of sex
and pledged to fight "for thu
elimination of discrimination il
employment because of race
creed, color, national origin, an
cestry or sex" Those proposals
are cordially supported by thu
meow. and other Catholic bod
les.
The platform called for actor
to 'revise and improve" the con
troversial Taft-Hartley Act. The
so-called right-to-work state law
are not mentioned, these havin,
their beginning in the Taft-Hart
ley Act. But the Republican plat
form affirms its aim, in its pro
posed revision, is ito protec
more effectively the rights of la
Dor unions, management, the in
dividual worker, and the public.
1t adds: "The protection of tn,
right of workers to organize int