Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-15

GOV. ROCKEFELLER
Unfortunately, this cannot
be brushed off as irresponsi-
bility. For youth is responsible.
The leaders Of the Birchers and
others Of the radical right lu-
matte fringe-every bit as dam
gerous to American principles
and American institutions as
the radical left-who success
fully engineered this disgrace
full subversion Of o great and
responsible auxiliary Of the Re-
publican Party are the same
people who are now moving to
subvert the Republican Party
itself. They claim initial sue
cess and predict ultimate VIC
tory for their efforts.
These people have no pro-
gram for the Republican Party
or the American people except
distrust, disunity and the ulti-
mate destruction Of the conf
dei1ce Of the people in them
selves. They are purveyors Of
hate and distrust In a time
when, as never before, the need
Of the world Is for love and
understanding.
They have no concern with
and offer no solution for the
problems Of chronic unemploy-
ment, Of education and train
ing, Of housing, Of racial in
justice and strife, Of all the
other problems which must
have answers If our democratic
ideals are to be translated into
living reality.
And in the political sphere,
they offer something equally
sinister.
A Political Strategy
Completely incredible as 1t is
to me, 1t is now being seriously
proposed to the Republican
Party that as q strategy for
victory In 1864, that 1t write off
the Negro and other minority
groups, 1t deliberately write off
the great industrial States Of
the North representing nearly
so per cent Of the country's
population, that it write off
the big cities, and that it direct
its appeal primarily to the cleo
toral votes of the South, plus
the West and a scattering Of
other States.
The transparent purpose be-
hind this plan Is to erect po-
litical power on the outlawed
and immoral base Of segrega-
ton and to transform the Re-
publican Party from q national
party Of all the people to q Sec
tional party for some Of the
people.
No such plan ever has, or
ever win succeed. It cannot
stand the light Of day. 1t viii
be rejected out Of hand by the
Republican Party. It win be
rejected by the Nation. It win
be rejected BY the South.
The South has long pointed
out that the racial problem is
not q sectional problem, but Q
national problem. / know that
there is Southern leadership
that wants to participate in o
national solution. s&
Could Destroy G. or.
A program based on racism
or sectionalism would In and
of itself not only defeat the
Republican Party In 1864, but
would destroy 1t altogether.
The Republican Party is the
party Of Lincoln. It was found
ed to make men free and equal
In opportunity. It Is the party
Of all men, the only truly ma
tional party in America. For
that party to turn Its back on
its heritage and its birthright
would be an act Of political
immortality rarely eQualled In
human history.
No cloak Of so-called States
rights" can conceal the real
purpose behind this strategy.
The political rights Of States
are clear within the Federal
system and their realization
depends Importantly upon the
exercise Of States responsible
ties within that system. But q
century ago. q great war de-
cided for all time that In the
area Of human dignity. States
rights must forever yield to the
rights Of the individual. And SO
In this area, the invocation Of
States rights can only be re.
garded as q pretext.
For the Republican Party.
political success cannot be d.
vorced from political morality
and the fact is that the party's
dedication to the equality Of
all men is still, and must more
than ever before, be its guide
TO leadership and to victory.
Far from abandoning this
dedication, the whole burden
Of the distinguished 1851 report
by Chairman Bliss Of Ohio was
that both the party's greatest
challenge and its brightest OPP
portunity lay In It's willingness
to deal with the great urban
problems confronting our Ma
ton, and the people Of the
cities. especially the minority
groups.
The path to victory is not