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Tribune's Republican Platform Contes
Voters Hasten
To Help Build
1920Platform ,-?
Hundreds of Letters From
Wide Area Already Are
Received in Contest Inau?
gurated by The Tribune
Range of Views Broad
Labor and Capital. Foreign
Policies. Bolshevism and
Finance Are Main Issues
The Tribune to-day prints the first :
/ the letters and planks inspired by
!:s Republican platform contest. They
were selected from a mass of cojtp
siondence and are evidence that four
months before convention time is not '
?oo early for Republicans to be think?
ing seriously of the issues of the cam?
paign.
Letters and planks came in floods ;
?'rom the various boroughs of the
?.-rearer cccy, Brooklyn being especially
prolific, but virtually ail parts of New
?ork State were represented by con?
tributors. Not a few responses came
from New England, many were received
from New Jersey, and still further
away Pennsylvania gave evidence that
her voters soon would be taking a '
lively interest in the contest.
Every walk of life has its platform- ,
makers, from the man in the counting
house to the mechanic at the bench. ;
Politicians revealed their usual con- I
cern for things political, but they were]
r.o more eager to express their views j
than the plain i- ; - i z <_ n who generally!
has been regarded as too busy to take
part in the v rk v' shaping public'
policies.
Range of Views Is Wide
Equally wide was the range of opin?
ion. Some wanted the government to
go back to :ts limited powers in the
?lays of the founders, but at the ether
end of the line was a contributor who
thought the government should give
everybody a vacation every year and
pay ail the expenses.
Among the prominent Republicans who
have offered suggestions or have written
in commendation of the idea of having
the people take part it: the framing of
party platforms are Chauncey M. De
pew, former United States Senator,
who was a voter and a Republican in
1856, when the party nominated its
first candidate for President; Asse m
biymari Theodore Roosevelt, son of the
great Republican leader; Senator Fred?
erick M. Davenport, who was the Pro?
gressive ;it minee for Governor of New
York in 1914; Char ?es D. Ne v.-to-... At?
torney General of the state, arid Will?
iam M. Bennett, former State Senator
and long prominent in the affairs of
'.he party.
A striking feature of the preliminary
stages of the contest was the scarcity
of communications from women. The
new voters wire but lightly represent?
ed in the contributions, but as I ? i
interest in the platform is equal to
that of the men, it is expected that
their apparent reluctance to take part
in the contest soon will disappear.
Labor and Living Cost Linked
Three hundred planks already have
bcc. submitted. Of the:", the great
est number emphasize th? rclati(
between labor ai i capital. Then a
demand for some sort of partnersh p
L<* ?Veen worker and employer th<
endeavor to increase production and :.o
help to lower the cost of living. Some
o? the writers insist on the right of
labor to organize and to engage in
collective bargaining. A few call for
control of 'nig business.
Another issue which is discussed
freely is that of world relations. Man;.
writer argue either for or against the
league of nations. A demand that the
J'onroe Doctrine be rigidly observed is
'?oiced by some. Seme solution of the
Mexican question is urged by many.
The question of free speech, pro
voked apparently by the trial of the So?
cialist Assemblymen at Albany, is put
forward by many as a vital issue.
Others feel *va*, aa further safeguard;
of ?democracy, it is necessary to revi <
'. e elect on laws so the choice si all b<
made by the people directly, und not
?J" the Electoral College. Some v r tci
. ? , ng of the prohibitior
amen?!";?- - -, I that the ?-.'ate shal
provide for referendums on any eon
?Utntional amendment.
Interested in Army and Navy
- -, , . ..,, - ce ?'?;?.: the 1? ssons <>
the World Wir still are borne well ?i
mind .- the fact that the question o
?^rny and navy programs comes four'.
? ??,, ... - . _, .. , .... ?gted. Ther
?r? many pleas for universal militar;
training ar id for a big navy.
Soeial Justice, too, is freely dis
casse?!. Some writers call i'<r regu
- of cl ild labor, son ??. for bette
roeasm ? to improve health, some fo
;: '>'<?? bed ' -? ed i??ation. Ther?
demat ?! for betterment of livin
?'"? tor.?-, but th t is vague ai d thei
? few concrete suggestions.
'?'?'.-.- ia much comment on 'I <? prol
o? Bolshevism. A few writ? . agr?
"??t deportation Is a remedj There ai
'?'?*'..y -??T.', feel ?hat the only solution :
u??ricai zation, which would be a?
-' : ? ed - vat ous wi - by cd ice
'-', b,- law? requiring <\ i ck citizei
- government institutions '
4T'?t??,r.>. ... migrant with ti id? al ai
**' test '..' ona of the United State
?stional finance ;? , holds ?? v.'i->
'??<?: of ?ttei tion. There is a m de d
'-'-m? v,t a budget system to comp?
"?'??'></ in government and a pi?
''''"*'.! by a few for ? revision of tl
I? .....
''-- -. -? it oi of v ! ether ? <? bs
?'?'??>?>' island possessions is d - . ??
7 a tew of oui writers, Among otHe
""'!? lit...,., s, . J >.,.,. trK t,, ;?t a? jfjBU?
Some Proposed Planks
Here are some of the planks suggested for incorporation
a Republican filatform: *
America for Americans
Believing in the policy of "America for Americans," one flag on?
nation and one language, we would have every foreign-born inhabitant
Of our country take out naturalization papers and learn our language
within three years or be sent back to his native land.?D. T. S.
Restoration of Pre-War Rights
We recommend that the powers taken from the people for the pur?
poses of war should bo restored to their rightful owners, the sovereign
voters; that bureaucratic commissions should be abolished, representa?
tive government reestablished; that Congress should again become the
legislative power of the land as the Constitution provides, and that we
should return to the Republic of the days when the people had a voice in
affairs. A centralized government is an imperialistic idea, not an Ameri?
can idea. We believo that the people should be the masters of their gov?
ernment, and not the government the master of the people.?W. R. E.
Condemns Mexican Policy
We condemn the incapacity of the present Administration in its
relations with Mexico and pledge our nominees to the ascertainment of
facts and the adoption of a consistent and clear policy of action to protect
our borders and the rights of the people.?HERBERT F. HARRIS, 302
Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
For Industrial Harmony
We believe that the various industries can only prosper by har?
monious action by capital and labor; that capital is entitled to an ade?
quate profit; that labor has a right to organize and bargain collectively;
that labor is entitled to as large a share <ff the profits as will not endanger
the stability of the business; that every union ought to be chartered by
the state and made responsible for all unnecessary strikes.?ONE OF
THE ORGANIZERS OF THE JESSE FREMONT CLUB IN 1852.
Traditional Foreign Policy
We would continue the foreign policies begun by Washington an?!
continued by every Administration until reversed by Wilson ? M.
PHILLIPS, 37 Bank Street, City.
Against League of Nations
No league of nations which assumes the character of a military
alliance or which fails to grant this country equal voting strength can be
indorsed. The United States shall not be a party to the covenant of the
league of nations promulgated by the Supreme Council at Paris. On the
"ther hand, it ("the Republican party? pledges itself to the reaffirmation
of the Monroe Doctrine as a national policy and the protection of Amer?
ican life and property in Mexico and elsewhere throughout the world.
LOUIS KRAUSE, 375 Berriman Street, Brooklyn.
"Speed I p Industry"
Due to the present unrest and the crisis we are facing in the affairs
of our country, at home and abroad, and in order to prevent a national
calamity the Republican party advocates the speeding up of all Industry
and production ?through the immediate settlement of all differences
between capital and labor and through collective understanding between
these two forces), to the end that th shelves of the world, so sorely de?
pleted from the recent world struggle, will again be filled; that capital
will be attracted to new enterprises and our national safety assured
through genera! peace and prosperity. -E. M. L. MICHEL, H'22 Glen
wood Road, Brooklyn.
International Code of Laws
We believe that any new system for the regulation of international
affairs and the determination of international disputes should be founded
on the principle of a government of laws and not of men; that any
agreement for the establishment of such a system should provide for
the enactment, interpretation and enforcement of a code of laws, and that
the body charged with the enactment of .such laws should be elected bj
the people of the nations affected. STANLEY A. HACKETT, 272 Flat
bush Avenue Extension, Brooklyn.
More Pay for Public Employees
We greatly deplore the fact that the compensation of public
? ii ?i oyees has remained practically stationary for many years, even
though the cost of living has advanced tremendously. We urge upon
Congress the necessity of enacting legislation to remedy this most
deplorable situation. ABRAHAM S. WITT, Bergen Building, Bronx.
Against Unseating Representatives
The Republican party pledges itself to see that every representative
lav. fully elected by the people shall retain his seat, whatever his political
opinions; provided only that the member in question shall not be under
sentence or awaiting sentence under the laws of the country. -HARRY
YOUNG, 23 Campbell Hall, Princeton, N. J.
Demands Aliens Obey Laws
We demand that whoever puts himself under the protection of
our laws shall unselfishly uphold those laws. It is our duty, and it will
be our aim, to make it easier for all such to have a more intelligent appre?
ciation of what those laws have meant to us and what they should mean
to them. F. N. P., City.
Would Help Poland
Because Bolshevism is essentially a world movement to stamp out
d? mocracy by force of arms and to place arbitrary control of the gov?
ernment in the hands of a harsh minority, we believe the vigorous support
of this government should be given to the buffer states of Poland, Siberia,
etc., so that the "Red" hordes may be effectively walled in. The Bol
shevik program is incompatible with the tenets of the Constitution, and
wherever it raises its ugly head in the United States it should be struck
down. ARTHUR RODIEK, 360 Marion Street, Brooklyn.
Law and Order
We condemn any action or policy which tends to limit or suppress the
freedom of expression of the sentiments of the American citizen through
the excision of his inviolable right o' franchise. We believe that any
action tending to nullify the expressed sentiments of the majority only
aids to spread the false doctrines of Bolshevism and undermines this gov?
ernment "of the people, by the people and for the people." CHARLES
BARBAN. 1107 Broadway, City.
"Curb Radical Tendencies"
The Republican party shall stand primarily as a representative of
Americanization; by that it shall bind itself to the policy of subjecting
and curbing all radical tendencies attempting to create feeling against
the principles of the government as established in the Constitution of the
United States of America. It shall assume upon itself the establishment
of women on an equal voting basis with men, the installation of universal
train.nit;, the inauguration of a budget, and, finally, it shall do whatever
it can to emancipate this country from harmful foreign entanglements.
HENRY WANGER, 148 Grove Street, New Haven, Conn.
Pledge to Aiil France Suggested
We believe that it is our duty to stand always ready to go to the
aid of our brave, heroic sister republic Franc?', and we therefore pled;:"
ourselves to the ratification of the Anglo-French-American treaty pledg?
ing our aid to France in case of a German attack. MONROE W.
KNAPP, 95 Maple Street., N*.-w Britain, Conn.
Health Protection Demanded
That the public health shall be properly protected and preserved by
reasonable regulations without abridgement or invasion of the constitu?
tional religious rights of any citizen. GEORGE BANGS M'GRATH,
489 Fifth Avenue, City.
Restore Order in Mexico
Wc believe that we must help restore internal order in Mexico, since
the Mexican government alone is unable to cn\>o with the situation.
Overtures should be made to the Mexican government, offering coopera?
tion in ridding that lurid of the banditti, our common enemy. A. II.
RODICK, 360 Marion Street, Brooklyn.
High Prices Made Main Issue
We the Republican party, in national convention assembled, pledge
our best efforts, if reinstated in full working power, to bring about the
following r? lulti
I. Effective measures promptly to reduce the present strain of ex
,,. . .,.;.. ??gh living cost :'. Intelligent restraint of evil procedure by
organized factions of cla ses of workers, to the end that the quietly
industrious, law-abiding and efficient "middle cla " shall not be oppn icd
or made unfairly to suffer, .'!. Foreign problem? to be met as they ni
und handled accord ng to 1 ?? '? ' Ai rican traditions. WALTER E.
CLENDANIEL, 392 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn.
Depew Would
Make Party's
Pledges Brief
Nestor of Party, After Many
Decades of Political Ex?
perience, Says Voters Will
Not Head Long Platform*
Presents His ideas Tersely
Puts Americanization First';
Says U. S. Has No Placo
for Foes of Constitution
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I'd make it very short. Voter?
never read long platforms.
1. The first plank should Le Ameri?
canism. It should clearly define abso?
lute loyalty to our government and to
our institutions, whether by native bore
or for? ign born. It should define that
free speech and liberty do not mean
the privilege to advocate the overthrow
of our government and the substitution
of some other syst? m. If women and
women cannot agree to support tin:
Constitution of the United States and
law and order as administered under it
they should quit the country. This is
no place for them,
2. A plank for better relations be?
tween capita! and labor. Capital should
give labor a fair share in its succ?s;
and labor should not endeavor to re
strain production and curtail markets
A liberal view of that principle carriec
into practice would reduce the higl
cost of living and would stimulate an?,
lead to a harmonious relation betweei
? capital and labor.
3. The maintenance of law and orde
'and the impartial, equal and just ad
ministration of laws.
??. Economy and again economy
?Thrift and again thrift.
5. Efficient and honest administra
i tion.
?i. A gradual reduction of taxes, es
pecially of those which curb initiativ?
As future generations are to share i
? all the benefits of larger liberty, o
greater security in their rights, of th
?blessings of peace and of their inri
?vidual independence and prosperity,th
burden of the war which means it
debts should be distributed over
long period and not unloaded on to th
j present generation.
7. Control of public utilities ur.de
strong regulations, with power in tli
administration to adjust wages an
! rates t., meet wages, to Ice? p the '.ran
portation system i the c? untry pr?
gressive and able to expand to me?
; ?;: ow ing neces! it ic s, at i hi san e ; n
protect ing both the - npl< yec and 1 i
? investor.
8. The conlrovers ;? ovi r the lcagi
of nations may be reduced to this fo
mula: When the league directs its mei
bers to furnish armies and the use
its navies and advance moneys to ecu
pel a belligerent nation to obey :
mandate, shall the United State
once obey the or.let, mobilize its na\
send its armi?s across the seas a
advance its credit? Or shall t
, Unit-d States reserve the right to s
in each case that the question und
our Constitution must be submitted
our Congress? The Republican par
stands on the last prop isiti? i .
9. The Monroe Doctrine is 'he Am?
?can idea ? f internal onal law and
to be maintained at all hazard-.
10. The army and navy should be
? duced to -". peace basis.
11. Cur natural resource- should
conserved, with liberal legislation 1
their development.
12. We should encourage a merchi
marine.
13. The budget system s'hould
' adopted.
14. Social justice should be advan?
by the regulation of child labor, I
improvement of health and educat
! and the betterment of living conditio
15. Wo favor pensions and war r
insurance.
16. Woman suffrage should beco
part of the Constitution.
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW
To-day's Prize Platform Letter
Sir: The Presidential campaign of 1920
promises to be the most momentous in history.
Problems of reconstruction, the labor question,
the league of nations and the ever increasing cost
of living represent only a small percentage of the
great issues involved.
Among the most salient, perhaps, are the labor
question and the league of nations. A new era
is at our threshold waiting to be ushered in by
the progressive and far-sighted captains of indus?
try as well as the progressive and far-sighted
loaders of labor.
Labor is going to play a prominent part in the
new order of things which will bring prosperity
and better conditions for all. Capital is begin?
ning to realize the fact that its own success
depends greatly upon the success of labor and
recognize their common interests. Workers should
be granted the right to organize into trade unions
and to bargain collectively. This is not only the
dictum but practice of some of the greatest
employers of labor in the world. Labor should be
treated by capital as capital would be treated by
labor. Not until the reactionary employers of
labor are willing to do this will there be indus?
trial peace, and without industrial peace there
can be no substantial progress or prosperity.
The League ur? an Issue
The. league of nations, unless 1 have misin?
terpreted public sentiment, should be made a spe?
cial issue in the coming Presidential campaign.
The people should be given the opportunity to
determine for themselves whether or not they care
to become involved in the league. I believe that
Secretary of State Robert Lansing was correct
when he made the statement: "If the American
people could only realize what the league lets
them in for they would never accept it."
I believe the league of nations covenant to be
repugnant to American ideab and venerated
principies, and therefore should be rejected. In
short, I believe that the paramount issue in the
coming Presidential campaign should be: America
First !
What is perhaps of most immediate concern is
the high cost of living problem. During the last
year there have been somewhere in the neighbor?
hood of three thousand strikes and lockouts in the
LTnited States, while prices during the last rive
years have increased approximately 80 per cent. It
is becoming clearer every day that the high cost of
living problem cannot be solved successfully by
strikes and labor disputes. When the supply of a
certain product exceeds the demand there is cer?
tain to be a decline in its price, and vice versa.
Remove Cause of Strikes
The best way to reduce the high cost of liv?
ing, then, is to remove the cause of strikes and
costly labor disputes, thereby insuring industrial
peace and maximum production. Profiteering,
which prevails to a greater or lesser degree
throughout the country, must be curbed. The
enactment by Congress of any legislation deemed
necessary to prevent hoarding of clothing, food
and other necessaries of life undoubtedly would
have a beneficial effect, but the most important
thing to iio is increase production.
Another problem born out of the war is that of
Bolshevism. Much time and trouble could be
saved by removing the cause of Bolshevism rather
than passing arbitrary and autocratic laws and
deporting radicals. The cause first must be
removed, and its cause is reaction. When the
wheels of -progress clog they must be put in run?
ning order and the trouble removed, lest the
energy behind the machinery which is unrestrained
by natural law cause the machine to be broken.
That is the logical way to prevent. Bolshevism.
Remove reaction r" Now that the war is ended
there can be no consistent reason why the sedition
and espionage laws should remain in effect. Repeal
them at once, as they are among the most auto?
cratic and reactionary instruments ever conceived.
Free speech, peaceful assemblage and the right to
petition for a redress of gievances are the cardinal
principles of democracy, and there can be no real
democracy without them.
S. 0. CARLSON.
Hotel Churchill, New York City.
Chairman Glynn
"On the Lookout"
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The more suggestions avail?
able for use by the Republican Na?
tional Convention in framing its
platform the better. Some of the
most valuable suggestions in political
campaigning come from obscure
sources and when least expected.
Chairman Haya .1 providing for a
large committee en platform made a
wise move, and The Tribune is in
posit ion, wit h the thoua inds i f sug
g? tiens t hat it wil 1 red ive, tc nin .
a valuable contribution to the c. 11
structivo work of the committ.
charge of the platform werk. 1 con- ?
grat?late The Tribune on its idea of
a platform contest, and shall watel
for the winning planks and letter:
with genuine interest.
GEORGE A. GLYNN,
Chairman Republican State Com?
mittee.
_!
Liberal Alien Law Favore?!
Newcomers Entitled to Same
Liberty That We Enjoy
I'o the Editor The Tribune.
Sir: The blood of an emigrant flows
in the veins of practically every Am ri
can citizen to-day, and, being a fusion
of the best in all nations, we have be
come almost a new race,
Wo believe ours is the freest nation
in tin- world, but we also believe that
freedom necessarily must be limited
for the general good.
Being mindful oi our own welfare,
therefore, and using due prudence, we
should welcome any who wish to put
themselves under the protection of our
laws and are willing to accept us much
liberte- as we allow ourselves. F. X. P.
!
Conditions of The Tribune's
Platform Contest
THE Republican National Convention will meet in June
to nominate candidates and draft a platform for the
1920 campaign. What should its planks be?
The Tribune believes you ought to have a chance to help
write these planks. It offers you an opportunity to get your
ideas before the Republican leaders.
The Tribune invites you to submit your planks and to
write letters about the planks proposed by other readers
through its columns.
For the liest planks and letters of discussion The Trib?
une offers the following prizes:
For the best plank .... $500.00
For the second best pl.ank . . . 250.00
For each of the eight next best planks . 100.00
For the best letter a daily prize of t . 10.00
Por the best letter in the whole competition 100.00
THE TRIBUNE will make Every plank and letter must
'"up a platform of ten bear the name ami address of
planks to be determined the sender, although only initials
by your votes. Every plank or a nom de plume will be pub
submitted and every letter ad- lished if the writer so desires.
vocating a plank will be counted The contest will close April
as a vote for the issue it covers. 30, 11*120. A manuscript mailed
. . , before midnight on that day at
The ten issues receding the any p,ace ?n th{? Unit(?d g^
most votes will be tne planks of wH] fae eli^hlCm
the final platform. The ten Manuscripts will not be re
planks that best express the turned( even ?f stamps acCQm_
chosen issues will be selected by them?
the judges for the prize awards. " Thc jud?es of the contest wilI
The Tribune believes in short be three of The Tribune's edi
platforms. 11 limits each plank tors. They will award the
to loo words. In judging be- prizes, basing their decisions on
tw.-en two planks or letters of sound thinking and brevity,
equal merit the shorter will be clearness and strength of state
chosen, ment.
|_
Member of Assembly
For School o? Loyalty
Frank G. Jacobs Favor? Com?
pulsory Education of Foreign
Born Residents
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! believe the* ?ir.-: and most im?
portant principle to deal with . ; Ameri-1
canization. I belie-ve in compulsory
education for all foreign born and the
teaching of the principles of our sys?
tem of government.
' )ur laws an i rules govern ng the en?
trance of for ign-born to the I nitcd
States should be nur.- stringent.
Continue to deport those who are
!' ro\ i ii t:i be ille< illj opposing oui ? ; :
tem oi go' : ment.
\ in :<';:: ? I budg < sy tem should b
establish? d Lo prej arc approp i tioi for
? ongress.
The Lodge reservations ro the league
of nations, particularly to Article X
should be itro: g'.y upheld,
Th ; c sho I I be no approp i ai ?ns
m ide by C'oi gre ? foi inv? -1 ?gat ii . the
present A Imi ?ist rat ion relative to ' hi
mai agen i ? of the war, a i be ie\ no
matei 1 b mi fits woul I be dei v? i.
FRANK ?i. JA? Obi ?,
M'eml er of Ass tnbly, Greene ? ounty,
**Soiis of \liens Barred"
Contributor Would Put New
S s ?j-yi on White House
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I wish to add these suggestions
to your symposium on planks f?Jr tbe
Republican national platform:
It. would be fitting for ilic Republican
platform to affirm :
"That the people of this country arc
the sov< reigns.
"That no change in the Constitution
should be mack- without their approval.
That rule by clubs, leagues, associa?
tions or societies is detrimental to the
best interests of the nation and a
method should be found for ending it.
"That r.o man should be eligible to the
office of President of the United States
whose father and mother were not born
in this country.
"That all sumptuary legislation is
against the best interest of the people
and country and contrary to the spirit
of the Constitution as originally
adopted.
?"That we bold that the excise question,
like the slavery question, got into the
h.an.is of fanatics and was foolishly and
reck essly handled at the fini -'?..
"That in considering the indulgence
due to all classes of voters the interest
and influence of Americans should not
be entirely overlooked.'' L. A. L,
Popular Platform Hailed
Too Much "Close Corporation"
in Past. Savs Senator
. To the Editor of The Tribu:;.-.
Sir: I take this opportunity to ?lo
my share in aiding trie success <,:' your
undertaking to "help write' the plat?
form of fhe Republican party." You
are to be congratulated, indeed, upon
the conception of the idea which per?
mits of an expression o the views - .'
the thousands who are interested in
the great problems of the day. Jn the
past we have had too much of the
"close corporation" method of writing
platforms, and in the work you have
undertaken you have established -a new
order of things. Here's to -.our suc?
cess! PETER A. ABELES,
State Senator 22d District.
"Fine Thing," Says.Hilles
Former National Chairman Sees
Great Possibilities
T?> the Edit??:- of the Tribune.
Sir: I a:n very much in sympathy
with your Republican platform contest.
It is a fine thing, not only for th.- party,
but for the country us well. I think
it will stimulate an interest that will
have great possibilities for construct?
ive legislation and help form a con?
census of ipinion on what should be
the Republican parry's platform.
CHARLES 1?. HIELES.
9 LESSONS, $5
\
Colonel Roosevelt
Indorses Plan
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I heartily indorse your [dan
for a platform contest.
What we need for progress in our
form of government is a clear, con
, ise - > t? ment I y the parties of jmt
what their aims, objects and beliefs
are. When such is made? party go?
ing int ? office will present a solid
front on the essentials that lie be
to-.-" it.
In addition,the contest encourages
??..'?:c is essential in a democracy
the earnest interest of the average
citizen ;:i politics through the year.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"issue for AH? Time"
New Yorker Offers '"American?
ism" as Basis of Platform
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! off? r a-, ;, u gge; ' ion for ? he
ba or ] rimary pial 'orra of : lie Re?
publican party for all time, "Ameri?
ca! ism."
America is the greatest and m o si
wonderful of nations. We all know it
but how many think and act as Ameri?
cans? Let us make America the haven
of and for Americans. Let us make
the American Eagle a vulture when at
tacked and a dove when left unmo
lested.
The Republican party has always
been for America, but now is the tir.ii
to come out stronger than ever. Strike
and strike hard for America.
ROBERT M. BRINK.M A XX,
604 Riverside Drive, New York City
Democrat Says
Plank Contest
Means Advance
County Clerk Schneider
Commends Plan as Open?
ing Way for People to Gel
Their Views in Platform
Warns Against Wandering
Official Suggests Thai Par?
lies Avoid Acad?emic Is?
sues and Word Tangles
To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: 1 notice with much interest that
your paper has taken up the matter of
the Republican national platform an?!, .
while 1 am a Democrat, ? et all of us . ? -
much interested in tho principle : :
aro advancing, namely, that i ha>
ing those interested in the application
of a platform participate in the i ??
Ing thereof. In this way it may be
that questions in which th?> people
themselves are vitally interested will
be presented to the attention of pro
fessional platform builders and become
a fundamental part of party principles
The planks suggested by you are a
fundamental aid, vital with the need
of this country at the present time, and
1 would suggest that instead of wander?
ing far atield for issues merely aca
demie and becoming entangled m words
'and phrases, both, parties confine them
selves tu the simp e relation of certain
questions to the people of the United
; States.
Under the heading you have of
j "Americanization," referring to the foi
eign-born and their duty to her th?'
this can be summed up in these words:
Il is the same duty she owes to th?
native born and it is the same dutj ll ?
native born owe to her. Under the
heading "Our Island Possessions," out
duty to the Philippine Island and other
territorial possessions is the same dut)
we owe to the sovereign states of thes?
United States, for in time if the> con
tinue members of this great Republic
they will become themselves sovereign
states.
WILLIAM F. SCHNEIDER,
County Clerk, New York County.
Roosevelt-Like Policy
Toward Labor Favored
Letter Says Workers Must Real
ize That Higher Wag?es
Mean Higher Prices
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican party
announce the intention of accord
?ng the labor ;.?"'?., m a clear, open
.??nil fearlei a ..- -atm ni. along ; h?
of fair play and prog e
down by Roosevelt, unlike the p ?? i I
;. ? 11 ? j of L h i D em oc rat i ? ;
i.'??\ ert, ?, acil la. ?ng and mya'.erioi ac
t ion.
Labor inu I realize thai increase?
?.-. ag? i ?!, ly mean ; ; ijl ; livi ng co I
The real solution lies in increased pro
. uction. Th? Republican party must
pledge itself to make lab ir'i i i ? res
i in production more vital. How? By
'?. m? r i an .. ? .: labi r, ui e of an.I co
op? ration i\ ?1 ii unions, institut ? :? ai
energetic propaganda of "worl
save," and i y pr? gresi ive ind istrial
legislation. Very truly vour .
SIDNEY W. REICH.
567 West MO'h S-re.-t. City.
Law and Order Supreme
Last Orange Man Savs This I1
\H That Matters
To the Editor of The Tr bui
! Sir: '1 '? ? ? t p il ?: ' ? !' ? ?
! can platform should be law and order
The .icon?! plank should be law and
onler.
Th i third plai k \ ? ould be . i? ? an
order.
The. fourth plank should assert I
: ntainter.ar.ee of the Const tution.
The othir planks fhould be
with these fou r plai ,.
M. E. VAN V? AGENER,
. ; 69 Prospect Street, Eas1 Oral .- . \ J
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