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?Conservation'
Gains in Favor
As Party Plank
^eal for Public, Service
Evinced by Number and
Quality of Responses in
1,328 Proposed Issues
Zone Profit System Urged
Mg* Jersey Correspondent
k Would Gridiron tbc Map
for Benefit of Industry
A teal for public servie? is attested
br the number and quality of the re?
cense? in The Tribune's National Re?
publican Platform Contest
Neither the lure of the daily and
rr.al prizes, r.or the pride of author?
ship, nor both tog-ether. Recounts fully
for the outpouring of suggestions for '
clinks. From voters of every class and
cf varyi^r affiliation comes counsel in- \
dicating a lively political conscience.
Among a great variety of planks are '
seine that are curiously indigenous to '
totality. Fro:-.-, zone-bitten New Jersey,
for Instance, con es the suggeste'd plat
form demand ? for a "national zone
profit and wage system." |
This correspondent would gridiron
the map with industrial zones where
all business would be "pooled under ?
general industrial term, a? manufactur?
ing, mining, railroads, etc.," and mem?
bers of each group required to make
annual payment to the United States
Treasury "a predetermined percentage
ol its', profits for pooling, to be divided
or. equal basis among employees."
Next to the increasing share of worn
! en in the'content, the growth of college
1 interest is noteworthy. A 'conaider
| able proportion of tetters and plank
submissions is coming from the faculty
und student body of institutions of
learning.
The total of planks submitted now
amounts to 1,328. Tiie subject of con?
servation of natural resources is re
i ceiving more attention, having ad?
vanced from twentieth to seventeenth
position on the list of issues in three
days. Foreign relations, Americaniza?
tion, labor and capital, social legisla?
tion and Bolshevism are well out in
front of other issues.
All Agree Americanization
Plank Urgently la Needed
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The United Neighborhood
Houses believe an Americanization
plank should be included in the plat?
forms of all the political parties. All
agree on tho need for such activity.tho
only possible opportunity tor differ?
ence of opinion being relative to the
methods to be emp'oyed. An Amer?
icanization plank should-?be based on
the best experience of those who for,
years have lived and worked among the
foreign born. GEORGE J. HECHT, !
Chairman Publicity Committee.
Neighborhood Houses of Now York.
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Because, never have we had such
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Poindexter Advocates Shift From
Idealism to Practical Government
By Senator Miles Po ndexter
The Republican platform .should call for more attention bv
the government to practical affairs. After an unsucc ssful cam
paign of idealism, it will be a irreal relief to our peopl to tin-,
their attention to construction of roa.ds, rehabilitation of railways,
reclamation of deserts and reduction of extravagance in government
expenditures.
The fulfillment of our obligations in Mexico, both as to our own
people anid as to foreign nations, a id the maintenance of our succ ?
ful relations with the Philippine Islands, should bo \ [ irred t -
raising an army for invasion of Turk y or settlement of the I in no
controversy.
We should recognize that actual peace exists and that whati i
the technical situation may be, the exercise of war pow rs b\ t ?
Administration is an abuse; and that the appropri?t um out < I ti o
public treasury, of vast sums of money, raised by the taxatii.I
our people, to be donated in the form of credits t > European govern?
ments, is without constitutional authority. This inflation of civdil
is one of the important causes of the increasing high tost of iivii
An immediate declaration of peace, development of our com?
merce, building of a merchant marine, preservation of the pomp] ?to
independence of the United States against the menace of interna?
tionalism, and maintenance of domestic order against the doctrine
of force which is being propagated throughout the country should
be the immediate objects of the Republican party.
Some Suggested Planks
Subsidy for Air and Marine
We pledge ourselves to encourage
the growui of the commercial aero?
plane and an American owned and
operated merchant marine. Believ?
ing these industries necessary in time
of danger to our security, we pur?
pose to subsidize them during their
infancy. We favor a tariff in ac?
cordance with Republican traditions
and improvements of waterways for
the progress of American transporta?
tion and commerce.?Louis Lengyel,
27 Cedar Street, Saranac Lake, N. Y.
Adequate Tariff Advocated
We believe that A.M2iican indus?
tries should be protected from the
dangers of foreign competition by a
tariff high enough to insuro the sale
of American made goods to Ameri?
cans, and thus guarantee to the
American workingman a full dinner
pail and a living wage on that future
day when the demand will not ex?
ceed the supply.?W. B. McVeigh, G4
South Judson Street, Gloversville,
N, Y.
Stands on Constitution
The Republican party addresses it?
self to the grave and vital problems
that face the nation during this try- ;
ing period of reconstruction. It <
stands squarely by the Constitution i
of the United States and believes ;
that upon its strict enforcement will
depend the wellbeing of this Repub?
lic. It pledges itself to work for the :
restoration of the social order and
the submitting of a proferam that
will make life and property secure
for all of its citizens. It would
Imhof Denies Wages
Cause Inflated Prices
Legislation to Bring About Re?
turn to Pre-War Conditions
Advised
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A closer relationship between
capital and labor most emphatically
should exist for their mutual welfare.
If the employer of to-day desires to
assist in stabilizing conditions ho
should be of broader mind and awake
to the necessity of co?peiating with
the wage earners, the majority of whom
..re ready and willing to be consulted
regarding the bettering of conditions
lor all mankind. I know, and many
others likewise know, that the condi
'.ions that now exist are responsible for
.he "Bolshevik" tendencies that are so
widespread among the working people.
As a matter of fact, there are some
whose Bolshevik ideas are hereditary
and cannot be eradicated. I am op?
posed to 3uch people and their meth?
ods?. Then, there is another class of
liberty-loving people in our country,
who are dissatisfied with the intoler?
able conditions that exist, and I be?
lieve they are justified. The principal
causes of their dissatisfaction are the
high cost of living and the low wage
paid to the workers.
I have heard it said that the high
wages paid the workers are the cause
of the rise in price of the necessities
of life. I want to deny that for the i
workers of the building industry, as
government statistics have shown I
that the cost of living has increased
100 per cent, whereas the wages have
increased In the same period on an ;
average 35 per cent.
Those employed in the building liua
feel they are making a sacrifice in not
demanding a 100 per cent increase to
cope with the 100 per cent increase in j
the cost of living, with the hope that
the pronjer authorities soon will enact
legislation that will bring our country !
b'.ck to pre-war times, which, in my
opinion, were satisfactory to every one
but the chronic Bolshevist.
JOHN C. IMHOF,
Vice-President, New York State Fed?
eration of Labor._
Class Legislation Vicious
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We seek officials who will deal ?
righteously and courageously, placing
the welfare of the nation above the
desires of their individual electorates
and any special interests. I
We demand the repeal of all class
legislation and exemptions.
We pledge ourselves to impartial en?
actment and enforcement of impartial
laws for the good of all the people.
I could preach several sermons with
illustrations on such ? plank, but I am
willing to leave that duty to you.
REV. PETER CRISPELL.
Newburgh, N. Y.
Old-Time Slogan Declared Again
To Be a Winner ?!
To the Editor of The Trib ne. ?
Sir: The numerous clfsstcal planks
presented are educational, bA 'here is
room for an old-time winner, tersely ex
t> essed, viz., "The fnl dinner nai ," ??*.
peciaUy for those who hnve borne the ?
brunt of battling for America on for
sign soil. Viewed propny. "the full
dinner pail" would now symbolize a good
cause for the Republican party to fight I
for and win, and history won d repeat
?Mil W. k. C
make lynching a Federal crime. The
party of Lincoln faces the future
with calm confidence.?Cleveland (?.
Allen, 203 West 137th Street, City.
Proof of Loyalty Demanded
While unequivocally committe o
?he principle of popular representa?
tion in the government of tho Unit?
ed States, the Republican party de?
clares that such representation is,
and necessarily must be, that rep?
resentation which is provided for
and sustained by the Constitution
of tho United States. And, as a
logical sequence, the Republican par?
ty insists that every political party
or group seeking support among the
voters of the United States must
, first of all establish its indubitable
loyalty to the Constitution thereof
bffore it can claim arfy'rights to
represent any portion of the people
under thut Constitution.?Richard
Ferris, 17 East Thirty-eighth Street,
City.
Would Restrict Amendments
That the next Congress propo ?? to
the states a new amendment to the
Constitution which will change Arti?
cle V, making necessary for the
ratification of each future amend?
ment the approval of three-fourths
of the states, which approval will
be accepted only when each of the
required three-fourths of the states
can certify that the proposed amend?
ment has received affirmative action
by two successively elected legis?
latures.?B. 11. Caruth, ?? William
Street, City.
Farms for Foreigners
Panacea for Bolshevism
Americanization Centers anil
Reduced Fares to Vacant
Areas Suggested
To the Fditor of The Tribune.
Sir: The foreign-born element of our
country constitutes an important factor
in the development of its resources
?To eliminate criminal anarchy and
force-action propaganda they must be
looked after, and strenuous care ex?
erted on the part of our governmi nt.
Our Sm?iigration laws are inadequate.
Congestion in ghettoes in the larger
cities should be prevented and rales
of fare to Western rural and ugricul
; tural centers reduced.
Americanization centers should be
established everywhere and compulsory
adult education given/? The foreign
press should be eliminated or placed
under control of the government. The
schools should be staffed with com?
petently paid teachers to make the
schools attractive centers and working
mediums between labor and employer.
Farming colonization centers hould
not be countenanced. They breed sep?
aratism along old European meth ids.
SIMON 0RNSTE1N.
273 Seventh Street, City.
Conditions of the
Platform Contest
The Tribune invites you to write
planks for a Republican platform
and to write letters about planks
proposed by other readers through
its columns.
For the best planks and letters
The Tribune offers these prizes:
For the beat plank. $.">00.00
For the second best plank. . 250.00
For each of the eight next
best planks . 100.00
For the best letter a dally
prlVe of . 10.00
For the best letter In the
whrle competition . 100.90
The Tribune will m ike up a p! it
form of ten planks to be determ n id
by your votes. The ten i-:-me- r - !
ceiving the most votes will be
planks. The ten planks thai b ??? ;
express tKe chosen issues wil lu )
' selected for the prlz ? awards.
Each plank is limit, d to 100 words
Of two planks or letter- of equal
merit the shorter will be chosen.
Every pl.nk ? nd letter m ist be r j
the n:;me and iddress of tl set d : j
although a nom d T)lum ? will 1> ?
published if the writer d isirei
The contest will close n midi
Apr? 30, 1920. Manuscripts will a
be returned
The judges of the contest will b
three of The Tribune's editors, ?hey i
; will base their decisions en so md
th riking and brevity, clearness and
strength of statement.
all to Ringing
Americanism
Is Imperative
or Man!"Looking Policies
Hold I o Be essential if
I arty Is To Be Worthy of
rtie Supportof the People
j Public Order Is Supreme
? Hduvatioii. of Aliens, Firm
ness With Mexico and an
Americanized" Lea?nie
the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Chairman Will H. Hays well
?*i<l that the only way for the
!; I".i...can party to come through the
1920 campaign victorious i3 to be
; -r:''.- of victory. Nothing but a
''road-minded, forward-looking plat
?"'?" can suffice. We can tolerate
neither radical nor reactionary poli?
ces Ours must be the sane middle
[course We must have an intelligent
constructive program that rings with
genuine Americanism, and that stands
for the welfare of the peopled I 3Ug.
E'est as our slogan:
"On* hundred per cent Americanism,
, constructive nationalism and a square
' deal for all."
Above everything we must stand for
?0 per cent Americanism in both our
domestic and foreign affair's.
Lan and Order Supreme
L"f the lir'st Plank state our in
sistence that law and order be su?
preme. Wo must not tolerate those
who advocate the overthrow of the
government or urge adoption of Bol?
shevism. With the privilege of free
speech as a principle of democracy
we never can dispense. But let us
j make it clear that freedom of speech
implies no right to preach the doc?
trines of lawlessness and anarchy. This
land is the home of law-abiding Amer?
icans, and the sooner wa get rid of
all others the better. Wt the same
time, however, we must get at the
root of this problem and remove the
causes of Bolshevism, for by this
method alone can we ever hopo to rid
ourselves of it.
The second plank should urge Amer?
icanization of the foreigner within
our gates. Every educational oppor
! tunity possible should be provided for
? him. With the aid of state and com
! munity cooperation teach him loyalty
to his new homeland and its insti?
tutions.
Mexican Policy a Disgrace
Third, we should denounce our Mexi?
can policy, or rather our lack of a
policy, during the last seven years, as
\ a disgrace. I believe that we should
| insist upon a consistent clear-cut pol
? icy toward Mexico, making it plair
\ that henceforth our borders and th?
, rights of our citizens will be adequate'
j ly protected.
The fourth plank should deal wit!
I what probably will be one of the mos
'. prominent issues?the League of Na
: tions. On this issue let us be em
phatic. An "Americanized League" o
no league must be our uncompromis
j ing stand. We can not tolerate an;
super-government that interferes witi
the Monroe Doctrine, our independ
ence as a nation or our right to with
hold from European entanglements
Let us not ignore our natural obligado
in world affairs. But, let us, at a!
times, preserve as sacred those prir
ciples of foreign relationship that wi
continue to make us capable of rer
dering service to "the world's peac
and the welfare of mankind."
JONATHAN H1GGINS,
FleminjTton. N. J.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: To my mind the most im?
portant plank in the Republican
platform would provide for a
practical and eloquent "American?
ism Propaganda for Americans
and future Americans in Amer
ica."
The most sacred symbol in Amer?
ica is the Statue of Liberty at our
front door, which greets all aliens
coming to our country. Do they
realize what it means? Few do.
Why should they? Who teaches
them? In ignorance they enter our
country to become a fertile field
for seeds of unrest, anarchy and
Bolshevism, sown by professional
agitators.
Let us do away with the cause
of this unrest. Let us teach the
alien what America stands for.
Let the Republican party pledge
itself to create a national board
of education for the purpose of
teaching Americanism to the
alien. On entering this country
the alien should go through a
compulsory course of education,
taught in his native tongue if
necessary, along the following
lines:
. A reading and explanation of
the Declaration of Independence
and what led up to it.
An outline of the Constitution
of the United States of America.
An outline of the lives of
George Washington and Abra?
ham Lincoln.
A summary of the obligations
of the citizens to America and
of America to the citizens.
An outline of the structura
of the state and municipal gov?
ernment of the place the alien
intends to settle.
The course necessarily would ba
a short one and no time would be
given to learn English, hut the
desire to learn the languas*? of
Washington and Lincoln would ba
created and the means oi learning
pointed out.
With our newly arrived aliena
well versed in Americanism, we
could well afford to forget the
agitators, for they would have no
audience. Our present method of
prosecuting agitators and perse?
cuting men who think somewhat
differently than we do creates
martyrs, but not good Americans.
Let the Republican party iead
the way vm Americanizing the
aliens who come to this country.
CHARLES WILLIAM TAUSSIG.
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