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PeaceablejAid Advocated fo Kr*H.?^ Ms in Mexico
Free Speech Is
Held Ess^ntial
For Progress
vtrit'l Adherence to the
Constitution Seen as Sim
ple Means for Limitless
Range in All Discussion
Rfcts Wishes of People
Nation Chafes at Attempts
to Check the Operation
of a Natural Right
Tc the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It seems that few problems
present more puizling nspects than
those attached to the demand for free?
dom of speech. Obviously the main
difficulty is one of degree: what liniits
are to be laid to the exercise of this
inalienable power?
Frc dom of 9peech is a right which,
hv its very naturo, cannot be circum
scribed. The idea contained in the
word "freedom" implics a sort of
boundless condition,, a situation where
barriers are absent, where the sole re
Btraint is individual will. Opposed to
this concept we have the undeniable
right of the government to safeguard
its continued existence, and it is cer
tainly possible that unrestrained ut
terances can cause a state's downfall.
But the question of the government's
wlf-protection from demolition by
tongue or ren. analagous to ? that of
military defer.se, can readily be re
go'ved into a tangible course of action.
Once the state has taken the necessary
steps to secure its own preservation
against destructive attacks, free speech
becomes tho salutary agent of progress
ln every field.
The means which the government
should employ in this sort of defense
a-e. n ihe final analysia, a matter of
busI ng the framework of estab
lishi national authority?that is the
Constitution. A simplu statutory in
h . against all agitation for re
>r action, save by the method?
' : '' ?n the Constitution, would
perpetuate the present system and at
ti. same time allow a really limitless
rai f c desirable discussion.
:. measure is in accord not onlv
w I stract reason, but also with
the wishes of the people, who for a
ars have justly been chafing
at ittempts which have been made
: ck the operation of a natural
right,
J. W. FRIEDMAN,
26 New York Avenue, Brooklyn.
Republicans Told to Adopt
A Common Sense Platform
To the Editor of The Tribune:
: He's a wise old owl who knows
?ver; plank in his party's platform,
and :' r this reason I would suggest
on American common sense for tho
Rej ican party of the future. A re?
view of recenl happenings should con
vince the most obdurate that what
wi an in need of to-day is a more
reas ible share of the privileges
guaranteed us by the Constitution.
Tl :?? can he no doubt that a more <
t s dose, of Lincolnism and a ]
i ne of militarism would be ai
r. fer panacea for future politi- ;
cal ills thi;n the day dreams of theor
ist idealists. J. MANNING.
Hunl ngton, L. I.
Military Amnesty Urged
T ? Editor of The Tribune.
I feel that the Republican
pai uld declare for an amnesty
foi ftiilitary prisoners Who were
1 ? e: cept such as were found
gi of 'reason against the United
E WILLIAM IV. BAKER.
Conditions of the
Platform Contest
The Tribune invites you to writo
planks for a Kepublican platform
and to vvrite letters about planks
propoFcd by other readers through
its coiumns.
For ths best planks and letters
The Tribune offers these prizes:
For the best plank.$500.00
For the second best plank.. 250.00
For each of tho eight next
best planks . 100.00
For the best letter a dally
prize of . 10.00
For the best letter in the
whole competition . 100.09
The Tribune will make up a plat?
form of ten pianks to be determined
by your votes. The ten issues re
cciving the most votes will bo the
planks. The ten planks that best
erpre** the chosen issuea will be
tieiected for tho prlza awards.
Each plank Is limited to 100 worda.
Of two planka or letters of equal
merit th* shorter wili be chosen.
Every plank and letter must bear
the name and address of th* sender,
although a nom de plume will be
published If the writer desire*.
Tho conte?t will clos* at midnight,
Aprll 80, 1920. Manuscripta will not
be returned.
The judges of the contest will be
throe of The Tribune's edltoru. They
will base their decisions on aound
thinking and brevlty, clearness and
etrength of stat?ment.
You are convinced
that the message
comes direct from
one who has just
crossed over when
you read
FearNotThe
Crossing
written dontn by
Gail Williams
You feel that this
proves contact with
those in the life be
yond.
Bvery ^ootcaeller ho* it.
dward J. Clode, New York
To-Day's Prize Letter
To the Editor of the Tribuno.
Sir: What ia dcmocracy?
Do we believe in it?
Can we make it a living thing, or
are we willing to let it become a
tradition, a memory?
Can the people make their plat?
form?
Is the rank and file of tho Repub?
lican pRrty sufficiently intelligent to
know what it wants?
Or must we depend upon the pro
fessional politician. whosc idoa of a
candidate is bounded by "avail
ability,"' nnd whosc ultimate in plat
forms is platitudes that will not give
offense to the voter?
, Does a national convention make
isaues?
Or do these issues exlst in our
everyday life?
Of what use is a platform?
Does it bind the candidate after
the election as well as before?
Is it wisdom or is it folly to elect
a man to tho Presidency on a given
platform and then to give him carte
Big Gun Neetled
Ou Ship of State
To Curb ;Pirates'
Brevity and Vigor Urged
in Republican Platforni
That He Who Runs May
Read From First to Last
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: It seems to me tho Republican
party has never since the time of Lin?
coln had such an opportunity as awaits
it to-day. Its platform should be brief
and vigorous, that it may be read from
beginning to end.
Nationalism and the importance of
Americanization can hardly be over
emphasized,
The platform should contain a plank
in regard to foreign relations. Watch
ful waiting does not encourage inter?
national peace. and an utter lack of
policy is not conducive to respect.
The Monroe Doctrine has been for al
most a century an efficient big gun on
tho ship of state, A pirate respects a
battleship more than a yacht.
Let -there be a plank relating to a
national budget. If a budget will help
a family it will help a nation.
Promises to lower the cost of living
will fool some of the people all the
time, just as patent medicines do, but
coopcration of capital and labor will be
more efficacious.
The Constitution providea for free
dom of speech. but it might be a good
idea to hint that freedom to screech is
liable to be confused with it only by
persons who are nearsighted.
Preparedness is as important as na?
tionalism. The man who speaks softly
and carries a big stick will keep us out
of war more effectively than the man
who tries to be neutral in thought.
Thank od for the Democratic partyc5
Opposition has been synonymous with
opportunity ever since Adam was in?
troduced to Eve. Dcmocracy must he
made safe for the world. And may the
man who shall guide our ship of state
through the threatening storm have the
honesty ot' Abraham Lincoln and the
courage of Theodore Roosevelt.
CHARLES P. TUTTLE.
'Graft' Called Great Foe
Of Fair Deal in America
Laws That Will Guarantee Pun>
ishmeiit for \S rontjdoers
Siifsgpsted as Remedy
To the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: Tho generally recognized Amer?
ican privilege of "graft" is an evil
which should be met with a firmer
hand and more rigid punishment. Unon
the public official who uses his otlice
to obtain contracts for corporations in
which he is personally interested, as
well as upon the private servant who
accepts favors from those who do busi?
ness with his employer, the condemna
blanche in mntters of government for
a period of four yearsT
Is thcrc any law of tho Medes and
Porsians to forbid the adoption of a
platform BEFORE tho nnming of the
candidate?
Is it not possible for each party to
express itsclf clcarly on tho issues
confronting us; to outlino its pro
gram of action if successful at the
polls; to select as its candidato for
the Presidency a man whom it can
trust to put this program through; to
plcdge him to live up to this plat?
form; to hold hffri liable to impeach
ment if he does not; and, finally, to go
to the people for their votes, laying
more stress upon the platform than
upon the pcrsonality and popularity
of its candidate? Is this impracti
cable?
Is it too much an ideal?
De wo believe in DEMOCRACY?
Do we trust oursclvcs and our
judgments?
Can we govern ourselves? .
CAN WE?
Will we? W. E. THOMAS.
tion of the law and of public opinion
should be visited with equal force.
Great fortunes are seldom made by
direct business methods. They aro ac
cumulated by the practice of tho high?
est form of graft, tho interlocking
directorate, by means of which tho
canny corporate officer fattens his own
pocketbook at the expense of the stock
liolder. There are laws which forbid
such transactions, but they are seldom
invoked.
A guarantee thnt the law would he
enforced against wrongdoers ln high
places as well as in low would be a
salutary thing and a plank which
would grcatly please tho proletariat.
J. 0. T.
Bolshevism and Strikes
Seen as Two Big Issues
11920 Presidcntial Campaign
Called Most Imporlant in
History of %'ation
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Presidential campaign of
1920 is going to he the most imporlant
in the history of the United States.
The problems of rceonstruetion, league
of nations, the labor question and
the high cost of living are to be con
: considered in the coming clection.
What is the cause of this coudition?
Strikes! During the year 1919 there
; were about 3,000 strikes in the United
States, while prices for the last five
or six years increased approximately
T."> to S0 per cent. The high cost of
living problem never can be solved
while there are strikes or labor dis
putes. Profiteering ought to be curbed
; and every effort should be made to in?
crease production.
Another problem is Bolshevism.
Much more time and trouble could be
! saved by removing the causes which
, enable people to become Bolshevists
i than by passing laws against them
; afterward. This cause is reaction.
: That is the logical way to prevent Bol?
shevism. Remove reaction! Free
: speech, but not license of speech,
I peaceful assgniblago and the right to
petition for a redress of grievancea are
the most important principles of de
' mocracy, and there can -be no democ
, racy without them.
PAUL B. FEIXBERG. '
Ware, Mass.
New Military Policy Urged
Three Changes in Present Sys?
tem of Conductins Forces
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ln my opinion the military pol?
icy of the Republicans-should be based
on the following three points;
First Universal military training
whereby all lad,s on becomlng eighteen
shall be required to take three months'
military or naval training (whichever
they may elect), after which they shall
be furloughed to the enlisted reserve.
Second- Adjustment of pay of mem?
bers of military and naval forces every
five years to meet current conditions.
Third?Expansion and development
i of aeronautics that will nlace the
j United States on a par with the other
powers ol' the world in this respect.
AUSTIN I). HIGGINS.
XO HE SOLD
*?Y TME
ALIEN PROPERTY
V CUSTQDIAN
735 Shares of the Common Capital Stock of
The PASS-KREMER HAT BAND MANUFACTURING
Paterson, New Jersey
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Francis P.' Garvan
Alien Property Custodian, will offer for sale at public sale to the highest
bidder at the office of The Pass-Kremer Ilat Band Manufacturing Com?
pany, No. 56 Mill Street, Paterson, New Jersey, at 10:30 o'cloek A. M.
on the 4th day of March, J920, 735 shares of the common capital stock'
par value $100 each, out of 1,500 shares issucd and outstanding of The
Pass-Kremer Hat Pand Manufacturing Company, a corporation created
and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New Jersev.
850 Shares of the Common Capital Stock of the
PASS-WASHBURN COMPANY, INC.
(Sales Agents)
New York
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Francis P. Garvan,
Alien Property Custodian, will offer for sal- at public sale to the highest
bidder at the office of The Pass-Washburn Company, Inc, No. 432 Fourth
Avenue, New York City, at 3 o'cloek P. M.. on the 4th day of March
1920, 850 shates of the common capital stock, par value $100 each, out
of 1,450 shares issued and outstanding of#The Pass-Washburn Company
Inc, a corporation created and existing under ar.d by virtue of the !a\vs of
the State of New York.
Full description of and inf ormation concerning the properties to be
sold, the term? and conditions of inspection and sale, and the order
thereof, may be obtained by application to JOSEPH F. GUFFEY
Director, Bureau of Sale?, 110 West 42nd Street, New York City!
FRANCIS P. GARVAN,
Alien Property Custodian.
U. S. Urged to
Treat Neighbor
With Kindness
America Urged to Adopt
Friendly Relations Tow.
ard Southern Republic
to Correct Its Wrones
Education Called Need
Support for Some Liheral
Political Fact ion Advocat
ed as Republican Policy
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Toward Mexico a policy of ac?
tion, not obscrvation, based ori the so
cinl and economic conditions, is needed
| America is tho guardian of West?
ern civilization. Mexico has showr,
nerself unable to change the eondition
101 affairs without outsido aid The
situation rcqtiires a gradual elimina
| tion of the wrongs hy education -the
j fundamental agency to eradicate any
? wrong. Success depends on a peaceful
method of aiding and supporting some
i liberal political factioa in order tc
I stahilize conditions.
| first, by giving money and food to
jestablish an cducational Bystem to el
j evato tho illiterato masses.
| Second, by securing the confidence oi
! the people in our aim to help them.
j Third, by encouraging Mcxican ?tu
! dents to visit and study at our edu
: cational institutions.
Fourth, by expenditure of American
I money to improve. communication
; transportation and general economic
; conditions.
Fifth, by purchase of a Mexican
newspaper to sprend American ideals
: This is a slow but rational po'icy!
It will be the cheapest and most suc
cessful to the American people. Arms
cannot pacify a country or people like
Mexico. We must prepare the ground
? carefully and slowly through education
J. J. W. N.
Some Suggested Planks
Among the mass of suggestions for planks in the Republican platform are the follovnngi
Control of Resourcea
Inasmuch as all industry ls depend
ent on the natural resources of the
country, we believe that the govern?
ment should assume control of all oil
wells, mines, forcsts and inland
waterways, subject to the following
conditions: That a fair share of tho
proiits shall be grantcd the original
owners nnd that the balance shall be
used as a source of government reve?
nue, thus preventing extreme indi?
vidual gnins and obviating excessive
industrial taxation.?C. D. Ford.
Standard in Government
The Republican party adopts as the
inspiration nnd test of all its policies
the fourfold rule of freedom, justice,
truth and brotherhood, and dcclares
its determinntion to be governed un
alterably by that standard.?J. Robert
Halmshaw, Pine Plains, N. Y.
Friendly Foreign Relations
In so far as may be compatible with
the honor and independent action of
our government, we desire to
strengthen nnd cultivate friendly
relations with foreign nations, but
we oppose any radical departurc from
the policies outlined by such wise
statesmen as Washington, Jefferson
and Lincoln.?A. F. F.
Development of Education
Realizing that for many reasons
the need of training for citizenship
l!> greater than ever before, we stand
unqualifiedly for tho fullest possible
development of every side of Ameri?
can education. We further favor
specific legislation to improve the
stntus of the teacher, whether in
school or college, and heartily in
dorse the present movement for'bet
ter salaries for teachers.?Waltor D.
Stead, 873 West Ferry Street, Buf
falo.
Charity for All
It is tho desire of all true Ameri?
cans to preserve Anmrica and her
political institutions, ns handed
down to us by the Revolutionary
Fathers, in all purity to our de
scendants, and with charity for all
and malice to none it is our duty to
ourselves and to our children to re
strict immigration until all those
| who have come here to stay have be
| como assimilated into our body and
spirit bone of our bone and blood
of our blood, one people undivided
and inseparable, and the eating can
I cer of the alien spirit has been
I forever removed from our hearts
> and minds.?Albert Sandford, 313
! West 141st Street, New York.
A Protective Tariff
Tho Republican party pledges it?
self for a tariff that will insure
American wages, American prices,
American money nnd American goods
America for Americans. -Foxhall
A. Parker, 4, The .Montrose, Houston,
Tex.
Strict Law Enforcement
The Republican' party pledges it?
self to the strict enforcement of the
Constitution of the United States
and all the laws of the Union, but
if at some later date the Congress
of the United States should define
intoxicating liquor as containing 4
per cent alcohol the Renublican
party would give its fuil approval.
?Foxhall A. Parker, 4, The Montrose,
Houston, Tex.
Business Administvation
The Republican party should have
as its basic plank a resolution to
conduct the affairs of the govern?
ment on the plan of a well organized
business house with the president a
chief executive in a literal sense and
the heads of departments selccted on
a basis of business efficiency. Then
after careful study by experts each
department should be reorganized so
that red tape will be eliminated as
far as possible with safety and the
department as a whole put on a
scbedule which will cut down to a
minimum waste of time, effort and
money.?A. D. Hiireins.
Down With the Profiteer
Academic discussions are poor food
for the starving family. If the
profiteer live3 prosperity must die.
Fearless legislation, to give honest
profjts and honest prices, will insuro I
prosperity and guard against busi?
ness calamity. The Republican party
wholeheartedly pledges itself to such |
legislation for tho lasting benefit of
all of the people.?D. H. Upjohn, 16".
North Thirteenth Street, Salcm, Orc.
The Japanese Question
Dec'aring a decision by Congress
bringing a final understanding with
the Japanese citizenship question.
I think this matter has been evaded
long enough,?A. Thornton Bishop,
463 Eighth Avenue.
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