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Bonus Demanded as Patriotic Recognition for Veterans
$Tio Dare Put
Price on Love
Of Country?
federal Recognition of the
Soldiers Indorsed to Pro?
mote a Spirit of Con?
tentment in the Nation
Now Is Time for Action
?ward of Land Grants Is j
Indorsed if Cash Needed
}8 Not Available
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To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir*. Who dares to put a money value
on patriotism? Just because the sol?
diers favor the proposed bonus that is
so si?n they are less patriotic. They
would respond as warmly in case of
sadden danger if there were not a
tent in the Treasury.
? Are the A. E. F. boys less loyal be?
cause they served with a will for $1 a
?sv?half of which went to their de?
pendents and $6.50 went to the War
Bisk Bureau to care for their loved
ones? Many who lined up to fight Ger
Bi?ny were not overburdened with this
world's goods, and many gave up good
prospects and good jobs and made the
?aprime sacrifice for their country.
Do you suppose a pitiful little bonus
ecu!-"compensate for that glory? If.
then, to receive aid from the govern?
ment is placing patriotism on a mone?
tary basis, how about our G. A. R. vet?
erans who have drawn pensions all
these years?and rightly so? After
four years of war it did not destroy
the government to compensate those
heroes who saved it.
If a panic is looming, place the
blame not on the issue of the bonus if
granted but on the extravagance of
the bioated profiteers, the war million
tires and those who are drawing fabu?
lous wages. If the bonus fails why
not establish each ex-soldier who de?
sires it on a ranch, all ready for ac?
tion, on long terms equal to a lease?
rentals going into the government
treasury until the tenant finally
owns it?
This would do more to create a
spirit of contentment, and each ex
so'.dier. permanently so located in the
right place, not some godforsaken rat?
tlesnake desert, would become a na?
tional asset, not a drifter to be caught
up by the soapbox orators.
This may savor of paternalism, but
why not try it? We are told a na?
tion's strength rests on the homes
registering 100 per cent Americanism.
If granting the bonus would spell ruin
for the nation the boys would rise en
masse against it. If there is danger,
flow is the time to prevent it, even to
the extent of denying the bonus, with
this promise, however, that the same
care be given with equal vigor to
other expenditures not called bonuses.
MATTHEW C. BAINES.
Higbie Avenue, Springfield, L. I.
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Alien Agitator Excoriated
Republicans Urged to End the
Abuse of Free Speech
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The right of free speech is one
of the basic principles of our govern?
ment, but there is a certain type that
''given an inch will take an ell."
Capital realizes more than ever its
need of labor, and is sensibly endeav?
oring to work in harmony with labor.
The alien agitator who is tirelessly
working to prevent a complete under?
standing between capital and labor, for
the simple reason that such an under?
standing would cut off his source of
income and force him to work for a liv?
ing, should not be petted and pampered
as he is now by the authorities. The
Republican party should take a definite
stand on this Question of the alien agi?
tator. It should make it plain that the
exit gate at Ellis Island is wide open
for those individuals who do not ap?
prove of our system of government and
who have no respect for our Constitu?
tion, our flag and our traditions.
GRIFFITH B. MATSCHKE.
Anti-Conscription Pledge
Sought From Candidates
To the, Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Assure the women of your will?
ing assistance in helping them to an
tqual franchise, for your own future
honor and glory.
Assure the people, that while you
shall hold office no citizen of the
Inited States will be compelled to
leave the United States soil to fight.
Xone but volunteers need to go.
Teach military training in the
schools. This will give to the grow?
ing citizen health, the way to defend
his country and himself, and above all
will teach him obedience. He will obey
the law in war and peace.
Give the better school system your
?ntire support. D. M. A.
Hartley, Iowa.
Conditions of the
Platform Contest
The Tribune invitee you to write
pl-nks for a Rep?blicas platform
and to write letters about planks
Proposed by other readers through
?U columna.
'or the beat planks and letters
The Tribune offers these prt_esi
V-r the best plank.$500*.
For the second best plank.- 2*0.00
For each of the eight next
best planks.100.00
For the best letter ? dally
prire of . 10.00
For the best letter in the
whole competition . 100.00
The Tribune will make op a plat?
form of ten planks to bo determined
?I your votes. The ten issues !*
??Wing the most votas will be tbe
Pbnka. The ten planks the* best
'?*rema the chosen issues will be
"?feote! for the prise award*.
**ch plank is limited to 100-words,
0* tern planks or letton of equal
'terit the shorter will be chosen.
Every plank and letter must beer
'to name and address of tb*_?ad_-Y
?Khongh a nom de plume wfll be
Pohhsh-d if the writer desires.
The contest will closest t-idn-gh*,
April 80, 1920. Manuscript? will bot
,W returned.
The judges of the contest- w4IV be
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Some Suggested Planks
Among the mass of suggestions for planks in the Republican
{platform are the following:
Americanization Comea First
If elected, wo promise the Ameri?
can people the creation of a bureau
of Americanization to assist aliens
in studying the English language
and American history, to familiarize
them with our form and procedure
of government. American citizen?
ship shall not be- denied to or en?
forced upon an individual, but shall
be ni?de attractive by Americaniza?
tion for his seeking. We favor the
simplification of our naturalization
laws and the elevation of examina?
tions commensurate with American
voting intelligence.?Louis Lengyel,
27 Cedar Street, Saranac Lake, N. Y.
Rule by Right and Fairness
The Republican party declares that
the greatest devotion to party jprin
ciples can be shown not by blind
partisanship, but by an intelligent
study of national needs; not by res?
olutions adopted in moments of en?
thusiasm, but by -acting always in
public and private life according to
the common but eternal laws of right
and fairness. The party particularly
urges its younger members to devote
the energies and enthusiasms of their
youth to an active participation in
national and local affairs at all
times, and to look upon this as a
natural duty of citizenship and a
willing service.?J. C. G., Aiken, S. C.
League of Nations Indorsed
We believe the time has arrived
when our international policies must
undergo radical changes. The over?
worked phrase, "entangling alli?
ances," useful and wise during our
infancy, should now be forever rele
pated to the limbo of outgrown poli?
cies. The great part enacted by us
in the World War has placed us in
U. S. Should Exert Care
In Choosing Diplomats
Ambassadors and Consuls Too
Often Unacquainted With
Needs of Their Posts
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Ex-Secretary Lansing recently
made the declaration 'hat "the war
has shown us the inadequacy of our
foreign policy." The diplomatic and
consular service is the machinery y
means of which the foreign policy is
put into effect. It ia here that the in?
adequacy has een most manifest. Am?
bassadors and consuls are the direct
representatives of the government and
people of the United States to foreign
countries. In the past it frequently
has been the custom to appoint to these
posts men who were not conversant
with the political and social life of the
country to which they were going, but
who obtained their positions through
influence and "pull."
The diplomatic service has been
cursed by the "spoils system." The
tenure of office has been short and un?
certain. ?A.S soon as a man becomes ex?
perienced in his work he may be re?
called to give place to another. The
Republican party should pledge itself
to enact legislation with the following
provisions:
1. Application of the merit system
and civil service to diplomatic appoint?
ments.
2. Promotion of men of ability and
experience to more important positions.
3. Appropriations to build and main?
tain adequate consulates and embassies,
and to nay adeouate salaries to officials.
Amherst College. F. V. W.
Advises Plank Pledging
Candidates to Platform
Party Should Insist on Nomi?
nees Fulfilling, So Far as
Possible, Its Policies
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While the public is expected
to assume that any candidate for office
intends to devote himself diligently to
the carrying out of the party's pledges
or platform, as he says he will in his
appeals for votes, it seems to me a
plank in the platform, publicly affirm?
ing the party's determination to insist
on the fulfillment of party pledges by
thoseelected, would carry considerable
more weight than the mere words of
the party's? orators. I, therefore, sub?
mit below a suggested form of plank
which might well be the tenth of those
making up the Tribune platform:
The Republican party, through its
national committee, duly assembled,
publicly affirms its determination to re?
quire of all candidates for.office pro?
posed by it in the national elections of
1920, their pledge that to the best of
their ability they will "preserve, pro?
tect and defend the Constitution
of the United States," with til
its amendments, carry out and
enforce with courageous and patriotic
spirit all its provisions, together with
those of the laws already on, or to be
placed on, the statute books of these
United States, and to subscribe uncon?
ditionally to this and the preceding
pledges, or planks, of the Republican
party platform hereby adopted and for
the fulfillment of which each voter
casting a ballot for the Republican
candidates in the coming election ren?
iera himself responsible. S. W.F.
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Solution Offered for
Prohibition Problem
Permission Asked for the Use
of Stored Liquor in Mak?
ing Milder Beverages
i To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In this time of national tur
' moil and unrest following in the wake
i of the great war, much of dissatisfa?
i tion is heard on every side from per
| sons of every class and concerning
! various interests.
Prohibition of the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic liquors is one of the
most vital national issues of to-day,
particularly since it affects the inter?
ests, welfare and contentment of the
entire American public, and especially
affects the personal liberty and con
i tentment of that citizenship which de?
sires, and reasonably so within cer?
tain limits,'to freely exercise its rights
as to the beverages it shall consume
and likewise another class of citizen?
who rightly contend that their property
shall not be taken or destroyed with?
out just compensation. Instead of tht
government practically absolutely de?
nying to all citizens a beverage having
a reasonable alcoholic content, why no!
permit the manufacture of beverages
having a reasonable alcoholic content
permitting the use of the present man?
ufactured alcohol in manufacturing
such beverages, thereby promoting the
general welfare and unity of our coun?
try by adding to the contentment oi
its dti.enship. J*. L. WITTER.
>jtho very forefront of the nations, and
we must assume the duties and re?
sponsibilities incident to that exalt?
ed station. It behooves us, therefore,
to join the league of nations and un
solfishly to exert our power and in?
fluence in behalf of the wcnker peo?
ples, in inculcating the ideals of
democracy and in maintaining the
peace of the world.?J. C. W.
Safeguard Nation's Health
"Lest we forget, humanity first."
Authoritative insurance statistics
and war rejections of physical and
mental defectives have demonstrated
in part, with alarming stress, the
fundamental national necessity of
preventing moral and physical de?
terioration of our human element
for continuance of our nation's prog?
ress and security.
The Republican party appreciates
the excellence of established institu?
tions and methods, supports further
the enactment of legislation covering
the housing question on a just basis,
the existing situation being a detri?
mental combative force to the reali?
zation of American ideals and recon?
struction measures.?N. C. M., Jer?
sey City.
Solution for Farm Problem
| Some plan of generous aid shall
j be devised for citizens to develop
? public lands. Too many young people
! are leaving the farms, for the reason
1 that more opportunities, for the same
effort, can be obtained in the cities.
Hardships should be reduced by long?
time loans, rural schools of the first
class and recreation of all healthfui
j kinds. A system of good roads is one
j of the means.?M. H. Clover, Rich
I mond, Va.
?Centralizing of
Public Work
Insures Thrift
Organization of Varied
Functions of Government
Under One Head Urged
as Guard Against Waste
Help for Budget Plan
Suggestion for Real Econ?
omy Made by National
Association of Experts
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The nation is confronted by no
more important issue than that of
thrift in the conducj; of the public
business. Government officials, nota?
bly Franklin K. Lane, are agreed that
the present Federal executive machin?
ery is wasteful and inefficient. Busi?
ness men and engineers generally share
this view.
Much is being said and written about
the need for economy at Washington,
but definite proposals based upon intel?
ligent and patriotic understanding of
the gravity of the situation as a whole
are only too few. .
The campaign to establish a national
budget system is most commendable
and will no doubt succeed, but this is
not enough. A budget system cannot,
function to the full measure of its pos
Ribilities unless there is a radical
i reorganization of government methods.
j ?Such reorganization is, in the opinion
of large numbers of business men, en
I gineers and careful students of the sei
ence of government the country's most I
pressing need. Opportunity to sup?
ply this need is afforded by the pro?
posal to transform the Department of
the Interior by the creation of a na?
tional department of public works, and
no sounder plank could be inserted in i
the platform of the Republican party
or any other party than one which calls
for the enactment into law of this pro?
posal, whose principles are embodied in
the Joncs-Reavis bill now before
Congress.
The purpose of this measure, which
is widely supported by organizations of
business and scientific men in every
state, including societies representing
about 135,000 engineers, architects, con?
structors, manufacturers, chemists,
geologists and economists, is to organ?
ize under one department the many
and varied public works functions of
the Federal government.
"The sponsors of this project, now
rapidly winning favor in every section
of the country, submit it to all parties
and to all citizens as a civic under?
taking of the highest type. As vice
chairman of the New York committee
of the National Public Works Depart?
ment Association, and in behalf of
Adolph Lewisohh, chairman, and my
other colleagues on this committee, I
commend it to my fellow citizens as a
striking step forward in the ration?
alization of government business con?
duct, as well as a spelndid enterprise in
Americanism.
The National Public Works Depart?
ment Association is inspired by no
selfish interest. Its aims are plain, and
the intelligent inquiry'of every Ameri?
can is not only invited but strongly
urged.
To the platform makers of the Re?
publican party and of the Democratic
party, and to all others, we commend a
careful reading of the association's
! query to the nation, now available tc
j all in printed form,
"Are you a citizen?"
J. PARKE CHANNING,
Vice-Chairman New York Committee
National Public Works Department
Association, 61 Broadway.
To-Day's Prize Letter
To the Edltor of The' Tribune.
Sir: The author of "John Fer?
guson" in a recent address made the
statement that he had been two
months in this country and had not
yet been able, in any of the cities
that he had visited, to find any per?
son who could tell him the differ-'
cnce between a Democrat and a Re?
publican.
The audience laughed. The speak?
er, however, proceeded, deserting the
apparent issue, to outline the value
of a definite knowledge of the reason
of the faith that is in you for defi?
nite accomplishment in literature.
Is not the same thing true in politics?
The children of my own border
state, after the Civil War, were ab?
solutely posted as to difference be?
tween members of the two parties.
Republicans hung Jeff Davis on a
sour apple tree; Democrats, Abe Lin?
coln. Later, the issue became even
clearer. Republicans made corn
bread with sugar; Democrats scorned
to eat it.
Amusing this may sound, but un?
der it lies exactly what of all things
we.need to-day?a clear and definite
reason to ourselves as to why one
party should be followed or the other.
Fundamentally, the two parties are
as definite as ever. Issues may have
become confused by the rapidly
changing demands of the country,
but basic principles are immune to
time and circumstances. The two par?
ties have these basic platforms, but
unless they are grasped more clearly
than we are told they are, become
as definite as the choice of the apple
tree and the corn-bread by the Ken?
tucky children, the politics of our
country is destined to go on flounder?
ing indefinitely.
The Republican party has had and
still has for its fundamental object
the preservation, welfare, serving, of
the representative form of govern?
ment expressed in the United States
of America. The Democratic party,
born of the ideas of one man, rather
than founded on an evolved platform
of representative governmental
teaching, has for its aim the eleva
tion of the doctrines of this man in
the interpretation of some chosen
disciple; in other words, the sac?
rificing of the whole to the idea it?
self.
"Give me liberty or give me death,"
said Patrick Henry. "Let each ham?
let and town elect a committee of
representatives and let them evolve
some judicial way out of this diffi?
culty, the small committees then
uniting in a general one for each
colony," said Samuel Adams.
The utterances of the one made
him a hero of America, but on the
committee plan of the other rests
to-day the United States ?f America.
"When you deny us the right to
withdraw from the government, etc.,"
said Jefferson Davis, "we proclaim
our independence and iake the
hazard."
"The Declaration of Independence
is to be," he had prefaced, "construe,'!
by the circumstances and purposes
for which it was made.','
"That government of the people, by
the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth," said his fel?
low Kentuckian.
The choice is the same to-day ex?
actly. "Give me liberty or give me
death," says the one; "let individual
interpretation define national action."
"Let the people speak through rep?
resentative bodies and secure liberty
by judicial action"; "Let us die that
this representative government be
preserved," says the other. One lives
and dies for the ideas of its chosen
teachers, the other sacramentally
gives its life that the life of the na?
tion may be born.
It is the old eternal question:
"Choose ye this day which ye will
serve": Ideas, heroes, orators, or
principles and a chosen form of the
representative form of government.
EVA MADDEN.
Neighborhood Spirit
Among States Urged
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: What is there about states'
rights, so called, that they are more
sacred than individual rights?
An individual cannot claim any lib?
erty that conflicts with the liberty of
his neighbors. This principle is per?
petual. Then why should states claim
the right to make laws that do in?
justice to the citizens of another state?
Have we progressed in civilization or
are we still in the period of the one
fcorse shay?
Are we a union of individuals that
ought to be good neighbors, or are we
a federation of independent states?
Let us be sensible and have all the
centralization the majority thinks is
eood for us. F. N. PARKS.
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