Show PLATFORM ADOPTED BY TH THE C LINES JES ALONG WHICH i G. G 0 P. P DECIDES JO S c MAKE 1920 1 BATTLE BAffLE ji t Chicago June 11 The The t the platform as adopted by the Republican n national lon Thursday A follows V The riy asse assembled bled in ep ti e national c convention reaffirms its Us unyielding devotion to the constitution constitution tion of the tHe- United States and 2nd to th the guarantees guarantees guar- guar ot civil political and religious Ubert liberty lib lib- ert erty therein contained It It will wll resist all aU attempts to overthrow the foundations of the government nt or to Weaken eaken the force of its controlling principles and ideals v whether these these- attempts attempts' t be e made In the form of International policy or of or of-do of agitation For seven years yeara reI the national government government govern- govern ment has be been h controlled by the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party arty During that period a war of at t Jhn has shaken shalen the foundations o of civilization decimated the population of ot Europe In its its- train economic an suffering second on only Iv to war Itself The ff tot jOr the h. Demo- Demo era tic administration administration- ha 6 been complete 1 s tot for war ar an complete un un- preparedness for t ace un I Inexcusable failure to make timely preparations Is the te chief indictment against the Democratic administration In Inthe the conduct of ot the war war Had lad not oUr associates protected us us both boti on land andea and pea ea during the first twelve months of our participation and furnished us to the vcr very day of the armistice with munitions ft planes av ave e and dp artillery this failure lt would I nave been e punished I with disaster i It tO di directly dl- dl resulted In unnecessary losses tosses to I our gallant troops In In the Imperilment impediment of ot victory Itself a and adit din in an enormous waste wast of ot public poured into the I breach hrach caused gross caused By gross neglect Today it Is reflected is-reflected e in our high tax b burden and andIn andIn 1 In lih the Rr 1 cost r of tU tUl living l I Peace found the administration as unprepared unprepared un 1 prepared prepared for for war peace The as se war vital found needs of it unprepared un on- the I country demanded the early and systematic system- system atle atio return to a peacetime basis balls This called for tor vision leadership and Intelligent Intelligent Intelli Intelli- gent gel planning All AU three have haye been lack lack- ing While the country has been left to ShUt shift for tor itself the government has continued continued continued con con- on a a. wartime basis The administration administration adminis adminis- has not demobilized the army of fl place i holders O d ichI It continued a method of financing c which was Indefensible I n during i the period of at reconstruction It has las used legislation passed to meet the emergency of war to continue its and In Inquisitorial Inquisitorial In- In control over the life Ufe of the people In time of ot peace and to carry confusiOn confusion con con- fusion usi n into industrial life liCe Under the despots despot's plea of necessity of ot superior wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom doni legislative usurpation of legislative and judicial functions still undermines our institutions N Eighteen months after th the armistice with Ith Its wartime powers unabridged its wartime departments its wartime army of place holders still mobilized Ob rs lg nUd the administration continues e to flounder launder helplessly The demonstrated incapacity of th the the- Demo Democratic party larty has destroyed public confidence weakened the author authority ty of ot I government and produced a feeling of f. f distrust and hesitation so universal as J to Increase enormously the difficulties of ot t readjustment and to to delay the return to normal conditions Never has hae our nation been with graver problems problem The people people are are are I entitled tp know in definite deflit t terms how how the parties propose solving pro pro- Jems lems To that end the Republican party declares its policies and program to 10 be I as follows We undertake to end executive autocracy cy and to restore to l their constitutional constitutional con con- gove government The policies policies' herein declared will be be carried out by bv the stale state go goy ea each h acting acting- powers CONGRESS AND RECONSTRUCTION Despite the unconstitutional and and dictatorial dicta tonal course of the president and partisan partisan partisan par par- of ot the Democratic con- con minority the Republican maJority majority ma riia- has enacted a program of ot constructive constructive constructive tive legislation which Ir In great part however however however how- how ever has been nullified by the vindictive ve vetoes c s of the president S le The Republican congress resl has met the problem presented by the administrations administration's for peace It has re repealed repealed repealed re- re pealed the greater reater part of ot the vexatious war legislation It lt has enacted a transportation transportation trans trans- act making possible the rehabS rehab- rehab S of ot the railroad systems of ot the country i the operation or which under the present Demo Democratic administration has bas been wasteful extravagant and Inefficient inefficient in the highest degree The transportation transportation trans trans- act made mad provision for the peaceful ot wage disputes partially partially partially par par- nullified however by the presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's delay in appointing the wage wage board created by the act This delay precipitated precipitated the outlaw railroad strike We stopped the flood lood of ot public treasure recklessly poured into the lap of ot an inept shipping board and the foundations for lor the creation of a great merchant marine marln ma ma- rind rine we took from the incompetent Democratic administration the adminis adminis- of the telegraph and telephone lines e of the h country and returned them ere J thi 1 S to Ic private ri t ownership I we reduced d the cost of postage and increased the pay of the postal the the poorest paid of all 1111 public servants we provided pensions pensions pen pen- for superannuated and retired civil I servants s and for an increase r In pay of j I gi soldiers a and sailors We reorganized l dY t the army on a peace footing o n and provided for the maintenance of a powerful o f roi and t efficient cUt effi- f S dent cleat navy AIDED SUFFRAGE 1 The Republican congress established established by Jaw law a permanent womans woman's bureau in the theS S department of ot labor we to the theS I S country the constitutional amendment I for woman suffrage and furnished I S twenty-nine twenty of ot the thirty-five thirty legislatures which have ratified It to date Legislation for the relief of ot the consumers con coSt or of Burners sumers the s powers of ve print I tofte of or paper the g gOei government for the e extension t under the food tOOd control act for broadening the S scope of the war rISk insurance act better bet bet- ter provision for tor the dwindling number of aged veterans of ot the Civil war and for tor torI I the better support of the maimed and injured of the great war and for tor making 5 4 practical the vocational vocation l rehabilitation act ilias been enacted by the Republican con- con gress We passed used an oil on leasing a ac and q water waterS S power ower Dill bill m to unlock for the public good the great pent up resources of ot the he counS country country coun- coun S try we have sou sought to check the profligacy profligacy prom prom- gac gacy of the administration to realize realizeS S upon PO the assets D of the government and to toS to'S S 'S husband the revenues derived from tax tax- atlon The Republicans In congress have been responsible for cuts in the estimates i y for fot government expenditures of or nearly nearh three dollars since the signing of 1 the thet armistice We enacted a a. national executive budget law we strengthened the federal reserve act to permit banks to lend needed as- as to farmers we authorized financial financial financial finan finan- cial Incorporations to develop export trade and finally amended the rules of and house which will reform reformS S evils evils' in procedure and guarantee more efficient and responsible government S A AR AGRICULTURE R CUL TORE The rhe farmer is the backbone backbone- of ot the nation na na- na- na tion National greatness and economic Independence demand a a a. population distributed distributed dis- dis between and the farm tarm and sharing on equal terms the prosperity prosperity pros pros- which is wholly dependent on the the efforts of ot both Neither can prosper prosper pros pros- pros pros- per at atthe the expense of the other without 5 Inviting Joint disaster i iThe The crux rux of the pr present sent Agricultural Condition lies hes In prices labor labor and and credit S The Republican party believes that this condition can be improved ved by practical and adequate farm representation in ui the appointment of ot governmental officials officials' 55 and commissions the right t to form cooperative cooperative co- co operative associations for tor mn keling their products and prot protection ot U KI S v r rI discrimination the scientific study stud of ot agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag prices and farm product costs I at home and abroad with a view to re reducing reducing reducing re- re the frequency of ot abnormal fluctuations the publication atlon of such reports the authorization of ot associations associations as as- I for tor the the- extension extension- of pf personal credit a national inquiry of of of the coordination coordination nation of rail water and trans motor with adequate te facilities for or re receiving receiving receiving re- re handling and marketing food the encouragement ement pf of our export trade an end of ot unnecessary pr price e. e fixing and ill Ut considered efforts arbitrarily to re reduce re- re duce dice prices s of farm products ts which Invariably in invariably In- In variably result to the disadvantage dv both bothOf Of f producer and e- e consumer an and t the en enco enco encouragement en- en co of ot the t production and importation importation im Un- of fertilizing material and of f its ils extensive use The federal farm loan act should beso Jeso be Je e eso so a administered asto to fa facilitate the acquisition ac ac- ac- ac of farm land by those desiring to become owners dOt and nt proprietors and thus minimize the tho evils o of farm tenantry and end to furnish such time long credits as farmers may need need- eed t 16 finance adequately adequately adequately ade ade- their larger and nd Ion long time production production pro pro pro- operations INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS There a are e t two o different conceptions conception of the e relations of ot capital and and labor The Theone Theone Theone one fit is contractual and emphasizes the diversity of interests of employer and andI The other is js that o of In a common task I We recognize the justice of ot cole collective Uve bargaining a as a means of promoting good goodwill I will I establishing i closer e and ana more t harmonious liar har relations between employer and and I employee and realizing the tru true eri en l i l of ot Industrial sr justice The strike i or he the lockout as i A means i of settling industrial disputes inflicts I such loss Joss and suffering on the community ity as as' as to Justify government initiative Uve to reduce its frequency and limit It its II IIi i consequences We deny the right to strike against ag the government but the rights and In Interests Interests Interests In- In of all government must be safeguarded by impartial laws laws' and S In public utilities we favor tavor the establishment establishment of ot an impartial tribunal to make an aa investigation of the facts ana anc to render render ren ren- 1 der dr a decision to the end that there may maybe maybe be no organized Interruption of or service I to th the the- lives and health and welfare of ot the tho people The decisions of the tribunals I to be morally but not legally binding and an Informed public sentiment to be relied upon to secure their acceptance The tribunal however should refuse to accept Jurisdiction except for tor the of of investigation as long as public service be Interrupted For public ties favor the t of tribunal pro t s we type pe provided provided pro pro- vided for in the transportation act of ot 1920 In Iii private we wedo do not advocate cate tie tle principle of ot compulsory arbitration arbi but Vwe We Ve favor impartial commission commission commis commis- sion slon and b better ter facilities for voluntary mediation ton conciliation and arbitration i supplemented by that full fuI publicity which w will enlist enist the influence of or an s Iro d public opinion The government should take the th initiative in inviting the establishment establishment of tribunals or commissions f fOr fOrthe r the purpose of voluntary arbitration nd And investigation of this issue We demand the te exclusion from Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- inter state commerce of the products of convict convict con convict con con- vict labor NAT NATIONAL ONAL ECONOMY A Republican congress redu reduced ed thees submitted by the administration for tor the fisc fiscal l y year year ar 1920 tl three three three-bil lof lion lon dollars and for forthe the f fiscal cat y year art 1921 21 over a billion blon and ox a ar a quarter dollars reater economies co could ld have have been effected et ef had it not been for tor the stubborn refusal of ot the administration to cooperate cooperate cooperate cooper cooper- ate with wih congress in an economy gram The universal demand for a legislative legis legis- budget is a recognition of ot the In Incontrovertible Incontrovertible inControvertible In- In controvertible fact fac fact that leadership and sincere assistance on the part of the executive departments are essential to effective economy and constructive rc- rc The Overman act invested the president dent of the United States with all al the authority and power necessary to restore the federal government to a normal peace basis and to reorganize retrench and demobilize The dominant fact is that eighteen months after the ar the United States government is Is' still sUl on a wartime basis and the expenditure program program program pro pro- gram of ot the executive reflects wartime extravagance rather tather than rigid peace peacetime time economy conomy As A an example of ot the failure allure to re retrench retrench re- re trench which has characterized the postwar post postWar postwar war war pol policy y of the administration we cite te the fact that not including the war and navy nav departments the executive departments departments departments depart depart- ments and other establishments at Washington Wash Wash- ington Ingon actually record an increase submitted submitted sub sub- by the administration Is only 1 11 per percent cent under that of ot 1920 The annual I expense hundred of d federal of f o operation millions can Cr of dollars be re reduced re- re j public without service Impairing the efficiency of the I We pledge ourselves to a a car carefully fully planned readjustment to a peacetime basis basis basis ba ba- ba- ba sis and to a policy of rigid economy to to- the better beter coordination of departmental activities to the thc elimination of unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary officials and and to the raising of ot the standard of Individual ef ef- ef THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET We congratulate the Republican congress congress con con- gress gres o on on the enactment of ot a law providing pro pro- viding riding for the establishment of |