Show GRASSROOTS Republicans Must Woo to Win in 1952 By Wright A. Patterson AS A MEANS of stealing the show from their In the 1952 presidential campaign the Republicans should Insert state rights as a major plank In their so stated as to leave no possibility of its being misunderstood or To be effective It cannot be expressed in political weasel one of those I tails you kinds of statements that can be twisted to meet whatever occasion may It must be as explicit in its meaning as were those of Thomas the father and patron saint of the Democratic and the original states' Every piece of Fair Deal legislation the President has been able to force through congress has taken something away from the constitutional rights of the and something from the liberties of the All of the fair Deal legislation the President is so insistently demanding that congress enact is of the same anti-state rights Each should it become the law of the would take away some rights that are now enjoyed by the stales under the provisions of the some things on the stales now have the At its the Democratic party must cither approve or condemn the of Democratic it endorses such it is approving a limitation of the constitutional rights of the That would be objectionable to the members of the party in the southern With the Republicans proposing to protect the rights of the states It would give the a place to which they could and might result In the Republicans carrying some of the Southern states as did Herbert The Republicans have joined with the southern in opposing the anti-states rights legislation the President has asked and the adoption of such a plank would be but an endorsement of the party's policies during the last two sessions of The as must either endorse such or apologize for The opportunity the situation presents for a would seem to hat e been made to order for the Will they improve or will they it as not needed to win that 1952 political Undoubtedly a strong states' right plank in the Republican platform would insure some Democratic votes for Republican candidates in many states Thanks to the brilliant military mind or the late Admiral at the time chief f naval and to his ability In the add of despite the pettiness of England and fearful that Franco might fall heir to some of the funds that would otherwise go for their we have added to the defense of Europe a practically impregnable battle line In the Pyrenees mountains and Spanish divisions to man for which will be It will prove of enormous value in the job to which be has been There was certainly no reason why we should listen to the prejudiced protests of England and We are paying a large portion of the bill for their defense and providing a considerable portion of the armed manpower to defeat Stalin and his Communistic England and being much nearer and more have much more to fear from the threatened Russian attack than have but those based on the hates ol many years is an evidence of the impossibility of achieving the altruistic aims of the United Nations so long as those hates If England and France cannot rise above their petty the United Nations might as well call off its efforts for world We are indebted to Admiral Sherman for Ignoring those prejudices and adding to the defenses of for which we have assumed It was a fine well and at an opportune |