The Government of the United States a Republic

EOM Ida Mingle

Editorial Note: Since so much is said about democracies in these days of changing governments, it seems fitting to show the distinction between the form of the government of the United States, a Republic, and a democracy; as well as to include in this tract the Socialistic Platform after which the "New Deal" is patterned. Our government is a Republic, in contradistinction to a democracy, such as is now talked about by so-called "liberals" who are radicals at heart; who are wolves in sheep's clothing," seeking to destroy the security of the flock, so as to proclaim themselves superior shepherds, by creating the conditions that need their attention. The "liberals" include New Deal adherents, Socialists, Communists, Fascists, Catholics who seek to extend influence to the state for the sake of the authority of the Church, and Jews who bear allegiance to a Jewish State behind the scenes of the national lives. Others and those included in these groups need to learn more of Americanism, the destiny of the United States, and the Power that is now introduced to restore the planet to the authority of those who have gained humanity of character, with which the Divinity may connect, so that the Love of the Neighbor can become a reality, based upon underlying Principles of Life and Love, and not a mere "mouthing of words," on the part of those whose conduct indicates there is no Love of the Neighbor, but only an egotistical love of the self and all other selves who can gain advantages at the expense of the mass of the people.

Article 4, Section IV of the Constitution, guarantees to every state of the union a republican form of government. It reads, "The United States shall guarantee to every state of the union a republican form of government . . ." Only a republican form of the United States Government could guarantee every state a republican form, for the government of the United States would have to be republican in form, to guarantee the states a republican form of government. No "broad and liberal" interpretation of the Constitution can alter these words or their real meaning, though those not having respect for our Constitution and seeking to set up spurious democracies (for there is a spirit of democracy that rests upon a Constitution) can make the Constitution say anything; and if these egotists could dispose of the Supreme Court of the United States, as is the pledge of Socialists, the interpretation placed upon the Constitution by these betrayers of our government, might gain headway in practice, thus overthrowing our fundamental republican form of government. Democracy comes from the roots, demo, meaning the people, and cracy, meaning strength or rule; that is the strength or rule of the people. In this sense, constitutional government, republican in form, carries with it the spirit of democracy, but this spirit of the rule of the people through constitutional representation is to be distinguished from that kind of democracy that builds itself upon bureaus of power, personally maneuvered and financially controlled, such as characterize the democracy promoted by the New Deal, by the Russians, and other nations today who attempt to formulate government after the theories of a "brain trust" or the fanatical egotism of men; who assume themselves to be the government and attempt to foster their ideas upon the entire people of a nation.

Struggle of Early Patriots Against Idea of Democracy

Democracy, as it presented itself to our early patriots, suggested the governments of Europe, (such as today) claim to be democratic in practice though resting upon the premise of a limited monarchy, as in England. James Madison, one of the members of the Constitutional Convention, gave reason why they decided upon a Republic instead of a democracy, as follows: "Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths…A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking . . ." George Washington, in his reply to the Senate, said that he was happy in the conviction, "That the Senate will at all times cooperate in every measure which may tend to promote the welfare of this confederated Republic." (May 18, 1789). John Adams, in his inaugural address, said that, "If I venture to say that if a preference, upon principle of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth . . . can enable me in any degree to comply with your wishes, it shall be my strenuous endeavor that this sagacious injunction of the two Houses shall not be without effect…" (March 4, 1797).

Thomas Jefferson in his first inaugural address said, "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." (March 4, 1801 ). William Henry Harrison, in his inaugural address, while he used both the term democracy and republic, warned the people with the following: "The danger to all well-established free governments arises from the unwillingness of the people to believe in its existence, or from the influence of designing men diverting their attention from the quarter whence it approaches to a source from which it can never come. This is the old trick of those who would usurp the government of their country. In the name of democracy they speak, warning the people against the influence of wealth and the danger of aristocracy. History, ancient and modern, is full of such examples." (March 4, 1841 ).

Modern history especially reveals governmental leaders, who speaking in the name of democracy, seek to divest the people of individual liberty, initiative and property rights. Under the guise that the people cannot take care of themselves, and with the aid of financial powers, national and international, governmental leaders create conditions to make the people dependent upon governmental relief, so as to make the people seek new and different expressions of government, personally administered by political egotists and their cliques, who seek to reap the benefit to themselves by depriving the people. The tendency of these governmental leaders to appeal to the workers is the trick they use to undermine the workers and to later exploit their labors. The CIO, in this country, the union hand of Moscow, by the admission of John L Lewis, before the Committee of the House of Representatives as heretofore published in detail, pretends a service for the workers in order to get them organized, so that the Communists can later "crack the whip" over their heads and use them for their purposes. That people in this country are deceived by these maneuvers only indicates how much more important money is to them than liberty; and because of those who are willing to put the material world before the Plan of the Spirit, as to Life, a nation is held to low planes of growth, this giving material leaders who arise all the more jurisdiction over the people. But there are always those who understand these maneuvers and who eventually work out the financial remedy sought, at the same time protecting the growth of liberty and assuring individual responsibility, without which there is no genuine advancement in nations.

A nation is not advancing entirely to promote the welfare of its people, though this appears to be the human reason. This is only a means by which the destiny of God, that permitted a nation to exist, may be fulfilled. The Plan of God back of the government of the U. S. is unique, though the formation of this nation from the advancing states of consciousness of the European civilization, from its infancy, indicates the passover of consciousness to a new beginning. While this new beginning cannot identify until the height of the old material consciousness is worked out, it is interesting to note that when we come to that point, the height of Europe's materialism joins hands with us in bringing not only the materialism of this national life to nothingness, but also its own. All these things do not happen by chance, yet the outworking of the forces of darkness only reflects in an opposite manner the Plan of the Divine Laws. An understanding of this Plan must be known to read the outer activities aright. It is the ability to see the destiny of the U. S., from the Plan of the Divine Laws, that makes one view with repulsion and repudiation the machinations of materialists, who seeing the end of an order, and not understanding its import, rush with greedy hearts and hands to wrest to themselves and their jurisdiction, what is expected to be controlled by the Laws of God and those serving them. But Satan's own must be revealed, even as Christ's, in order that the final act of Divine Love can cast into the pit of nothingness the forces of hell and death, promoted in materialism.

The World "Safe for Democracy"

The Slogan "Make the World Safe for Democracy," was sold to the American Public by Woodrow Wilson. It was however foisted upon Woodrow Wilson by the Internationalists. The story of this sale is furnished in a book called, "Woodrow Wilson," written by Jennings C. Wise. "Mr. Wise shows how the Fabians in England were contacted by Theodore Marburg who then hurried home to found the 'Maryland Peace Society' and the 'American Association for International Conciliation.' He was aided in this by such internationalists as Rabbi Wise, Oscar Straus, Paul Warburg, Otto Kahn, Bernard Baruch, Clarence Mackay and numerous other statesmen, scholars, philanthropists and international bankers on its council." Marburg later made connection with Col. E. M. House, who disclosed the Plan of the Collectivists in a book entitled, "Philip Drew: Administrator." It is reported that "after Woodrow Wilson made a speech in Carnegie Hall on the Russian Treaty and passport question, his political son was assured of financing." Within a few days Henry Morgenthau, Sr., and Abram L. Elkus tendered to "McCombs their support of Wilson," with whom it was arranged that Morgenthau should serve as chairman of Wilson's campaign finance committee. McCombs was to urge the appointment of Morgenthau as Secretary of the Treasury and the appointment of Elkus to an important ambassadorial post.

The plot follows: "Bernard Baruch also now came out strongly for Wilson. With no experience in 'big business,' thus insidiously, gradually, surely, Wilson was being obligated to Jewish financiers, while being committed, unknown to McCombs, to the program of the Internationalists. Soon McCombs called on Morgenthau to execute a note for $350,000 endorsed by himself. Morgenthau and Elkus collaborated, and returned with $70,000. It was this money, Penfield's contribution, and that which McCombs had raised among the Princtonians, that McCombs undertook to secure Wilson's nomination." Thus a scheme well worked out, possibly as early as 1903, though dating back centuries to the plan of Jewish leaders to conquer the world and set up the authority of Zion as the Jewish State, was introduced into the affairs of this government, and which worked out so well in practice that Woodrow Wilson, making his second inaugural address said, "There has been a change in government." We have had three Presidents, who have seen fit to disagree with the men who signed the Constitution, viz., Wilson, Taft and Franklin D. Roosevelt. All our Presidents, with these exceptions, refer to either the Republic or republican principles in their official speeches and documents. Abraham Lincoln, in a Special Message, July 4, 1861, laid great stress upon Article 4 of Section IV of the Constitution.

Other organizations, devoted toward making the world "Safe for Democracy," have been established since the invasion of the materialized spirit of Europe into the government of the United States, by which we were connected with the World War and made to take on the karma of the European civilization from which we sprang; Such organizations as "League for Industrial Democracy" a communist front movement, the "North American Committee for Defense of Spanish Democracy" and "North American Committee for Aid to Spanish Democracy," committees who sought to uphold the Bolshevistic reign of Loyalist Spain, and the "American League for Peace and Democracy," organized to camouflage the issue of socialism and communism, and "Friends of Democracy, Inc." another communistic front organization. Many others, distorting the use of the word democracy to hide their subversive and materialistic tendencies, pretend a love for the government of the United States, that is not borne out by their words or conduct. When the term is used, "Make the World Safe for Democracy," no thought is given to representative government, such as issues from the people through constitutional agreement, but rather the term democracy is used to indicate a form of socialistic-communism, that makes up the dream of the collectivists, who would lump everything together under bureaucratic powers and a possible dictator, especially depriving the people of property rights. For the dream of the collectivists especially centered to governmental control of all properties. The New Deal regimentation, following along the ideal of a socialistic-communistic plan, has been for the purpose of assuming gradual control of the businesses, lands, homes, of the people, as well as establishing a commonwealth, in which all things are in common, without consideration of individual liberty and initiative. These governmental leaders, or those who back them, politically, financially and materially (by concocting the ideas and legislation) would not say this to the people, and trained in subterfuge, would deny it; and it is quite possible that some of them are so ignorant and unillumined as to any real Plan of Life as to be sincere in their support of those activities that would undermine and eventually overthrow the fundamentals and ideals of our republic.

Socialism as a Means of Overthrowing the Republic

Socialism is the means used by the collectivists to change the form of governments, and to make the Constitution null and void. This is to be accomplished, however, by the destruction of the Supreme Court. The Socialistic Platform, as laid down in 1932, and which has been put over by the New Deal Administration, provides under "Constitutional Changes," in article five, "Abolition of the power of the Supreme Court to pass upon the constitutionality of legislation enacted by Congress." (See Socialist Platform published in this tract). It was in the New York Legislature that attention was called to the fact that "there exists not a single system of Anglo-Saxon socialism." The Anglo-Saxon-Celtic attitude was the recognition of the infallibility of just principles, by which our Republic was safe-guarded for 150 years. It was not until after the World War, though the wedge was driven during the War to bring the U.S. into the fray, that the Socialists decided to outmode the Constitution and to change the premise of Republican form of government, by offsetting the Constitution of Laws and a Supreme Court that could be depended upon for right and just interpretation of governmental issues, compatible with the ideals and principles of the U.S. government. They decided to change these fundamental premises of our government for the dream of the Internationalists, especially promoted by the Jewish State. While many Jews will resent the true facts of that worked out by their leaders, and deny it as they have been taught to do, since they are always right, even teaching God when he gets in a tight place, according to their Talmud, the records are there to substantiate declarations made by the Jewish leaders themselves. Yet, the Jews are not the only people who produce leaders who do not believe in constitutional government, and who would substitute mental philosophies of unregenerate minds for tried and trusted governmental policies. Yet, no real Government has ever existed, though the government of the U.S. has come nearer the ideals of man, for it more perfectly conforms to the Ideals of the Divine Plan (though this may not have always been understood).

Under the guise of working out a social democracy, the Socialists and their allies, work out the opposite to a real Republic, setting up instead autocratic government. The experiment of the New Deal, sponsored by a Fabian Socialist, shows in its early stages its power to destroy, to offset individual liberty and initiative, to destroy property rights and to usurp the expression of those rights by substituting governmental control and regimentation. If this socialistic program could weaken the power of the Supreme Court (and Mr. Roosevelt raised this issue again as Congress was about to adjourn), it would establish what is called a pure democracy, and the American Republic would cease to be. The late Duke of Northumberland, in his booklet, "The History of World Revolution," wrote in 1931, "The adoption of Democracy as a form of Government by all European nations is fatal to good government, to liberty, to law and order, to respect for authority, and to religion, and must eventually produce a state of chaos from which a new world tyranny will arise. There is no longer any essential difference between liberal and conservative; both are united in defense of their last line of fortification. Parliament and the constitution, have surrendered successive lines in the vain hope that the enemy will rest contented with the empty glory of their capture. Liberalism has depended for support on throwing sops to the wolves, on holding out hopes of something for nothing, on its appeal to the cupidity of the multitude and the multitude is as voracious and as restless as ever, but Liberalism has nothing more to offer, it has had its day and ceased to be, and the fight is no longer between the old political parties but between the champions of Law and Order and the forces of Red Revolution."

While the above is written more in connection with England's position, many of the ideas are alike applicable to the national life of the U.S. The promoters of Liberalism are throwing in this country plenty of "sops to the wolves," and holding out hopes of "something for nothing," in order to establish themselves and their following in good repute with the cunning masters that they serve, hoping for personal benefit in forms of prestige and power. They promote the idea of democracy, but at the same time work to destroy the checks and balances built up in our governmental system under its Republican form of government. Because Russia claims to be a republic is no reason why we should deny the existence of our Republican form of government, for anyone at all conscious of the problems of the Russians and the jurisdiction of its governmental clique, will have no difficulty in discerning the sheep that are controlled by the wolves, with the wolfish leaders enjoying the autocratic power in a more dominant manner than was ever exercised in the regime of the czar and his subordinates. The democracy promoted by the liberals in government, who follow the Socialistic program as a means of overthrowing our republican form of government, is a misnomer. It has nothing in common with the usual ideas of democracy, associated with representative and constitutional government, such as we enjoyed in this country, to some extent, prior to the World War. Rulership by any group, that is ignorant of fundamental Principles of Life, as spiritually revealed and set into operation, is bad enough, but when a group becomes the tool of Socialism that borders onto Communism, and Communism is a step to anarchy and chaos, then we are in danger of being destroyed as to our fundamental ideals and principles; though it can be discerned that the unprincipled activities, incorporated into our governmental affairs, through financial leaders and their control, from our colonial days, would have to be reckoned with. This also enables one to see that these liberals, who preach a socialized democracy in exchange for our republican form of government, are seeking to hold the "last line of fortification," built up in materiality, at a time when the Divine Laws have entered to supersede the materialism of mortality with the New Order in the Ages that will identify Immortality, in which a genuine human spirit can be expressed governmentally.

Certain attacks against our system of government were introduced, through the influence of aliens, under the Wilson administration. One of these led to the adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment, that provided for the direct election of Senators, which resulted in having both bodies of our legislative branch elected directly by the people, contrary to the provision of the Constitution for the House of Representatives to be elected on a basis of population, and the members of the Senate to be appointed by the legislatures of the different states. The members of the House would represent the popular will of the people and the members of the Senate who would preserve State rights were not expected to be influenced by popular clamor. This check in our Constitution was one against the dangers of democracy, as it had existed in the thought of the people. This check was removed by the Seventeenth Amendment, and since that time some states have sought to remove the checks and balances, common to republican form of government, from their legislatures. In order to show the demoralizing effect upon government of this change, one should refer to the 1928 Platform of the Communist Party, that is seeking to gain footholds upon this government to the overthrow of its ideals and principles.

The 1928 Platform of the Communist Party, says in regards to the foregoing, "The Constitution contains a whole series of notorious checks and balances for the sole purpose of making it impossible for a majority antagonistic to the ruling class to make its will effective. The members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years, the President every four years, and the members of the Senate every six years, so that a complete change of Government can be made only through elections spread over six years. The elections are not at the same time, because the Fathers of the Constitution wanted to give a chance for the 'cooling off' of any mass discontent which might express itself in the elections." In the same platform, the Communists demand the "abolition of the Senate, of the Supreme Court, and of the veto power of the President." You can always be certain that the Communists are working against the welfare of the people, though through a pledge to trickery, deceit, lies, subterfuge and other vicious policies, they make the appearance of working otherwise. But, remember, since they are one of the Dragon's heads, they are always spitting their venom upon that which makes for constructive expression of life and love.

Two other political moves during the Wilson administration, fostered by the internationalists with their Jewish consorts, are greatly responsible for developing the ills of our nation, so as to prepare it for the spurious "more abundant life," of the Socialistic-Communistic combines that now infest our governmental leadership. One is the Income Tax amendment and the other the creation of the Federal Reserve System. Both of these were incorporated into our government by aliens, seeking to use our system of government for subversive purposes; the first to strike a blow at capital as well as shackle the advancing workers, and the second to provide proper financial aid for the Allies during the World War, as well as lay the Plot for further domination of our governmental policies, as they have worked out. Gladstone said in 1876, "Of all the taxes on the statute books, the income tax is the only tax through which it is possible that socialism or communism, or anything like them, can in the nature of things find entrance into our system." These moves weakened our government, as was intended, though it is possible that Wilson was outwitted by more cunning minds and old world political intrigue. But they paved the way for New Dealism, and all its socialistic-communistic trends. Under democracy, the New Deal created the various combinations of the "ABC-XYZ" Plan of the Russians, and the power of appointment off sets the power of the people to control.

The New Deal follows closely the Platform of the Socialistic Party, as adopted in 1932, and this Plan follows closely the Russian Plan. The Wagner Labor Relations Act is a fine example of "industrial democracy," with all the intentions of the New Deal wrapped up in its functioning. The National Labor Relations Board, with its partiality to the CIO, is another example of what "democracy" can do for a people; especially when that democracy is ordered from Moscow, and sanctioned by Jewish satellites of the New Deal who see in this country the fruit of their long cherished dream of a Zionist Empire. The New Deal experiments have been socialistic experiments, promoting greater chaos and waste, though at the same time providing some compensation for those thrown out of employment by the high-handed method of this kind of democracy in relation to business and agriculture. A republican form of government fails only because a pure democracy is instituted, one vested in the rulership of the people who attain to positions of political power through consorting with financial cliques, and whose political patronage is finally brought to a condition of making such appointments as will give those of Un-American ideas and ideals the opportunity to shape the policies of our government. Such has been the condition of the New Deal, with its communistic and Jewish appointments, that embrace people whose ideals and thoughts of government are contrary to the American spirit.

Republics are overthrown because organized cliques, politically and financially, destroy either by violence or by piece-meal legislation the checks and balances placed upon the administration of government by its Constitution; especially in a nation, such as ours, where the Constitution is the By-Laws, Rules and Regulations for the administration of a government for the people. Liberalism, as it is practiced by socialistically inclined politicians is an invitation toward chaos and anarchy, as well as the promotion of the kind of democracy that it upholds. The American people want the American Way.

The Socialist Platform of 1932 is given to indicate the relation that the New Deal Program bears to the socializing of our government. The provisions of the Socialist Party that have been carried out by the New Deal, in some form, or are pending, are marked with a star immediately following the number. There has been no secret on the part of the Administration of socializing our Government. The daily papers carried in December, 1935, a recommendation by the Secretary of Interior, suggesting the dividing of our country into ten or twelve districts for "regional social and economic planning." This committee recommended the establishment of "a permanent national development administration based upon the powers, duties and functions of the emergency administration of public works, the Works Progress Administration, the allotment committee and the Federal employment stabilization office." If all the suggestions of socialists, communists and Jews who greatly make up the New Deal could be put into effect, our republican form of government would be destroyed.

The Socialist Platform of 1932, "Proposed to transfer the principal industries of the country from private ownership and autocratic, cruelly inefficient management to social ownership and democratic control. Only by these means will it be possible to organize our industrial life as a basis of planned and steady operation without a periodic breakdown and disastrous crisis." We can now view the effect of the putting into operation of this proposal. The "cruelly inefficient management" that the socialists set out to annul is now found to be in their own governmentally instituted management for through the attempt to establish their program, we have had almost ten years of prolonged panic, depression and economic disorder, with the worst of it accompanying the New Deal. Through the spending, taxing, appointing and electing regime, controlled by the New Deal, which may be using the socialistic program to hide its communistic leanings, the system of efficient and orderly government has been greatly destroyed, as far as business and finances are concerned. The Socialistic Platform continues as follows: I.* Federal appropriation of five billion for immediate relief for those in need. 2.* Federal appropriation of five billion for public works and roads, reforestation, slum clearance and decent homes for the workers, by federal government, states and cities. 3.* Legislation providing for the acquisition of land, buildings and equipment necessary to put the unemployed to work producing food, fuel and clothing; and for the erection of houses for their own use. 4.* The six hour day and the five day week without a reduction of wages. 5.* A comprehensive and efficient system of free public employment agencies, 6.* A compulsory system of unemployment compensation with adequate benefits, based on contributions by the government and by employers. 7.* Old age pensions for men and women sixty years of age and over. 8.* Health and maternity insurance. 9.* Improved system of workmen's compensation and accident insurance. 10.* The abolition of child labor. 11.* Government aid to farmers and small home-owners to protect them against mortgage foreclosure, and a moratorium on sales for nonpayment of taxes by destitute farmers and unemployed workers. 12.* Adequate minimum wage laws.

Social Ownership: I.* Public ownership and democratic control of mines, forests, oil and power resources, public utilities dealing with light and power, transportation and communication and of all other basic industries. 2.* The operation of these publicly owned industries by boards of administration on which the wage-workers, the consumers and the technicians are adequately represented; the recognition in each industry of the principles of collective bargaining and civil service. Banking: * Socialization of our credit and currency system and the establishment of a unified banking system, beginning with the complete governmental acquisition of the Federal Reserve Banks and the extension of the services of the Postal Savings Banks to cover all departments of the banking business and the transference of this department of the Post Office to a government-owned banking corporation. Taxation: 1.* Steeply increased inheritance taxes and income taxes on the higher incomes and estates of both corporations and individuals. 2.* A constitutional amendment authorizing the taxation of all governmental securities.

Agriculture: Many of the foregoing measures for socializing the power, banking and other industries, for raising living standards among the city workers, etc., would greatly benefit the farming population. As special measure for agricultural upbuilding, we propose: 1.* The reduction of tax burdens by a shift from taxes on farm property to taxes on incomes, inheritance, excess profits and other similar forms of taxation. 2.* Increased federal and state subsidies to road building and educational and social service for rural communities. 3.* The creation of a federal marketing agency for the purchase and marketing of agricultural products. 4.* The acquisition by bona fide cooperative societies and by governmental agencies of grain elevators, stockyards, packing houses and warehouses and conduct of these services on a non-profit basis. The encouragement of farmers' cooperative societies and consumers' cooperatives in the cities, with a view of eliminating the middleman. 5.* The socialization of federal land banks and the extension by these banks of long-term credit to farmers at low rates of interest. 6. * Social insurance against losses due to adverse weather conditions. 7.* The creation of national, regional and state land utilization boards for the purpose of discovering the best uses of the farming land of the country, in view of the joint needs of agriculture, industry, recreation, water supply, reforestation, etc., and to prepare the way for agricultural planning on a national and, ultimately, on a world scale.

Constitutional Changes: 1.* Proportional representation. 2.* Direct election of the president and vice-president. 3.* The initiative and referendum. 4.* An amendment to the constitution to make constitutional amendments less cumbersome. 5.* Abolition of the power of the Supreme Court to pass upon the constitutionality of legislation enacted by Congress. 6.* The passage of the Socialist party's proposed Workers' Rights' amendment to the Constitution empowering Congress to establish National system of unemployment, health and accident insurance and old-age pensions, to abolish child labor, establish and take over enterprises in manufacture, commerce, transportation, banking, public utilities and other business and industries to be owned and operated by the government, and, generally, for the social and economical welfare of the workers of the United States. 7.* Repeal the 18th amendment and take over the liquor industry under government ownership and control, with the right of local option for each state to maintain prohibition within its borders.

Civil Liberties: 1.* Federal legislation to enforce the First Amendment to the Constitution so as to guarantee. freedom of speech, press and assembly, and to penalize officials who interfere with the civil rights of citizens. 2.* The abolition of injunctions in labor disputes, the outlawing of yellow dog contracts and the passing of laws enforcing the rights of workers to organize into unions. 3.* The immediate repeal of the Espionage Law and other repressive legislation, and the restoration of civil and political rights to those unjustly convicted under wartime laws. 4.* Legislation protecting aliens from being excluded from this country or from citizenship or from being deported on account of the political, social or economic beliefs, or on account of activities engaged in by them which are not illegal for citizens. (Items 2, 3 and 4 are under consideration by the Secretary of Labor). 5.* Modification of the immigration laws to permit the reuniting of families and to offer a refuge to those fleeing from political or religious persecution. The Negro: The enforcement of Constitutional guarantees of economic, political and legal equality for the Negro. The enactment and enforcement of drastic anti-lynching laws. (This New Deal legislation was defeated.) International Relations: While the Socialist Party is opposed to all war, it believes there can be no permanent peace until Socialism is established internationally. In the meantime, we will promote all measures that promise to promote good will and friendship among the nations of the world including: 1.* Reduction of armaments, leading to the goal of total disarmament by international agreement, if possible, but if that is not possible by setting an example ourselves. Soldiers, sailors. and workers unemployed by reason of disarmament to be absorbed, where desired, in a program of public works to be financed in part by the savings due to disarmament. The abolition of conscription, of military training camps and the R.0.T.C. 2.* The recognition of the Soviet Union and the encouragement of trade and industrial relations with that country. 3.* The cancellation of war debts due from the allied governments as part of a program for wiping out war debts and reparations, provided that such cancellation does not release money for armaments, but promotes disarmament. 4.* The entrance of the United States into the World Court. (This New Deal legislation was defeated). 5.* The entrance of the United States into the League of Nations under conditions which will make it an effective instrument for world peace and renewed cooperation with the working class parties abroad, to the end that the League may be transformed from a league of imperialist powers to a democratic assemblage, representative of the aspirations of the common people of the world. 6.* The creation of international economic organizations on which labor is adequately represented, to deal with problems of raw material, investments, money, credit, tariff and living standards from the viewpoint of the welfare of the masses throughout the world. 7.* The abandonment of every degree of military intervention by the United States in the affairs of other countries. The immediate withdrawal of military forces from Haiti and Nicaragua. (This has been accomplished in part). 8.* The withdrawal of United States military and naval forces from China and the relinquishment of American extra-territorial privileges. 9.* The complete independence of the Philippines and the negotiation of treaties with other nations safeguarding the sovereignty of these islands. 10.* Prohibition of the sales of munitions to foreign powers. Some of these provisions have been defeated by the New Deal, and are not starred; while some have been partly worked out, and some are still hoped for, but all in all the Socialist Platform is that which the New Deal has used as its working premise.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

United States of America,
0 Promised Land of Truth!
Hold fast the spirit of Justice,
Promoted in thy youth;
Shine out thy light of freedom
To every foreign shore;
Mother the nations of the world,
To peace and love restore.

United States of America,
Destined by our God
To amalgamate all races,
When Liberty's path they've trod.
Thy birthright is a royal one,
Friendship to all mankind;
Raised-up from among the nations,
As a national Type-Ensign.

United States of America,
Thou Israel spiritual tree!
God planted thee in the wilderness
To reveal true liberty.
And in this Land of Freedom,
When material strife shall end,
All men shall love the Spirit,
And thanks from hearts ascend.

United States of America,
Revealed as heaven in earth;
The Will of God shall climax
Thy growth with spiritual worth
Here in the Land of Freedom,
Will rise the super-race.
Here be the Land of Promise,
Where we meet God face to face.

EOM Ida Mingle
October, 1939