--- description: If the U.S. feels a need for a regeneration of its political ethics, the first day of the Republican National Convention pointed the way.After a pre-convention week of sordid chicanery, the... title: THE NATION: Way to Regeneration image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # THE NATION: Way to Regeneration by [TIME](/author/time/) Jul 14, 1952 4:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Jul 14, 1952 4:00 AM CUT If the U.S. feels a need for a regeneration of its political ethics, the first day of the Republican National Convention pointed the way. After a pre-convention week of sordid chicanery, the delegates rose up on a moral issue and stopped the Taft steamroller. Five hours later, Douglas MacArthur, in an unforgettable address, diagnosed the ills of the Republic and offered a cure—the Constitution of the U.S. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6886964/the-nation-way-to-regeneration/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6886964/the-nation-way-to-regeneration/"},"headline":"THE NATION: Way to Regeneration","datePublished":"1952-07-14T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-19T16:57:41.576Z","description":"If the U.S. feels a need for a regeneration of its political ethics, the first day of the Republican National Convention pointed the way.After a pre-convention week of sordid chicanery, the...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6886964/the-nation-way-to-regeneration/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6886964/the-nation-way-to-regeneration/","name":"THE NATION: Way to Regeneration"}}]}] ```