What we have accomplished is well known to all of you. The election returns reveal in the most convincing way possible that Chicago has approved what has been done. The most important problem facing us is to provide jobs and wages for our men and women who want to work, but who have been denied the opportunity of honest labor. Chicago always has been a city of workers, and we will keep it that way. We hope to give every earnest and willing man and woman in Chicago the opportunity to earn a decent living.
Nothing is of greater importance.
We will restore courage, hope and ambition in the hearts of Chicagoans. We will never permit a generation to grow up discouraged, pessimistic and without hope. We older citizens have a responsibility to the boys and girls of Chicago, in our country and in our American institutions. The surest way of getting that faith is by opening the doors of opportunity to these youngsters. It is our duty to prove to them that industry and honesty will be rewarded.