Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-09
Roosevelt Makes
League Paramount

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state in this world tempest. nor can we
return to the placid harbor Of long
years ago. We must go forward or
founder.
"America's opportunity is at hand.
We can lead the world by a great ex-
ample. We can prove this nation
living. growing thing. with policies that
are adequate to new conditions. In Il
thousand ways this is our hour of test.
The Democratic program offers larger
life for our country. richer destiny
for our people. 1t is plan Of hope.
In these chiefly let it be our aim TO
build up not to tear down. Our oppo-
sition is to the things which once ex-
iSt"d. in order that they may never
return. We oppose money in politics.
we opnoS" the private control Of ma
tional finances. We oppose tho treating
OF human beings as commodities. We
oppose the saloon bossed city. We op-
pose starvation wages. We oppose rule
by groups or cli1ucs. In the same way
we oppose n mere period of coma in
our national life.
Greater America Tie Objective
"A greater America is our objective.
Definite and continuing study shall be
made of our industrial. fiscal ana So
cial problems. Definite and continuing
action shall result therefrom. and
neither the study nor the action shall
BE- lett to emotional caprice or THE op-
portMniSm OF any groups of men.
We need CO. operation of the
ablest and the wisest heads in the land,
irrespective of their politics. SO we
snail grow-sancly. humanity. honora-
ply. happily-conscious at the end that
we handed on to those that follow us
the knowledge that we have not al
lowed to grow dim the light of the
American spirit brought hithcr 300
years ago by the Pilgrim Fathers"
Great National Problems
Two Crcnt problems. he declared. will
confront the next Observation-Disclosures
relations with the world and the press e
ing need of organized progress at home.
| Among the most pressing of our ma p
tional needs. he placed. 'the bettorng
OF our citizenship: the extension OF
teaching to over 1000 900 Of our popu =
lation above tho age of ten who are
| illiteratc: the strengthening of immi
grafton laws to exclude the physically
and morally unfit; the improvement in
working conditions, especially in tho
ccngeStcd centers; the extension OF
communications to make rural life moro
attractive and the further protection of
women and child life in industry"
Reorganization of governmental ma .
cEinery, which he said has become anti e.
Quated especially since the war. also
was urged by Mr. Roosevelt.
Cummings Notifies Nominee
Homer Cummings. former chairman
of the Democratic National Committee,
! declared informally notifying Mr.
Roosevelt Of his nomination. that thu
American people have paid stag
gering penalty" for the Republican vic
tory at the polls in 1918. Undisputco
in the material and moral leadership
of the world when the armisticc was
signed he said, who will deny that
our title to that leadership has been
grivrOusly impaired il not completely
LOST
There is but one way out" hC
added. 1T il to redeem Americas worC
to the world and to assume without
hesitation our share of the task of re-
habiIitating the broken structure OF
civilization" "
Hvde Park ordinarily a sleepy. pic
tnrasnun little Hudson Valley Village
t"dav was the Democratic mecca of IN,
East. The rank and file of the party
began pouring into the town at day
break. Most of the early visitors came
from Albany and New York by motor
train ana Hudson river boats.
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rra"h "'oseNe" D"'
AS with the notification c"rcmontc!
of Senator Harding, Governor Cox an'
Governor Coolldg", there was an oi'
home week atmosphere ABOUT the auS
festivities.
Mr.. hooseVEn, VINO arrived mere las
evening from l'aEton, Wnerc ne attchurS :
the notincatioh ''rcmonies OF ms rn,ri
James M, toN' !ast nuturGaE, nroS
carry 10 asSist ms family ~ naHIn' ~
preparations 10 receive I'oMu o, ~
ooO persons az Nprlhg"oou, 'nr hooS'
Welt anr'Strai estate, whcre IN" ''rc
monies were hcId;
There IS no mistaklng the tact ina