Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23
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great interior Of our country pour into
YOUR city for business and entertain
ment at a rate of 10000 q day In
fact, so much is this city the reflex Of
the varied interests of our country that
the concern of every one Of your citizens
for national stability, for national pros
perity. for national progress, for pres
ervation Of our American system. Is lar
greater than that Of any other single
part of our country
Still Have Big Problems.
I'VE still have great problems II we
would achieve the full economic adj
vancement Of our country. In these
past few years some grours n our Foun-
try have Jagged behind others In the
march Of progress. REFER more par
ticularly to those engaged In the textile.
coal and in the agricultural industries.
We can assist in solving these problems
by cooperation Of our Government. ~.
ITO the agricultural industry we shall
need to advance initial capital to assist
them to stabilize their industry But
this proposal implies that they shall
conduct IL themselves. and not by the
Government. 1t is In the interest Of
our cities that we shall bring agricul-
ture and all industries into full stabfl-
ity and prosperity know you will
gladly cooperate in the faith that in
the common prosperity Of our country
lies its future. t4
"In bringing this address to conclu-
sion should like to reState TO you
some of the fundamental Things I have
endeavored to bring out.
1.-THE foundations Of progress and
prosperity are dependent az never be-
a.. Id -
ment, for government now touches at
1000 points the intricate web of eco
nomic and social life. .ct
fs Issue of Prosperity.
Under administration by the Repub-
lican party in the last seven and half
years our country as q whole has made
unparalleled progress and this has been
in generous part reflected to this great
city. Prosperity Is no idle expression.
It Is a Job for every worker; it Is the
safety and the safeguard of every bust
ness and every home. A continuation
Of the policies Of the Republican party
is fundamentally necessary to the fur
Their advancement Of this progress and
to the further building UP OF this pros
perity.
IT have dwelt at some length on the
principles of relationship between the
Government and business. make no
apologies for dealing with this subject.
The first necessity Of any nation Is the
smooth functioning of the vast bust.
ness machinery for employment, feed
ing, clothing, housing and providing
luxuries and comforts to people. Un~
less these basic elements are properly
organized and functioned, there can be
no progress in business, in education.
lev kVHNn ~
no advance in the fundamental ideale
Of a people A people cannot make
progress In poverty.
II have endeavored TO present TO you
that the greatness of America has
grown out Of political and social sys-
tenn and a method of control OF eco
nonic forces distinctly its own-our
American system--which has carried
this great experiment In human well
fare farther than ever before in al
history.
Abolition Of Poverty.
we are nearer today to the ideal Of
the abolition Of poverty and fear from
the lives of men and women than even
before In any land. And I again re-
peat that the departure from our Amer
lean system by injecting principles de.
structive to it which our opponents
propose will jeopardizs the very liberty
and freedom of our people, viii destroy
equality of opportunity not alone tc
ourselves but to our children.
ITO me the foundation of American
life rests upon the home and the family.
/ read into these great economic forces,
thasa intricate and delicate relations OF
the Government with business and with
our political and social life. but one SUI
prsme end--that we reinforce the ties
that bind together the millions OF our
families, that we strengthen the Sc
curity. the happiness and the inde-
pendence of every home.
My conception Of America Is q land
where men and women may walk in
ordered freedom in the independent
conduct of their occupations; where
wealth, not concentrated in the hands
Of the few but spread through the lives
Of all, where they build and safeguard
their homes and give to their children
the fullest advantages and opportunities
of American life; where every man shall
be respected in the faith that his con-
science and his heart direct him to fol-
low: where a contented and happy peo-
pie, secure in their liberties, free from
poverty and fear, shall have the leisure
and impulse to seek fuller life.
some may ask WneTe Ill LLiS may
lead beyond mere material progress. 1t
leads to a release of the energies of men
and women from the dull drudgery Of
life to wider vision and higher hope.
1t leads to the opportunity for greater
and greater service, not alone from man
to man In our own land. but from our
country to the whole world. It leads
TO all America, healthy in body, healthy
in spirit. unfettered, youthful. eager
with vision searching beyond the far
thest horizons, with an open mind SYM
pathetic and generous. 1t Is to these
higher ideals and for these purposes
that pledge myself and the Republi-
can party"