Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23

things to wear and better homes. We
have even gained in elbow room, for
the increase of residential floor space
is more than IS per cent. with less
than 10 per cent increase In our num-
Der of people Wages have increased,
the cost of living has decreased. The
lob to every man and woman has been
made more secure. We have in this
short period decreased the fear OF
poverty, the fear Of unemployment. the
fear of old age-and these are fears
that are the greatest calamities of hu-
man kind.
More Than Creature Comforts.
CAN this progress means far more
than greater creature comforts. It finds
thousand interpretations into a greater
and fuller life. A score Of new helps
save the drudgery of the home. In
seven years we have added 70 per cent
to the electric power at the elbow OK
our workers and further promoted them
from carriers Of burdens to directors Of
machines. We have steadily reduced
the sweat In human labor. Our hours
of labor sre lessened: our leisure has
increased. We have expanded our parks
and Fairgrounds.
I'VE have nearly doubled our attend
ance at games. We pour into outdoor
recreation in every direction. The Wis
itors at our national parks have trebled
and we have so increased the number
of sportsmen fishing in our streams
and lakes that the longer time between
bites is becoming a political issue. In
| these seven and one-half years the ra-
| dio has brought music and laughter
education and political discussion to al
most every firestde.
/ "Springing from our prosperity with
| its greater freedom, its vast endowment
of scientific research and the greater
resources with which to care for public
health, we have, according to our insur-
ance actuaries, during this short period
since the war. heightened the average
span of life by nearly eight years. We
vastly decreased the days of illness and
suffering In the life Of every man and
woman. We have improved the facili.
ties for the care of the crippled and
helpless and deranged.
Education Expanded.
From our increasing resources We
/ have expanded Our educational system
In eight years from an outlay of 81 200,
600, 600 to 50, TOO, 100000. The education
of our youth has become almost our
largest and certainly our most iTnpor-
tant activity. From our greater income
and thus our ability to free youth from
toll we have increased the attendance
in our grade schools by II per cent. In
our high schools by 30 per cent, and In
95 per cent. Today we have more youth
in these institutions Of higher learning
twice over than all the rest Of the world
put together. We have made notable
progress In literature, In art and In pub.
lie taste.
I'VE have made progress in the lead.
ership OF every branch Of American life
Never in our history was the Leadership
in our economic life more distinguished
In its abilities than today, and it has
grown greatly in its consciousness Of
public responsibility. Leadership in oul
professions and in moral and spiritua
affairs of OUT country was never of {
higher order. And our magnificent edu
cational system is bringing forward {
host of recruits for the succession II
this leadership.
1T do not need to recite more figure
and more evidence. cannot believ
that the American people wish to aban
don or in any way to weaken the prin
ciples of economic freedom and self
government which have been main
tanned by the Republican party ant
which have produced results so amazing
and so stimulating to the spiritual a
well as to the material advance Of tn
Nation.
New York City's Status.
"Your city has been an outstanding
beneficiary Of this great progress ant
OF these safeguarded principles. Witt
its suburbs, 1t has during the last sever
and a. half years grown by more thar
q million and half of people. until 1
has become the largest metropolitan
district of all the world. Here you havt
made abundant opportunity not onl,
for the youth Of the land but for tn
immigrant from foreign shores. ~
i This city is the commercial centel
of the United States. It Is the CONNER
cial agent of the American people.
is a great organism Of specialized skill
and leadership In finance, industry ant
commerce, which reaches every spot II
cur country. It's progress and its beaut,
are the pride of the whole American
people. 1t leads our Nation in its be
nevolences to charity. to education anC
scientific research. II Is the center o
come to have a more potent voice thar
any other city in the United States.
But when all is said and done. the
very life, progress and prosperity of this
city is wholly dependent on the pros
perity of the 1f5,0p0.o00 people who
dwell in our mountains and valley:
across the 5000 miles to the Pacific
Ocean. Every activity of this city L
sensitive to every evil and every favor.
able tide that sweeps. this great Nation
Of ours. Be there slaekei1iirg Of In
dustry In any place, ", affects New
York far more than any other part Of
the country. -
I'm time of depression orle.quarter
of all the unemployed in the United
States can be numbered In this city In
q time Of prosperity the citizens Of the