Evening star., 1932-10-02

policies and attitude toward economic
life, the life of human beings.
tried to set forth what I con-
ceived to be a rcordered relationship
among all the factors in the present
economic scale. 1t is general policy
that recognizes that no man, that no
group of men or women, can be ignored
in the restoration of economic life with
out leaving danger spot that may
destroy the entire prosperity, the entire
order which we have created.
AS l have said, we cannot endlNS
half-hoom and half-broke. That means
the careful and intelligent readjust-
ment of many relationships, and 1t
means to a great degree restoration
of values.
What is true OF the farmer that I
have talked about is true Of every ether
member OF the economic community.
I pointed out a week ago in San Fran
cisco that our task is to meet the
problem of underconsumption, of ad-
justing production to consumption, OF
distributing wealth and products more
equitably. :;
And, my friends. that means that the
products Of our factories, the products
of our farms, which essentially con-
stitute our national wealth, must be
permitted to flow in such way as to
supply and profit every one. And not
merely mere small prosperous group.
What we all need is customers. and we
can have them only when purchasing
power is more equitably distributed.
Distribution OF Wealth.
Theoretically-and some people hold
that theory-We could dlstriouIe pui
chasing power by confiscatinG every
thing within reach And after conflscat-
ING il we could divide it up equally be-
tween everybody-on Saturday night.
But YOU and l after all are common
sense people, and we know that wealth
| wouldn't stay distributed that way II we
tried 1t at all.
And SO the way to distribute wealth
the way to distribute products more
eouitably after all is to adjust our eco
nomic legislation so that no group Is
unduly favored at the expense OF any
other group or section.
! Here these laws of ours-where the
laws of the Federal Government, where
| the laws and processes OF State govern
ment and where the laws and admins
/ tration of city government assist or per-
nit any group to exploit other groups
\ the exploited ones can no longer buy.
1 Government of ell kinds must SIS,
tematically eliminate special advan-
tages, eliminate special favors, eliminate
4 special privileges wherever possible
whether they come. my friends, fror'
4 tariff subsidies. or credit-favoritism OF
4 taxation. or anywhere else.
| The slogan that you have adopted
I here in Chicago-the slogan, Il will -
| expresses to me the hopefu ness needed
| in times like these. 1t expresses the
/ idea that 1 have tried to put in the fore
! front of my own campaigning. It dis
! tinguishas it from what I believe 70 bs
/ the expression of Republican Leadership
\ in the last four years, L would have
but
And SO don't cast in my lot with
those who say, Il would have-but."
cast it in with those who say, Il will.
Let me appropriate that slogan o.
yours for the period Of the campaign
! that is still to come. 1t expresses the
I determination that We shall not permit
! the depression to defeat us. Hopeful
and united with a firm belief that oul
program is strong enough for the emer-
gency to come, join me in that watch
word. Il will.
| In this undaunted spirit, my friends
you and I will carry on until the peo-
| pie are lifted out of the pit Of despond
until action is substituted for dormancy
until social justice is substituted fol
privilege. until prosperity Is substituted
| for poverty, the principles of democracy
will rule again in our land.