Evening star., 1932-09-25
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. September 24.-The
| text of the speech delivered by Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt OF New York,
| Democratic presidential nominee, at Los
Angeles today follows
Senator McAdoo. Chairman Slane and
| you young Democrats of Southern Cal
ifornia-I say that because nobody ever
grows old out here-we have had q
| wonderful trip. We have had every
thing in the world-enthusiasm and in
terest; everything except sleep, and that
! is because of the interest and the en-
thusiaSm-but it presents problems. my
friends, What is a poor fellow to do
at 4 o'clock in the morning when he
hears the crowd waiting around the
windows OF the stateroom and hears
! them say. Come on out. Governor. "
and he opens one eye and starts to turn
| over, and then the crowd says, "Come
on out. Governor. II you don't come
out. we'll vote for Hoover"
My friends. have not made this long
and speedy tour for the primary pur-
pose of making campaign speeches.
have come out here and into some %
States of the Nation with the intention
of studying first hand the conditions
and problems of every section-to talk
with people-tke everyday people, the
average people, the forgotten people
! To talk to them about conditions and
| things in order to obtain information
at first hand. to learn about all you
have done in this Commonwealth in the
form of progressive government for all
who believe in those principles.
Discovers Great Faith.
1t has been long trip. but. unlike
most long trips. those Of us who have
been making it have left behind any
feeling OF fatigue Of the mind or body
and that is in spite Of the unemploy-
ment, the poverty and the distress that
has met us in every State. For We
have found from the very beginning OF
the trip. even up to this moment, that
faith which has made this country
great. 1t Is strange thing. the ex-
tent Of unemployment. the sore eco
nomic distress. that the people Of the
United States have carried on with a
minimum of complaints and a maxi
mum OF patience And that patience
must rest on something; it must rest
upon a great faith, faith that means
can be found out of the illimitable re-
sources and ingenuity OF America to
solve the problems that perplex us.
faith in the faces of people stretched
in an unending panorama. saw II as
we passed through the great Middle
West in Ohio and Indiana. and Illinois
nignt W N IT aason Hq eity Mo hra
countless thousands thronged the Capt.
tol of that State.
saw 1t under the hot sun at Topeka,
where thousands Of farmers stood and
listened. 1 saw it in Denver; I saw 1t
in the stretches Of Wyoming. the cat
country of Montana and Idaho. where
the miners, too, have been caught
caught like the farmer has been
caught-caught like the people in the
industrial certers-in something that
they have been unable to get rid Of vet
I have seen it in the Pacific ports
Portland and San Francisco-hit. as We
know. by the failure of our trade with
the Orient. and. indeed, with every
other country of the world.
,, Faith in Restored Prosperity"
A great faith-a great faith in the
possibility Of restored prosperity. re
country only through leadership.
prosperity which will not come back tc
this country merely through the easy
theory of some kind of economic re-
! covery brought about Of itself by the
passage Of years.
As look over this great country ol
yours 1 see a desert transformed into
the greatest agricultural country in tht
World-a land OF unsurpassed beauty
| OF unsurpassed possibilities 1t wal
water that wrought the change, and
can see the difference Since the frs
time that I came here 20 years ago, SCI
what water has done. It was the SOW.
ereign right of government that insured
| the highest use of your water. and you
understand that. And the necessity fol
it, as your population grows, continues
and grows itself, for without additiona
| supply your progress must cease. Sec
on6.y only to the demand for watel
itself in the development Of this great
section is the adequate supply Of cheaI
! hydroelectric power And that power
| is assured to you forever under the pro-
lection OF government, just so long as
| you own the Government.
| The whole Nation has watched the
magnificent progress that your munich
pality and many other municipalities
of this section have made in the de-
velopment of the us, Of water and
am glad that the FEDERAL Government
through Congress, has already taken
steps to assure to your municipalities
and to this section not only an ample
supply. but also hydroelectric power