Evening star., 1932-11-05
Roosevelt's Brooklyn Address
NOMINEE CHARGES HO,
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
! NEW YORK, November 5-Follow-
ing Is the text of Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt's address last night at Brook
lyn:
i I have returned to the State Of New
election among my neighbors, and 1t Is
to be happy homecoming. I have
visited 81 States. travelled thousands Of
| miles. and I cherish with a deep feel
| ing OF appreciation the courtesy and
enthusiasm with which literally millions
J of my fellow Americans have greeted
me-
1 have returned with the f1rst-hand
knowledge that the Nation in every
part Is stirred by great human crisis.
T, The outpourings Of humanity in the
great cities and in the agricultural COM
munities brought to me an even deeper
realization of the responsibility face.
Because Of what have seen I have
been scrupulously careful to make no
idle promises. to raise no false hopes,
and at the same time to engage in no
personalities, no unfair innuendoes. no
baSeless charges against the President
of the United States
!
say to the people of this country that
the way out of disaster and depression
Is battle to be fought by the people;
that the task of rebuilding must come
from the reSolute actions OF millions
Of men and women who belong to all
parties: but at the same time that
leadership is essential to provide for
them plans Of action and to keep WV
idly before them the definite objectives.
Leadership looking to action Is the
greatest issue to be decided on election
day If the voters of the United States
are content with the Presidents slogan,
1T might have been worse" they will
give him the opportunity to pursue his
present policy Of merely preventing
things from getting worse. If, on the
other hand, they are unwilling to stop
there and believe that vigorous leader
ship and planned action will make
things better. then the Democratic ma
tional ticket will receive an overwhelm-
ing mandate in every section OF the
land to proceed with the task.
Practical Common Sense.
I have built as the weeks have passed
a program of action for the Federal
Government-no Utopia to delude us
again with the thought of magic things
still hidden, just around the corner; no
glittering generalities to make us be-
lieve that all has been done that could
have been done; and. above all, thank
God, no gospel of fear and panic to
sweep away the fine patience and sane
courage that have seen everywhere.
Instead I have offered the practical
common sense Of the Democratic plat
form, q document which will live in
hi al for hrav Nl
clarity, a document which by contrast
with the thousands of words of bonn
bast, of evasion and of deception in the
Republican platform, set the keote
for the whole campaign and started
four months ago the surge to Democracy
which will result in victory that will
be heard around the world on Tuesday
next.
have pointed out and driven home
by straight argument, based on undis-
puted facts, that the administration of
Government under the present leader
ship in Washington has been dis
tinguished by destruction, delay, deceit
and despair.
When I think of the innumerable
people have seen in this campaign.
patient, steadfast, though bitterly hurt
in the collapse Of our economic life. I
deprivation to spread among them
gospel Of fear is about the most rep
rehensible act Of a campaign that has
yielded many examples of unscrupulous
appeals for votes. The business men Of
the country. battling hard to maintain
their financial solvency and integrity,
we're told in blunt language in Des
Moines, Iowa, how close an escape
the country had some months ago
from going of the gold standard.
This, as has been clearly shown since.
was a libel on the credit of the United
States.
No adequate answer has been made
to the magnificent philippe Of Senator
Glass the other night, in which he
showed how unsound was this asser-
ton. And I might add Senator Glass
made a devastating challenge that no
sold to the country securities payable
in gold If it knew that the promises
yes. the covenant-embodied in these
securities was as dubious as the Presi-
dent of the United States claims 1t was.
OF course. the assertion was unsound.
In the reiterated apologies for it that
have come from the administration
many words have been added. like
leeches. to suck from the original state
ment It's deadly meaning. But this
administration is not content with
adding words to make bad case look
good. It also knows how to take
words away to make bad case look
better.
Advocate Sound Currency.
One of the most commonly repeated
misrepresentation by Republican
speakers, including the President, has
been the claim that the Democratic
position with regard to money has not
been made sufficiently clear. The Presi-
dent is seeing visions of rubber dol
lars. This is only part of his cam
paign of fear. I am not going to
characterize these statements. I
merely present the facts.
The Democratic platform specifically
declares, I'VE advocate sound cur
rency to be preserved at all hazards
That is plain English.
In discussing this platform on July
GOTH 1 said, Sound money is an in
ternational necessity; not domestic
consideration for one nation alone"
Far up in the Northwest, at Butte, I
repeated the pledge of the platform,
saving, Sound currency must be main
tained at all regards"
In Seattle I reaffirmed my attitude
on this question. The thing has been
said, therefore, in plain English three
times in my speeches. 1t is stated
without qualification in the platform
and I have announced my unqualified
acceptance of that platform.
So much for that Misrepresentation
cannot take the time to give ade-
quate attention to the entire range OF
the Presidents panic-stricken recital.
II WOULD he drearv though amazing
record. We are able, however, to de-
termine the quality of a candidates
representation to the country by the
process of sampling. I have given you
one sample I shall add another.
The President at Madison Square
Garden on last Monday night not only
misrepresented me. but misquoted him
self. The President stated:
In my acceptance speech four years