Evening star., 1932-09-15
Text of HOover's Address
Millions Face Approach of Winter With Fear, but
~ President Expects This to Be Last
of Great Calamity.

terprises of self Sustaining character.
wherever possible we are concentrat-
ing that effort for the Winter
months. In addition our employers
and our labor groups have been Or
ganized anew in systematic Nation
wide campaign to further spread the
available work and to shorten work.
ing hours. Further, the economic
effect of the great institutions built
and strengthened by the Government
and the effort Of the people them
selves in many directions have shown
evidences of success by the test Of
increasing private employment and
rise in prices.
With these backlogs behind your
efforts and those of local authorities,
we must make sure that no Ameri-
can will this Winter go hungry or
cold. These programs of the Gov
eminent are based upon the con-
tinuation of your services. They pre-
suppose adequate neighborhood sup
port to your efforts, which still
comprise a large part of our reli-
ance. They presuppose that the
thousands of agencies which in nor
NAL times carry the load of distress
shall function this Winter to their
utmost capacity. Let no man be-
lieve because we have summoned the
power Of Government to these ends
that it can replace your efforts.
This is, / trust, the last Winter
OF this great calamity. Yet, despite
a dawnlng hope upon the horizon,
individual need in the meantime may
be greater than before. Despite
these gigantic efforts of direct and
indirect relief, we must not fail to
recognize the slow seepage of the re-
sources OF many families and the
consequently increased responsibility
which falls upon the more fortunate.
Moreover, there Is parallel with it all
the depleted resources of those to
whom you must appeal for aid.
Those who support you this year will
many of them be sacrificing from
their own needs. No greater call can
be made upon American patriotism
and self-sacrifice.
Task Most Difficult.
Your organizations have, therefore,
a most difficult task. I am confident
that you will succeed. Our people
are the most generous of all peoples.
Most of us started in life poor or
with little. What We have is the
result Of our own toll in this land,
rich in resources and opportunity.
Most Of us have known the helping
hand Of others in some human serv-
ice and some human kindness, and
today. as never before, do We owe
repayment of that debt. I sometimes
think of relief in terms of insurance.
Over the years our people contribute
to the aid of others. The unexpected
time comes of their own need, and
they draw from this common pool
There hes in this no loss of self
respect.
So long as the world stands there
will be human misfortune and hu-
man suffering from causes men can
not control There VII be nation
vice calamities. the result of which
may be that any one of us may be
the giver and any one the receiver
Yours are the great agencies which
seek the one and serve the other.
On such occasions as these there
Is more to be done than merely Civ
ing. There is the helping hand that
should go with giving-the friendly
counsel. the aid to solution of family
and individual problems. our out
pourings of the human spirit beyond
dollars alone Many family today
is carrying a neighbor family over
the trough Of this depression, not
alone with material aid. but with
that encouragement which main
tains courage and faith.
If all who are able will themselves
search out or through your agency
find family to whom they may be-
come that guardian, both will be the
gamers of far more than the money
exchanged.
The need before us is immediate.
1t is large. Millions of men and
women face the approach of Win
ter with fear in their hearts. The
children sense the dread their elders
feel. You have nobly offered your
service to them and to the Nation.
I speak not more to you than to the
unseen millions of my fellow coun-
trymen and countrywomen in per-
sonal appeal that they. too, shall
take this neighborly need upon
their conscience, that they shall
share with you this burden. that
they give generously of their means
to your support. So out of charity
will come not only hope, but faith.