Evening star., 1932-10-19
Admits "Things Might Have
Been Worse"-Says "They
Should Have Been Better"
DEMOCRAT DENOUNCES
TACTICS OF CRYING PANIC
Wheeling Address Challenges
G. O. P. Assertions-Will Speak
at Pittsburgh Tonight.

WHEELING, Wa. Va, October 19.-
Gov. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate
for the presidency, In speech here to-
day challenged the claimed Republican
contention that things will be worse il
I am elected" and declared that what
is wrong with the Nation" is "misman-
agement."
Speaking after a motor drive from
Pittsburgh, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
"You have had placed before you the
spectre Of fear by the Republican can
didate and the Republican leaders. You
have been told that things might have
been worse, and will be worse if I am
elected to Office. But say to you, Yes,
things might have been worse; indeed
We might all of us have been destroyed
But on the other hand remember that
things might have been better, should
have been better, and will begin to get
better with change of administration
on the 4th of March"
Scores Panic" Tactics.
If this Nation wants to know what
Is wrong with its National Government,
l Will give them the answer in one
word" said Mr.. Roosevelt. That word
Is 'mismanagement'"
i refuse to believe that the people of
the Nation can be made to fear false
oogles," said the Democratic nominee.
He asserted: ITO attempt to instill
panic into the electorate at time when
we must all have courage and a firm
belief that the American Characteristic
OF hnding answers to problems will bring
us back on the upward trail, is a method
OF campaigning which does little credi,
to leaders still at this time entrusted
With the welfare of the United States .
Mr.. Roosevelt said things Nigh,
nave been worse" if 1t were not for two
thlngs-the Federal Reserve System ant
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora.
tion.
the Federal Reserve System. he con.
tlnued, was the product of a Democrat
Carter Glass" and the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation 'is as much q
Democratic measure as a Republican
measure, for 1t was passed in a spirit OF
Bipartisan cooperation In Congress"
Not Republican Leadership.
But" he added, this measure wa,
not que to the creative genius of Re.
publican leadership. for it was durine
tne period OF the Democratic admins
tratlon That there was established the
War Finance Corporation, and it is es-
sentially the principles of the War Fl
nance Corporation which has been re.
established at this new period of crisis. ;
The Wheeling speaking engagement
was the first OF the second days journe,
of the Democratic presidential aspirant
He will speak at Pittsburgh tonight. II
Is believed Mr.. Roosevelt will discuss the
bonus at Pittsburgh. OF that speech
he said:
Tonight at Pittsburgh I shall outline
another cause which under Republican
leadership has had major effect upor
our present condition. and I shall once
more explain a workable program tc
remedy the situation"
Mr.. Roosevelt left Albany yesterday
on an eight-day trip into Pennsylvania
the border States and Dixie.
Little Help for Worker.
Asserting the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation had performed many ex.
cellent services" Mr.. Roosevelt added
but it is a fact, which I established
last Spring, and which the record o.
subsequent months disclosed that wa
right in saying that only small por.
ton of the actual credits has seepee
through to the worker, the farmer ane
the man without a job, or for that mat.
ter. to the small business man.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he had suggested
a program for the rehabilitation OF ag
riculture";; program for putting th'
great transportation systems OF railroads
on their feet; plan Ito curve the f1nan-
cial excesses and explorations which II
the last IL years have thrown to waste
so much of the hard earned savings o1
our citizens; definite program fol
the fair control of public utilities; ane
"a lowering of tariffs by negotiation
with foreign countries"
But" he continued, II have not ad.
vocated, and I will never advocate 6
tariff policy which will withdraw pro.
lection from American workers against
those outside countries which emplo!
cheap labor or who operate under 6
standard of living which is lower thar
that of our great laboring groups.
Exists for Individuals.
"The lesson of Independence, the
simple fact that no part of the country
is safe while any part is in want,
Roosevelt said, the Hoover administra.
tion forgot.
1t encouraged spectators" he elab.
grated. "strangled foreign markets BY
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