Evening star., 1932-10-23

ice, improvement of our banking and
credit systems, the development of a
better scene of agriculture and of indus
try and a score of other pressing duties.
And there Is one inspiration for this
emergency and for the future of this
Nation that transcends all others. That
inspiration We shall continue to dis
cover in the schools and churches OF
this land and in communion with the
Great Searcher of All Souls. Our Ma
ton has survived thus far because 1t
was founded in the favor Of God by
men and women who were more con-
cerned with His will than they were
with selfish aggrandizement and mate
rial acquisitions. The ultimate sources
of great constructive measures OF gov
ernnent and law are in the moral ana
spiritual impulses.
These are the beliefs and the con-
yictions which necessarily come 10 me
from vivid association with these cur
rents and with the forces Of the office
/ which have occupied in the invisible
presence of those many men who be-
fore me have fought and builded for
these ideals.
Future Is at Stake.
No man can be President without
the country by the 80 Presidents who
in INV case have preceded me. No man
of imaeination can be President with
out thinking of what shall be the course
of his country under the 80 or more
Presidents who will follow him. He
must think of himself as link in the
long chain Of his country's destiny, past
and future. That future is in your
hands. BY your action on November
YOU will determine whether we shall go
on in the orderly adaptation OF our olo
American ways to new needs, wnetneI
we shall build on the foundations lalo
by our forefathers over the past cen.
tury and a half. or whether you Will let
momentary despair lead you to give the
country a new and untried direction.
can well understand that my coun-
trymen are weary, and sore, and tired.
I can understand that part OF this
WEAKNESS comes from the exhaustion
of a long battle. But in the battle we
have carried the first-line trenches. 1t
Is Of transcendent Importance that
there shall be no interruption, that
there shall be no change in the strategy
and tactics used In the midst OF VIC.
torious movement. The essentials OF
American life must not be broken down
in chaos and peril.
can people must weigh and weigh
heavily in the next two weeks. What
YOU will determine on November Will
be much more than a change OF 1ndl-
yiduals, of even more importance than
merely making a choice between the
WAYS Of going out Of this emergency.
More than all that, it will determine
the permanent course of the country.
Poll Is for Policies.
The future of individuals is OF no
great importance in the life stream OF
the Nation. No one of us has the rlgnt
to stand in the light Of the Nations s
progress. Change in my personal posi-.
tion from command to the ranks Is OF
trifiing Importance in the life OF this
Nation. What is of vast importance IS
the measures and policies you adopt by
YOUR vote. and the men and the forces
who in front and behind the scenes
will dominate our national life.
am anxious to see that these present
sound policies and measures shall be
continued only because I am anxious
to see that my country shall come
safely into the harbor from the dangers
| that but few men not occupying my
responsibilities will ever appreciate.
| Following -wisps IS not pro-
eressive. That is not being liberal.
Rather it is driving slowly to the
| tyranny which means the extinction un-
der bureaucracy of liberty and hope and
opportunity.
In conclusion, I declare again that
it is the high resolve of my administra-
| ton, 1t is the historic determination OF
the Republican party. to preserve that
Nation for our children with its Ameri-
! can system of liberty intact, its Ameri-
can free opportunity and its equal op-
portunity still open, moving ever for
ward in accord with these principles.
its American Government forever IN the
hands of men who believe that our
fathers builded well, when for $50 years
they strove with brain and Drawn to
make this the greatest land that ever