Evening star., 1932-10-01

/ Which one is to gain? These are facts
! that We ought to know.
Bargaining Policy Analysed.
! Il wonder whether Gov. Roosevelt
has taken into consideration the fact
! that We have foregone a policy of bar
| gaining with separate countries and re-
| lied on uniform treatment to all. be-
! cause. unlike some countries which have
| only one or two industries of national
| importance, which can be benefited by
such trade agreements. our country Is
so great its resources are so diversified
! and ample and its industries SO varied
| and complete that bargaining tariffs
must in our case inevitably result In
| favoring some industries at the expense
of others in favoring one section OF
the country to the disadvantage of other
sections. probably resulting in a net
| loss to all
We know that Gov. Roosevelt favOrs
| the independence OF the Philippines;
| that he is opposed to the technical
| cancellation of foreign debts. though
| his solution of the foreign debt prob
| lem involves their actual payment by
our own people but we have vet to
hear a word as to his views on foreign
relations and world problems. which
is strange when We consider that the
| last time he ran for Nationwide oHce
he based his entire campaign on a
plea to the American people to join
/ the League of Nations. In fairness 20
him it must be stated that what was
| then to him a sacred cause has re-
Gently been dropped as lost one.
Speeches Series of Lectures"
GOV. Roosevelt simply ignores the
issues, unless we are TO assume that
he accepts the administration program
and policies Except for his railroad
! speech. he has delivered a series Of
| lectures. which are almost academic
in their relation to the realities OF
dence of having come to grips with
I the real economic problems, or Of hav-
ing developed any program for deal
ing with the depression.
Compare Gov Roosevelt's position
with that of President Hoover, as out
| lined in the latter's speech OF &C
ceptance.
L would like to spend few minutes
in calling your attention to the phllos-
ophv of government and to the under
living principles which give conference.
unity end direction to the President
actions and policies.
He says:
The function OF the Federal Gov
| ernment in these times is to use its re-
serve powers and its strength for the
| protection of citizens and local govern
! ments by support to our institutions
against forces beyond their control. 1t
| is not the function of the Government
| to relieve individuals of their respon-
sibi!ities to their neighbors. or to re-
! lieve private institutions of their re-
| sponsibilities to the public, or of local
| government to the States, or of State
| governments to the Federal Govern
ment. In giving that protection and
, that aid the Federal Government must
insist that all of them exert their re-
sponsibilities in full. 1t is vital that
the programs of the Government shall
not compete with or replace any OF
them, but shall add to their initiative
and their Strength.
The solution of our many problems
which arise from the shifting scene of
national life is not to be found in hap
hazard experimentation or by revolu-
ton 1t must be through organic Ge-
velopment of our national life under
these ideals. 1t must secure that CO.
operative action which builds initiative
and strength outside of government. 1t
does not follow, because our difficulties
are StupendouS, because there are some
souls timorous enough to doubt the
validity and effectiveness Of our ideals
/ and our system, that we must turn to
, a State-controlled or ate-directed So
cial or economic system in order to cure
our troubles. That is not liberalism;
it is tyranny. 1t is the RECOMMENDATION
! of mer under autocratic bureaucracy
with all its extinction OF liberty. OF
| hope. and of opportunity. OF course,
no man of understanding says that our
! system works perfectly. 1t does not
! The human race is not perfect. Never
| theless, the movement of true civili-
zation is toward freedom rather than
regimentation.'
/ Three Thoughts Uppermost.
Throughout his conception of the
part Government has to play in these
I critical times you will find three
J thoughts: First, that though the Gov
ernment must furnish the leadership
and assure the coordination and CO.
operation Of existing agencies, institu-
tions and groups, yet success must
ultimately depend on the initiative, the
courage and the fortitude of the peo-
I
! becomes necessary. because of the mag
nitude of an emergency, for the Gov
ernment itself directly to enter the field
! through the creation of emergency in
strumentalities, they should be of such
| character as to supplement rather than
! to supplant or weaken existing inStitu-
! tions and organizations, and should be
set up in such form that once the
emergency is passed. they can be de-
mobilized. leaving our economic and
governmental structure unweakened ano
! unimpaired, and, third, as he himself
said:
! I'VE have resolutely rejected the
temptation. under pressure of lmme-
diate events. to resort to those panaceas
and short cuts which. even If tempo
rarily successful. would ultimately un-
dermine and weaken what has slowly
| been built and nodded by experience
and effort throughout these hundred
and fifty years
Let me give few Illustrations
| 1t was in accordance with these prin-
ciples that, in the earlier stages of the
depression. the President called the
leaders of business and labor together
! and induced them by voluntary action
to take those steps which woulG
[ cushion the initial effects of the col
lapse.
! "It was in accordance with these
| principles that he assumed the leader
ship in mobilizing all of the local reliei
organizations and agencies Throughout
the country to assist restitution.
1T was in accordance with thest
principles that the Reconstruction Fl.
nance Corcyaticn came into being, no,
to supplant existing institutions anc
| functions, bu to uphold the credit
structure of tn, United States and tt
raise the shield of Government credit
to protect our g rat credit and Other
agencies. and, act.ag through them, te