Evening star., 1932-07-03

will assume bold leadership In dis
tresS relief. For years, Washington
has alternated between putting its
head in the sand and saying there
Is no large number of destitute
people in our midst who need food
and clothing, and then saying the
States should take care of them, if
they are. Instead of planning two
and half years ago to do what
they are now trying to do, they kept
putting it off from day to day and
week to week, and month to month,
until the conscience of America
demanded action.
say that while primary response
bility for relief rests with localities
now, as ever, yet the Federal Gov
ernment has always had and still
has a continuing responsibility for
the broader public welfare. 1t will
soon fulfill that responsibility.
Against Ceremonies.
And now, just few words about
our plans for the next four months.
BY coming here instead of waiting
for a formal notification I have
made it clear that I believe We
should eliminate expensive cere-
monies, and that we should set in
motion at once, tonight, my friends,
the necessary machinery for an
adequate presentation of the issues
to the electorate of the Nation. 1
myself have important duties as Gov
ernor of a great State. Duties which
in these times are more arduouS and
more grave than at any previous
period, and yet feel confident that
1 shall be able to make number
of short visits to several parts of the
Nation and my trips will have as
their first objective study at first
hand from the lips of men and of
women of all parties and all occupa-
tions, the actual conditions and
needs of every part of an interde-
pendent country.
One word more: Out Of every
crisis, every tribulation, every disas-
ter, mankind rises with some share
of greater knowledge, of higher de-
cency, of purer purpose. Today we
shall have come through a period
of loose thinking and descending
morals, an era Of selfishneSs, Of in
dividual men and women and of
whole nations. Blame not govern
ments alone for this. Blame our
selves an equal share. Let us be
frank in acknowledgment of the
truth that many amongst us have
made obeisance to ''mammon," that
the profits of speculation, the easy
road without toll, have lured us from
the old barricades. To return to
higher standards We must abandon
the false prophets and seek new
leaders of our own choosing.
Stresses Contrast.
Never before in modern history
have the essential differences be-
tween the two major American
parties stood out in such striking
contrast as they do today. Republic
an leaders not only have failed in
material things, they have failed in
national vision. because in disaster
they have held out no hope, they
have pointed cut no path for the
people below to climb back to places
of security and of safety in our
American life.
Throughout the Nation, men and
women, forgotten in the political
philosophy of the Government of the
last years, look to us here for guild
ance and for more equitable oppor-
tunity to share in the distribution Of
national wealth.
On the farms, in the large metro
politan areas and in the smaller
cities and in the villages millions Of
our citizens cherish the hope that
their old standards of living and of
thought have not gone forever. Those
millions cannot and shall not hope
in vain.
I pledge you-I pledge myself
to new deal for the American peo-
pie. Let us all here assembled con-
stitute ourselves prophets of new
order of competence and of courage.
This is more than a political cam
paign; it is a call to arms. Give me
your help, not to win votes alone,
but to win in this crusade to restore
America tn its oWr1 DeoDle