Evening star., 1932-11-01

are nearer a final triumph over pow
erty than in any land The poorhouse
has vanished from amongst us; we have
not reached that goal, but given a
chance 10 go forward We shall, with
the help OF God, be in sight Of the
day when poverty will be banished
from this Nation
The Younger Generation.
Our Democratic friends have quoted
this passage many times in this cam
| paign. l do not withdraw a word OF
| It, When I look about the world
even in these times of trouble and
distress I find it more true in this
land than anywhere else under the
travelling sun. I am not ashamed Of
it because l am not ashamed OF hold
ing ideals and purposes for the progress
Of the American people. Are my Demo-
cratic opponents prepared to state that
| they do not stand for this ideal or this
hope? For my part l propose TO con-
tinue to strive for it. and ] hope TO
live TO see il accomplished.
! One of the most encouraging and
/ inspiring phases of this whole cam
paign has been the unprecedented
interest Of our younger men and
women. 1t is in this group that we
1
new families in which the children are
being taught those basic principles Of
love and faith and patriotism. 1t Is
in this group that we find the starting
of business and professional careers
| with courageous and hopeful faces
| turned to the future and its promise.
/ 1t Is this group who must undertake
/ the guardianship Of our American
/ system and carry it forward to its
/ greater achievements.
/ Inevitably in the progress Of time
our country ard its institutions will
be entirely in thsir hands. The bur-
Gens Of the depression have fallen on
4 the younger generation with equal and
/ perhaps greater severity than upon the
elders. 1t has affected not only their
| economic well-being but has tended
also To shatter many illusions. But
their faith in our country and its
institutions has not been shaken. ]
am confident that they will resist any
destruction to our American system OF
political, economic and social life.
It is tribute to America and its
past and present leaders and even more
tribute to this younger generation
| that, contrary 10 the experience OF
other countries, We can say tonight
! that the youth Of America is more
staunch than many Of their elders.
can ask no higher tribute from my
/ party for the maintenance of the
American system and the program Of
( rly administration than the support
being given by the younger men and
! women Of our country. It has just
been communicated to me that tonight
at this time in every county and almost
every precinct Of our country 100000
members of the Young Republican
League are meeting for the support OF
Republican vistOry November "a
victory for the American system.
Represent Change.
My country,nen, the proposals OF our
! opponents represent a profound change
in American Iife-less in concrete pro-
posal. bad as that may be, than by
Implication and by evasion. Domi-
nantly in their spirit they represent q
radical departure from the founda-
tons of $50 wears which have made
this the greatest Nation in the world.
This election is not a mere shift from
the ins TO the outs. 1t means deciding
the direction cur Nation will take over
century TO come.
NV conception of America is a land
where men and women may walk In
ordered liberty, where they may enjoy
the advantages of wealth not concen-
trated in the hands OF few, out dl-
fused through the lives Of all, where
they build and safeguard their homes,
give 10 their children full opportunities
Of Amsrican life. where every man shall
be respected N the faith that his con-
science and his heart direct him to
follow, where people secure in their
liberty shall have leisure and impulse
to seek a fuller life. That leads to the
release of the energies of men and
women TO the wider vision and higher
hope: it leads to opportunity for greater
and greater service not alone OF man
to man in our country, but from our
country to the world 1t leads to health
in body and a spirit unfettered, youth
ful. eager with a vision stretching be-
word the farthest horizons with an
open mind, sympathetic and generous
But that must be builded upon our ex-
perience with the past, upon the foun-
dations which have made our country
great 1t must be the product OF our
truly American system.