The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-02

out it the government can not get
the money to give. You and de-
pend on it, and in right sense
your welfare and mine rests upon 1t.
THAT is not just an academic
proposition. Industry can not be
restored, people can not be put back
to work. Banks can not be kept
open, human suffering can not be
cared for, if the government itself is
bankrupt.
We realize now that the great hu-
man values, not for you alone, but
for all American citizens, rest upon
the unimpaired credit of the United
States.
1T was because of this that we
undertook to take the national treas
ury out of the red and put it back
into the black. And in the doing
we laid down two principles-to you
and to veterans of others wars"
The first, Mr.. Roosevelt continued,
was that the government had di-
rect responsibility for the men who
fought and suffered injury or
disease.
mo Special Privilege"
The second was that mo person,
because he wore a uniform must
thereafter be placed in a special
class of beneficiaries over and above
all other citizens.
1T does mean, however" Mr..
Roosevelt went on, chat those who
were injured in or as a result Of
their service are entitled to receive
adequate and generous compensa-
ton. 1t does mean that generous
care shall be extended to the depen~
dents of those who died in or as a
result of their service.
'To carry out these principles,
the people of this country can and
will pay in taxes the sums which it
is necessary to raise. To carry out
these principles will not bankrupt
your government nor throw its
bookkeeping into the red"
Recalling that mistakes, many of
them, were made III the last fifteen
years of administering veteran re-
lief, the President frankly pointed
out also that Il personally know
that mistakes in individual cases
and inequalities affecting We ouS
groups have occurred in the last six
months"
mistakes Are Rectified"
But at the same time" he said,
there stands out the fact that
many of these mistakes have been
rectifed and that we have the def
mite purpose Of doing justice not
only to the mass, but insofar as
possible, to every individual as we'll"
He asserted that furthermore, it
is my hope that in SO far as jus zee
concerns those whose disabilities
are, as a matter of fact, Of war
service origin, the government will
be able to extend even more gen.
erous care than is now provided un-
Ger existing regulations. 1t is to
these men that our obligation
exists
The President then went on to
explain that ito these broad prin-
ciples the time has come, I believe,
for us to add third"
There are many veterans" he
pointed out, "of our wars to whom
disability and sickness unconnected
with war cases has come. To them
the federal government owes the
application of the same rule under
which it has laid down for the re-
lief Of other cases of involuntary
want or restitution"
He made it clear, however, that
these cases would first be referred
to the community and states for
aid. Should those agencies, after
reasonable effort fail, then the fed
eral government would step in.
Il ask your further and even
greater efforts in our program Of
national recovery" the President
said. You who wore the uniform,
you who served, you who took the
oats of allegiance to the American
Legion, you who support the ideals
Of American citizenship have called
to the colors again.
GAS your commander-in-chief and
your comrade, I am confident that
you will respond"
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