Evening star., 1933-08-30

The text of Gen. Hugh S. Johnson's
National Recovery day speech last night
follows in full:
1t is great to see in the Capital Of the
Nation these gay fireworks, the gala
floats in the parade, the outpouring Of
the people to celebrate this day and
deal
We are here in the shadow of the
Capitol to tell with pageantry and pyro-
technics the beginning of the end Of
perhaps the greatest peril that has ever
beset this Nation
What the National Recovery Admin
istration is doing is to check the tides
of disaster, distress and deprivation and
launch our country on new era OF
prosperity It can be done and it is be-
ing done We will do it easily If every
body does his part. We will do it des-
perately If any considerable number
hold back and try to block us either
through lack of faith in the great pro-
gram devised by the President of the
United States or with the selfish hope
that he can evade taking the chances
that are his legitimate portion and so
profit by the patriotism Of others. There
is no corporation rich enough. no group
strong enough to block the effort of the
Nation And it is the Nations effort.
From every section of the country We
get echoes of popular rising to make
the program a prompt and complete
success. Everybody knows what We
have gone through. Everybody knows
that We drifted nearer and nearer to
the precipice, until Franklin Roosevelt
took hold the ship and pointed out
the only way in which we could be
saved.
Tree to Be Monument.
He has headed us upstream again and
long after this sapling from Mount Ver-
non, which we planted here today has
become great tree people will come to
this spot to see this ever-growing mon
ument that commentaries these great
deeds
know and you know that it is not
all plain sailing. The inspired idea
of our President is not Self-eXecuting
1t is the people Of the United States
who have got to put it across and make
it stick-and they are doing it. The
tedious business of drafting codes
framing regulations. the pointing out
of what must be done and what it is
not permitted to do is only a part
perhaps the smallest part-of the en-
terprlSe.
No, there is even a smaller part than
that, and that is in the matter of
dealing with those of little vision who
can see only the immediate sacrifice
and not the long-range advantage of
realigning industry. SO that not only
will the stars of the four-year depres-
sion be removed. but that We shall have
a chart which will make any repetition
of the hideous experience impossible
We have no cause for worry in regard
to the fellow who thinks he can cut
corners and by subterfuge and evasion
get his share of the coming prosperity
by sacrificing others That kind of a
person can no more stop this great plan
than can the income tax cheater Grip
pie the revenues that come to the Treas
ury. There will. of course. be provi-
sions in the execution of this law that
will take care of the man who chisels
and shuff1es and trys to pass his bur-
dens on to somebody else He may
get away with it for time, but not
for long. The Stacker may think he
is a smart business man. but he will
find that his petty Judging is the surest
passport to disgrace and bankruptcy in
the world.