The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-02
No Special Priuileges
 For Vets-R0oseUeLt
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, was that the government had direct responsibility for the men who fought and suffered injury or disease.
 The second, was that "no person, | because he wore u uniform must hereafter be placed in special class of beneficiaries over and above all other citizens. Tt does mean, however" MT Roosevelt went on, that those who were injured In or as Q result of their service, are entitled to re. ] ceive adequate and generous com- pensation. It does mean that gem erous care shall be extended to tho dependents 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 1t is neceeary to raise. To carry out these principles will not bank rupt your government nor throw its bookkeeping into the rcd"
 Recalling that mistakes. many of them, were made in the last 1o years of administering veteran re. lief, the president frankly pointed out also that 1T personally know that mistakes in individual eases and inequalities affecting various groups have occurred in the past | stx months"
 But at the same time," he said,
 there stands out the fact that many of these mistakes have been rectitled and that we have the deh- nite purpose of doing justice not only to the mass, but in so far as possible, to every individual as we'll"
 He asserted that Furthermore, 1t Is my hope that in so far as justice concerns those whose disabilities are, as a matter of fact, of war service origin, the government will be ablo to extend even more gen. erous care than is now provided under existing regulations. It is to these men that our obligation exists"
 The president then went on to explain that "to these broad prin- icples the time has come, be- lieve, for us to add a third"
 "There are many veterans" he pointed out. "of our wars to whom disability and sickness unconnect- ed with war cases has come. To them the federal government owes the application of the same rule under which 1t has laid down for | the relief of other cases of invol- untary want or restitution" | He made 1t 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, but not until that time.
 Turning away from the direct problem of veteran relief and ad- mlnistration. the president ap- pealed for the support of the for mer service men in the efforts for national recovery.
 | "The realization of our national program cannot be attained in six months" he said. "Re-employment has proceeded only . part of the way. From week to week there will be ups and downs, but the net freezing of credits has been stopped and the ice is definitely melting. Farm income has been increased; 1t must be further in- creased."
 Industry has picked up but an increased purchasing power must stimulate further.
 Your task and mine are simi- | lar. Each one of us must play an individual part In our own field in dealing with these many problems, but at the same time we must res allze that the individual part be- longs to a loosely related whole the national unity of purpose and of action."
 q ask your further and even greater efforts in our program of national recovery. You who wore the uniform, you who served, you who took the oatht of allegiance to the American Legion. you who support of ideals of American citi- zenship, I have called to the colors again. As your commander-in- chief and your comrade, am con- fident that you will respond"