Evening star., 1933-08-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, August 26.
Following is the revised text Of the
address by President Franklin D. Roose-
welt here today:
DR.. MacCracken, my old friends and
all my neighbors of old Dutchess:
am glad that Dr. MacCracken re-
ferred to introducing Dutchess County
to the United States. I think it is a
very fine idea. but as matter of fact,
one Of the things way back in the old
days when ran at another time on
the national ticket. in 1920, and began
to know the United States-one of the
amusing things to me was that there
was hardly State west of Ohio. clear
on out to the Pacific, where I did not
meet somebody in the crowd, or at the
not come up to me and say, MY fam
lily came from Dutchess County in the
old days"
Says County Has Spread.
Dutchess County has spread all over
the United States, and the influence Of
the fine old stock that we have raised
here is being felt in our American citi-
zenship in every part Of the country.
want to go back for minute to
the old days before I got to know the
United States. 1t is. think, Just %
years ago that I chanced to be in
Poughkeepsie on a Saturday morning in
Augusta very hot Saturday morning
In front of the court house ran across
group of friends of mine. As ! re-
member, they were Judge Morschauser,
George Spratt, John Mack and Judge
Arnold. I had only intended to stay in
town for few minutes to do some e.
rands, but they kidnapped me-one Of
the first cases Of deliberate kidnapping
on record-and took me out to the po-
licemen's picnic in Fairview.
Recalls First Speech.
On that joyous occasion of clans and
Sauerkraut and real beer on that great
occasion, made my first speech, and
have been apologiZing for it ever since.
And also on that same occasion I start
ed to make the acquaintance of that
part of Dutchess County that lies out
side of the town of Hyde Park, and
continued to make that acquaintance
all through the campaign that time, be-
cause in August hadn't the foggiest
idea that I was going to rEn. for the
State Senate and it was only because
another band Of Hdnapers kidnapped me
that I got into public life at all. For
I had to talk. and was given the oppor-
tunity of making the acquaintance Of
county. And today, as I drive along
beautiful, concrete highway or one OF
the new county roads. I see in my
minds eye that same road as it existed
in the Autumn of 1910. as I proceeded
over it at the dangerous pace of about
20 miles an hour in Mr.. Hawkey's old
red Maxwell, without any front wind
shield, without any top-an old Maxwell
that when we met horse or team
and that was about every half mile or
so-we had TO stop-not only stop, bat
stop the engine.
Feels County Real Home.
All through all those succeeding years
the friendships that We began at that
time have deepened and, as you know
in spite of the absences in Washington
and Albany, came back to the county
on every possible occasion, with a true
feeling that it was home, and that am
once more among my neighbors. get
the local papers down in Washington,
and judging by them I can say that
during these recent months have taken
deep satisfaction In the fine spirit of
understanding with which the people of
my home county have come along with
the great national effort to set our ma
tional house in order.
In former days. in this State and
other places. We have seen something
of the same performance in the fields of
local government Here and there, in
spots that are altogether too rare, there
is town or a city or county or even
State that has through its own inter-
est-the interest of its own citizenship
af "a "a ~ hof
der the old order, the social or the eco
nonlic or the political life Of the COM
mrnity was drifting down hill through
lack Of action because Of adhering to old
rules that have been promulgated to fit
conditions of a bygone age. In such
individual cases aroused citizens have
chosen new servants or have changed
the form of conducting their local af-
fairs to the advantage of the COM
munity without destroying the princi-
Piles of elf-government. that are inher-
ent in our American civilization.
Thinks Changes Appeared
You and know that in sense this
has occurred throughout the country in
this year 1888 and has made itself felt
in the National Capital. think It Is
the first time In our history that the
Nation as whole, regardless Of party,
has approved drastic changes in the
methods and forms of the functions Of
government without destroying the
basic principles.
Perhaps I can best illustrate the
change that am talking about by
putting 1t this way-that we have been
extending to our national life the old
principle Of the local community, the
principle that no individual man, wom-
an or child, has right to do things
that hurt their neighbors. And on this
neighbors' day think we can properly
emphasize that word. Many centuries
ago, as you know, it was the principle
Of the old English common law-nearly
1000 years ago-and its DEVELOPMENT
has been constant and consistent, to
be fair to ones neighbors and not to do
things that hurt them. In the old days,
when there were only agricultural COM
munities, it was unfair. for example, to
our neighbors to allow our cattle to
roam on our neighbors' land We were
told we had to fence our cattle in. And
then when We got into great cities it
became unfair to maintain, let us say,
pigsty on Main and Market streets.
As this principle was extended it be-
came unfair to olIr nei1hhOrS II We