Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-09

government ITSELF treating the task as we
would treat the emergency Of war, but at the
same time through this employment accom-
|plishing greatly needed projects to stimulate
|SOurceS.
Must Redistribute Population
Hand in hand with this we must frankly
recognize the over-balance of population in
our industrial centers, and by engaging on
national scale in redistribution, endeavor to
provide better use Of the land for those best
fitted for the land
.'The task can be helped by definite efforts to
raise the values of agricultural products and
with this power to purchase the output of our
cities. It can be helped by preventing realis
tically the tragedy of the growing loss through
foreclosure of our small homes and our farms
It can be act and act quickly.
Finally, in our progress toward a resump
ton of work helped by insistence that the fed
eral, state and local governments act forthwith
on the demand that their cost be drasticaly re-
duced. It can be helped by the unifying of re-
lief activities which today are often scattered
luneconOmical and unequal 1t can be helped
by national planning for and supervision of all
forms OF transportation and OF communica-
Itions and other utilities which have definitely
|pubic character. There are many ways in
(which it can be helped but it can never be help
led merely by talking about it. We must re-
1quire two safeguards against return of the
evils of the old order; there must be a strict
supervision of all banking and credits and in
|vestmentS; there must be an end to speculation
with other peoples money, and there must be
provision for an adequate but~sound currency
These are the lines of attack shall pres
emily urge upon new congress- in special ses-
sion, detailed measures for their fulfillment
and I shall seek the immediate assistance of the
several states.
Through this program of action we address
ourselves to putting our own national house in
order and making income balance outgo Our
international trade relations through vastly inn
portant are in point of time and necessity sec
ondary to the establishment of sound nation
Ial economy. favor as practical policy the
putting the first things first. shall spare no
effort to restore world trade by international
economic read justment, but the emergency at
home can not wait on that accomplishment.
''rhe basic thought that guides these specific
means OF national recovery is not narrowly ma
tionastic. 1t is the insistence as first consid-
eration, upon the interdependence Of the var
lous elements in and parts of the United States
Ia recognition of the old and permanently i'm
portai1t manifestation of the American spirit
OF the pioneer. 1t is the way to recovery. 1t is
the immediate way. 1t is the strongest assur-
ance that the recovery will endure.
I'm the field Of world policy would dedicate
this nation to the policy of the good neighbor-
the neighbor who resolutely respects himself
ana because ne does So respects the right OF
others the neighbor who respects his obliga-
tions and respects the sanctity of his agree
merrts in and with world of neighbors.
Will Ask Broad Powers
"If1 read the temper of our people correctly
we now realize as we have never realized be-
fore. oalr interdependence on each other; that
we cannot merely take, but we must give as
well, that if we are to go forward we must
move as sa trained and loyal army, willing to
sacrifice for the good Of a common discipline,
because without such discipline no progress is
made. no leadership becomes effective. We are,
! know, ready and willing to submit our lives
and property to such discipline because itI
makes possible a leadership which aims at al
larger good This propose to offer, pledging
that the larger purposes will bind upon us all as
a sacred obligation with unity of duty hither-
to evoked only in time of armed strife.
With the pledge taken, | assume unhestat-
ingly the leadership of this great army of our
people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon
our common problems