The Bismarck tribune., 1933-03-04
Says HE Will CALL
SPECIAL SESSION TO
GET SPEEDY ACTION
Date for Meeting Of New Con.
gress Not Given, However,
In Inaugural Address
100000 ATTEND ceremony
Declares Intention to Marshal
People for Disciplined
Attack on Problems
100000 ATTEND CEREMONY


Washington, March 4.-(R-Pred-
dent Roosevelt, in . momentous In
augural address Immediately after
taking his oath Saturday, told the ma
ton he would ask for wartime pow
ers II necessary to meet the national
emergency.
The newly inaugurated president
said he would call the new congress
into special session to carry out his
planned attack on the crisis. saying
I'VE must act and act quickly" but
he did not reveal when the session
would be called.
Among the policies outlined by the
nations new leader was that there
must be provision for an adequate but
sound currency"
Standing In front Of the capitol
before throng Of well over 100000
people. Roosevelt solemnly pledged
himself to assume unhesitatingly the
leadership Of "this great army Of our
-people dedicated to . disciplined at
tack upon our common problems."
1T Is to be hoped that the normal
balance Of executive and legislative
authority may be wholly adequate to
meet the unprecedented task before
u.s." President Roosevelt said.
But It may be that an unpreced-
ented demand and need for unde-
layed action may call for temporary
departure from that normal balance
- ,>,,Aaao y>so<>><a,,v,A
II am prepared. under my constitu-
tional duty, to recommend the meas
ures that q stricken nation In the
midst OF i stricken world may re.
uuire. These measures, or such other
measures as the congress may build
out Of its experience and wisdom, I
shall seek, within my constitutional
authority, to bring to speedy adop-
ton.
WIN Not Evade Duty
"But in the event that the con-
cress shall fail to take one Of these
Two courses, and In the event that
the national emergency Is still criti-
cal, shall not evade the clear course
Of duty that will then confront me.
II shall ask the congress for the
one remaining instrument to meet
the crisis-broad executive power to
wage q war against the emergency,
as great Is the power that would be
given to me II we were In fact In
vaded by foreign foe"
Expressing confidence In the na-
tons future. Roosevelt told his tre-
mendous audience that the only
thing We have to fear Is fear itself
-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified
terror which paralyzes needed efforts
TO convert retreat into advance"
Plenty Is ct our doorstep. but =
generous use Of It languishes In the
very sight Of the supply" the presi-
dent said. primarily. this = because
the rulers Of the exchange Of man-
kinds goods have failed through their
own stubbornness and their own In.
competence, have admitted their fail.
ure and abdicated.
Practices Of the uuscrupulous
money changers stand indicted In the
court Of public opinion. rejected By
the hearts and minds Of men. The
! money changers have fled from their
high seats In the temple Of our civih-
xatiou. We may now restore that
temple to the ancient truths"
Outlines His Program
The new national leader outlined I
program Of action, along these lines:
TO put people to work. In part by
direct recruiting by the government
itself.
H..>-s%s>.. - <S,> oa,ns ha1on~> ~
population In our industrial centerA
and peovision tor ''better use Of the
land BY those best fitted for the land.
Definite efforts to raise tho values
OF our agricultural products and with
this create power to purchase the out
put Of our cities.
Prevention Of foreclosures Of small
homes and farms.
Insistence that the federal, STATE
and local governments oct forthwith
on the demand that their cost b
drastically reduced. IS.
Unificetion Of relief activities.
National planning for and super
vision Of all forms Of transportation
and Of communications and othel
utilities.
safeguards against return 'ol thu
evils Of the old order" By strict super
vision Of Ill banking and credits and
investments; putting eu end 70 specu.
latiou with ottGr peop1eg money and
rrovision for "an adequate but sound
"These are the lines q attack" thu
president said. II shall presently