Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09

others the neighbor who respects his
obligation and respects the sanctity
of his agreements in and with a world
of neighbors.
If l read the temper of our people
correctly, we now realize as we have
never realized before our interde-
pendence on each other; that we can
not merely take, but we must give
as we'll, that if we are to go forward
we must move as a trained and loyal
army willing to sacrifice for the good
of common discipline, because with
out such discipline no progress is
made, no leadership becomes effec-
tive.
We are, l know, ready and willing
to submit our lives and property to
such discipline because it makes pos
sible leadership which aims at a
larger good. This l propose to offer
pledging that the larger purposes will
bind upon us all as a sacred obliga-
tion with a unity of duty hitherto
evoked only in time of armed strife.
With this pledge taken, | assume
unhesitatingly the leadership of this
great army of our people dedicated
to disciplined attack upon our COM
mon problems.
Constitution Allows Coping with
Extraordinary Needs.
Action in this image and to this
end is feasible under the form of gov
eminent which we have inherited
from our ancestors. Our constitution
is so simple and practical that it is
possible always to meet extraordinary
needs by changes in emphasis and
arrangement without loss of essential
form. That is why our constitutional
system has proved itself the most
superbly enduring political mechan-
ism the modern world has produced
1t has met every stress of vast expan-
sion of territory, of foreign wars, of
bitter internal strife, of world rela-
tionS
1t is to be hoped that the normal
balance of executive and legislative
authority may be wholly adequate to
meet the unprecedented task before
us. But it may be that an unpre-
cedented demand and need for unde-
layed action may call for temporary
departure from that normal balance
of public procedure.
| am prepared under my constitu
tional duty to recommend the meas
ures that stricken nation in the
midst of a stricken world may re-
quire. These measures, or such other
measures as the congress may build
out of its experience and wisdom,
shall seek, within my constitutional
authority, to bring to speedy adop-
ton,
VIII Ask Power to Wage
Emergency War.
But in the event that the congress
shall fail to take one of these two
courses, and in the event that the
national emergency is still critical,
shall not evade the clear course
of duty that will then confront me
l shall ask the congress for the one
remaining instrument to meet the
crisis-broad executive power to wage
war against the emergency, as great
as the power that would be given tC
me if we were in fact invaded by a
| foreign foe.
For the trust reposed in me | will
| return the courage and the devotion
that befit the time. | can do no less
We face the arduous days that lie
before us in the warm courage Of
national unity; with the clear con
seriousness of seeking old and pre-.
cious moral value; with the clean sat
isfaction that comes from the sterr
performance of duty by old and youns
alike. We aim at the assurance of 6
rounded and permanent national life
We do not distruSt the future of es
sential democracy. The people of the
United States have not failed. Ir
their need they have registered 6
mandate that they want direct vigor
Gus action. They have asked for dis
cipline and direction under leader.
ship. They have made me the pres.
ent instrument of their wishes. In the
spirit of the gift l take it.
In this dedication of nation, we
humbly ask the blessing of God. May
He protect each and every one of us
May He guide me in the days to come
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