Evening star., 1933-12-14
ROPER HOLDS HOPE
DESPITE CRITICS
Secretary, in Forum Address,
Gives Program to Guard
= Against Depression.

Eikening critics of the national recov-
cry program to the critics Of the Con-
stitution in the ost-Revolutionary pc
riod, Secretary of Commerce Daniel O.
Roper last night predicted that the
benefits of the administration program
will survive in spite OF those opposing
the Governments present activities.
His address was made in the National
Radio Forum, arranged by The WASH
ington Star and broadcast over a coast
forecast network of the National Broad
casting Co.
mo sensible person maintains that
any OF our recovery agencies has reached
its final and most effectual FORM" Sec
retary Roper said THE recovery pro-
gram is motivated by the same princi-
Piles and fundamentals which charac-
terizsd our Constitution. With the
wholehearted support and cooperation
of all. however, the recovery program,
with its defects. should be progressively
beneficial to our people"
Gives Success Program.
The cabinet member also outlined q
four-point program for the guidance OF
the people in avoiding a recurrence OF
the catastrophe such as we have expe-
rienced during the last four years"
These instructions he gave as: "Q)
Cultivate individually a determination
to keen in tho middle Of the read in the
control of se'flsh purposes. realiZing that
We cannot I've alone or under uncon-
trolled selashness and be happy; 90
keep In mind the fact that human in
Americas greatest assets; to be encour-
aged, but supervised in the interests OF
all: 90 remember that the producer In
field and factory, the farmer, the manu-
facturer, must study the consumers
needs and viewpoint and adjust his pro-
duction Of raw materials and manufac-
lures accordingly; a. cultivate vision
broad enough to comprehend world con-
ditions for commerce and good will that
will so adjust trade barriers as to safe
guard proper internationalism while af-
fording due consideration to our people. II
. Text of Address.
The text of Secretary Roper's address
follows
No one will undertake to dispute the
fact that the radio is one Of mans
greatest inventions and, furthermore
1t is one of his kindliest. It brings the
whole world-as long as you wish it OF
you can stand it-into single room
The listener can. by quick twist Of the
dial. get rid of any speaker he doesn't
care to hear or swap him for a more
agreeable companion. Best Of all. the
speaker, fortunately, doesn't know how
many listeners turn their backs on him
by tuning him out" 1t would be in
forming to know how many. upon tun-
ing in on this station at this minute
may be explaining, There Is nothing
m, bi1t fo1kinOp-henro 70 cuifchin0 ofY
the radio.
I fancy that many of those who talk
over the radio today on any one of
various economic subjects wonder how
many people as soon as such an
address begins, turn the dial to another
and, for them, more entertaining
program. Before coming to the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. studio tonight,
I reflected upon this matter of dis
cussing economic subjects over the
radio. If the person who speaks into
the microphone were to enter your
home personally and sit down and talk
with you. am sure that his conversa-
tion would be considerably different
from the address he gives over the
radio. So. tonight. have decided to
dispense with the usual formal radio
address and personally visit with you in
yOuI llOllCS 1ucIc ID d Ol1CICIlCc
however. because If were actually in
your home you would have a better
chance to reply to me.
Economic Interest Grows.
1t is safe to assume that the people
of this country are more keenlv inter-
ested today in economic activities than
they have been at any time heretofore.
But thev may be tired of hearing eco
non1ic disserts tions in the usual man
ner. Certainly. every listener to me
tonight Is interested in our national
recovery program. chiefly from the
angle of how 1t affects human beings,
rather than how 1t shows up in sta
tistics or in zig-Zag lines on what we
call charts and graphs It is only when
we measure recovery detectives and re-
suits in terms Of human values rather
than in statistical values that we get
et the real core. at the real meaning. OF
the great social and economic cha uges
that ere taking place about US. It is
these CHARGES that are going tn make
our lives during the coming 10 wears
in the pest 10 years And. each Of US
individually and collectively. wonders
and wants r. know how these changes
are probably going to affect US
personally
7 desire with vour Indulgence tn talk
with Won tonight about two things
which will h.'o to answer these personal
questions: First. the recovery program
from the human angla and second
your Dena rtrrant # Comre-ce-and
what it is doing toward rn"king on
country better. a sofer ard a more
pleasant pee. in which to live.
No Mystery in New Deal"
about the Presidents new deal" pro-
gram. honestly believe that the aver
age citizen understands it better than
many Of those economists and leaders
OF the so-called New Era Prosperity
days preceding the economic collapse
Of 1929. We all remember the Oft
quoted truth. There is none so blind
as those who will not see." 1t Is those
people refusing to see the humane
fundamentals underlying the President's
recovery program who becloud the
issue with talk about distractions and
theories which are no longer applicable
to the critical times in which we are
now living
No one can hope to understand oul
present recovery program If he COM
pares it with conditions as they existed
before this last tragic depression. Oul
bloodless economic and social revolu.
ton, which has appropriately beer
called the New Deal" has, broadly
speaking, done three things:
First, it has eliminated those parts
of our economic and social life which
were proved by the 10 years experience
following the World War to be in.
adequate and unsuccessful;
Second. it has retained those insti.