Evening star., 1933-08-27
Tells Dutchess County Neigh.
bors Spirit of People Has
Put Over N. R. A.
SPEECH Is HIGHLIGHT
OF HOMECOMING FETE
Chides Audience for Failure to
Modify Government-----ly
Honored on Birthd =.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star,

STAFF Correspondent OF The Star
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, August 26.
Placing the greatest possible empha-
sis to his words, and pounding the
clenched fist of his right hand into
the palm of his left, President Roose-
welt In q speech here this afternoon
declared his recovery program is sue
ceeding In increasing the purchasing
power and that the downhill drift has
definitely turned and has become AN
upward surge Of America"
There was supreme confidence In
the Presidents tone as he made this
utterance. His words were loudly ap-
plauded by several thousand persons as
sembled to hear his speech. His words
struck a happy chord. the people did
not respond merely with handclapping.
They cheered and yelled, and danced.
The occasion for the address was the
homecoming reception held on the
Vassar College campus and given in
his honor by the citizens of Hyde Park,
Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County
The affair was arranged to give his
neighbors an opportunity to see and
hear the President and to show their
appreciation of his return home for his
vacation. With Mr. Roosevelt to en-
JOY this friendly demonstration were
his wife and mother.
President Speaks In Open.
The President spoke from a small
platform in the open. He was intro
duced by DR.. Henry Noble MacCracken,
president of Vassar
Mr.. Roosevelt praised the people Of
the entire country for the patriotic
manner in which they are supporting
the N. r. A. There is a unanimity
throughout the land" he said. the
like Of which has not been seen since
April, 1917. by which the American
people are getting together behind the
spirit Of the N. r. A. In every COM
munity, in every State, they are going
to live by this principle. and through
its operation and through the opera
tion of other great agencies Of the Gov
eminent which we have started. we are
going to bring this country back to
better times"
Sees Country's Approval.
In commenting upon the broad pow
ers conferred upon him for his battle
to bring about recovery, the President
said it is the first time in the history
of the Nation that the country as a
whole, and regardless of party, has ap-
proved what he described as drastic
changes in the methods and forms Of
the functions of government without
destroying the basic principles.
In this respect, the President said he
was every grateful for the fine spirit Of
understanding with which the people
have gone along with the effort to set
the national house in order. He re-
minded mis- listeners that in times past,
in the fields of local government. citizens
have become conscious Of the fact that
the old order of things, social, economic
and political, was drifting downhill
through lack of action or because of
adherence to old rules which had been
promulgated to fit conditions of by
gone age. He added that in such iSo-
lated cases aroused citizens have chosen
new servants or have changed the form
of conducting their local affairs to the
advantage of the community without
destroying the principles Of self-gov-
eminent. 1t was as result OF such
awakening on the part OF the people
that there Is q new order of things for
the Nation at large, he said.
Secs Old Principle Extended.
In explaining this new deal, the
President said that the old principle of
home community that no individual,
no family, has a right to do things
which hurt the neighbors, has been ex-
tended to the national life. He added
that the extension of this idea OF not
hurting the neighbor is recognized to-
day as no infringement on the guaran-
tee of personal liberty to the individual.
This is true, he said, because lit Is no
more restriction to tell a man that he
was to pay adequate wages than 1t Is to
tell a man that he cannot hire child
labor or that he cannot maintain a
nuisance"
It was at this point that Mr.. Roose-
| welt said that it is with this under
standing that the Nation is accepting
the deeper purposes of the national re-
covery act and its provisions and its
agreements with such wholesale ap-
| proval.
Following this mention of the recov-
cry act, the President declared the
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