The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-23

though the price Of many products
of the farm have gone up and al
though many families are better off
than they were last year, am not
satisfied either with the amount or
the extent of the rise, and that it is
definitely a part of our policy to in
crease the rise and to extend it to
those products which have as yet
felt no benefit.
IF we can not do this one way,
we will do it another. Do it, we
will"
Optimistic Tone Noted
Throughout Mr. Roosevelts ad-
dress, which was generally regarded
as one of the most important pro-
nouncementS since he entered the
White House, there ran a strong
undercurrent Of optimism, particu-
larly in regard to the ultimate sue
cess Of his gigantic recovery pro-
gram.
Speaking of the strides made to-
ward reducing the number of I'M
employed, he observed:
In the early spring of this year
there were actually and proportion
ately more people out of work in
this country than in any other ma
ton in the world Fair estimates
showed twelve or thirteen million
unemployed last March.
100000 Back at Work
Among these, there were, of
course, several millions who could
be classed as normally unemployed
people who worked occasionally
when they felt like it, and others
who preferred not to work at all.
1T seems, therefore, fair to say
that there were about ten million of
cur citizens who earnestly, and in
many cases hungrily, were seeking
work and could not get it. OF these,
in the short space of a few months,
I am convinced that at least 4,0OO,-
600 have been give unemployment
or, saying it another way, 40 per
cent of those seeking work have
found it.
That does not mean, my friends,
that I am satisfied, or that you are
satisfied that our work is ended. We
have long way to go, but we are
on the way"
SmaShes at Chiselers
The President turned from I'M
employment to the NRA, and fired
broadside against those who seek to
trade upon the blue eagle for their
own gain.
In the vast ma jority of cases." he
said, lin the vast majority of local
ities-the NRA has been given
support in unstinted measure. We
know that there are chiSelers. At the
bottom of every case of criticism and
obstruction we have found some sell
fish interest, some private ak to
grind"
In his half-hour address the Pres
ident also promised a continuation
of the federal relief work during the
winter, steady advancement of the
program to save homes from fore
closure through application of the
home mortgage provisions of the
law, and extension of credit to in
duStry, commerce and finance.
Points to Public Works
He pointed to the work being car
ried out on federal construction
projects, reminding localities that
1.-The balance of the public works
money, nearly all of it intended
for tsate or local projects, with only
the presentation Of proper projects
by the states and localities them
selves"
Washington" he said, has the
money and is waiting for the more
proper projects to which to allot it."
Regarding the agricultural adj
justment administration, Mr.. Roose-
welt said:
"I have been amazed by the ex-
traordinary degree of cooperation
given to the government by the cot
ton farmers in the south, the wheat
farmers of the west, the tobacco
farmers of the southeast, and I am
confident that the corn hog farm
erS of the middle west will come
through in the same magnificent
fashion.
The problem we seek to solve has
been steadily getting worse for
twenty years, but during the last
six months we have made more
rapid progress than any nation has
ever made in like period of time.
1T is true that in July farm COM
modify prices had been pushed up
higher than they are today. but that
push came in part from pure specu-
lation by people who could not tell
you the difference between wheat
and rye. by people who had never
seen cotton growing, by people who
did not know that hogs were fed
on corn-people who have no real
interest in the farmer and his prob
lem"
The President pointed out, how
ever, that in spite of the speculative