The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-29
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
NEW DEAL FOES
ARE TARGET OF
ROOSEVELT FIRE
Are You Better Off Than
Before?' President Asks
in Talk.
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were appointment of the stock mar
ket and communications commits
sions and signature or veto of bills
remaining on his desk.
Last nights address was the most
comprehensive and studied reply he
has yet made to political enemies
and contained a blunt denial of
charges that the country was head
ed either for Fascism, Communism
or RECOMMENDATION.
In effect, Mr.. Roosevelt compared
the critics of the new deal to the
faint-hearted Caspar MilquetoaSt
of cartoon fame, refusing to take
their barbs with great seriousness.
''All that we do seeks to fulfill the
historic traditions of the American
people," he said. "Other nations
may sacrifice democracy for the
transitory stimulation of old and
discredited autocracies. We are re-
storing confidence and well-being
under the rule of the people them
selves"
People Still Rule
1--WE remain" he added, 'sas John
Marshall said a century ago, EN-
phatically and truly a government
of the people. Our government in
form and Observation-Disclosures from
them. It's powers are granted by
them, and are to be exercised di-
rectly On them, and for their bene-
fits"
Sitting in shirt sleeves in the
sweltering Blue room of the White
House, Mr.. Roosevelt spoke for
nearly a half-hour, giving an &C
counting of his stewardship. The
greater part of the speech was de-
voted to resume of accomplish
ments, particularly those of the
seventy-third congress.
He emphasized the necessity for
security as subject worthy of con-
sideration of the next legislative
body and also the use of land and
water resources as a means of meet
ing more fully the daily needs of
the citizenry.
"And finally" he added, ''the
third principle is to use the agencies
of government to assist in the es-
Enlistment of means to provide
sound and adequate protection
against the vicissitudes of modern
life-in other words, social insur-
Denies Communist Trend
"a few tinid people," he ex-
planned, who fear progress, will try
to give you new and strange names
for what we are doing. Sometimes
they will call it 'Fascism,' some
times Communism sometimes
Recommendation some times Social
ISM. But, in so doing, they are try
ing to make very complex and theo-
retical something that is really very
simple and very practical.
Il believe IN practical eXplana-
lions and in practical policies. I
believe that what we are doing today
is a necessary fulf1llment of what
Americans have always been doing
"a fulf1llment of old and tested
American ideals"
The President struck an optimistic
note when he asserted that "the
program of the past year is definite
ly in operation and that opera
ton month by month is being made
to fit into the web of old and new
conditions"
This process of evolution" he
remarked, lis we'll illustrated by the
constant changes in detailed
organization and method going on
in the National Recovery Admins
tratiOn."
Look at Your Bank Book
"In this same process of evolu-
ton we are keeping before us the
detectives of protecting on the one
hand industry against the chiSelers
within its own ranks, and on the
other hand, the consumer through
the maintenance of reasonable
competition for the prevention of
the unfair sky-rocketing of retail
prices"
Mr.. Roosevelt asked his audience
to sit in as the jury and judge the
achievements. aEss
THE simplest ways for each of