The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-01-11

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n..:,. who should be en-
eaes.,.",. couraged by his gen.
eral statement of
progress made by the recovery admin
1stration and all the allied COLLECTIVE
list institutions.
In plain, forceful language. Mr..
Roosevelt declared that the old meth
DDS have gone into the discard and
that the new social and economic or
der upon the lines laid down by the
national recovery legislation must he
pushed forward and made lasting. OPP
position to this, he asserted, is found
among only few fndividualists. In
general terms he told Of the success
Of the NRA In lessening unempl0y-
ment, abolishing child labor, establish
ing uniform standards of. hours and
wages and preventing "ruinous rival
ries within Industrial groups"
The Presidents claim for farm re-
lief will be questioned by many. Said
he: "Actual experience with the OPP
Grafton Of the agricultural adjustment
act leads to my belief that thus far
the experiment of seeking balance
between production and consumption
Is succeeding and has made progress
entirely in. line with reasonable ex-
pectations toward the restoration Of
farm prices to parity"
Brief allusion was made to the war
debts, and it was stated that stabil-
1zation Of the dollar is impossible at
present because certain other nations
are Handicapped by internal and other
conditions" The message referred
specifically to the disclosures before
the senate banking and currency COM
mittee Of rich and powerful fnanciers
who "evaded the spirit and purpose
of our tax laws" enriched themselves
at the expense of their stockholders
and the public and through reckless
speculation with their own and other
peoples money, injured the values
Of the farmers crops and the savings
Of the poor 1t also declared the in
tention Of the government and the
people to suppress "crimes of organ
lied banditry, cold-blooded shooting.
lynching and kidnapping that have
threatened our security"
The Presidents closing sentences
especially aroused the supporters of
the Constitution. He thanked the
members of congress for their coop
Grafton, and concluded:
"Out of these friendly contacts we
are, fortunately, building a strong and
permanent tie between the legislative
and executive branches Of the gov
eminent. s~
'The letter of the Constitution wise
ly declared separation, but the Inn
pulse of common purpose declares
union. In this spirit we join once
more in serving the American people,"
This message Of the President was
L addressed especially to the Amer
lean people. A few days before he
delivered another that was meant
more for the rest Of the world. 1t was
his speech on Woodrow Wilson's
birthday delivered at a dinner given
by the Woodrow Wilson foundation,
and in it he vigorously attacked po-
litical leaders of other nations for
frustrating the hopes of the peoples
for world peace. Ninety per cent Of
the population of the earth, he
ayerred, is DESTROYS that there shall
be no more wars; but the remaining
10 per cent are misled by politicians
who have fmperialfstic designs and
selfish motives.
Mr.. RooseYelt's peace plan, offered
to the world, may be thus summarized:
Every nation would agree to elm
mate over a period of years and by
progressive steps all weapons of Of
tense, keeping only permanent de-
fensive implements. Each nation
could inspect its neighbor to insure
against offensive weapons.
Every nation would join in a SIM
pie declaration that no armed forces
into the territory Of any other nation.
By ruling that such pacts would be
effective unless all nations agreed the
nations still believing "in the use of
the sword for invasion" would be
pointed out to the pressure of world
opinion.
The President also proclaimed
modification of the Monroe Doctrine,
asserting that 1t would henceforth be
the policy Of the United States to I'M
dertake no single-handed armed inter-
vention in any of the American re-
publics. He declared that it was the
Joint obligation of all those republics
to intervene in any one of them If
such interference should become nee
essary to protect their interests.
TOR the current and the next fiscal
i years the President asks congress
to provide sixteen and a half billion
doliars. in the budget message which
was transmitted to the lawmakers.