The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-03

amendment should give material aid
To the elimination Of those new forms
OF crime which came from illegal traf-
tic In liquor.
I shall continue to regard 1t as my
duty to use whatever means may Be
necessary to supplement state. local
and private agencies for the relief Of
suffering caused by unemployment.
With respect to this question. have
recognized the dangers inherent In the
direct giving Of relief and have sought
the means to provide not mere relief
out the opportunity for useful and
remunerative work.
We shall. In the process OF recov-
cry, seek to move as rapidly as pos
sible from direct relief to publicly
supported work and from that to the
rapid restoration of private employ.
ment.
Is Credit to People
1t is to the eternal credit OF the
American people that this tremen-
dous readjustment Of our national
life Is being accomplished peacefully
without serious dislocation, with only
a minimum Of injustice and with a
great. willing spirit Of cooperation
throughout the country.
Disorder Is not an American habit
Self help and self control are the
essence Of the American tradition
not OF necessity the form Of that
tradition, but its spirit. The program
itself comes from the American Deo-
pie.
It is an migrated program, ma
tional in scope. Viewed in the large
1t is designed to save from destruc-
ton and to keep for the future the
genuinely important values created
by modern society.
The vicious and wasteful parts OF
that society we could not save II we
wished: they have chosen the way OF
self-destruction.
We would save useful mechanical
invention, machine production, In
dustrial efficiency. modern means OF
communication. broad education.
We would save and encourage the
slowly growing impulse among con-
sumers to enter the industrial mar
ket place equipped with sufficient or
eanization to insist upon fair prices
and honest sales.
What We Would Avoid
But the unnecessary expansion OF
industrial plants, the waste OF ma.
tural resources. the exploitation Of
the consumers Of natural monopolies
the accumulation OF stagnant sur
pluses, child labor, and the ruthles.
exploitation of all labor, the encour.
agement Of speculation with othe,
peoples money. these were consumed
IN the fires that they themselve!
kindled: We must make sure that. 4!
we reconstruct our life, there be ne
soil in which such weeds can grow
again.
!! We have ploughed the furrow and
planted the good seed: the hard be-
ginning is over. II we would reap the
full harvest we must cultivate tn,
soil where this good seed Is sproutinf
and the plant is reaching up to ma.
ture growth.
! A final personal word. know tina,
each of you will appreciate that I an
speaking no mere politeness when
assure you how much I value the fin,
relationship that we have shared
these months of hard and incessan
work.
Out Of these friendly contacts ",
are. fortunately, building q stront
and permanent tie between the legis.
lative and executive branches Of thu
government.
/ The letter of the constitution wisely
declared a separation, but the i'm.
pulse of common purpose declares q
union. In this spirit we Join once
more in serving the American people