Evening star., 1934-06-08
Message Tells
Congress of
Proposal.
ACTION AT NEXT
SESSION is GOAL
Resources of Land
and Water to Be-
Affected.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt told Congress
today that he is preparing vast
plan of social insurance for the Sc
curity "of the citizen and his family"
This, with another national plan
for land and water resources, will be
laid before Congress next Winter.
Cheers resounded from the Demo-
cratic side of the House after the
message was read. The Republican
members sat silent. Speaker Rainey
said the program constituted mag
nifcent conception"
Enactment Predicted.
On the Senate side Senator Robin
son, the Democratic leader. said the
legislation would be enacted at the
next session beginning in January.
Before then, however, comes the
November elections, when all the
House members are up for reelection
and one-third of the Senators. 1t was
certain the social program would play
q prominent part in the campaign.
- In his longest message to the Ma
tional Legislature, the Chief Execu-
tive said
Among our objectives, I place the
security of the men, women and
children of the Nation first"
People" he said, want decent
homes to live in; they want to locate
them where they can engage in pro-
ductive work; and they want some
safeguard against misfortunes which
cannot be wholly eliminated in this
man-made world of ours"
Would Adjust Population.
Regarding homes, he said the Gov
ernment already has appropriated
millions for housing and in hous-
ing bill now before the legislators
can stimulate the lending of money"
to modernize homes and build
new ones.
OF the problem of readjustment of
the population" he said. hundreds OF
thousands of families live where there
is no reasonable prospect of living
in the years to come"
When the next Congress convenes, .
he declared, Il hope to be able to
present to it carefully considered ma
tional plan, covering the development
and human use of our national re-
sources of land and water over long
period of years"
1t involves abandoning millions of
acres for agricultural use and replac-
ing them with better land.
The President disclosed he has be-
gun actuarial studies looking to a
unified system of social insurance, in
cluding unemployment and old age.
Involves Contribution.
Il believe" he said, there should
be a maximum of cooperation be-
tween States and the Federal Govern
ment. I believe that the funds neces-
sary to provide this insurance should
be raised by contribution rather than
by an increase in general taxation"
The States. he said, should meet
at least a large part of the manage
ment COST" leaving the Federal Gov
ernment the task of investing and
safeguarding the reserves
The President struck at critics who
say the Government should devote
itself to recovery first and reform
later.
1t is childish" he said, TO speak
OF recovery first and reconstruction
afterward. In the very nature of the
processes of recovery we must avoid
the destructive influences of the past "
The remarks about homes were in
terpreted as a declaration for enact
ment OF the housing bill at this ses-
sion. This bill is intended to en-
courage repair and building of homes
by a partial Government guarantee
of loans
Raps New Deal Foes.
About the new deal in general, the
President said:
we nave sought to put forward
the rule of fair play in finance and
industry.
1T is true that there are a few
among us who would still go back
These few offer no substitute for the
gains already made, nor any hope for
making future gains for human
happiness.
They loudly assert that individual
liberty is being restricted by govern
ment, but when they are asked what
individual liberties they have lost,
they are put to it to answer"
This was clearly Mr.. Roosevelt's re-
ply to any opposition his administra-
tlon encounters in the coming cam
paign.
You are completing" he told Con-
greSs "a work begun IN March, 1888,
which will be regarded for a long
time ss a splendid justification of the
vitality of representative government.
Confident of Future.
You and l. as the responsible di-
rectors of these policies and actions,
May, with good reason, look to the
future with confidence, just as we
may look to the past Is months with
reasonable satisfaction.
On the side of relief we have ex-
tended material aid to millions of our
fellow citizens.
On the side of recovery we have
helped to lift agriculture and industry
from condition of utter prostration. !"