Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-01-11

rao..a.n couraged by his gen,
eraI statement OF
progress made by the recovery admin.
istration and all the allied collectiv,
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 be
pushed forward and made lasting. OPP
position to this, he asserted, Is found
among only a few i~ndividualists. In
general terms he told of the success
OF the NRA I'm lessening unemplov.
ment. a%bolishing 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 OBJ
Grafton Of the agricultural adjustment
act lends to my belief that thus far
the experiment of seeking a balance
between production and consumption
Is succeeding and has made progress
entirely In line with reasonable ey-
pectations toward the restoration OF
farm prices to parity"
Brief allusi0n was made to the war
debts, and 1t was stated that stabil-
ization 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
mlttee of rich and powerful ~financiers
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
or the poor 1t also declared the in
tention OF the government and the
people to suppress Grimes 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 coon.
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.
THE letter Of the Constitution wise
ly declared a separation, but the i'm
pulse OF common purpose declares a
union. In this spirit we Join once
more In serving the American people,
THIS message of the President was
: 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 II he vigorously attacked DO
leaders OF other nations for
frustrating the hopes of the peoples
for world peace. Ninety per cent OF
population Of the earth, he
averred, is DESTROYS that there shall
be no more wars; but the remaining
10 per cent are misled BY politicians
who have imperlalistic designs and
motives.
MIR. R~oosevelt's peace plan, offered
o the world, may be thus summarized
Every nation would agree TO elm
nate over a period of years and by
progressive steps all weapons OF Of
ense. keeping only permanent de-
ensiye implements. Each nation
inspect its neighbor to insure
Igainst offensive weapons.
Every nation would join In a sim
lie declaration that no armed forces
cAa DN AAAo0Ed w IIOSh It's borders |
nto the territory of any other nation.
BY ruling that such pacts would be
Elective unless all nations agreed the
ations still believing Sin the use OF
he sword for INVASION would be
ointed u to the pressure Of world
The President also proclaimed a
Of the Monroe Doctrine.
that 1t would henceforth be
le policy OF the United States to un-
no single-handed armed inter
In any OF the American re-
lblics. He declared that 1t was the
lint obligation Of all those republics
intervene in any one of them II
lch interference should become nee
'sary to protect their interests.
NOR the current and the next fiscal
years the President asks congress
provide sixteen and a half billion
liars, In the budget message which
az transmitted to the lawmakers. !,