The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-04
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NCOnC1Nted from rage ~
believed that we were in the past
generation raising the ethical stand
ards of business" and that "they
called for stringent preventative or
ro~ul tcrv measures. The latter OBJ
yiously was a reference to stock
market abuses for which some PAL
liative probably will be proposed,
War Buddies
Roosevelt berated other nations for
The army. but carefully refrained from
referring to his own tremendous war
preparations to the tune of almost
more than a billion dollars. He ex-
planned that he was not suggesting
detailed legislation today and 1t is
understood that he will follow his
usual practice of sending special di-
rection for each task he wants Con-
gress to perform.
Reduce Production
The President made these asser-
tons about the success of his program
in the face of well-known evidence to
to the contrary:
'The unnecessary expansion of in
dustrial plan, the waste of natural
resources, the exploitation of consum-
ers OF monopolies the accumulation
of stagnant SURPRISES, child labor and
the ruthless exploitation of old labor.
the encouragement of speculation
with other peoples money, these were
consumed in the fires that they them
selves kindled."
In other words, the famous "Roose-
welt revolution" is all overland sue
cessfully. All over but the shouting,
the starving and the fighting.
With respect to unemployment, the
President offered only this:
IT shall continue to regard il as
my duty to use whatever means may
be necessary to supplement States,
local and private agencies for the re-
lief of suffering caused by unemploy-
ment. With respect to this question,
I have recognized the dangers in
herent in the direct giving of relief
and have stopped the means to pro-
vide not mere relief, but the oppor-
tunity for useful and renunerative
work. We shall, In the process of
recovery, do what we can to move as
rapidly as possible from direct relief
to publicly supported work and from
that to the rapid restoration Of pri-
vate employment"
To top all this of, Roosevelt, in the
space Of American Industrial History,
which the world knows to have an
unparalleled tradition of violence,
Roosevelt declared:
Disorder is not an American habit.
Self-help, and self-control are the es-
sence Of the American tradition"
More Imitation
In respect to the monetary policy
Of inflationary gold and silver buying,
he asserted, I'VE are definitely in the
process of recovery" He said, eve
have demanded of many citizens that
they surrender certain licenses to do
as they please in their business rela-
tionship, but we have asked this in ex-
change for the protection which the
state can give against exploitation by
their fellow men or by combinations
Of their fellow men," without, how
ever, indicating whether he referred
to the withdrawal of labor's right to
strike, or to the compulsory coopera-
ton Of business, to the detriment of
little business.
The traditional Presidents mes
sage has always been sent in written
form and has been read by a clerk,
except on occasions OF great inpor-
lance or gravity. Woodrow Wilson
vent to a joint session of Congress
to deliver his war messages; Calvin
Coolidge spoke to a joint session on
the bicentennial of George Washing
tons birthday.
Today's session opens the first
regular session of the Senators and
Representatives elected at the late
alleged silent revolution at the ma
tional election polls.
ignore Worker Demands
1t will be rubber-stamp session,
despite many possibilities of furious
talk and minor moves toward re-
forming the results of the new deal
to benefit various sections of the
upper classes.
OF Federal unemployment and So
cial insurance, a capital levy, of de-
portation of foreign born, farm fore
closures and other immediate de-
mands of militant labor, there will
be little serious discussion. OF this
was assured recently by Henry T.
Rainey, Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
Money for War
Rather, the legislators attention
will be entered on what they are
pleased to call essential legislation"
currency questions, including strongly
fortified demands for overt initiation;
tariff, with the possibilities of au-
thorizing Roosevelt to make interna-
tional agreements in furtherance OF
American imperialism's continual
clamor fol- new markets, and with