Evening star., 1934-11-16
People, Facing New PeriIs,
Carry On in Same Spirit,
Harrodsburg Told.
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE
PAID EARLY SETTLERS
Harrod and Clark Praised in Dedi-
cation Address for Starting
of Western Empire.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

HARRODSBURG, KY, November
16.-In an address here today featur-
ing the dedication of a memorial to
the first Anglo-Saxon settlement
west of the Allegheny Mountains and
to George Rogers Clark, leader of
those pioneers who blazed the trail
to the great Western domain. Presi-
dent Roosevelt declared that the peo-
pie of the Nation today are pioneers
in that they are facing entirely new
perils and problems.
In drawing this interesting analogy
between those courageous Americans
who conquered the vast West wilder
ness a century and a half ago and
what he referred to as the pioneers
Of 1884" President Roosevelt re-
minded the people of the present day
that the accustomed order of the
formerly established lives of the peo-
pie of this country does not suffice
to meet the changed conditions now
facing them and that again mere
survival calls for new pioneering on
their part.
Hewing Out Commonwealth.
Continuing in this vein, Mr.. Roose-
velt declared that, like those early
frontiersmen, the people today are
hewing out commonwealth. A
commonwealth, as he described it, Of
the States which he hoped would give
to its people more truly than any that
has gone before. the fulfillment of
security, of freedom, Of opportunity
and Of happiness which America asks
and is entitled to receive"
The President spoke from a covered
platform erected within the log
stockade on the site of the original
settlement and a replica of the one
built by the frontiersmen.
With him on the platform besides
his own immediate party. and Gov.
Laffoon and Senator Logan of Ken
lucky. were a number of other nota-
bles of the State and Nation.
More than $4,000 persons were on
hand. The day was sunny and mild
and otherwise ideal for an outdoor
celebration
Heroic Efforts Example.
In making this speech, his first
since the overwhelming victory of
his New Deal administration at the
polls early this month, Mr.. Roosevelt
very happily cast himself in the role
Of the new pioneer" as he linked the
heroic efforts at conquering the
American continent with the present
experiments of the Government.
His very first words as he looked
smilingly at the gathering before him.
tfUvo Y1inraorc nf 1904
come together today to honor the
pioneers of century and half ago"
Then, too, he had been referred to
by Senator Barkley of Kentucky, who
introduced him to the great gather
ing, as the modern pioneer" The
Presidents speech was a brief one-he
wrote it aboard his special train in a
remarkably short time last night. BY
his deliberate and sober references to
the present-day pioneering needed to
meet the changed conditions and new
problems, the President boldly chal-
lenged the imagination of the Ameri-
can people as to what must be ex-
pected in the way of new pioneering
by the New Deal in the struggle for
recovery and survival. AS he pro-
ceeoeQ tne PRESIDENT haunted MS dis
belief in the old order.
Towns History Recounted.
In his customary manner on such
occasions, Mr.. Roosevelt took occa-
sion to recount some of the history
of Harrodsburg, by saying that he had
been recently reading its history, and
he was interested to learn, among
other things, that this famous old
town can lay claim to having been the
scene of more historical first things
than any other spot he had ever
known. In this connection he men
toned that he had read that Har-
rodsburg not only was the first per-
manent settlement beyond the noun
tains, but that it was here that the
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