The Indianapolis times., 1934-01-03


mediate past and confident
hope for our country's future
marked Mr.. ROOsevelt's mes
sage.
Motoring swiftly from the White
House to the Capitol after the open
ing ceremonies III congress, the
President was escorted to the read
ing desk in the house chamber and
began delivering his message at
12:39 o. m. indianapolis time0
Only in the field of foreign affairs
did the Presidents optimism falter.
His Judgment today is that fear OF
aggression, expenditure of vast sums
on ornaments, and the constant
erection of trade barriers prevent
any great progress in peace or trade
agreements.
Permanent readjuStment of many
of the nations social and economic
ARRANGEMENTS was the objective
placed before congress by the Presi-
dent. The division is sharp and
clear, Mr.. Roosevelt said. Between
those who would recover by return
to the old order and those to whom
recovery means reform of old
methods. Of that latter group Mr..
Roosevelt is the head.
We Must Go Forward
"Civilization can not go back he
said. Civilization must not stand
still. 1t is our task to perfect, to
improve, to alter when necessary,
but in all cases to go forward
He counseled that without par
tisanship but with cooperation it is
hoped there is to be built "on the
ruins of the past a new structure
designed better to meet the present
problems of modern civilization"
Bound up in those problems are
the relations of industry, agricul-
ture and finance to each other. The
message continued, and the situa-
ton of the individual citizens and
the people as a whole.
Tax evaders within the letter of
the law and high officials of banks
or corporations who have grown rich
at the expense of stockholders or
the public drew the Presidents fire.
I'VE have been shocked" he said,
"by many notorious examples of in
juries done our citizens by persons
or groups who have been living off
their neighbors by use of methods
either unethical or criminal"
Attacks Kidnapers
The President expressed his abb
horrence equally of those notorious
examples in high station and of the
clan of the gun. organized banditry,
lynching ana kidnapping.
There could De no misapprehen-
sion of whom Mr. Roosevelt spoke.
Il am speaking" he said, of
those individuals who have evaded
the spirit and purpose of our TAX
laws, Of those high officials of banks
and corporations Who have grown
rich at the expense of their stock
holders or the public, of those reck-
less spectators with their own or
other peoples money whose opera
tions have injured the values of the
farmers crops ana the savings Of
the poor"
The message was more than an
address to congress or even to the
people with an aroused section Of
big industry moving inevitably to
legal challenge of much recovery
legislation. The President ad-
dressed himself today also to ,he
third branch of government nor
mally left to go its way alone and
without advice.
ITO consolidate what we are do
ing" he said ITO make our eco
nomic and social structure capable
of dealing with modern life is the
joint task of the legislative, the
judicial and the executive branches
of the national government"
If that is bid for gentle supreme
court treatment of the recovery
cases, which shortly will be going to
that august body, then there it is
and out in the open.
Keep Silent on Dollar