, 1935-01-04
Complete Text of RooseueH;s Message to Congress

WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. -RHI
The text OF President Roosevelt's
message to congress Friday follows:
Mr.. President. Mr.. Speaker. men,
bers Of the Senate and of the House
OF Representatives:
The constitution wisely provides
that the chief executive shall re-
port TO the congress on the state OF
the union, for through you, the
chosen legislative representatives.
our citizens everywhere may fairly
Judge the progress OF our govern
Have Undertaken New Order
/ am confident that .today, In the
light OF the events OF the past two
years, you do not consider IL merely
a trite phrase when I tell you that
/ I'M truly glad to greet you and that
I look forward TO common counsel,
TO useful cooperation, and TO genu-
Inc friendship between lis.
We have undertaken a new order
OF things: Yet VIZ progress towards
II under the framework and in the
spirit and intent of the American
constitution. We have proceeded
throughout the nation a measurable
distance on the road towards this
new order.
Materially, I can report to you
substantial benefits to our agri-
cultural population, increased in
dustrial activity. and profits 70 our
merchants. OF equal moment, there
is evident a restoration OF that
spirit OF confidence and faith which
marks the American character. Let
him who. for speculative profit or
partisan purpose. without just var
rant would seek to disturb or dispel
this assurance, take heed before he
assumes responsibility for any act
which slows our onward steps.
Throughout the world change is
the order OF the day. In every ma
ton economic problems. long In the
making. have brought crises OF many
kinds for which the masters OF old
practice and theory were unprepar-
ed. II most nations social justice.
no longer a distant ideal, has be-
come a definite goal, and ancient
governments are beginning to heed
the call.
Program Unity Reveals Self
Thus. the American people do not
stand alone in the world in their
desire for change. We seek IL
through tested liberal traditions,
through processes which retain all
OF the deep essentials OF that re-
publican form of representative gov
eminent first given TO a troubled
world by the United States.
AS the various parts in the pro-
gram begun IN the extraordinary
session OF the 73rd Congress shape
themselves in practical admins
tration, the unity OF u program
reveals itself TO the nation. The out
lines OF the new economic order,
rising from the disintegration OF
the old, are apparent. W. test what
we have done MS our measures take
root In the living texture Of life.
We see where we have built wisely
and where We can do still better.
The attempt to make a distinc-
ton between recovery and reform
LA "a udAAOWlN COAAGCANCa CAA1AN W.
substitute the appearance OF real
ity for reality itself. When q man Is
convalescing from illness wisdom
dictates not only cure OF the symp-
toms but also removal OF their cause.
IL liz important TO recognize that
while we seek TO outlaw specific
abuses. the American objective OF
today has an infinitely deeper. fin
or and more lasting purpose than
mere repression. Thinking people
in almost every country OF the world
have come to realize certain funda-
mental difficulties with which CT
~vilization must reckon. Rapid chan
ges-the machine age, the advent
OF universal and rapid communica-
ton and many other new factors
have brought new problems. Sue
breeding generations have attempted
to keep pace by reforming in piece
meal fashion this o that attendant
abuse. As a result, evils overlap and
reform becomes confused and fruS-
trated. We lose sight. from time to
time, OF our ultimate human object
ives.
Let us. for n moment. strip from
our simple purpose the confusion
that results from n multiplicity OF
detail and from millions OF writ
ten and spoken words.
Suffering Old Ills
We find u population suffering
from old irregularities, little chang
ed by past sporadic remedies. In
spite OF our efforts and In spite Of
our talk. We have not weeded out
tia over-privileged and we have not
effectively lifted UP the under-pri-
vileged. Both OF these manifesto
tons OF injustice have retarded hap
piness- No wise man has any in
tenti0n OF destroying what Is known
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