, 1935-08-25
D. RAPS AT
TORIES IN HIS
RADIO SPEECH
Rules Are Not Sacred,
Principles A r e, /
Told Young Demos
Al Convention

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-R-
Rapping sharply at tories" and
sthe reactionaries OF 1885" Presi-
dent Roosevelt Saturday night urged
American youth Of al parties to
unite and challenge" the methods
Of the old order.
Seated at a desk In the basement
oval room Of the White House, two
microphones before him. the presi-
dent spoke primarily to the con-
vention of the Young Democratic
clubs In Milwaukee, but also TO the
nation at large.
Rules Not Sacred
Rules are not necessarily sacred
principles are" he said. The
methods Of the old order r NOT,
is some would have you believe,
above the challenge Of youth"
The chief executive asserted -
the outset that, despite reports 70
the contrary. his address would NOS
be devoted to answering his politl-
cal critics. He would. he said. EN-
ploy the same words If he were
addressing a convention Of the
youth Of the republican party"
Fitting again and again at those
he said were united in standing
sill on the same old spot" he spoke
in general terms Of a need to i'm
prove social conditions, health ana
security, financial and economic
machinery and governments. He did
rc. refer directly to any Of the
work of the ~adjourning congress
Facts are relentless" he said.
I'VE must adjust u ideas to the
facts today"
As the president spoke. movie men
ground away at him from a glass
enclosed booth designed to prevent
outside noise from creeping into his
n.:crophones. Newspaper cameramen
were others in his direct audience
I'm the Soberly tinted oval room.
Concluding his final challenge"
70 "the youth of America Of al
parties" he said:
Must Garry on Good
Let us carry on the good that
the past gave US. The best OF that
good Is the spirit Of America. Ana
the spirit Of America is the spirit
OF enquiry, OF readjustment, Of I'M
provement, above all a spirit IN
which youth can find the fulfill
ment of its idea
1T Is for the new generation 70
participate in the decisions and TO
give strength and spirit and con-
tinuitv to our government and TO
orr national life"
The president, at n point. re-
called to many his recent references
t. back TO the horse and buggy
days"
The rules that govern the rel
etionship between an employer and
an employe in the blackSmith's shop
IN the days OF Washington" he
said, cannot, Of necessity, govern
the relationship between the $1,000
employees of a great corporation and
the infinitely complex and diffdSeo
ownership of the corporation"
His horse and buggy" reference
was made at a press conference at
which he criticized the supreme
courts overthrow Of the NRA ana
hinted at the possibility Of q new
constitutional amendment.
Continuing from the blacksmith"
analogy, he spoke then Of the need
Of labor being allowed 10 choose its
representatives TO bargain COL
lectively in their behalf" And next
az the modern need for protecting
investors in huge corporations who
nigh otherwise "be exploited"
without their knowledge.
The original concept OF credit
control for financing the economic
life OF a nation OF 100000 people,
he said. naturally would not be
adequate for the United States to-
day. therefore making constant
DEVELOPMENT" necessary. He then
turned to improvements in social
lie. citing efforts TO better sum
conditions, and recalled his own
experiences as a member Of the New
York state legislature in 1911.
Must Have Cooperation
-rhe reforms. however, for which
We were condemned "a years ago"
he said. "are taken TODAY as a mat
ter Of course. And so. I believe, WIN
be regarded the reforms that now
cause such concern to the reaction
aries Of 1885"
He asserted people had learned
trey can carry their burdens eff
fectively "only by cooperation" He
added:
let me emphasize that serious
IS have been the error OF un-
restrained individualism. I do not
briieve in abandoning the system
or Individual enterprise"
To .h~n smoke OF the needs OF
government. asserting Government
tccev REQUIRES higher and highe;
stardards OF those who would serve
it"
Mere party membership and low
atty" he said. scan no LONGER be
the exclusive test. We must be ioval
not merelv TO persons or parties.
but TO the hi0her conceDtions or
ability and devotion that modern
rcvernmar- requires"
After nal slash M the forces
Of reaction and the stories OF the
world" he came 70 the end OF his
adc~Ass with these words:
Therefore. 70 the American vniir"
OF al PARTIES 7 submit n MESSAGE Of
ccnfidence-unit end CHALLENGE"
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