The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-04

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By United Prose
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. =
President Roosevelt charted
today for a joint session of
Congress the outlines of a
new American economic order
to make individuals and fami-
lies in this country secure.
He revealed the New Deals second
phase. Major factors of the pro-
gram which he asked Congress to
| enact:
/. Provide every able bodied in
| diyldual with job.
2. Abandon the dole system of re-
lief.
3. Transfer relief of unemployable
to local authorities.
4. Old age and unemployment in
Surance, plus start toward benefits
for children, mothers and others
handicapped by dependency or i'll
ness.
5. Unif1cation of all emergency
public works in a new and greatly
enlarged plan.
6. Orderly displacement of the
Federal Emergency Relief Admin
istration by the new emergency
works agency.
He assured Congress his program
would be within the sound credit
of the Government"
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke in the hall
of the House of Representatives.
Senators and Representatives
damned the floor. Visitors CALLER
les overlooked with a tense crowd
ing consequence.
Mr.. Roosevelt said the outlines of
the new economic order had become
apparent. He laid down a new
policy of living for the American
people.
In past years, he said. reform had
| become confused and frustrated be-
cause it was attempted in piecemeal
fashion.
LAS a result" he continued, "evils
overlap. We lose sight, from time
to time, of our ultimate human OBJ
iectives.
In spite of our efforts and in
spit of our talk, we have not weeded
out the privileged and we have
not effectively lifted up the under
privileged
Supports Profit Motive
But the President said the New
Deal had clear mandate from the
American people that excessive
profits and undue private power over
private and public affairs as well
must be foresworn. He said he
did not seek to divide our wealth
into equal shares on stated occa-
SionS."
But we do assert" Mr.. Roose-
velt continued, that the ambition of
the individual to obtain for him and
his a property security, a reasonable
leisure, q decent living throughout
life, is an ambition to be preferred
to the appetite for great wealth and
great power"
Mr.. Roosevelt committed himself
to the profit motive" but defined
it as the right for the individual to
work and earn decent living for
himself and his family.
In general terms, Mr.. Roosevelt
defined three ma jor factors of his
security project:
l. Security of livelihood through
the better use of national resources.
2. Security against the major haz-
ards Of vicissitudes of life.
3. Security of decent homes.
Broad Program Is Ready
Il am now ready to submit to the
Congress" he said, "a broad pro-
gram designed ultimately to estab-
lish all three of these factors of
securlty-a program which because
of many lost years will take mans
future years to fulfill"
He assured the nation that the
public works program which is to
absorb the enployable jobless mill
lions now on the dole and carry the
unemployment burden until private
work is available for them would be
governed by practical considerations
as follows:
l. All work must be useful and
designed to create permanent i'm
provement or future new wealth for
the nation.
2. Compensation will be in the
form Of security payments" larger
than the present dole relief, but be-
low wage levels of private employ
ment.
3. Projects will provide a large
percentage of direct labor.
4. Preference will be given to self
liquidating projects
5. Competition between public
works and private enterprises will
be avoided as far as possible.
6. Project planning shall seek TO
assure work during the coming f1s-
cal year to employable individuals
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