Evening star., 1935-01-04
Text of Message

The Presidents message to Con-
gress follows in full:
Mr.. President, Mr.. Speaker.
members of the Senate and the
House of Representatives:
The Constitution wisely pro-
vides that the Chief Executive
shall report to the Congress on the
state Of the Union, for through
you. the chosen legislative repre-
sentatives, our citizens everywhere
may fairly Judge the progress of
our governing. ! am confident
that today, In the light Of the
events of the past two years, you
do not consider 1t merely a trite
phrase when I tell you that am
truly glad to greet you and that
look forward to common counsel,
to useful cooperation and to gen.
uine friendships between us.
Progress Is Reported
Under New Order.
We have undertaken a new or
der Of things: yet we progress
toward it 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
toward this new order. Materially,
I can report to you substantial
benefits to our agricultural popu-
lation, increased industrial activity
and profits to our merchants. OF
equal moment, there is evident a
restoration of that spirit of conf
dence and faith which marks the
American character. Let him who,
for speculative profit or partisan
purpose. without just warrant
would seek to disturb or dispel this
assurance, take heed before he as
sumes responsibility for any act
which slows our onward steps.
Throughout the world change is
the order Of the day. In every
nation economic problems, long in
the making, have brought crises
Of many kinds for which the mas
ters of old practice and theory
were unprepared. In most nations
social justice, no longer a distant
ideal, has become a definite goal,
and ancient governments are be-
ginning to heed the call.
Thus, the American people do
not stand alone in the world in
their desire for change We seek
it through tested liberal traditions,
through processes which retain all
Of the deep essentials Of that re-
publican form of representative
government first given to a troubled
world by the United States.
Unity Of Program
Is Revealed to Nation.
As the various parts in the pro-
gram begun in the extraordinary
session of the Seventy-third Con-
gress shape themselves in prac-
tical administration, the unity Of
our program reveals itself to the
Nation. The outlines Of the new
economic order, rising from the
disintegration Of the old, are ap-
parent. We test what We have
done as 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 q distlnc-
ton between recovery and reform
Is a narrowly conceived effort to
substitute the appearance Of real
ity for reality itself. When q man
is convalescing from illness wis
dom dictates not only cure of the
symptoms, but also removal Of
their cause.
It Is important to recognize that
while we seek to outlaw specific
abuses, the American objective Of
today has an infinitely deeper,
finer and more lasting purpose
than mere repression. Thinking
people in almost every country Of
the world have come to realize
certain fundamental difnculties
with which civilization must
reckon. Rapid changes-the ma
chine age, the advent of universal
and rapid communication and
many other new factors have
brought new problems. Succeeding
generations have attempted to keep
pace by reforming in piecemeal
fashion this or that attendant
abuse. As q result, evils overlap
and reform becomes confused and
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