Evening star., 1936-01-20
- tho Associated Press.

NEW YORK, January ZO.-FreSl-
dent Roosevelt's address dedicating the
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at
American Museum Of Natural History
Sunday follows in full:
Mr.. Chairman, Gov. Lehman, Mayor
La Guardia, trustees of the New York
State Roosevelt Memorial trustees Of
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, ladies and gentlemen:
This memorial, the cornerstone Of
which l laid, and in the dedication
of which / am privileged to participate
this afternoon, is typical Of Theodore
Roosevelt. 1t reflects the universally
of his mind and of his interests. Its
decorations-in place or in planning
tell part Of the story Of his life. his
work and his play: they depict the
construction of the Panama Canal in
which he was the dominating spirit;
the treaty of Portsmouth, which ended
the Russo japanese War; the quest
for scientific knowledge which carried
him into the African jungle; symbolic
figures of fauna and fora to tell
generations to come of his interest
in nature and in conservation-all
these bear witness to his intense
vitality and to his varied contributions
to our national culture. The Roose-
welt Memorial Commission has been
faithful in executing its trust.
The quotations on these walls. too.
bring us their message out of the rich
storehouse of his written words.
Conservation means development
as much as it does protection"-a text
which ought to be emblazoned in every
treatise on the care and perpetuation
OF our national resources.
On this: The Nation behaves we'll
If it treats the natural resources as
assets which it must turn over to the
next generation increased. and rot
impaired in value"
From his writings in the realm OF
statecraft we find this: "A great
democracy must be progressive or 1t
will soon cease to oe great or a de-
mocracy. 1t Is his warning to us OF
this day and generation that eternal
progress is still the price OF liberty.
Fitting Museum Adjunct.
It is fitting that this memorial
perpetuating the life and work of one
who stirred such great interest In the
field OF natural history should itself
be an adjunct of the American Mu-
scum Of Natural History. My friend,
the late Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn,
so long the head of this noble institu-
ton for the increase and diffusion OF
scientific knowledge, and for many
years a devoted colleague Of him in
whose honor we are gathered today.
advocated this memorial soon after
Theodore Roosevelt's death.
Each and every one OF us feels sorry
today that Prof. Osborn could not
have lived to take part in this. the
elimination Of his great desire; we
know that his spirit is with US.
This memorial Of such noble archi-
tectural proportions. IS withal init
mate and vital. Above all things it is
useful. There was an intimate quail
ity about Theodore Roosevelt which
all of us who knew MIN recall at this
hour. We think of him not as an
abstract being dwelling apart on the
heights, but rather as a friendly soul
pervading this very nall which we are
dedicating in his memory.
Theodore Roosevelt possessed tai
ents and abilities unusual even among
leaders of men. Whatever he did, he
did with all of his might.
With this spirit of vital activity,
be it also remembered that he received
the Nobel Peace Prize In him was
combined a passion Tor Righteousness
and that strong sense OF justice which
found expression in the Square
Deal" Race, creed. color were not
determining factors with him. He
took q man for what he was.
"A man who is good enough to shed
his blood for his country" said he at
Springfield, ILL.,, on Fourth of July.
"is good enough to be given a square
deal afterward. More than that no
man is entitled to, and less than that
no man shall have"
In his first message to Congress he
had written: "The most vital prob
lem with which this country. and.
for that matter. the whole civilized
world. has to deal, is the problem
which has for one side the better
ment Of social conditions. moral and
physical, in large cities, and for an
other side the effort to deal with that
tangle Of far-reaching questions which
we group together when We speak Of
labor"
From Later Messages.
This creed for social justice may be
found in these quotations from later
messages:
I'm the vast and complicated
mechanism of our modern civilized
life, the dominant note is the note OF
industrialism, and the relations Of
capital and labor. and especially Of
organized capital and organized labor,
to each other, and to the public at
large, come second in importance only
to the intimate questions Of family
life"
THE corporation has come to stay.
just as the trade union has come to
stay. Each can do and has done
great good. Each should be favored
as long as it does good. but each should
be sharply checked where 1t acts
against law and Justice"
We still remember how those whom
he denounced with righteous wrath
WINGED under the stigma of such
epithets as "malefactors Of
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