The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-13

A1uG14CC Qil 4CklS4 pdTL .OI 11Gtl dIlU WO- men, willing to carry on normal work, and willing to think of their neighborS as well as. themselves, that they will not have to worry about lesiag their hor,aes, about not having enough to eat, about be- coming objects of charity. Add to that one more; objective, that all Americans may have full oppor- tunity for educatoin, for reasonable leisure and recreation for the right to carry on representative govern ment and for freedom, to worship God in their own way.
 Kansas Helped by Government
 That philosophy has been the philosophy and the practical ob- jective of your national admins tratoin at Washington. do not seek to discuss with. you the pros and cons of your local govern ment, or of your state government, in Kansas, you know more about that than do. Let me say only, and in very simple terms, I that I do not believe that Kansas would have pulled through the dif- ficult problems of the past four years as splendidly as it has, had it. not been for federal cooperation and federal assistance in many fields of your endeayor. If you think we were wrong to give this assistance, then, to be logical you must ask that in the days to come every state in the union shall set itself up as an individual entity for the solution of all of the problems of all of its inhabitants, save pos- sibly the maintenance of the army, the navy and the handling of our foreign affairs.
 Real Security Explained Our broader interpretation of security and of the methods of pro- curing it is well illustrated by what you have seen us do. Our endeav- ors have fallen into three broad classifications.
 First. immediate and direct as- siStance-including work for the unemployed; help for drouth areas; buying of drouth-stricken cattle; building of ponds and irrigation projects; seed loans; assistance to the youth of the nation, and dozens of other instances.
 Secondly, protection against recognized abuses of many kinds, including the battle of the federal government against kidnapping, blackmail, bank robberies and other menaces to life and liberty; safe- guarding innocent investors against fake securities; the regulation of stock exchanges; regulation of over- reaching practices of some utility companies and the tablishment of power-yardsticks to force reason- able electric rates; elimination of unsafe banking practices.
 And thirdly, the reduction of interest rates; the saving of farms and homes from mortgage fore closures; the insurance of bank deposits; the loans that have been made to keep railroad going; the assistance given to states, counties and municipalities, enabling them ot build much needed, useful pub lie works: old age pensions: unem- ployment insurance; assistance to rural schools; the CCC camps; farm to market roads, these and many more like them give you a, broad picture of the more perma- nent and long range measures, many of which will improve not only your lives but. those. of your children. , .ss
 Life Capital In 1883
 "There has been at one time a school of thought in this country that would have us believe that vast numbers of average citizens who do not get to the top of the economic ladder do not deserve the security which government alone