Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-29
OTHERS VIEWS
ROOSEVELT AND REFORMS.

For more than forty years my heart
has bled Oh account Of the wretched
condition Of my fellow beings, my
fellow workers, and my fellow bonds
men. I have always done all could
to aid their cause, my cause. Under
the leadership of Franklin D. Roose-
welt new day is born to us, the
brightest our country ever saw, for
those, who from time immemorial
have borne the heat and burden of
the day. al. Roosevelt has made some
mistakes. He has done things that
the masses could not approve of. He
has failed to do things that many of
US think he should have done. But he
has done so rauch better and shown
hiDself SC much in sympathy with
those Of Us whose lot has been the
hardest, that there is no comparison
between he and his predecessors, I'M
less you think Of him as an angel of
goodness and mercy and his pre-
decessors as greedy, knavish beings Of
that neither world. And firmly be-
lieve the man or woman who votes
against him next November will, be
he rich or poor, imperil themselves,
their children, and their country. You
rich man who thinks you are safe
with your money, consider the rich of
Russia yesterday. Read Tale of Two
Cities. and see what happened to the
rich Of France. Let him who thinketh
he standeth take heed lest he fall"
are Gods words, and you cannot get
by them without trouble.
Since the days Of Washington and
IL {IaA I1r~XY al
Alexander Hamilton, the money lords
have ruled this country with an iron
hand, and for the past seventy years
they have driven the farmer and
workers with the whip of poverty, In
order that the rich might enjoy the
good things they produced. Tell us
farmers and workers we are slaves
and we do not like it, but when we
go to the dictionary and find the word
means, one who is forced to perform
hard or servile labor, we have to adj
nit it's true. Now do not think I am
opposed to work for myself or my fell
low mortals. Sure we all who are able
should work and with me it is one
of my greatest pleasures. All know
people are not lazy, notwithstanding
the rich often suggest the farmer
should work more and complain less.
I think that should be reversed. They
should work less until they are bet
ter paid and complain more, that is
strive harder for their proper place
in the world. Farmers have demon
strated beyond the shadow Of doubt
that hard work will not give them
that place. So why should they not
be sensible and try something else?
About twenty years ago asked or
ganized labor in the State to meet the
farmers and bring together those who
did the work in the State to the end
that they might have a say in who
run our State and country. Had that
been done who dares to say we would
not be in a much better condition
than we are today Thanks to a few
liberal minds like Charles B. Aycock
of blessed memory, the child that was
born the day I made that sequest Of
organized labor in our State, has pass
ed through high school, and is ready
to take his place as a citizen of our
state When he finds he can get no
better place than his father had he
is going to strive to make some
changes to help himself, his father,
and us ALL He will see a united effort
effort to accomplish Organization for
the farmer and all who work.
Such as this young man are respon-
sible for the National Union for So
cial Justice. This organization Is
formed by those, ond for those, who
are tired of working for nothing while
a few greedy, rich wax fat on the
product of their labor. The National
Union for Social Justice, was found
ed by Chas. e. Coughlin, Of Royal
Oak, Mich. Local units are to be Or
ganized within each Congressional
district. There may be many units
within one Congressional district. No
local unit may have less than 100
| members and not more than $50 mem
bers. The N. U. S. J. started to being
organized last December 18th, and
within twelve working days, up to
January 3rd, the last report have, it
had organizations in twenty-five
| states, which states represent 302 Of
| the 435 Congressional Districts in the
United States. Within IL days 52,677
units were formed, and this great
start was made by men and women
without any pay at all. All these or
ganizers gave their time and talent
without any hope Of pecuniary re-
ward. That shows us there are some
farmers and workers in our country
who are willing to work for nothing
to help throw off the calling yoke Of
slavery that the money changers have
put upon us. This National Union for
Social Justice is nothing more than
an organization of the voters Of our
country. It has for it's object the send
ing Of men and women to our state
legislatures and to the Congress, who
will legislate for all the people, and
not just the few rich as has been
done from the beginning Of our Gov
eminent. The patience of some Of us
is worn thread bare, with promises
by those who are supposed to run our