Evening star., 1936-09-17
Relief Load Must Shift as
US. Income Grows, He +,
Says.
DOUBLE 1888 FORECAST
FOR NATIONAL REVENUE
Confidence Has Returned to All
but Few, Human Needs Dele /
gates Are Told.
Tert of President Roosevelt'S
speech on Page As.
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

President Roosevelt today charged
private charitable organizations with a
responsibility increasing in the ratio
of returning prosperity as he addressed
delegates to the 1886 Mobilization for
Human Needs from the south portico
Of the White House.
Building his greeting around story
Of business and humanitarian progress
during the years of his administration,
the Chief Executive predicted national
income soon would be double the de.
preston low.
Nearly six million more men and
women are now at work in private in.
dustry," the. President said. Three
million others are engaged in useful
work provided or assisted by the
Government. Factory pay rolls the
first quarter of this year were more
than s70.000,000 greater each week
than they were in the first quarter Of
1888.
Systematic, and successful efforts
to raise the buying power Of wage
earners and farmers have increased
the business of merchants and brought
orders to manufacturers"
Fearful Called Profit Seekers.
At this point Mr.. Roosevelt de
rected a barbed reference to his poh-
tical foes in the statement that "con-
fidence has returned to the great
masses of our people, confidence on
the part of all except small minor.
ity who seek to profit from the preach.
ing of fear"
Making his charge to private char
liable efforts, the President declared:
Returning prosperity. however.
portant work which all had to defer
during the depression years, can and
must be taken up anew.
Happily, private organizations are
now in better position to accomplish
greater things than for many years
past"
The reply for the delegates was
made by Gerard Swope. chairman Of
the conference.
Tells of Responsibilities.
Concurrence in the picture of return
ing prosperity was expressed by Swope,
who at the same time confirmed the
grave responsibilities facing the con-
ference.
The prospect of a brighter outlook
on our economic horizon has been
more than justified in the past IL
months" Swope said. Not only do We
have the statistical evidences of our
increased business activity, but our
most intimate knowledge Of conditions
in our own communities gives con-
tinued testimony to the industrial and
business advances that have been made
since last we met.
But if we are to approach a real
recovery, the achievements of our social
services must show corresponding
progress.
THE maintenance of individual
morale, the prevention of individual
and family breakdown, the construc-
tive effort to assist people to achieve
their maximum potentialities have eve:
been the underlying objectives Of
privately financed agency services.
Nineteen thirty-seven sees such a need
for this type of service as never before" :"
Serving as a national rally for
Community Chest campaign in $50
cities, the mobilization this year is
planning to pay particular attention
to the matter of establishing fixed
standards for corporation contribu-
tions to community welfare. Dispute
last Winter over the issue of tax ex.
emption for corporate contributions
to organized charities made more evi-
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