The Washington times., 1936-10-13

Tonight want to talk about
the most urgent human problem
that faces the American people
at this hour. The problem Of the
millions Of men and women OF
this country, our fellow citizens,
who are out of jobs and the many
more millions who are on relief
I am going to discuss our gov
ernment'S responsibility for the
protection of these men and wo.
men on relief until they can again
find employment at real jobs, pay
ing the best Of good wages.
And at the very outset let me
repeat pledge I have made from
Kansas to Maine. If I am elected
Chief Executive of this country,
the Federal budget is going to be
balanced, but it is not going to be
balanced at the expense of our
needy unemployed. They are en-.
titled to ample relief for their
needs, and I shall see that they
get it.
In approaching this human prob
lem of relief, the first amazing
fact that We encounter is this:
Nobody in America tonight knows
exactly how many of our fellow
citizens are out of work. Nobody
knows how many are on relief.
Even the government at Washing
ton does not know, This is in
eXcuSable.
Hits Absence of Job Census
This Administration has found
time to make tourist guide books,
1t has found money to classify
fossils. It has spent $500, 000, 900
of the taxpayers money in the
name of relief. But it has found
neither time nor money to inform
itself Of the extent and nature of
the relief problem. In matter
that directly involves one-sixth of
our people, this is, to say the
least, tragic neglect.
The American Federation Of
Labor says there are over 11,0O0,.
600 unemployed. There appear to
be about 100000 on relief. This
is no situation to be dismissed
with talk of rising stock market
prices in New York; it cannot be
turned aside by boasting of cor.
poration profits. This is a situa-
ton that must be faced openly
and with courage.
-" We have duties that go
beyond mere dollars. We have the
duty Of administering relief so
wisely, so Sympat hetically, that
human values will not be de-
Stroyed. And we have the duty Of
doing everything within our power
to assist real recovery. That
means to get real jobs for the un'
employed.
Relief Machine" Charged
In both these duties the present
administration has a record of
miserable failure.
Money intended for the relief
of human suffering is being di-
verted to the building up of a
shameless political machine. No
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hide this fact.
I" They may call it reform,
they may call it national planning
but the ugly fact is the members
of this administration have con-
demned one-sixth of our people to
live in a separate economic world
Of their own. Isolated from the
main stream of our national life,
they have been catalogued, regis
tered, regimented and controlled
by a Federal bureaucracy which
promises them no future. All that
they can hope for Is the bare ne
cessities Of life. In this separate
world they are deprived Of the
hope and opportunity that is their
birthright.
Surely it is our imperative duty
to help these millions of men and
women to free themselves from
dependence on government. We
must help them win back their IN
dependence.
Jobs Final Solution
Our people want to stand on
their own feet. I do not agree
for a moment with those who say
that a large group of our fellow
ciizens prefer relief to honest
work.
49, After nearly four years this
obvious to every one that waste and
extravaganza do not make jobs
Cracking down on business and
arousing class hatreds do not re-
store employment. Recovery and
unemployment will never come
while honest business is forced to
tip-toe through a series Of breath
ing spells.
The way to recovery is for the
Government to stop trying to
run the lives Of 100000 900 people.
If the Government will do this, II
it will give American initiative a
chance, eleven million men and