Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-10-30
Text of LandOn's Addresses

grounds of race, religion or class,
will take my stand by the side Of
the minority.
Promises to Continue Aid
To Unemployed and Needy.
Another bit of cheap political
propaganda I should like to de-
nounce here, because I know how
much 1t has been used among our
citizens Of foreign birth, is the lie
that if I am elected the needy I'M
employed of this country will be
deprived of relief.
stand foursquare for the prop
osition that as long as there is
unemployment in this country and
as long as men and women are in
need, they will be adequately cared
for. We shall continue relief on
an honest, decent basis, without
waste and political favoritism. At
the same time, we shall make every
effort within the power Of Govern
ment to restore the jobless to gain.
full employment. What the work.
ers of America want is work, not
charity; gainful opportunity, not
the dole.
The present Administration has
spent SOS. ,000.0 which we and
our children shall have to pay in
taxes, but we still have 100000
unemployed pounding the streets
of our cities and 100000 on
relief.
This cannot, must not, continue.
We shall make every effort in our
power to see that it does not
continue.
The civil and political rights of
our citizens in this country, both
native and foreign born, are bound
up inseparable with our economic
conditions. We know this from the
experience of the rest of the world.
Declares Trend Is Menacing
Foundation of Government.
Whenever business is bad, men
are out Of work, Governments
spend more than they take in. For
a time they borrow to meet their
expenses. When they are no
longer able to borrow, they resort
to imitation. Savings are wiped
out. Living costs shoot upward.
Wages lag. Widespread misery fol-
lows, and then? What happens
then?
The old form Of Government
with its protection of the rights Of
the individual Is cast aside. Au-
thority is centralized, narrowed
down to one man or a group of
men; and as the people become UNI
happy and resentful, they turn on
minority groups. AS the estab-
lished legal safeguards break down,
brutal persecution follows.
This Is q familiar development.
1t has q lesson for US in America.
We have had great depression
with millions out of work. The
Government is spending 81 for
every dollar it takes in. We still
are able to borrow to meet the
deficit. But nobody knows how
long this can continue. If the time
should come when the deficit can
no longer be met by borrowing, in
flation will be upon us-infiation
with the misery, the unhappiness,
the tragedy it always brings.
Then we are in danger of per-
secution. Our guarantees, yours
and mine, are in the Constitution.
But if respect for the Constitution
is undermined. what then?
Imitation Held Certain
Under Present Policies.
The present administration has
followed a course that unless
checked must lead to imitation.
They have been centralizing au-
thority in Washington. They have
been preaching disrespect for the
Constitution as something belong.
ing to the horse-and-buggy days.
Are not such policies the Begin
ming Of what has happened re-
peatedly in Europe?
The Republican party Is pledged
to stop the extravagant spending,
to balance the budget, to prevent
the tragedy Of imitation. 1t is
pledged to uphold the Constitution
of the United States with its guar
antees Of personal liberty. When
am President I shall keep those
pledges.
The issue is clear. It must be
clear to the men and women Of
foreign birth who have joined our
democracy in the hope Of greater
opportunities than they had at
home. 1t must be clear to all
Americans who treasure their in
heritance as free men in a free land.
ask you to join with us In turn
ing the American Government back
from the dangerous course it has
been pursuing.
The American system and the
liberties of this Nation are in
vollr hands