Evening star., 1936-06-26
Text of Mack Speech
ice in Cause Of People-Rising
Prosperity Is Cited.

An Of the suffering through which
he has gone has hrosdened his heart.
his given him q greater capacity for
sympathy and understanding Of hu-
man needs Of all kinds. II prepared
him for the stricken Nation which
was placed IN his hands on the fourth
Of March. 1893: 1t prepared him for
the emergency and radical surgery
necessary to rid the body corporate Of
the diseases which beset it.
As an early evidence Of this SYM
pathy he undertook the assistance Of
crippled children that they might re-
ceive the benefit Of greater efforts to
make their lives Q bit more happy
and more complete.
During all these years the home life
Of this young man remained typically
American. He lived in his home at
Hyde Park: he managed the farm,
happy with his trees and his fields.
Years ago he started soil conservation
On the rough portions of his own farm
by the planting OF evergreens. It was
one of the earliest examples Of the
proper use Of land
He maintained the same friendly
contact with his neighbors and with
the people of his own home county,
alive to their personal problems and
TO general local business affairs, con-
tent In the friendship of his Duchess
County friends.
Happy In the knowledge that he
was pulling his own weight In the
boat, in 1928 he came back to public
life In New York State, not because Of
any political ambition of his own, but
solely in answer to the call Of friend
ship.
He came to 1882 with q background
Of four successful years as Governor
Of the Empire State. Despite an op-
position majority in the legislative
body, his every nomination had been
confirmed, and nearly every important
proposition submitted by him was ulti-
mately approved and put into legisla-
tive form. In his own State, as Gov
ernor, he came to be known as the
champion Of the liberties Of the plain
people.
In 1882, not only the Democratic
party, but the entire country, were on
the lookout for man Of broad vision,
one conscious that the prosperity of
the United States depended upon the
well-being Of the entire people and not
Of any special class.
It had at last become apparent that
the great banking and financial and
business interests had through mis-
management, lack Of foresight and
lack Of prudence, brought their temple
down upon their own heads.
When the crash came, neither the
bankers. nor big business, nor the ad-
ministration which had given them
aid and comfort, had any workable
suggestions for relief.
It Is true that some aid was extended
to certain favorite banks and institu-
tions, but the chief wail we heard was
that prosperity was just around the
corner" The people had lost conf
dence. Six thousand banks had failed,
bankruptcy was rampant throughout
the land.
The country, led by the Democratic
party. turned to this young Galahad
for relief. for aid and for help.
Surrounded Himself
With Progressives.
As a result, on March 4, 1888, there
came to the city Of Washington, as the
Chief Executive Of the United States,
a man with this splendid background
and thorough training, filled with re-
lentless determination to rejuvenate
this Nation, to break down special
privilege and to place this country on
permanently sound and stable foot
ing.
He surrounded himself In his cabinet
with the most able and progressive
representatives in the Union. He did
not wait for prosperity to come around
the corner. He knew that the best
defense to depression was an attack,
He saw that unless something was
done at once starvation would soon
face the United States.
With the aid Of his splendid cabinet.
with the aid Of a Democratic Congress-
and with the aid of the forward-lo look
Ing. country-loving and farseeing Pro-
gressives and Republicans, he pro-
eeeded to place this country on its feet.
We have blazed q path to prosperity
and security. Our faces are toward
progress. We shall not turn back in
this conflict between greed and hu-
manity.
Our friendly enthusiastically until
the approaching election - cheerful
until the approaching election, sud-
denly discover that the Nation is going
to the dogs.
Whence come these cries? Not from
the farm owner and home owner
whose properties have been saved from
foreclosure.
Not from the million and q half
noys who have obtained employment
in the c. G. c. camps.
Not from the millions who have
received employment through the in.
strumentality Of the relief and public
works agencies.
Not from the suffering farmers
whose purchasing power is being re-
stored.
Not from the citizens of that vast
section Of the country where lives and
property are being preserved by flood
control
Not from the millions now receiving
electrical energy at fair rate because
of the efforts Of the T. v. A., the
Federal Power Authority and other
tnstrunentalities Of the Government.
Not from the millions whose future
Is assured by the social security act.
Not from the millions Of deposftors
whose savings in banks are guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corp.
Not from the small merchants and
storekeepers.
Not from those having investments
providing moderate living incomes.
Not from the millions Of workers
for whose benefit we have endeavored
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