Evening star., 1936-06-11

of the public buildings and business
houses were closed.
Accompanying the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt on their swing through
the Southwest we're many notables,
including Solicitor Karl A. Crowley
of the Post once Department;
Charles A. Jones of the Home Owners
Loan Corp; Jesse Jones Of Houston,
chairman of the r. F. c.
At the reception were several persons
prominent in State affairs. Lieut. Gov
and Mrs. Walter Woodul, Mrs. Alfred
and several members Of the Governor s
staff Of colonies greeted the party.
Coast Guard ships and National
Guard planes we're on duty at the
water front. Another army Of guards
was stationed at the battle-ground.
Gov. Alfred boarded the train at
Texarkana and planned to continue
with the party to San Antonio, Austin,
Dallas and Fort Worth.
President Roosevelt stood pledged to
continuation of his efforts to solve
economic and social problems under
the broad purposes" Of the Consti-
tuition.
The Chief Executive gave this
message to the Nation last night in
Arkansas just before resuming 1000
mile Western tour that called for briei
addresses today in Houston, San An
tonic and Austin.
Tomorrow y,oorpipo ~ nauoe 49,
hub of Texas celebration of its cen.
tennial of independence from Mexico
the Chief Executive will deliver the
second set speech of his trip.
The third will be made at Vim.
cennes, Ind, Sunday morning in dedi.
eating a memorial to George Roger
Clark, Revolutionary War hero of the
Northwest.
State Lines OverShadOwed.
Addressing an open-air Arkansa!
centennial throng at Little Rock latt
yesterday, the President declared tn,
Constitution of the Government ex
tends beyond State lines and added
Under its broad purpose we car
and intend to march forward, believ
ing as the overwhelming majority o.
Americans believe, that it is intended
to meet and fit the amazing physical
economic and social requirements tina
confront us in this generation"
Declaring the "comman man" mus
be protected from the privileged
few" he asserted the Nation wa.
commencing to solve" the question!
relating to prices, wages, hours o.
labor, conditions Of employment, fail
competition and social security, anc
! added:
The new approach to these prob
lens may not be Immediately dis.
cernible; but organization to meet
human suffering can never be predi.
Gated on the relaxation of human
effort"
The crowd which overhowed the
3O,000-Seat centennial stadium or
the outskirts of Little Rock, cheereo
his statement that if local or State
governments were unable to improve
the economic position of their k1habi-
tants 1T would take a foolish and
short-Sighted man to say that it /.
no concern of the National Govern
ment itself"
Jefferson's Courage Lauded.
They cheered again when he said
jefferson had the courage and back
| bone" to go through with the Louisi-
ana purchase which carved out the
/ territory of Arkansas and other fu-
ture States, without the full and
unanimous approval of every member
of the legal profession"
He added jefferson ignored warn
ings that no specific authority existed
in the Constitution for the purchase
and based his action on a broad in
depreciation of that instrument or its
inherent qualities of sovereignty"
One official close to the President
said it would not surprise him if the
general tenor of the Little Rock
speech were followed in the coming
Democratic national campaign.
The President turned to the Ques-
ton of the Capitalization of power
Self government We must and shall
IIldIlldNI, Ilc SdlO. bOCdl gov
ernment must continue to act with
full freedom in matters which are
primarily of local concern; county
government must retain the func-
tionS which logically belong to the
county unit; State governments must
and shall retain State sovereignty
over all those activities of govern
ment which effectively and efficiently
can be met by the States ."
Mere Federation Futile.
The Federal Union itself was Or
ganized under a Constitution because
in the days following the Revolution
it was discovered that a mere fedora
ton of States was such loose organ
ization, with constant conflicts be-
tween the 13 States themselves, that a
Constitution and a national organiza-
ton to take care of Government be-
yond State lines was necessity.
The Constitution provided the best
instrument ever devised for the con-
tinuation of these fundamental prin-
ciples. ."
Late today Roosevelt's schedule was
to take him to San Antonio to place a
wreath at the Alamo where two months
before San Jacinto, Travis, Bowie and
Crockett. with 17s men, died in the
cause of Texas independence.
En- route to Dallas tonight. the
President was to make a brief rear
platform speech at the State Capital
Of Austin and then make q leisurely
run for the Centennial center, arriving
in Dallas tomorrow morning. His
speech there is scheduled for 1890
am. Central standard time).
Other excerpts from the Little Rock
speech follow:
That Louisiana Purchase has al
ways had a special significance for
me. I am interested in it for family
reasons, because Robert r. Livingston.
our Minister to France, negotiated
the purchase by direction of Presi-
dent Thomas Jefferson-and I must
admit that he drove a very shrewd