The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-30

-Followi~- '- the text of Presi- dent Roosevelt's address to the New York state democratic con: Vention last night:
 Tonight you and I join forces for the 1e36 campaign. We enc ter it with confidence. Never was there greater need for fidelity to the underlying conception of Arn- ericanisn than there is today. And once again it is given to our party to carry the message of that Am- ericanism to the people.
 The task on our part is two- Id: First, as simple patriotism requires, to separate the false from the rec, issues; and, second- ly, with facts and without rancor, to clarify the real problems for the American public.
 False Issues
 There will be-there are-many false issues. Tn that respect, this will be no different from other campaigns. Partisans, not will- ing to face realities, will drag out red herrings-as they have ale ways done-to divert attention from the trail of their own weak neSses.
 This practice is as old as our democracy. Avoiding the facts fearful of the truth-a malicious opposition charged that George Washington planned to make him. self king under a British form of government; that Thomas Jeffer- son planned to set up a guillotine under 8 French revolutionary form of government; that An- drew Jackson soaked the rich of the eastern seaboard and planned to surrender American democracy to the dictatorship of 8 frontier mob. They called Abraham Lincoln a roman emperor; Theodore Roosevelt 8 destroyer; Woodrow Wilson a self-constituted Messiah.
 In this campaign another her. ring turns up. It has been British and French-and a variety of other things. This year it is Rus- sion. Desperate in mood, angry at failure, cunning in purpose, indi- vidualse and groups are seeking to make communism an issue in an election where communism is not 8 controversy between the two major parties.
 Destroy False Issues
 "Here and now, once and for all, let us bury that red herring, and destroy that false issue. You are familiar with my background. You know my heritage, and you are familiar, especially in the state of New York with my public serv- ice extending back over a quarter of a century. For nearly four years have been president of the United States. A long record has been written. In that record, both in this state and in the national capital, you will find simple, clear and consistent adherence not only to the letter but to the spirit of the American form of government.
 "To that record, my future and the future of my administration will conform. l have not sought, I do not seek, I repudiate the support of any advocate of com- munism or of any other alien ism which would by fair means or foul change our American dem. ocracy.
 That is my position. It always has been my position. It always will be my position.
 No COmm1nistic Difference
 "There is no difference between the major parties as to what they think about communism.
 There is 8 very great differ ence between the two parties in what they do about communism
 Communism is a manifesto tion of the social unrest which always comes with widespread economic maladjustment. We in the democratic party have not been content merely to denounce this menace. We have been realis- tic enough to face it. We have been intelligent enough to do something about it. And the world has seen the results of what we have done.
 Crisis in 1883
 ''In the spring of 1883 we faced a crisis which was the ugly fruit of 12 years of neglect of the causes of economic and social un- rest. It was 8 crisis made to or- der for all those who would over- throw our form of government. Do I need to recall to you the fear of those days-the reports of those who piled supplies in their basements, who laid plans to get their fortunes across the border, who got themselves hideaways in the country against the impend- ing upheavals? Do I need to re- call the law abiding heads of peaceful families, who began to wonder, as they saw their children starve, how they could get the bread they saw in the bakery window? Do I need to recall the homeless boys who were travelling in bands through the country- seeking work and food-desperate because they could find neith Do I need to recall the farn who banded together with pitt. forks to keep the sheriff from selling the farm home under fore- closure? Do I need to recall the powerful leaders of industry and banking who came to. me in Washington in those early days of 1883 pleading to be saved?
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