The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-07
making now for the losses they were experiencing three years ago.
 Figures Indisputable


 were experiencing three years ago.
 Figures IndiSputable
 The figures of our trade, com. merce, and industry are cold, definite indexes of the existing condition of business. Nobody can dispute them. They present the picture of a headlong dive to the depths of distress, despair, and dis- aster contrasted with an upward swing. Our progress toward com- plete recovery IS not 50 abrupt as was the descent, but 1t has been steady, substantial and sound. The only thing that could inter- rupt 1t would be the rejection of the methods that have brought 1t about. This is as good a place as any to assure you that there is going to be no such Interruption. The President Is going to be in- dorsed in the election next No- vember more decisively than he was voted into office in 1882, and the verdict of the people Is going to be confirmed as thor oughly as 1t was in the Congres. sionai elections of 1894. And 1t is with full heart that I name Connecticut as one of the states that will contribute to the re- election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 The criticisms of the tories of lo36 are mere distractions. They charge him with seeking dicta- torial powers. What presidential functions has he strained? They charge him with making congress 0 rubber stamp to register his orders. There is not an enactment which he has recommended, that congress has accepted unless it conformed with the views of the majority. And the most import ant of the laws passed under the present administration were put on the statute books with the help of congressman of opposite political faith from the President. Even those two measures which failed to come within the limita- tions declared by the supreme court were voted for by many of the republican members of the House and Senate-some of them from this state. It is my recol- lection that practically half the re- republican membership voted for one or the other of these bills.
 They say this is an administra- ton of dreamers. Well, the men and women who found this great city three hundred years ago were dreamers too. They dreamed of release from the burdensome laws of another colony, and made their own government. Their dream came true, which is why Hartford is today the beautiful rich com munity we see around Us.
 Constitution Stands Up
 They say he wants to wreck the constitution He has been in of- flee for three years and the con- stitution seems to be standing up fairly well. Incidentally the Hartford founding fathers adopted o constitution suitable doubtless to things as they were then, and con- ditions as they foresaw them. What sort of state would Con- necticut be today, if that con- stitution was still in force7 They say he wants to destroy the su- preme courtl have yet to hear 1t suggested that President Roose- welt should appoint enough new members of the court to give 6 majority that would validate what the present court has declared in- valid. Yet that has been done in the past. It was Q republican president who did 1t. Moreover, there has been hardly a president under whose administration laws have not been passed that the su- preme court declared unconstitu- tional. When those things hap- pen there is nothing for the Presi- dent to do, but to propose new measures that will meet the high tribunals objections. It might be of service to observe that what ever laws President Roosevelt recommended were laws intended to help the people; none of them were for his own advantage or enhancement. Incidentally, 1t must be recorded that even those enactments which turned out to be unconstitutional helped get things started, and did their part in pulling us out of a dreary hole.
 Our adversaries are prone to forget what they said and what they felt a few years ago in re- gard to the very policies they so emphatically denounce now. Per- haps I might remind you, "lest we forget"
 Newspapers
 You are fortunate in having in your community a great newspa- per. I am sorry that journal does not like this administration but it's news columns. at least. are to be relied on for accurate information. might, in pass ing remark that the Hartford Courant. printed a Se-page paper on Sunday March 5, i033-when Franklin Roosevelt had just come into the White House. This year its Sunday issue newspaper of March 6. had jumped to o2 pages to accommodate a lot more adyertiaing than it had in the dee pFeKsion tine. ! congratulate that newspaper. for . prosperous news paper means . prosperous com- munlty. Its progress should give us . fair yaFdstick with whaeh