Evening star., 1936-06-12

be driven home or reached too often
I have taken great happiness in
these past three years in the lessen
ing of Sectionalism, which is appar-
ent on every hand. More and more
we have been thinking nationally
That in itself is good. but it would
not have been good if at the same
time we had not come to understand
more deeply that the national good
neighbor policy must extend also tC
those neighbors who lie outside OF our
national boundarieS You in Texas
whose boundaries extend for hun
dreds OF miles along those OF our sis
ter republic OF Mexico can well under
stand what the good -neighbor policy
means throughout the Americas. We
seek to Danish war in this hemisphere
we seek to extend those practices OF
good will and closer friendship upon
| which peace itself is based.
l salute the empire of Texas
Pioneer Ideals Retained.
Speaking in the shadow Of the
INOOoCNClI 1NRCotNN
Travis message-'I shall never sur
render'-and expressed the hope that
the pioneers Of Texas know that we
have not discarded or lost the Vir-
ility and the ideals OF the pioneer
Il hope" he said, they know that
the overwhelming majority Of the
Americans Of 1885 are once more
meeting new problems with new cour-
age-that we. too, are ready and will
ing to stand up and fight for truth
against falSehood, for freedom of the
individual against license by the few
Travis and Bowie and Crockett and
Benham, and the l78 who were their
comrades, by their supreme Sacri-
fice, made Texas live.
Without the inspiration OF the
cry - Remember the Alamo - the
great Southwest might never have be-
come a part OF the Nation.
L cannot help but feel that the
brave men who died here saw on the
distant horizon some forecast OF the
century beyond.
Unlike them, we do not need Ia
take up arms; we are not called upon
to die, we can carry on national
war for the cause of humanity with
out shedding blood. The heroes OF
the Alamo fought not solely for their
communities. They knew their FAM
lilies and their immediate neighbors
could not survive II the great South
west fell. United action alone could
win So We. in this latter day. are
thinking and acting in terms of the
whole Nation, understanding deeply
that our firesides, our villages, our
cities and our States cannot long en-
dure if the Nation fails"
Praises Garner at Austin.
At Austin. the President referred
to Vice President Garner as his
"helpmate" and said mot only but
the whole Nation owes a special debt
to him.
Speaking briefly during a stop here
on his Western tour. the President
said in part:
"As San Jacinto and the Alamo
represent to me the struggle for IN
dependence and the earlier days OF
the Republic. so this capital city rep
resentS the later days of the Repub-
lie and these long years Of statehood
since Texas became the twenty eighth
star in the national nag.
The fine tradition continues. YoU
know. I am sure. that I lean heavily
on men and women from the Lon.
Star State, who are rendering such
fine service to the Government oi
the United States. To one of them
not only l. but the whole Nation
owes a special debt-one who begar
his long and distinguished public
career as q member Of your Legis-
lature here in Austin-one whom
proudly and affectionately call my
heIpmate-the Vice President Of the
United States"