Evening star., 1936-10-13

EBy the Associated Press.
SlstCtEvELAND October 13.-The tex
sfof Gov. Landon's speech last nigh
7oflows:
'-iSafTonight I want tc talk about
iffthe most urgent human problem
'sfthat faces the American people
fhatfthis hour. The problem of the
millions of men and women of this
81 tountry-our fellow citizens-who
af3 out of jobs, and the many more
millions who are on relief.
ttS I am going to discuss our Gov
WTernment's responsibility for the
'sHptotection of these men and wom-
zen on relief until they can again
fs'ffnd employment at real jobs, pay
ing the best of good wages. And
at the very outset let me repeat a
sfspiedge I have made from Kansas
to Maine. If I am elected Chief
sE.Executive Of this country, the Fed
.eral budget is going to be balanced,
but it is not going to be balanced
at the expense Of our needy unem-
! ployed. They are entitled to am
| BE relief for their needs, and I
shall see that they get it.
1tI In approaching this human
problem of relief, the first amazing
.sfect that we encounter this: No
body in America tonight knows
% exactly how many of our fellow citi-
a. gems are out of work, nobody knows
q A how many are on relief. Even the
Government at Washington does
80 not know. This Is inexcuSable.
.t $500, ,oOO, 900 for Relief
~ Without Knowing Its Extent.
r.. This administration has found
=. time to make tourist guide books.
loft has found money to classify
fossils. 1t has spent $500 ,000,-
5000 of the taxpayers money in the
.name Of relief. But it has found
neither time nor money to inform
.,titself of the extent and nature OF
s,Ithe relief problem. In matter that
~ directly involves one-sixth of our
npeople, this Is, to say the least,
tragic neglect.
arr The American Federation Of La
,yrbor says there are over 100000
unemployed. There appear to be
Nkbout 2O,e00,000 on relief. This is
.snp situation to be dismissed with
tNlk of rising stock market prices
Pin New York; it cannot be turned
aside by boasting of corporation
tprofits. This is situation that
nust be faced openly and with
courage.
We are a generous people. We
have gladly provided for our fell
low citizens, who, through no fault
Of their own. have been deprived
of livelihood. We shall continue
to be liberal.
But liberality is not enough.
We have duties that 60 beyond
mere dollars. We have the duty
of administering relief so wisely,
SO sympathetically, that human
values will not be destroyed. And
we have the duty of doing every
thing within our power to assist
real recovery. That means to get
real Jobs for the unemployed.
In both these duties the present
administration has record of mis-
cradle failure.
Relief Money Devoted
To Building Party Machine.
Money intended for the relief OF
human suffering is being diverted
to the building up Of shameless
political machine. No professions
of warm humanity can hide this
fact. Our hearts 50 out to these
millions OF our own people who
through no fault of their own have
been the victims Of this debauch-
ing of relief funds for political
purposes.
But even that is not the worst
that has happened under this ad-
ministration. They may call 1t
reform, they may call it national
planning, but the ugly fact is the
3 members of this administration
have condemned one-sixth of our
people to live in a separate eco
nomic world of their own. Isolated
from the main stream of our ma
tional life, they have been cata-
logued, registered, regimented and
controlled by a Federal bureau
cracy which promises them no fu-
ture. All that they can hope for
Is the bare necessities of life. In
this separate world they are de-
prived of the hope and opportu-
nifty that is their birthright.
Duty to Help Them
Back to Independence.
Surely it is our imperative duty