Evening star., 1936-10-15
By the Associated Press.

text of Gov. ALI M. Landon's
speech here last night follows:
It Is real pleasure for me to
be here with you in Grand Rapids.
The outside world never thinks
of your city without being re-
minded Of good furniture. Like so
many Americans have spent a
good deal of my life in close con-
tact with Grand Rapids furniture.
If some of you come out to visit
me I shall be glad to make you
comfortable in a Grand Rapids
chair.
The craftsmen whose skill is re-
sponsible for the success Of your
famous industry here did not start
by discarding good designs which
are still famous. even though
some of them 60 back way beyond
the horse and buggy days. On the
contrary, they cherished and re-
spected them. They retained some,
improved upon others and created
in addition. new designs of their
own. They recognized that prog
ress is the law of life. They have
been proud to 60 forward in
great tradition.
Desert Old Truths
Only At Our Peril.
This IS typical Of the people Of
the United States. They are a
progressive people. That is one
reason why America IS the hope Of
the world. AS people we recognize
that the best government Is a
progressive application of old
truths. We want forward looking,
liberal government, but govern
ment based upon principles that
have stood the test of time and
experience. We know from history
and from the hard school of ex-
perience that we desert the old
truths only at our peril.
BY liberal Government we mean
a Government liebral enough in
its outlook on life not to mistake
mere change for progress. We do
not mean the kind of Government
we have been getting at Washing
ton during the past three and one
half years that has confused
change with progress and too often
has been liberal in the spending
OF other peoples money.
And speaking of liberality, let
me say here what I said East and
West. If I am elected Chief Ex-
ecutive the budget is going to be
balanced, but it is not going to be
balanced by depriving our needy
unemployed Of the relief that is
their right until they can recover
real jobs at real wages. 1t is not
going to be balanced by denying
aid to the American which he
ought to have, and which I believe
the Nation wants him to have.
viii Use Relief
Funds for Relief Purposes.
1t is going to be balanced by
substituting good administration
for bad at Washington. by cutting
out waste, ncompetency and ex-
travagance and by using relief
funds for relief purposes instead Of
squandering them on the building
up Of an insidious political ma
chine. Any one who tells you to
the contrary is guilty of trif1ing
with the truth for the sole purpose
Of attempting TO obtain votes under
false pretense.
Once the Government at WASH
ington has been restored to an
efficient and constitutional basis,
there Is going to be a general re-
vival of confidence through the
country. And confidence is the
forerunner of real recovery.
What do we mean by real re-
covery? We mean a revival of ag-
riculture, commerce and labor that
will offer our unemployed real jobs
again at the best of good wages.
This is the only permanent cure
for unemployment. How can any
body say that happy days are here
again for the American people
when so many millions of our fell
low citizens are still out of work
and so many more millions still
In need of relief?
Under this administration we
made the poorest record in our
history in recovering from hard
times. Those nations who did not
try to squander their way out of
the depression are much further
along the road to recovery than
our own. They have less unem-
ployment today than at any time
since the great war ended.
Jobs for J0bless
Is Primary Need.
In contrast, our primary need