The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-21
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IS MRS. C. r. McMANAWAY, Editor
Call
Before
IL Noon

slid off his topper and down hi,
stiff, white collar.
A demand for order came a
1920 p. m. Four minutes later
Sen. Joseph T. Robinson, of Ark,
ansas, Democratic leader of the
senate appeared on the platform
The marine band blared Hail ia
the Chief" and Mr.. Roosevelt
strobe forward on the arm of his
son. .
Few recognized him. There was
a fluttery cheer. The supreme
court justices stood as did other
dignitaries. They remained at
attention until Mr.. Roosevelt had
taken his seat. The president APP
pealed to those who had barred
their heads to replace their hats.
Shivering spectators were won
dering how the flute player in the
marine band kept water out of
the instrument.
Soon the Rev. Re Barney Phil
lips, chaplain of the senate, arose
and delivered the invocation. He
appealed for divine guidance for
the president and prayed for a
fastening of the day when men
rise above lesser things.
Msgr. John A. Ryan delivered the
benediction with a prayer that
Mr.. Roosevelt may find strength
to continue the social program
begun during the first regime.
At 1928 p. m. Garner took the
oath. The country had been with
out q president or vice president
for almost half an hour since
their first term of office ended
at noon. Robinson read the oath
and Garner strident 81 do" end
ed that part of the ceremony.
Then Mr.. Roosevelt and Chief
Justice Hughes stood. The ven-
cradle Hughes, who needed the
vote of only one state-Califor-
nia-to defeat Woodrow Wilson
for the presidency in l9l6-read
80 words W h ich pledged Mr..
Roosevelt to obedience of the con-
stitution. With his hand on the
family's old Dutch Bible, especi-
ally covered to safeguard it
against the rain, Mr.. Roosevelt
repeated the oath after Hughes.
A great cheer welled from the
crowd. Hughes shook hands with
the president and resumed his
seat. There was a brief pause.
Spectators settled back into wet
seats. The rain beat down with
increasing fury.
The president Immediately re-
called his first inauguration, say
ing:
1--WE of the republic pledged
ourselves to drive from the tenn
pie of our ancient faith those
who had profaned it; to end by
action, tireless and unafraid, the
stagnation of despair of that day.
1--WE did those things first"
But, he continued, the admin
istration did not stop there in try
ing to meet the many problems of
complex civilization. He point
ed out that repeated attempts to
solve them without the aid Of
government had failed. These at
tempts, he said, left the nation
"baffled and bewildered.'
Without government assist
ance, Mr.. Roosevelt said, it was
impossible to create moral con-
trolls necessary to make science a
useful servant instead Of a ruth
less master of mankind.
"To do this" he continued.
1--WE knew we must find practical
controls over blind economic
forces and blindly selfish men,"
Fourteen days ago, MIR. Roose-
Welt told congress there is no wi
tai need" of changing the constr
tuition TO achieve social progress.
He implied the same thought yes
terday when he said:,
"This year marks the one hun.
dred and fiftieth anniversary OF
the constitutional convention
which made us a nation. AT that
convention our forefathers found
the way out of the chaos which
followed the Revolutionary war.
. . Today we invoke those same
powers of government to achieve
the same detectives.
"Four years of new experiences
have not belied our historic in
stinct. They hold out the same
clear hope that government with
in communities, government with
in the separate states and govern
ment of the United States can DO
the things the times require, WITH
out yielding its democracy
There was smattering OF ap,,
plause as Mr.. Roosevelt reviewed
the successes Of his first admins,
tration. 1t swelled into a loud
demonstration when he outlined
the aims of the second New Deal.
eve have always known thai
Needless self-interest was bad
morals" he said. 1--WE. know now
that il is bad economics. Out OF
the collapse of a prosperity whose
builders boasted their practicaiity
has come the conviction that IN
the long run economic morah'y
pays. ,;ro ont