Evening star., 1937-03-05
futile compromise, before it came to
a head in the tragic war between
the States

futile compromise, before it came to
a head in the tragic war between
the States.
But economic freedom for the
wage Garner and the farmer and
the small business man will not
wait, like emancipation for 40
years. 1t will not wait for four
years. 1t will not wait at all.
Fate Of Many Countries
Has Turned on Human Needs.
After the World War, there arose
everywhere insistent demands upon
government that human needs be
met. The unthinking, or those who
dwell in the past, have tried to
block them. The wise who live in
the present have recognized their
innate justice and irresistible pres
sure-and have sought to guide
them.
In some countries a royalist form
of government failed to meet these
demands-and fell. In other coun-
tries parliamentary form of gov
ernment failed to meet these de-
mands-and fell. In still other
countries governments have man
aged to hold on, but civil strife has
f1ared or threats Of upheaval per-
Sist.
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failed for the time being to meet
human needs. People have become
so fed up with futile debate and
party chickering's over methods that
they have been willing to surrender
democratic processes and principles
in order to get things done. They
have forgotten the lessons Of his
tory that the ultimate failures Of
relationships cost humanity far
more than any temporary failures
Of democracy.
In the United States democracy
has, not yet failed and does not
need to fail. And we propose not to
let it fail!
Nevertheless, I cannot tell you
with complete candor that in these
last few years democracy in the
United States has fully succeeded.
Nor can I tell you, under present
circumstances just where American
democracy is headed nor just what
it is permitted to do in order to in
sure its continued success and sur
vival. I can only hope.
Three horse Team
OF U. S. Must Pull Together.
For as yet there is no definite as
surance that the three-horse team
of the American system Of Govern
ment will pull together. If three
well-matched horses are put to the
task of plowing up field where the
going is heavy and the team Of
three pull as one the field will be
plowed. If one horse lies down in
the traces or plunges off in another
direction, the field will not be
plowed.
What you and I call the prin-
ciples of the New Deal did not
originate on the 4th Of March,
1893. We think of that date as
their beginning, because it was not
until then that the social demands
they represented broke through the
inertia of many years of failure to
improve our political and economic
processes.
What were those demands and
needs? How far did we succeed in
meeting them? What about them
today?
Ever since the World War the
farmers Of America had been beat
ing off ever-mounting disasters.
This administration tried to help
them effectively where no other
administration had dared to take
that risk.
The agricultural adjustment act
testified to our full faith and con-
fidence that the very nature Of our
major crops makes them articles OF
commerce between the States.
The A. A. A. testified also to our
full faith and confidence that the
preservation Of sound agriculture Is
essential to the general welfare
that the Congress Of the United
States had full constitutional au-
thority to solve the national eco
nomic problems Of the Nations ag-
riculture. BY overwhelming votes,
the Congress thought so, too!
You know who assumed the power
to veto, and did veto that program.
Cannot Run From Fight ON
Advice of Defeatist Lawyers.
In the campaign of 1886. I said:
"Of course, we will continue our ef.
forts in behalf of the farmers Of
America! With their continued CO.