Evening star., 1937-09-25
BY the Associated Press.

py the AsSuCldltu fTeSS.
CASPER. Wyo, September 25.-
The stenographic text of President
Roosevelts talk here yesterday fol-
lows:
is warm. l am very glad to come to
Casper. because have heard about
1t many, many times, from Senator
Schwartz, and heard about it even
before that. The very first year that
I was in Washington-I am not sure
it was not the first week 1 was in
Washington-I had a visit from Sen
ator Kendrick and Mr.. Wilkerson to
tell me about the Casper -Alcova prof.
ect. That was the beginning of it.
and you know what has been done
since
1 am very glad that this great
project is being constructed. People
all over the country ought to know
about it. The fact that the diversion
dam is going to irrigate thirty-three
to forty thousand acres of land, the
fact that the power plant is going
to furnish electric power. and at rea-
sonable rates. 1 hope you have them
now, but 1 don't know-at reasonable
rates, to not only many communities
in this State but even across the Ne
braska line. That is Just one Illus
tration of what the Government has
been doing this past four years, and
in this delightful drive that 1 have
just taken have had other evidences
OF what the Government has been
doing in the way /of useful work
your high school stadium and old
Fort Casper, about which I read SO
much in my younger days
s60,OO0,O0O Spent In State.
One hates to talk figures to the peo-
pie of any State. but the fact re-
mains, and is worth noting, and other
States have shared in proportion,
that in the past four and a half years
-four years-the State OF Wyoming
has had spent in it 100000, 900 of Fed
eral funds.
1t is not going to be spent nearly as
fast as that in the next four years,
because there is nothing like the un-
employment today that existed when
I came into office. AS a matter OF fact,
just in the past year, the number of
people on relief in this State has de-
creased from IL 900 to under 5000. All
of that, OF course, is helping me to bal
ance the budget and we are doing 1t.
The country is beginning to under
stand all of these problems in ma
tional terms. am glad the people are
travelling more and more AS matter
of fact there were so many people in
Yellowstone Park this Summer that
had to wait to go there until it was
closed.
Yes, the country is thinking nation
ally, there is no question about that.
I said the other day, about week ago,
that in my judgment the past four
years marked the first occasion, GER
tainly since the Civil War and prob
ably during the whole of the $50 of
our Government, that we are not only
acting, but thinking in national terms.
That is statement which only those
who are Intellectually dishonest, or
blind partisans, will seriously disagree
with. And it is worth repeating also
in other parts of the nation that DEM
ocratic processes of government can
meet the problems of an emergency
if the leadership in public life recog-
nizes and has the courage to tackle the
problems of the day.
Unless those problems are met, I'M
certainty and fear on the part of the
people are likely to result, as they re-
suited in 1882 and early 1888, result
leading to dictatorial form of gov
ernment, and the destruction of our
personal liberties.
Yes, am pretty we'll convinced that
the rank and file of the people of this
country approve the objectives of
their government. They approve and
support those who work for objectives,
by present methods to attain the OBJ
jectives, even though those methods
be changed by consultation and con-
ference, but they do not become very
enthusiastic about those who give
only lip service to the objectives, and
do nothing toward attaining them.
They are like a man knew once in