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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07

Looks like every child in the
District has been a very, very good
child all during the last year
especially those $4,000 VERY poor
children for whom the Washing
ton Herald-Times Good Cheer
Club is busy these daysl
Anyway, early reports on the
number planning to attend the
Capitol Theater's special Saturday
morning toy matinee-at 9 a. m.
next carbohydrates it look that
way.
More than 1000 boys can be
nut right into the waiting and
otherwise empty hands of those
poor children, if YOU take the
children-or yourself, for that
matter, down to the Capitol after
$50 a. m. and drop top in the
big Santa Claus box in the lobby
that's all it takes to get in to
see the big special show! The
picture will be-for that Special
Toy Matinee only-Tarzan Els
capes."
How the kids will enjoy the
thrills of that! But think Of the
thrill that will come to little Miss
Lonely Heart-or little Boy Blues
when Santa Claus actually puts
a toy in his hands FOR HIS VERY
OWN on Christmas morning-just
because YOU went to that matt
nee! Remember, it isn't the
WORTH of the toy that makes
it valuable beyond price-it's just
HAVING it!
1t doesn't really have to be a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07
Toy Matinee to DrAw Big Cr0@d

phone and calling Republic 1884,
the Patterson Papers. and telling
us where we can call for whatever
you want to give as a Good Cheer
Club member. No Dues Just
HELP How's about it?
Santa Claus address book is
$4,000 fuller than his pack! And
it won't take much from anybody
to see it full to OVERLOOKING! Shall
it be-Merry Christmas?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07
Tokomo's Library Celebrates Growth

The rate at which its books have
multiplied in the past three years
was celebrated at the Takoma Park
Library Associations annual meet
ing last night. From fewer than
1000 books. the library has grown
to 5000 in this period. A bronze
plaque inscribed with the names of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07
Maryland Democrat
Club Plans Election

BERWYN, Md. December Z.
Officers for 1899 will be elected
by the Patuxent Democratic Club
at a meeting at 8 p. m. today in
the Berwyn firehouse. The club
is composed of Democrats from
Baltimore, Howard, Prin C e
Georges, Montgomery and Anne
Arundel counties.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07

L. Lewton, vice-president; w. D.
Lambert, secretary; Mrs. c. c.
Waters, treasurer. Other board
members are Mrs. Robertson, Mrs.
A. L. Conger, Mrs. B. Shanks
CLANCY, Mrs. j. Bond Shaw and
Walter Hartman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07

the founders was presented at the
celebration by Mrs. James A
Robertson, member of the board OF
trustees and wife of the Maryland
State archivist. Mrs. Frederick l.
Pratt was elected president of the
board last night, along with DR.. F.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-07

Ever esy
IL . eOsd Day
10 the 1t
Ne Aas
esapsaT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Building Program

This third proposal relates
solely to definite additions to
the purchasing power of the
nation by providing new work:
(a) 1 ask for certain amend
ments to the United States
Housing Authority Act to per-
NIT the undertaking Of the i'm
mediate construction Of about
$500, 900, 900 Of additional prof.
ects. The Federal Housing Ad-
ministration is prepared to in
crease the already mounting
volume of home and apartment
construction.
Cd I ask for a renewal Of
Public Works projects. I be-
lieVe that by the expenditure
of $3.50, 600, 900, and the grant
ing Of authority to loan up to
$1,000, 900, 900 to States and
their subdivisions, a vast num-
Der Of well thought out, needed
and permanent public improve
mentS can be undertaken this
summer and autumn.
I believe that the aid Of the
Federal Government should be
put in optional form-either
the existing method Of IS per
cent grant and IS per cent loan,
or the advancing Of the whole
sum as loans to States and their
subdivisions without interest:
Under such q plan the Federal
Government would assume tive
payment Of interest and the
borrowing authority would as
sumo the payment Of the prin-
cipal by amortization or rental.
Under either method the ulti-
mate cost to the Federal Gov
eminent and to the States and
their subdivisions is approx
mately the same.
> It is my thought that the
total ultimate out Of pocket cost
to the Federal Government by
either or both methods should
be limited to one billion dollars,
and Furthermore that no loans
or grants should be made on
any State or local projects which
cannot be started within six
months Of the date of the en-.
abling legislation, and completed
within a year or a year and o
half from the commencement
of work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
HiqhIiqhts of MESSAGE

(FOlIot0ing the highIights of President Roose-
UeHs message to Congress outlining the ruVo0es
brought by the business recession and recommending
methods of stopping the dOwn,OOrd spirG1)
Cali the energies of Government and business must be
directed to increasing the national income; to putting
people into private jobs; to giving security to all
people in all walks of life"
The electorate. wants no backward steps taken"
"n this situation there is for any American
to allow his fears to be aroused his energy enter
prise to be paralyzed by doubt uncertainty"
eff the national ncome) be increased to eighty
billion dollars in next year two the whole econo-
mic picture will be different"
1T is essential that private funds be put to work and
all of recognize that such funds entitled to fair
profit"
g.. Government cannot and should not act alone Bust
must help. 1 am business will help"
eve need more than the materials of recovery. We
need united national wil'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
More Jobs EssentiGl

The record speaks for itself.
No other measures affecting
business have been proposed.
All the energies Of Govern
ment and business must be di-
rected to increasing the national
income; to putting more people
into private jobs; to giving Sc
curity and the feeling Of security
to all people in all walks Of life.
I believe that Improvement in
Government and business prac-
ticeS must go hand in hand with
recovery-that they should be,
and will be, q definite aid to- re-
covery. While I do not wish in
this message to overemphaSize
some Of the needs, I do want to
say that I believe that we must
be definitely aware Of certain
of them-the elimination of fu-
ture tsx-exempt bonds Of all
kinds of Government agencies:
the Subjecting Of Government
salaries and wages Of all kinds to
Federal and state income taxes;
a serious undertaking to solve
the railroad problem and the
problems Of InonopoliStic prac-
tees and price-fixing. These are
no new subjects; nor have I any.
thing to add to them except the
statement that their solution
will help and not hurt business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
NeD Deodline Sets In

At the end o. 1886 the ef-
forts of the Government to
aid in increasing the nations
purchasing power and in stimu-
lating business had become so
well recognized that both the
business community and the
Government felt that a large
measure of the Governments
spending activities could be
materially reduced.
But the very vigor of the re-
covery in both durable goods
and consumers goods brought
into the picture early in 1887
certain highly undesirable prac-
tees, which were in large part
responsible for the economic de-
cline which began in the later
months Of that year. Again pro-
duction outran the ability to buy.
There were many reasons for
this over-production. One was
fear-fear of war abroad, fear
of initiation, fear of nation
wide strikes. None of these
fears have been borne out.
There were other causes Of
over-production and these causes
differed in each industry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Building Suffers

The price of steel products Of
many kinds was increased far
more than was justified by the
increased wages Of steel workers.
In the case Of many commodities
the price to the consumer was
raised well above the initiation.
airy boom prices Of 1929. In
many lines Of goods and mate.
rails, prices got so high that
buyers and builders ceased to
buy or to build.
Once more, as in 1929, the
economic process Of getting out
the raw materials, putting them
through the manufacturing and
finishing processes, selling them
to the retailers, selling them to
the consumer, and finally using
them, got completely out of bal.
ance. The Government of the
United States fearing just such
an event had issued warnings
in April, 1887, against these
practices Of over-production and
high prices. The Federal Re.
serve System curtailed banking
credit, and the Treasury COM
menced to "sterilizo" gold as a
further brake on What it was
feared might turn into a run
away initiation.
The simple fact is that the
laying off of workers came upon
us last autumn and has been con-
tinuing at such a pace ever
since that all of us, Government
and banking and business and
workers, and those faced with
restitution, recognize the need
for action.
1t should be noted in fairness
that since January /, 1897, the
President has recommended to
the Congress only four meas
ureS Of major Importance to the
business of the country:
!. Legislation to stabilize agri.
culture. A comprehensive law
was approved by me two months
ago.
2. Legislation 70 end serious
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Aid For Little FelIOO

AS a part Of better administra-
ton I hope that Federal bank
ing supervision can be better
coordinated. In addition, / am
requesting that the Securities
Exchange Commission consider
such simplification Of regula-
lions as will assist and expedite
the financing, particularly, Of
small business enterprises.
3. I come, therefore, to the
third category which I consider
to be vital. The first two cate
gories-maintenance Of relief
and the expansion Of credit
might prove sufficient, but in
my judgment other measures
are essential.
You and I cannot afford to
equip ourselves with two rounds
Of ammunition where three
rounds are necessary. If we
stop at relief and credit, we
may find ourselves without am
munition before the enemy is
routed. II we are fully equipped
with the third round Of aTnmu-
milton, we stand to win the bat
tie against adversely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14

for action, both by the Govern
ment and by the people.
It cannot be disputed that the
national income, which was
$4,000, 900, 900 in 1892, $6s, 000.-
100000 in 1887, is now running
at the lesser rate Of about $685.
100000, 900.
If it can be increased to $8O,-
100000, 900 in the course of the
next year or two, the whole
economic picture viii be differ
ent. Hundreds Of thousands
more people win be employed in
private industry, hundreds of
thousands fewer will be In need
Of relief, and consumer demand
for goods will be greatly sttmul-
lated.
I do not set $4,000. 900, 900 as
the national-income goal. It
ought to rise IN the next decade
to more than 500, 00O, 0OO, 900.
1 want to make it clear that we
do not believe that we can get
an adequate rise in national In
come merely by investing, lend
ing, or spending public funds.
It Is essential in our economy
that private funds be put to
work and all Of US recognize
that such funds are entitled to
q fair profit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Self Restraint Urged

Certain positive requirements
seem to me to accompany the
will-if we have that will.
There is placed on all Of us
the duty Of self-restraint. We
still rely on personal responsible
ity-a responsibility guided by a
common conscience. That is the
discipline Of a democracy. Every
patriotic citizen must say to
himself or herself, that, immo-
derate statement, appeals to
prejudice, the creation Of I'M
kindness, are .offenseS not
against an individual or indivi.
dualS, but offenseS against the
whole population Of the United
States.
Use Of power by any group,
however situated, to force its
interest or to use its strategic
position in order to receive more
from the common fund than its
contribution to the common
fund justifieS, is an attack
against, and not an aid, to our
national life.
SelfreStraint implies restraint
by articulate public opinion,
trained to distinguish fact from
falSehopd, trained to believe
that bitterness is never a use
full instrument in public affairs.
There can be no dictatorship by
an individual or by q group in
this nation, save through divi-
sion fostered by hate. Such
division there must never be.
Amid the voices which now
seek to divide group from group,
occupation from occupation,
section from section, thinking
Americans must insist on COM
mon effort in q common en-
deavor and a common faith In
each other. Let every business
man set out to use his strength
Of mind and heart and his conf
dence in his fellow man and
his country. Let every labor
leader find not how work can
be stopped but how 1t can be
made to proceed smoothly, con-
tinuously and fairly. Let every
public official consider that his
task is to use his authority SO
that the service he renders is
adapted to curbing abuses and
helping honest effort. Let every
one Of us work together to move
the life Of the nation forward.
We, q successful democracy.
face q troubled world. Else
where schools of thought con-
tend that democracy is doomed
to failure. They tell us that free
speech and the free exchange
Of views will destroy democracies.
My conviction on the contrary
is hiatt the United States retain
ing free speech and q free ex-
change Of views can furnish q
dynamic example Of successful
government, provided the nation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
S1,555, 900, 900 Asked

As citizen income rises, let us
not forget that Government ex-
penditureS will go down and
Government tax receipts will 60
up.
How and where can and
should the Government help to
start an upward spiral?
I propose to the Congress
three groups Of measures: h
l. In the first category I
place additional appropriations
for the fiscal year beginning
July, 1888. These will not put
more money in the hands Of
the consuming public than we
are spending in the current
fiscal year, but they will pre-
vent men and women from be.
ing thrown out Of work on
July /. They will stop the
spiral from continuing its down
ward course.
(a) I recommend an appro-
priation Of one billion two
hundred and fifty million dol
lars for the Works Progress
Administration, to be used dur
ing the first seven months Of
the next fiscal year. Such q
grant is ammunition Of the
highest grade for attack on re-
cesSion. It will not greatly in.
crease the present rate Of ex-
pendlture, but ought to be SUI.
ficient to care for the additional
men and women who have come
or are coming to an end Of
their unemployment insurance
payments.
(b) For the Farm Security
Administration an appropria-
ton Of one hundred and
seventy-five million dollars for
the next fiscal year.
(c) For the National Youth
Administration the sum Of
seventy-five million dollars to
cover the full fiscal year.
I'D For the Civilian Conser-
walton Corps the sum Of fifty
million dollars additional to
maintain the existing number
Of camps now in operation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Too Much Production

The net result of these causes
and ill-adVised practices was q
repetition, on a small scale, of
what had happened in 1927,
1928 and 1929 on a much larger
scale.
In other words, production in
many important lines of goods
outran the ability Of the public
to purchase them.
For example, through the win
ter and spring Of 1887 cotton
factories in hundreds of cases
were running on a three-shift
basis, piling up cotton goods in
the factory and in the hands Of
middle men and retailers. For
example, also, automobile manu-
tacturers not only turned out q
normal increase Of finished
cars, but encouraged the nor
NAL increase to run into abb
normal figures, using every
known method to push their
sales.
This meant, of course, that
the steel mills Of the nation ran
on a 24-hour basis, and the tire
companies and cotton factories
Speeded up to meet the same
type Of abnormally stimulated
demand. The buying power of
the nation Jagged behind.
Thus by the autumn of 1887
the nation again had stocks on
hand which the consuming pub
lie could not buy because the
purchasing power Of the consum-
ing public had not kept pace
with the production.
During the same period prior
to last autumn, the prices of
many vital products had risen
faster than was warranted, For
example, copper which I'm.
doubleday can be produced at a
profit in this country for from
10 to IL cents a pound-was
pushed up and up to II cents
a pound.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Must Not Recede

At the same time, I must re-
peat what I believe the over.
Whelming majority Of both
Houses Of the Congress will
agree to-that the Congress and
the Chief Executive can Ill at.
ford to weaken or destroy great
reforms which, during the past
five years, have been effected
on behalf Of the American
people.
In our rehabilitation of the
banking structure and Of agri-
culture, in our provisions for
adequate and cheaper credit for
all types of business, in our &C.
ceptance Of national response
bility for unemployment relief,
in our strengthening Of the
credit Of state and local govern
ment, in our encouragement Of
housing, Slum clearance and
home ownership, in our super
vision Of stock exchanges and
PAAAAN NIAAALy 4AO44A1AB CO4A1PAA14Co
and the issuance Of new Securi-
ties. in our provision for social
security, the electorate Of Amer
lea wants no backward steps
taken.
We have recognized the right
Of labor to free organization, to
collective bargaining, and ma
chinery for the handling Of Ia
Dor relations is now in existence.
The principles are established
even though we can all admit
that through the evolution Of
time administration and prac-
tees can be improved.
Such improvement can come
about most quickly and most
peacefully through sincere e.
forts to understand and assist
on the part Of labor leaders and
employers alike.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Cooperation Needed

The never-ceasing evolution of
human society will doubtless
bring forth new problems which
will require new adjustments.
Our immediate task is to con-
Solidate and maintain the gains
achieved.
In this situation there is no
reason and no occasion for any
American to allow his fears to
be aroused or his energy and en-
terpriSe to be paralyzed by
doubt or uncertainty.
Our situation is vastly differ
ent from that which we faced
five years ago. Let us use the
tools already forged and laid
out on the bench.
At this immediate time we
suffer from a failure of con-
sumner demand. The hoped-for
unemployment Of this spring is
not proceeding fast enough to
create an economic upturn.
Therefore, the problem calls
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
More Looms Planned

I call your attention to the
fact that these appropriations
will avert the laying off Of
people now receiving assistance
from the Federal Government.
In this same category Of stop
ping the downward spiral, I
also place the authorization re-
Gently given for. the leading Of
money to business enterprises by
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration. I do so because the
greater part Of such loans will
go to businesses which are in
grave danger Of shutting down
and throwing people out Of en-
ployment. Some Of the money,
but, in all probability only the
smaller part OF the loans, will
enable businesses to employ
more people or start new enter.
priSeS.
2. In the second category, the
Administration proposes immed-
lately to make additional bank
resources available for the
credit needs Of the country.
This can be done without legis-
lation.
It will be done through the
liberalization Of approximately
one billion four hundred million
dollars of Treasury gold, accom-
panied by action on the part Of
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Continued from Page u

ting purchasing power in the
hands of the consuming public
and actually securing a more
equitable distribution Of the ma
tional income. Thus the down
ward spiral was stopped; and
not merely stopped, but started
on an upward course. a trend
lasting through four years and
a half.
In 1928 the national income
was $4,000, 000,0 900, in 1882 1t
had fallen TO less than 100000
100000.
Since the low point of 1882,
each year, including 1887, has
shown a steady increase in the
income which the nation pro
duced, reflected in increased
wages and salaries, in increased
dividends, interest, and ind1-
viduars income. In 1887 the
total of our citizens income had
risen to $4,000, 100000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Must Be ':NeiShbOrly"

The driving force Of a nation
lies in its spiritual purpose,
made effective by free, tolerant
but unremitting national will.
In the western Hemisphere
the good neighbor policy has SO
strengthened the American Re
publics that q spiritual unity in
our relations now prevails. Can
that good nefghbor message be
accepted and practiced in our
national life?
If we accept that high and
splendid road this free democ-
racy will give successful answer
to the fears and questionings
which today trouble the minds
and souls Of men and women
the world over.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
Omitted Will" Needed

We need more than the ma
terials Of recovery. We need a
united national will.
We need to recognize nation
ally that the demands Of no
group. however just, can be salts
fled unless that group is pre-
pared to share in finding q way
to produce the income from
which they and all other groups
can be paid. Unjust claims de-
feat themselves. You, as the
Congress, I, as the President,
must by virtue of our offices,
seek the national good by pre-
serving the balance between all
groups and all sections.
We have at our disposal the
national resources, the money,
the skill of hand and head to
raise our economic leVel-our
citizens income. Our capacity
is limited only by our ability to
work together. What is needed
Is the will.
The time has come to bring
that will into action with every
driving force at our command.
And I am determined to do my
share.
The responsibility for max
ing this national will effective
rests on every indi viduaI
whether in the Government or
in industry, or in fianance, or in
labor, or in the professional
fields. Every man and woman in
the United States has the great
privilege Of making this will pro-
ductive. And the beneficiary
will be the whole Of the Ameri-
can people.