The Washington times., 1938-09-05

Eastern Shore since 1888 -
perhaps more visits than any
other President has made; and
I have been honored by being
given an honorary degree by
your own historic Washington
University.
You have sent your sons and
daughters by the thousands
into the industrial world. Your
products of farm and fishery go
to the greatest city markets OF
the United States. And you
have never lost the sense of the
laStin gspiritual values in life.
That is why I have wanted
to come here on Labor Day and
preach a sermon, if you, on
that ancient text, 1--WE are all
members one of another"
In order to make that rela-
tionShip a benefit rather than
a curse, in order to keep all our
people abreast of each other
and in line with present. our
democratic form of govern
ment must move forward on
many fronts at the same time.
For a dozen years or more
prior to 1888, the Federal Gov
ernment had not moved for
ward at all. Life was out Of bal
ance and Government had
failed completely to recognize
that important social needs
called for action.
In a nationwide effort to
catch up with lost time, to bring
a distant past up to the present,
a whole series of new under
takings had to be launched in
1888. But remember well that
these undertakings were on a
complete front that included
American citizens in every occu-
patton and in every part Of the
country.
During this process there were
of course people both in private
and in public life who did not
like to do the things that had to
be done. They admitted the
existence OF certain abuses. But
in their hearts they wishfully
believed that Improvement
should come from individual ini-
tiative or local iniative without
the help of government. If i'm
provement could not come with
out government action, then
they wanted no improvement at
all.
People who feel and think
like that I call conservatives"
and even 'reactionaries." And
people who feel that the past
should be brought up to the pre-
sent by using every legitimate
instrument to do the job, gov
ernment included, I call Glib
erals" or "progresSives."
Any man-any political party
has a right to be honestly one
or the other. But the nation can
not stand for the confusion of
having him pretend to be one
and act like the other.
A fewS days ago a brilliant
newspaper writer aske me to
illustrate the difference between
a liberal and a conservative.
will condense for you what I
told her.
For example, I said, "Mr. A"
is composite conservative. He
admitted that in 1888 interest
rates charged by private bank
ing to ordinary citizens who
wanted to finance a farm were
altogether too high: he admitted
that there were excesses, sharp
practices and abuses in issuing
securities and buying and sell
mitted that the hours of work in
ing stocks and bonds; he ad-
his factory were too long; he
admitted that old people, who
became destitute through no
fault of their own, were a prob
lem; he admitted that national
and international economic con-
ditionS and speculation made
farming and fishing extremely
hazardous occupations; and he
had not kept pace with the buy
even admitted that the buying
power Of farmers and fishermen
ing power of many other kinds
of workers.
But conservative "Mr. A" not
only declined to take any lead
in solving these problems in CO.
operation with his government.
He even found fault with and
opposed, openly or secretly, al.
most every suggestion that was
put forward by those who be-
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