The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-08

sho % not think eur PARTY q.
: win through We have Republicans
and Democrats who DO not think
our country can win through. We
have Europeans and Americans
who Do not think civilization can
win through.
4 Am not sshamed 70 confess
TIE Abiding faitA that eur party.
cur country. and ths world viii
win through.
II 70 true that ws havs . crisis
here In America But ours 10 q
crisis % fAith-faish N ourselves.
In our system. and In our own ira
ditions. On the solution Of that
erisis everything depends.
II here We can rout defeafism.
n here Ne can regain courage and
unecunded activity. n here we can
unite industry and agriculture and
labor for an invincihls America.
then, and then only. can We con-
tribute 10 -ths peace c< all The
worlds people.
Days Not Happy
Our problems are massive.
They are acute. They cant be
wished away BY singing Happy
Days Are Here Again Happy
days are not here again. Our days
are crowded with human perplexi-
ties. human misfortune. and human
pain This distress u reflected IN
every state and In every part q
owr national economy.
when President Roosevelt ives
inaugurated. ~ said. Our great
est primary task - 10 put people
10 work He defined the issue. but
has failed 10 md the solution.
After seven years, putting people
10 work n stin our greatest prs-
mary task.
''one person out AZ every five
employable persons In this country |
In today unemployed. The great.
unanswered question h: What
keeps him out OF work
Some people say he does not
want 10 work. That y . vicious
Islander on tho American people.
Capital WIN Work
Some people say unemployed
capital does not want 20 work.
Unemployed capital today y
about the same ~ II has always
been. II will 70 to work II II can
find = place to work. with . rea-
sonable chance Of not losing both
tn job and itself. L
Il say to you that both capital
and labor want work. that both
detest idlensss. We are going to
get exactly nowher, telling lies
and libels about one another. We
have been getting nowhere for
seven years. telling HES and iibels
about each other.
so ask you once more: what
Keeps the unemployed man out Of
! job, This time I ask n IN
broader terms.
Pump Pruning Fails
The New Deal has . committee ,
JAILED the Temporary National 1
Economic COMMITTEES. The New !
Deal has been In power nearly =
even years--in case you forget
u Temporary National Economic /,
this year reports ~ fol- '
ows. / quote: q
THE American economic ma a
hine n stalled on dead center
After seven years Of lending L
nd spending, seven years Of prim- Il
NJ the pump. seven years Of push a
NJ the accelerator down 10 the Il
loor on more and more and more n
ublic spending. seven years Of N
up the cylinders Of the N
laehine with more than ~ billion =
ollars of new national public debt
after seven years what does the
lew Deal repair crew tell usy II
dmits defeat. II says: The
.merican economic machine u
allied on dead center
Creating Jobs
Il have been asking: what
seps the unemployed man out Of
job,' Here II one Of the an
sers: This New Deal repair crew
,es not believe In this machine.
ut believes In public spending.
ut does II believe In what has al
avs hitherto made the machine
ok itself up and bound forward
rain after every temporary slow
,wn, Does II believe IN thoss
,solutely necessary new. great,
ivsnturous private enterprises
at create jobs'
Just 10 there shall be no doubt
out II. let me quote ths president
msek. The whole Of ths basic
onomie theory and u the basie
onomic practice In ths New Deal
In the speech the president made
San Francisco IN 1884. Here
swey quoted.)
Here 10 the whole outlook Of
Q New Deal: The established
znts are All right But the new
ants. the new adventures. the
" Industries. are unnecessary