The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04

six years of such far-rlung internal preparedness in our history. And all this has been done without any dictator's power to command, with out conscription of labor or con- fiscation of capital, without con- centration camps, and without a scratch on freedom of speech, free dom of the press or the rest of the bill of rights"
 Forges New Tools
 He declared that the administra- ton had been compelled to forge new tools for new role of govern ment in Democracy "a role of new responsibility for new needs and in creased responsibility for old needs, long neglected"
 He admitted that in the construc- ton of this machinery of govern ment mistakes had been made and noted general agreement that i've should simplify and improve laws if experience and operation clearly demonstrate the need"
 He cited specifically the case of Social Security legislation.
 "All of us want better protection for our older people," he said. For the medically needy we must provide better care"
 He called for an effort to end labor factionalism and labor strife.
 Must End Labor Strife
 "Most of us agree" he said, "that for the sake of employer and em- ploye alike must find ways to end factional labor strife and employer employe disputes"
 He called again for reorganiza- ton of governemnt - the project on which he suffered his major congressional defeat last session.
 Most of us recognize" he said, "that none of these tools (of gov ernmenD can be put to maximum effectiveness unless the executive processes of government are re- vamped - reorganized if you will into more effective combination"
 He declared that with exception of failure of Congress to provide government reorganization and fail- ure to enact legislation to rehabili- tate the nations transport system the past three congresses have met in part or in whole the pressing needs of the new order of things"
 The President re-asserted his de- sire to provide for profitable em- ployment of private capital.
 "The object" he said, 'is to put capital - private as well as public to work"
 Capital, Labor to Work
 we want to get enough capital and labor at work to give us total turnover of business. total national income of at least eighty billion dol- lars year." he said.
 He declared that this achievement would result in substantial reduction of unemployment and balanced budget.
 This task, he declared, is highly complicated. It requires changes in relationships of prices, volume and employment, perfection of the ad- ministration farm program, new honesty standards in financial mar kets, reconciliation of antagonistic interests as in the transport field, and revamping of federal, state and local tax relationships.
 The task, he said, includes "the perfecting of labor organization and a universal ungrudging attitude by employers toward the labor move- ment, until there is a minimum of interruption of production and em- ployment because of disputes, and acceptance by labor of the truth that the welfare of labor itself de- pends on increased balanced output of goods"
 Cut Federal Spending
 MT. Roosevelt turned his back on proposals to cut federal spending drastically.
 Tt does not seem logical to me at the moment we seek to increase production and consumption for the federal government to consider . drastic curtailment of it's own in- vestments."
 He said that government spend- ing would be of paramount aid in achieving the $80, 1000. 900 900 national income level which he predicted might be reached "in g very short