The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25

lem of unemployment on our
hands in this country, and per-
haps a "war boom" right now
would help to solve it-tempo-
rarily.
But only temporarily! =. re-
member that!
You can put lot of people
back to work, manufacturing
arms and munitions but when
the wars over, what arc you go
ing to do with them?
You'll be right back where you
are today >. or even farther
back!
Hard Work
You know we are here today
celebrating italian Day at the
Worlds Fair :. and If there's one
thing above all others that you
can say of the italian people-of
our American people of Italian
birth or descent-it's that they're
not afraid of hard work.
They're Woodworking, honest,
thrifty and industrious.
And ambitious.
They know you don't get any
thing, in this world Of ours, for
nothing.
We're not going to be fooled by
any war BOOM"
"War" jobs don't last. We know
that.
What we need, in this country,
is to get back to some fundamen-
tai principles - some undying
truths. -
For too long, we've been rum
ming around In circles, in this
land of ours, following first this
theory and then that. We've gone
along, following theories and
there's. still twelve million UNI
employed.
Now a "war boom" is coming
along, and maybe lot of those
unemployed are going back to
work-temporarily. But you aren't
going to fool us that way.
AL the theories we've been try
ing haven't worked we know
that and no war boom's" go
ing to save them!
Here in America, the thing
that's made this country what 1t
is today, above all else has been
opportunity.
That-and Freedom.
Freedom and Opportunity {.
Freedom of Opportunity!
We can't all become rich or ia
nous. We may. some Of us, never
amount to much of anything. But
we can try! We can make the
most Of our opportunities
we're free to make the most of
our opportunities and there
has never been, in this land of
ours, anyone to say to us No p.
"No, that's out of your class
NO, you don't come from the
right country for that
Those are the things we must
never let die in America-Free-
dom and Opportunity!
Never Let Die
Those are the things we want
for our children.
Every boy and every girl, in this
America of ours, has the right to
amount to something :. to grow
up, to get a good job, to marry,
and to have children, and a home.
We want them to have these
things, and the opportunity to
better themselves, and we don't
want, in this country, any form of
government that will take these
things away from them!
In our homes, we teach our
children-our boys and girls-to
be honest to be thrifty :. to
respect the rights of others =. :.
to do good work. We know that
that's the way to get along in
the world.
And when we've worked hard
and saved little money-perhaps
acquired a little business of our
own-we expect to be protected.
We expect the Goyernment-our
Governmental protect us. We
expect our Government to work
as hard, and to be as saving, as
we have been.
We expect our Government to
work for uS-not for some other
countryl
I think we're, all of us, a little
jittery nowadays, because we've
seen our Government "experi-
menting" with so many things
through this Depression. And
now we don't want any "exper-
imenting" with this European
war!
What we want, here in America,
Is to stay out of war!-not take
any sides at all! ;. stay out, and
go back to work, right here in
our own country!
America stands for peace. The
Kingdom of italy has not taken
sides in the present conflict. All
the world has new respect for the
efforts Italy has made to bring
about a termination of hostilities.
Here in America, our task is, not
to become involved In a war that
would mean, perhaps, the death
OF our American heritage. our
task, here, Is to keep the torch OF
Liberty, of Freedom Of Opport,in.
ity. OF our self-representative
form of government. alight.
For these things many Of YOU