The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24
said sharply, and turned to charges
of secret understandings.
No Deal With Anybody.

SdlQ SHARPLY, ana turned TO Charges
of secret understandings.
No Deal With Anybody.
81 give you this most solemn as
Surance," he said: There is no Sc
cret treaty, no secret obligation, no
secret commitment, no secret I'M
derstanding in any shape or form,
direct or indirect, with any other
government, or any other nation in
any part of the world, to involve
this nation in any war or for any
other purpose
The crowd was cheering again and
Mr.. Roosevelt acknowledging the
demonstration with a big smile that
seemed to Keep the noise going.
By implication, Mr.. Roosevelt
made Mr.. Willkie the advocate of
private over public development of
WaterpoWer, of repeal of the social
security act and abrocation of truth
in-securities legislation. He warmed
to his subject and made smiling
confession that this reply to de
liberate falsificationS" was pleas
ant task because he is an old CAM
paigner and loves fight. The au-
dience howled its appreciation and
over all the noise came bull throat
ed encouragement from down front:
go to it, Champ!"
1.-THE presidency is not prize to
be won by mere glittering promises.
1t is not a commodity to be sold by
high pressure craftsmanship and ma
tional advertising.
1.-THE presidency is a most sacred
trust. 1t ought not to be dealt with
on any level other than an appeal
to reason and to humanity"
Cites More Proof.
He said the partisan desperation
which could invent secret treaties
was driving his opponents to "the
false charge" that business is stif1ed
and can make no profits. Those
statements are false, he said, and
cited employment, industrial pro-
duction and wage and corporate
earning figures to prove it. He es-
timated 100000 (M) more persons
employed in industry now than in
1888, corporate earnings plus $4,000
100000 CD now instead of minus
$4,000,000,00 OBJ then, average hour
ly wages of industrial workers II
cents great now than in 1929.
Let us call the roll ;" he said
and brought from the massed thou
sands thunderous cheers as he told
of old age pensions, unemployment
collective bargaining,
minimum wages, maximum hours,
the outlawing of child labor, a ST.
100000 CD annual factory pay
roll. And with all of it, he remind
ed, the cost Of living is % per cent
under that of 1929.
objectionable Justification >"
he called the talk of Republicans
that business cannot profit, that
business has little confidence in the
that the administra-
ton hates business.
National Income Doubles.
"Our national income has doubled
since 1882. :"
Fewer banks had failed in the
seven ne wdeal years than in any
single year from 1923 to 1888.
"And yet said Mr.. Roosevelt,
there are some banks now using
to advertise, or to send let
tiers to their depositors, limiting
that unless this administration is
defeated, the deposits of their banks
will be in danger. This is sheer in
to blackjack the cleo
tion," he safe, and to return the
financial control of the government
to the very forces which had nearly
the nation"
Hull Is Called In
Washington, Oct. 24-(UP)-Pres-
ident Roosevelt called Secretary of
State Cordell Hull to the White
House for consultation today after
receiving voluminous : dispatches
bearing on international develop
mentS.
White House Secretary Stephen
T. Early said Mr.. Roosevelt had
called the conference with Hull as
result of the large number of official
which had piled up on
his desk during his campaign swing
In Pennsylvania, Delaware and New