Evening star., 1940-10-02

, That Is the case In communist RUS.
sia, and, In effect, in Nazi Germany
and the other dictator countries.
Under 6 dictatorship there need
never be any unemployment. The
state tells you what you must do
tells you where you must do it-and
tells you how you must do 1t. And
you've got to 60.
Yes-you have q job under those
conditions. But you have bought
that job with your freedom.
We in America have made our de-
cision with regard to that issue. We
want to work either for ourselves
or for and with somebody else, and
not for the state under q dictator.
ship.
Because we know-all of us know
that no matter in what shape it
comes, dictatorship always means
slavery for the people.
And finally it means the spirit
which says. you toll and make
bread, and III eat It,"
We believe, then, in the freedom
OF the workers to take whatever job
they want-whatever jobs give them
the good life-and the best oppor-
tunities.
No slaves-and no masters-this
is the essence of democracy. That
is the system / stand for. and that
is the system you will get If you
elect me President.
Government Must Do
What People Cannot.
The government-the legitimate,
proper object of government-is TO
do for the people what they need to
have done but cannot do for them
selves. Where they can do it them
selves-for themselves-the gov
ernment ought not to interfere.
That is the old and tried Amer
lean way. and 1t was successful. 1t
was successful because 1t was based
on principle-sound and crystal
clear.
The New Deal seems to be united
on the proposition that it should
break with the past, but it doesn't
seem to know where it is going.
So, let us look at the problems
facing those who work In our Amer
ican system of free enterprise. Let
us first see whether the New Deal
is right in trying to kill free enter.
prise-or whether Abraham Lincoln
was right when he said, I'VE shall
sooner have the fowl by Matching
the egg than by smashing it."
AS see it, there are three reasons
why American workers should fear
the continuation of unemployment:
First, there are $500, 900 people
out of work today. That means there
are 9,600.0O0 people looking for
your Job.
Second, our population is grow
ing-is expanding. More than half
a million new workers come to ma
turity each year. And more than
half a million young men and
women graduate from school-to
look for jobs-jobs that they cannot
find.
If they have no place to 60. they
will be out looking for your job, too.
And the next year-an6 each sue
ceeding year-there will be another
half million of them.
Government Cannot Support
Growing Unemployment.
And third-and this is the most
important to all of you-it is simply
not possible for the Government to
60 on supporting a growing number
of unemployed. Somebody has to
pay the bill-and that somebody is
you-al of us who have jobs.
One-fifth Of our national income
goes for taxes.
The biggest item on that tax bill
aside from defense-is relief for
the unemployed.
But even the taxes on you have
not been enough. And SO, Of course,
the New Deal has found an easy
method Of paying the big relief bill.
1t borrows the money.
In the seven and q half years 1t
has borrowed 70 billion dollars.
If We 90 on living beyond our
income there Is bound to be 4 COLI
lapse.
Is this the doctrine of Wendell
Willkie? Let the Democratic can
didate of 1882 for the nrst term
speak for me. In his political speech
at Pittsburgh on October 10, 1882,
Mr.. Roosevelt said:
IF the Nation Is living within its
income. its credit Is good. If, in
some crises. it lives beyond its in
come, for year or two, 1t can
usually borrow temporarily at rea.
sonable rates. But If, like 4 SPEND
thrift, 1t throws discretion to the
winds, and Is willing to make no
sacrifice at al in spending; II 1t ex-
tends its taxing to the limit Of the
peoples power to pay and continues
to pile up deficits, then 1t Is on the
road to bankruptcy"
Now, the question is, how can We
get OH this road to bankruptcy that
the candidate for the third term
talked about way back in 1882, and,
II We car, ret Of that road. how do
We get back on the road to pros
perity7 ~.
Production Means Both
Jobs and Prosperity.
There is oply one way 1t can be
done.
The 5ead r prosperity is paved