Evening star., 1940-05-28

terial superiority necessary, to over
come an enemy.
1t will increase our prestige and
will fortify our position In any future
negotiation between nations affect
ing any OF our international rela-
| tions.
We face bravely the internal
hazards of free government.
Without injustice or oppression we
are building up resistance against
them. The chief reliance Of the
Government, however, is on the de-
voted patriotism of its citizens, whose
constant regard for law and order,
maintains an atmosphere In which
sabotage, sedition, and subversive
acts are difficult to conceal and
hard to carry out
Remembering our many racial
stocks, and cherishing the virtues of
each OF them separately and In
assimilation here. we ali hold Ameri-
canism the precious heritage to be
transmitted to our children. For it
we willingly and zealously sacrifice
and strive.
Collectivism, the economy Of the
enemies Of democracy, is at war with
capitalism, the economy of America.
Therefore. an importsnt measure of
our defense is the maintenance of
the soundness and solvency of our
national economy.
Tighten Belts Now.
The cost of our present obligations
is great; but not so heavy as the cost
OF failure to spend now would later
be. We ought to tighten our belts
now and forthwith plan to meet the
requirements.
Industry, mining, agriculture,
commerce, the professions, labor,
capital and all other factors in the
united effort should cheerfully CO.
operate to attain the maximum eff
cheney of our superb voluntary mob
ilization.
Out of the sorrow and anxiety of
these dark days may rise a better
America.
The demand for rapid production
and for smoothly running service
ought to produce the right solution
OF many of the complex issues that
vex employer and employe, Gov
ernment and citizen.
The will to win should generate
the will to do justice and to be un-
selfish on all sides.
My own efforts toward speeding
up the national industrial plant and
energlzing and co-ordinating the
superb resources of America, hu-
man and material, included the offer
OF legislation to enable the Presi-
dent to create f1ve-man board spe-
cially qualified to harmonize the
relations between Government, en-
ployer and employe and stimulate
quality and velocity of production.
While we temporarily lift the
checks on power in this emergency
we record our determination to pre-
serve democratic liberty. Demo-
cratic liberty does not function with
the speed of despotism under the
impetuous will of fear r-inspiring die
tatorship, but is the, will of the peo-
pie revealed in measured and pro-
gressive steps toward their greater
welfare and happiness as a whole.
Paramount Objective.
Therefore, our paramount object
is to preserve the Republic.
While we subject our freedom to
severe restriction for the common
defense, we consecrate ourselves to
the duty of keeping the lamp burn
ing over our altars throughout these
dark days.
The munitions, the men and the
morale which we enlist today shall
be effective-to keep the ambitious
dictator from coming to plunder and
seize the wealth of the Americas,
for he shall know that he cannot
get it; and to maintain the per-
manence of republican forms of gov
eminent against expansion of ex-
ecutive power and against invasion
by the fifth column"
Force may prevail against law
temporarily, but we are determined
that law, not force, shall ultimately
be the arbiter of disagreements.
For us the will of the people shall
continue to be supreme.
United and prepared and ami
mated by the virtuous purpose to
save our country and its liberty, we
shall become invincible.