Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-11

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Oct. H.
FOLLOWING is the prepared teri OF
speech at the Ndrrdgdnsett
race track last night by Wendell
L. Willkie, Republican presiden-
ttdl nominee:
am very happy to have this
chance to talk with you people OF
Rhode Island
This is one of the great industrial
States Of the Union. 1t was in this
city Of Providence $50 years ago
this week that one Of our great
Industries was started. 1t was here
that tie first cotton spinning mill
was established in the New World.
Those OF us who live in indus
trial States know very well the
risks that confront a worker in
industry. If the factory shuts down,
he has nowhere to go. Once his
meager savings are gone, he can
only tramp the sidewalks in search
Of another job and failing to find
that. he Is reduced to the bare sub
sistence of relief.
I know what this means. AS a
young man, I worked in factories.
worked in tin factory and have
worked in bakeries. I worked on
harvesters. worked in various
types of industrial plants. I know
what 1t is to work and to hunt for
work.
Jobs Needed to Preserve
Social Gains Made.
Let me say to you at once that
I am for all the social gains that
have been obtained for labor in
this country. No one in the United
States will fight harder for their
preservation than I will.
But before discussing the social
gains, We must all recognize that
these gains have been robbed of
substance for nearly 10000 900 of
our unemployed fellow citizens. 1t
Is not enough to pass social legisla-
ton, unless it can be preserved and
maintained by people that is
working and producing.
A few days ago the Democratic
National Committee issued signi-
ficant statement. Now, as you may
have guessed, I am not always
deeply impressed by what the
Democratic National Committee has
to say. But this statement i'm
presses me. Its candor surprises
me. I would like to see it given
the widest possible publicity.
This is what the Democratic Ma
tional Committee said:
Wendell Willkie now promises to
put an end to this period of con-
tinual industrial depression From
the Pacific to the Atlantic and to
hundreds of station stops in
between, he has solemnly pledged
himself to provide a job in private
industry for every worker in
America. -"
That is the accusation that the
Democratic National Committee
makes against me. And it is true
I admit it.
But here comes the really signi-
f1cant part of the statement. The
Democratic National Committee
first accuses me of solemnly pledg-
ing jobs in private industry for
every worker in America And then
1t goes on to say, and I am quoting
Its exact words:
mo man now living. or whoever
lived, could fulfill such a promise"
Represents New Deal
Philosophy and Platform.
There you have in one brief
sentence the whole platform and the
whole philosophy of the New Deal.
It tells us that no man now living,
or who ever lived" can hope to
bring about jobs in private indus
try for every worker in America.
Just think that over. Note that
1t doesn't say that Wendell Willkie
cannot produce jobs. That would
be mere political argument and the
people would have a right to Judge.
But this statement of the New Deal
goes much further. 1t asserts that
there can never be jobs in private
industry for all our workers.
With that philosophy. I emphati-
cally disagree. On that issue I am
happy to take my stand.
What Roosevelt Said
Eight Years Ago.
If that New Deal statement means
anything, it means that the New
Dealers believe there is no future for
America. That is precisely the
philosophy that has made it impos-
sible for the New Deal to solve our
economic problems and no man who
subscribes to that philosophy will
ever be able to solve our problems.
This is no mere slip of the pen on
the part of the Democratic National
Committee. 1t is a part and parcel
of the whole defeatist philosophy
that has animated the Roosevelt
administration from the very be-