Evening star., 1940-10-02
Wi|Ikie Promises Jobs in Grand Rapids Speech
New Deal Has Failed to Meet Biggest Problem
Of U. Observation-Disclosures Nominee Says
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Oct.
2.-Follopinp is the prepared
teri OF Wendell L. Wilkes nd-
dress here late yesterday:
One cry is universal throughout
this great broad land. 1t Is give US
jobs" Jobs that we may regain oul
self-reSpect-jobS that We may feec
our familes-jobs so that all of u.
can continue to the well-being Of
America. We want no dole. W.
want work-work for also that oul
idle factories will hum again and
the farmer plant again-jobs to give
US the wages to buy what America
produces-that is what they are say
ing throughout America.
There are 100000 men unem-
ployed. and I intend to get them
jobs-to put them back to work-to
let the good, black soil of America
produce all that 1t can, and the fac
tories manufacture all the things we
need, because the consuming power
of the Nation has not been touched.
and with jobs, this consuming
power will be released.
Major Problem Was
And Still Is Jobs.
The candidate for the third term
recogniDed-before his first term
that the real problem facing this
country was to get jobs for the men
and women Of America that didn't
have them. He was right.
But the solution of his administra-
ton was birth control for pigs
while one-third Of the Nation was III
fed.
1t was against nature, and against
common sense.
Naturally, it failed. The New Deal
ers had to recognize-in 1s36-that
the primary problem was still Jobs.
And now-in 1940-our major
problem Is still jobs.
There is one difference between
the New Deals position in this cam
paign-and its position in 1882 and
1896.
In 1882 and 1896, the New Deal
ers were vocal-they spoke on the
subject. But in 1940-in the present
campaign-all that is heard from
the other side is a thunderous ST.
lence.
New Dealers Talk
Now Of Unemployment.
There is no more talk about jobs
1t was some time ago that the
New Dealers gave up talking about
jobs They now talk about unem-
ploymert-and they say that large
numbers of the American people
will always be out of work, because
America is static-has reached the
end of its growth-that there are
too many Americans.
Well, I denounce that proposition
-solemnly-and in the name Of the
American people.
There are no horizon lines to our
industrial and agricultural frontiers
And so-I am not going to talk tc
you about unemployment, as the
New Deal does-and tell you what
we can't do about it.
I am going to be affirmative-to
talk to you about jobs, and how we
are going to get them-you and L
and all of us-working together.
Now there are two ways for people
to find work. One good American
way is for them to work for them.
selves.
The other way is to find an EN-.
ployer who needs you to help him
and who will hire you.
Most Of US Americans would like
to 20 In business ourselves. But
we can't all do that. Even II we are
ultimately able to work for our
selves, we have to start by working
for somebody else. SO, for most OF
us, getting q Job means simply
finding an employer.
There are only two kinds Of en-
ployer systems in the world-two
and only two. Under one system
almost all Of the people who don't
work for themselves, work for pri-
vate employers. That is the system
we have here in America, and 1t is
the service We want to keep.
Jobs In Dictatorship
Gotten at Sacrifice Of Freedom.
Under the other system, almost all
Of the people work for the state.