Evening star., 1940-10-30
BY the Associated Press.

OF America, as Transcribed by
c. B. S., tollo,CS:
I have been looking forward to
this opportunity to speak to the
women of America. I want you
women to know how you have
encouraged and inspired me by
your support in this campaign.
You have convinced the whole
Nation that your concern in our
problems and our future is the
concern of all of us. 1t seems to
me that you are going to vote
this year with a view to the whole
long future of our country. You
are thinking of the America that
you want to insure for your chill
dren and grandchildren through
your use of your vote on Novem-
ber 5.
have been thinking about this
America. too. I have thought Of
specific answers to the questions
you would probably put to me if
we could sit down and plan this
future kmer:@a together. In the
first place, We would want a
strong America. Everything we
have and everything we are has
been the result of knowing how
to make each person more effec-
tive. Each American has been
able to produce more in less time.
Each has earned more and each
has been able to buy more. This
Is the secret of America. That
is the reason for our standard OF
living That is the reason why
you and your families have had
the most comforts and pleasures,
the most clothes, the most and
the best food Of any people in the
world.
SAYS Roosevelt Has Not
Explained Recovery Failure.
That progress of ours was al
most constant until 1929. Then
it was INTERRUPTED and since then
for the first time in our history,
we have failed to recover. Our
national income has never again
reached the level of 1926. Mil
lions of us have lost our earning
power entirely and we are told
that these, the unemployed, will
never 60 back to work.
The administration now IN
power and the third-term can
didate now seeking reelection
have never explained to us this
failure to recovery. Even now
that the third-term candidate is
making political speeches he has
not explained to us the lmmeol-
ate issues of this campaign In
terms of today and tomorrow.
He has only brought up the PROB
lens of yesterday.
But we want to get production
which is after all our strength.
We want to get production going
again. We know we can get pro-
duction going and we will give
you a government which under
stands production and which Will
helm YOU and your husbands ana
sons to become strong through
production.
Embassies That Americans
Must Be Free Individuals.
This future America OF ours
must be free. The reason Tor all
the progress we have made mas
been our freedom, the freedom OF
the individual. This freedom
means the rights of person ana
of property and above all II
means the Bill of Rights. we
have been free to use our talents
and our property to our own ao-
vantage and to the common gooo:
II we found that this free use OF
nronertv was harmful to others,
we set up laws to regulate IT, nu1
never until recently did we con-
slider regulation more important
than freedom.
A government that destroys
our freedom destroys our produc-
tive power, and a government
that tampers with our productive
power tampers with our freedom
One result of this tamperlng Is
that more than nine millions OF
us have no jobs. This is a form
of economic slavery and we can
not have an America that is only
partly free. We must all be free
to build the America that we
want. We need the leadership
that will set free our energies
and our hopes, to build our fu-
ture by our own initiative and by
our own enterprise. Our future
America must be secure. This
means we want a government
that will serve all the people by
caring for the interest OF those
who have not the strength to
care for themselves.
Production Called Only
Cure for Unemployment.
Remember, only production
and let me emphasize it-only
production will cure the unem-
ployment that makes some OF us
insecure. You have all heard me
say what I believe in to make our
country secure. I believe, for
instance, in collective bargaining,
proper administration Of the Ma
tional Labor Relation Act, guar
antees that no wages shall be
permitted to go below a certain
level or that no person shall be
required to work over so many
hours. I, likewise, believe in un-
employment insurance, social Sc
curity ,old-age pensions, care OF
the aged, the blind, the sick and
the dependent children. Also,
you may depend on it that
there will always be Federal work
relief for all workers not en-
ployed by private industry.
Never fear that any American
will 90 without Government aid
until or unless. he has job.
The kind of an America you
hope for will be the one where
promises are kept. Those are
my promises
I think the greatest concern
of every woman in America,
x--~.~ x.yst ha fha Future 0f