Evening star., 1940-10-12


made in the last four years are
Government jobs. But we in Amer
lea do not believe that the way
to open up the future is to go on
the public pay roll.
For eight years they have been
telling us that America is a land
without a future. We, the people,
know better. America has a fu-
ture and we are going to make it a
good one.
But-all around us the world is at
war. All around us a hostile sys-
tenn of government has grown up
The three most powerful dictator
states have made an alliance against
us.
The next administration will bear
the awful responsibility of keeping
us at peace.
Must Build Defenses
That None Will Attack.
We can have peace. But we must
know how to preserve 1t.
To begin with, we shall not un-
dertake to fight anybody else's war
Our boys shall stay out of Europe.
But we shall appease no one. We
stand for our democratic institu-
tions and we stand ready to defend
them with our lives.
How. then. shall we stay out OF
war and avoid appeasement? There
is only one way. We must build
ourselves an air force, Navy, and
an Army so strong that no die
tator will dare to tamper with our
commerce, our interests, or our
rights.
That is the defense program we
must have.
I have spoken often of defense in
this campaign. I have pointed out
that in 1886, nearly five years ago
the present administration told you
1t would build an adequate de-
fense system. Since then the third
term candidate has spoken urgent
ly many times. Yet that adequate
defense system does not exist.
1t takes at least two years to
build an army of even 100000 men
It takes seven years to build two
ocean navy. But the administra-
ton started off by taking five years
Just to talk about it.
At that rate we shall never get
any defense-on time.
We have plenty of talk, but few
tanks, plenty of plans, but few
planes.
Let me give you just one example,
On September l, 1899. the IN
vasions of free countries commenced.
In the fall of that year the War De-
partment submitted its estimates to
the Bureau of the Budget.
That is an executive bureau. 1t
advises the President. The respon-
sibility for the budget estimates is
his. The President had been max
ing speeches about the necessity for
defense. And yet he cut more than
half billion dollars from the War
Departments requests.
He did this when the very calamity
he warned against was happening.
acquisition OF Matef1alS
For Defense Put off.
He seriously delayed the defense
program. He delayed the procure
ment of tools. clothing and even
essential medical supplies, work on
five coast defense batteries had to
be abandoned. Work on Govern
ment arsenals. looking two years
ahead, was prevented.
Our marines were deprived of i'm
portant items of equipment. A re-
quest for ammunitions-one of our
greatest defciencies-was cut down.
The air pilot training program was
cut. The construction of vital new
drydock had to be put off.
The American people want those
things. They are in great hurry
for them. Unless they get them, and
get them quickly, their future is in
danger.
I say that this is irresponsible gov
eminent.
And I say that we cannot afford to
have that kind of government any
longer. We must have the kind of
government that gets things done.
None Of us is so simple as to think
that Hitler is planning at this
moment to send an expeditionary
force across the Atlantic to attack
us.
Yet none of us is so blind as to
deny that he has designs on us. We
know-he has said so many times
that he hates democracy. He is
aware that If we can really make
democracy strong here in America,
his own system of blood and tyranny
cannot forever survive.
And what does he think about
this? Listen to Mr.. Hitler's mouth
piece-his Minister of Propaganda,
DR.. Joseph Goebbels. This is what
Goebbels said. I quote:
THE America of today will never
again be danger to us. Nothing
will be easier than to produce a
bloody revolution in the United
States. No other country has so
many social and racial tensions. We
shall be able to play upon many
strings there"
That's what Hitler thinks.
Now let's see about that.
When he said that, Hitlers propa-
ganda minister must have been
reading the propaganda of the New
Deal. He wasn't reading the char
acter of the American people.
We are people of many races
and creeds, but we are proud of
that.
There are no racial tensions in
America such as divide the people
of Europe.
New Deal Attempts to
"Selr Social Tensions.
No matter where our parents may
have come from-regardless of race,
creed, or color-we are Americans
now and always.
We picked this country for our
own. We will keep it for our own.
We have no racial tensions.
But how about the social tensions
of this minister of propaganda?
Well, the New Deal has been irving