Evening star., 1941-03-30
~, the Associated Press.

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla,
March 29.-The tert OF President
Roosepelts radio address tonight
to Jackson Day diners:
7 am sitting in the little cabil
of the little ship Potomac in tn
harbor of Fort Lauderdale, Fla
after day of sunshine out in TIL
Gulf Stream. That I cannot il
person attend one of the many Jack
son Day dinners l regret, but it
good that you are again celebrating
the memory of a great American
leader who believed, fanatically al
most, the principles of a democrac,
based On the freedom of the ballo
box.
I try to get away a couple o
times year on these short trips OF
salt water. In Washington, as yol
know. the working day of the presi
dency in these days averages abou
IS hours. Even when go to Hyde
Park or to Warm Springs, the White
House office, the callers and the tele'
phone all follow me. But at sea the
radio messages and the occasiona
pouch of mail reduce official work
to not more than two or three hours
a day.
You Recapture Your Philosophy.
So there is a chance for a bit OF
sunshine or a wetted line, or biog-
raphy or a detective story or a nap
after lunch. Above all, there is the
opportunity for thinking things
through for diferentiating be-
tween principles and methods, be-
tween the really big things OF lie
and those other things OF the mo-
ment which may seem all-important
TODAY and are forgotten by the
world in a month. That means
that if today the fellow next to you
catches a bigger fish than you do,
or vice versa, you don't lie awake
at night thinking about it.
Yes, you recapture your philos-
ophy, but in so doing you do not SIT
down mentally and become fatal
list. You still seek peace OF mind and
of spirit-but you come to realize
that today you have to work over
time, and work harder than ever be-
fore in your life to make that peace
possible later on. If we sit down
now we may get run over later. And
If our kind of civilization gets run
over. the kind of peace we seek will
become an unattainable hope.
That Is why, in the comparative
quiet of this week, have become
more than ever clear that the time
calls for courage and more courage
action and more action.
Symbol of Our Spirit.
That is why it is appropriate to-
dav to honor the name OF Andrew
Jackson-because he was first and
foremost a great American, who
placed his devotion to country above
adherence to party, and provided an
everything symbol of the rugged,
courageous spirit of our people.
Responsibility lay heavily upon
the shoulders of Andrew Jackson.
In his day the threat to the Fed
eral union came from within. 1t
was a sectional threat. More than
that, it was a threat which came
from Jackson's own people-indeed,
from some members of his own
party. 1t was inspired by refusal
to recognize the sovereign authority
of the United States. And by his
actions Jackson placed himself far
above section and party.
In our own day the threat to our
union and to our democracy Is not
a sectional one. 1t comes from a
great part of the world which sur
rounds US, and which draws more
tightly around US, day by day.
We Rise Above Partisanship.
Again, to do this job. we Amer
icans-nearly all of us-have risen
above any considerations of party
politics.
Long before jackson became Presi-
dent, the two-party system Of gov
ernment had become firmly en-
trenched as a basic principle OF
American political life. 1t had shown
its value as a method of obtaining
free and open discussion of public
issues, formulating new policies to
meet new conditions, and fixing re-
sponsobilities in affairs of govern
ment as an indispensable part of our
conception of free elections.
The dictators cannot seem to
realize that here in America our
people can maintain two parties
and at the same time maintain an
inviolate and indiviSible nation.
The totalitarian mentality is too
narrow to comprehend the great
ness of people who can be divided
in party allegiance at election time.
but remain united in devotion to
their country and to the ideals of
democracy at all times.
In relationships there can be no
party divisions. For all men must
think as they are told speak as they
aN told, write as they are told, live
and die as they are told. In those
countries the nation is not above
the party as with us. The party Is
above the nation, the party Is the
nation.
Last Years Election Cited.
Every common man and woman is
forced to walk the straight and mar
row path of the party line, as drawn
by the dictator himself.
In our country, disagreements
among us are expressed in the poll
ing place. In the relationships, dis
agreements are suppressed in the
concentration camp.
Last year we held an American
election. in which the people