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tionaries and still others, seeing
them following In European foot
steps. call them American Fas-
cists.'
Sooner or later the Vaccinations
of these small but powerful groups
which put money and power first
and people last will inevitably be
exposed to the public eye
Refers to Latin American Trip.
Referring to his recent visit to
Latin America, Mr.. Wallace said that
in South America I found that the
lowliest peon looked on President
Roosevelt as the symbol of his Gear
est aspirations in the peace to come"
The Vice President called on all
Americans to begin now their "ap-
premiership to world peace" by
shouldering responsibilities for EN-
l!ghtenment, abundant production
and world cooperation.
He asserted that when we as. vic
tors lay down our arms in this
struggle against the enslavement of
the mind and soul of the human
family, we take up arms Immediate
ly in the great war against starva-
ton. unemployment and the rigging
of the markets of the world"
Mr.. Wallace declared that the
Nation was not confronted with a
choice between an AmericaniZed
Fascism and the restoration of pre-
war scarcity and unemployment.
saying that too many millions Of
our people have come out of the
dark cellars and squalor of unem-
ployment ever to go back
Our choice" he maintained. sis
between democracy for everybody
or for the few-between the spread
ing of social safeguards and eco
nomic opportunity to all the people
Or the concentration of our
abundant resources in the hands of
selfshness and greed"
Four Freedoms at Home.
Here in Detroit. scene of a recent
race riot, the Vice President said
that many patriotic and forward
locking citizens are asking. Why
not start now practicing these four
freedoms in our own back yard?'"
They are right he exclaimed. "a
fuller democracy for all is the last
ing preventive of war. A lesser or
part-time democracy breeds the dis
sension and class conflicts that
seek their solution in guns and
slaughter"
We cannot fight to crush Nazi
brutality abroad" said Mr.. Wallace,
and condone race riots at home
y We cannot plead for equality
of opportunity for peoples every
where and overlook the denial of
the right to vote for millions of our
own people We cannot offer
the blueprints and skills to rebuild
the bombed out cities of other lands
and stymie rebuilding of our own
cities. Slums have no place in
America. We cannot assist in
binding the wounds of war
stricken world and fail to safeguard
the health Of our own people. =
We cannot hope to raise the literacy
of other nations and fail to roll back
the ignorance that clouds many
communities in many sectors of our
own Nation
He referred to those who have at
tackled his philosophy-"tho twis-
tiers of fact who shrek that your
Vice President is widowed
dreamer trying to set up Twas on
the Danube and deliver a bottle of
milk to every Hottentot every morn
ing"
Mr. Wallace suggested that those
critics read the report of the Post
war Problems Committee of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
all'-which, he said,
has wisely declared that increased
production in other countries will
not reduce living standards in the
United States
Lists Americas Assets.
He listed these as Americas assets
when the guns stop:
l. Manpower by the million
2. The largest industrial plant ca
pacity in the world.
3. The greatest resources, both
natural and artificial. to make
peacetime products-and thousands
of new inventions waiting to be con-
verted tn peacetirne l1Se
4. The largest scientific farm
plant in the world
S. The biggest backlog of require
ments for housing. transportation,
communications and living COM
forts.
s. The greatest reserve of accu-
mulated savings by individuals that
any nation has ever known
With such wealth." he asked,
who says this Nation is now bank
rupt? If industrial management"
he added, can bring the same wis
dom in producing for peace that it
has shown on many production
fronts in the supply program for
war. the horizons we face are
bright"
Favors Capitalism of Abundance.
He expressed faith in "our demo-
cratic, capitalistic system" but add
ed that 1T must be a capitalism of
abundance and full employment. If
we return to a capitalism of scarcity
such as that which produced both
1929 and 1882, we must anticipate
that the returning soldiers and dis
placed war workers will speak in no
uncertain terms"
The Vice President was introduced
by R. J. Thomas, international pres
ident of the United Automobile
Workers (CIO), who called him 1.-The
architect and crusader for a new
world" and one who has spoken
most clearly and most courageously
for labor and the common man."
Mr.. Thomas assured Mr.. Wallace
that mot all the men of broad pirtf