Evening star., 1944-04-16
SPHINX OF ALBANY SPEAKS

Overwhelming majority Of labor
leaders clearly recognize those re-
sponsibilities. Unfortunately it is
the few abuses of power which get
attention while the honest day-to-
day job is often taken for granted
1t is true we still have labor or
Iganizations that are run along un-
democratic lines. We still have in
stances OF the misuse of union
funds. But there Is no longer
room for question of the vitality
and essential character in our So
ciety of labor organization. We
are developing mature, responsible
leadership in labor.
Out of the sacrifices of this war
we intend to create a better future
In the shaping of that future labor
must of right have big voice.
only fool in management would
wish to destroy the sense of security
and usefulness which comes to work.
ingmen when they are ably rep
resented by honest labor leadership
winch believes in the American
enterprise system. Such manage
ment would be digging its own
grave.
BY the same token labor unions
can never be destroyed from the
outside. They can only fail if they
1all to lend their united support to
full production in free society. We
must--aH of uS-learn to marshal
our full support for every single
useful enterprise that is ready to
produce goods and employ people"
|. .a- Security. ~ s~.''.
From Gov. Dewey's inaugural ad-
dress January l, 1913:
The new administration of yo,1r
State is committed to the PROPOSE
ton that our society must provide
full employment through full pro-
duction. We know that these OBJ
Jectives are attainable at a price, for
twice within our generation they
have been attained at the price of
war. They must also be achieved
in peace. -
"The State will have duty con-
stantly to adjust its social welfare
lagencies and educational facilities
to meet the special needs of a post
war community. ++*
I'VE seek security from the eco
nomic hazards of large-scale in
duStrialization. But we cannot rely
solely upon government for that
security"
From Gov. Deweys annual mes
sage to the Legislature January 5,
1874:
"A more effective attack upon our
presentday and future responsible
ties in the field of social security re-
qulres that we bring related activities
IN the field of social service into an
1eHectlVe working team and that we
simplify our administrative ma
chinery. '*+
Medical care for persons who
cannot provide it for themselves
ana their families continues to be
man need. This calls for co-opera-
one OF the chief areas of unmet hu-
man neeo. This calls for coopera-
1--WE action on the part of public
administrators and private phvsi-
clans TO bring about a high order
OF medical care for the needy sick
oy the Judicious use of tax funds
and medical facilities"
from Gov. DeWey's message to the
Legislature March 26, 1943:
When l first addressed vo,,r
honorable bodies at the openinp of
thls session I called your attention
70 long-standing evil which per-
ialICeo the payment of as little as
@soo per year to full-time employees
OF the State and recommended an
increase in such pay to a minimum
OF Sl,200. BY action of the Lepisla :
ture the $1,000 minimum has sinoo
become law"
Soldier Vote.
from Gov. DeWey's message to the
legislature, March 7, 1914
Ihere Is a perfectly simple solu-
ton to the problem. Every soldier
can be provided with a ballot which
Will be valid under our constitution
Any pretense of overburdening the
military or transport services is a
sham. Purported literature many
times the weight of all the paper
ballots under the plan I propose
have been shipped regularly abroad
at the direction of officials in Wash
ington. Moreover, we have at last
been able to find out what the
authorities in Washington say they
are willing to transport and the
size and weight of the ballots ]
shall propose to you comply with
their own specifications. *"+
Citizens who fight for their
country have the right to vote. That
right must be made effective. They
are entitled to have that right free
from partisan exploitation or per-
version. They have a right to know
that their vote will not be limited
to some Offices and denied as to
Others"
Capitalization and Bureaucracy.
From an address by Gov. Dewey
at the New York Herald Tribune
Forum November II, 1943:
Most of us are agreed that there
must be halt to the concentration
lof power in the National Govern
ment. That means we must stor
leaning wholly upon the National
u Government. In the period ahead