Evening star., 1944-09-26

the American people With the Jolly
comment: There is no need for
the country to be "discomboom-
Grated"
The simple truth Is, of course.
that Mr.. Roosevelt's record Is des-
perately bad. 1t is not one on
which any man should seek the
confidence of the American people.
That's why it's time for a change.
Challenges Statement.
My opponent now announces his
desire to be President for 16 years.
Yet in his speech of Saturday night,
he called it malicious falsehood"
that he had ever represented him.
self to oe Indispensable
Let us look at the closely super
vised word of the hand picked cam
didate for Vice President. He said
of my opponent: THE very future
Of the peace and prosperity Of the
world depends upon his reelection
in November" have not heard
Mr.. Truman repudiated by Mr.
Roosevelt as yet. He waits to shed
his Vice Presidents until they have
served at least one term.
Here are the words of Boss Kelly
of the Chicago machine, the man
ager Of that fake third-term draft
of 1910: THE salvation of this Ma
ton rests in one man" Was that
statement ever repudiated by Mr.
Roosevelt? No. it was rewarded by
increased White House favors. So
it was repeated again by the same
man at the same time in the same
place and for the same purpose this
year: THE salvation of this Nation
rests in one man."
Looking for Fifth Term.
And was 1t a falsehood that one
OF the first acts of Mr.. Roosevelt's
newly selected national chairman
was to announce last May that he
was for a fourth term and-that he
was looking forward to a fifth term?
Let's get this straight. The man
who wants to be President for is
years is indeed indispensable. He
is indispensable to Harry Hopkins,
to Madam Perkins, to Harold Ickes,
to a host Of other political Job hold
ers. He is indispensable to Americas
leading enemy of civil liberties-the
mayor OF jersey City He is indis-
penSable to those infamous ma
chimes in Chicago-in the Bronx
and all the others. He Is indis-
pensable to Sidney Hillman and
the Political Action Committee, to
Earl Browder. the ex-convict and
pardoned Communist leader.
Shall We, the American people.
perpetuate one man in office for l6
years in order to accommodate
this motley crew? Shall we expose
our country to return of the seven
years of New Deal depression be-
cause my opponent is indispensable
to the illassorted, power hungry
conglomeration of city bosses. Com
munists and career bureaucraty
which today compose the New
Deal? Shall We submit to the coun
sci Of despair that in all the grear
expanse of our Nation there is only
, one man capable Of occupying thc
White House.
Voters Will Answer
The American people will ansW,
that question in November. The
will see that We restore integrity t(
the White House so that its spokel
word can be trusted once again.
On battle fronts and at homo
Americans have won the admiratloi
of the world. Under the stress o.
war, we have thrown of the stupol
of despair that seemed in the de-
. cade OF the 1930s to have settled
permanently upon the land.
Tonight We know our strengti
. and We know our ability. Shall vi
return to the philosophy that Mr.
. Roosevelt proclaimed when he sale
our industrial plant is built? Shal
We go back to his seven straigh
years of unemployment? Shall W,
90 back to the corroding misery o
leaf-raking and the doles? Shal
We continue an administrator
which invokes the language of ou
enemies and recklessly hurls charge
; Of falsehood concerning things j
knows to be the truth?
Holds to Beliefs.
say the time has come to pu
stop to everything that is summed
up in that phrase, the indispen
sable man
If any man is indispensable, thei
none Of us are free. But Americs
has not lost its passionate belief il
freedom America has not lost it
passionate belief in opportunity.
. need never lose those beliefs. Fo
here in this country of ours there i
plenty of room for freedom and TO
opportunity and We need not sacri
fee security to have both freedom
and opportunity
|, To achieve these objectives vi
, must have integrity in our govern
ment We need new high stand
,, ard of honesty in the Government
of the United States. We need /;
singleness OF purpose, a devotion tC
the people of this country and Il
the gigantic problems we face a
home after this war. We need I;
. whole -souied devotion to the build
ing of peoples peace that will las
beyond the lives and friendship O
any individuals We need humilit,
and courage. With the help OF Al
mighty God we shall achieve thu
spiritual and physical strength tt
preserve our freedom in the pursuit
of happiness for all
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