Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-05

-Mhlne ana vermont.
"This year-and am
making no predictions--this
year we would like to well
come into the fold Maine and
Vermont" he said.
ing toward the gigantic volume OF
output that has been achieved.
Our navy was building. Indeed,
IL had been building ever since
1888. when ! first used PWA
funds to start naval building
program-which included our first
modern carriers. One of those
carriers. authorized 10 years ago,
was the Enterprise" a grand and
gallant ship which has covered
herself with glory all through this
war and was in there fighting last
week in the great victory in
Philippine waters.
And--in addition 10 our physical
preparedness-we had something
far more important - spiritual
preparedness.
PEOPLE WERE READY
The American people were
ready for il. On the day Of Pearl
Harbor they rose up as one man
with a might shout-a shout
heard round the worldzLet's
CO."
And we vent
The average American citizen is
doing some hard thinking these
days about what sort OF govern
ment he wants during the next
four years.
The memory OF our people is
not short The years 1929 10 1888
thoroughly -grimiy-re-
membered by millions of our citi-
zens by workers who lost their
Jobs and their homes, by farmers
who lost their crops and their
farms. by families who lost their
savings.
Since those dark days early in
1888, many forificauons have
been erected 10 protect the peo-
pie OF this country-just as we
that there would be.
SAVINGS PROTECTED
These Notifications have pro-
vided protection for your bank de-
posits and your observation-disclosures
standard OF living-your right to
organize unions and TO bargain
collectively with your employers.
They protect your soil and
rivers and trees-your heritage OF
natural resources. They provide
you with protection against the
hazards Of unemployment and old
age-they protect you against in
and runaway prices.
These Notifications are now
manned by jealous defenders-and
these defenders are not Commu-
nists and they are not fossils.
Can the citizens of the nation
now afford to turn over these bull
warks To the men who raised
every possible obstacle to their
original construction
FAITH ESTABLISHED
Does the average American be-
lieve that those who fought tooth
and nail against progressive legis-
lation during the pasts2 years can
be trusted 10 cherish and preserve
that legislation!
Can Il be that those who
financed the bitter opposition to
the New Deal have made an
and are now willing
and able 10 fight for the obiec-
tives of the New Deal!
We have all heard Republican
orators in this campaign call this
administration everything under
the sun and. promise that they. IL
elected-and oh. my friends. what
a big IF that is-if elected they
would institute the biggest house
cleaning in history.
SILENCE GIVES CONSENT
What a job that would be: il
would mean. among other things,
sweeping out with my administra-
ton the most efficient and the
most patriotic Republicans that
could be found in the whole
But - despite these campaign
promises OF wholesale house.
cleaning - have you heard one
word of specific criticism of any
Of the progressive laws that this
administration has proposed and
enacted
Have you heard any talk Of
sweeping out any 81 these laws
or sweeping out any OF the agen-
cies which administer these laws!
Oh. no-on that subject the Re-
publican politicians are very I'M
Enthusiastically silent.
This administration has made
mistakes. That I freely assert.
OBLIGATIONS OBSERVED
But our mistakes have been
honestly made during sincere ef-