Evening star., 1944-11-05
Text Of Roosevelts Compuign Address in Boston
Pays Worm Tribute to Al Smith in Attock Intojeronce
Declares Nation Was Well Set When Jopon Horbor

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fact that the Italian people -oui
longtime friends--are started once
again along the paths OF freedom
and peace.
i We were better prepared for this
war than for any previous war In
our history.
On the day of Pearl Harbor we
had more than 1000. 900 men in our
[armed forces.
p Our war production, started q
year and half before, was rolling
toward the gigantic volume Of out
Iput that has been achieved.
Our Navy was building. Indeed, It
had been building ever since 1888,
when I first used PWA funds to
start a naval building program
which included our first modern
carriers. One Of those carriers,
authorized 10 years ago, was the
Enterprise" = 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 the Philippine
waters.
And-in addition to our physical
preparedness-we had something far
more important-spiritual prepared
ness.
The American people were ready
Gov ~ Iov ~ Dnot.1 HoN1Snys
they rose UP as one man with a
mighty shout-a shout heard round
the world-"Let's go!"
And we went!
Citizens Doing Hard Thinking.
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 to 1893 are
thoroughly and grimly remembered
by millions of our citizens-by work.
ers 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 Notifications have been
erected to protect the people of this
country-just as we promised that
there would be.
These Notifications have provided
protection for your bank deposits
and your inveStments-your stand
ard of living-your right to or
ganize unions and to bargain COL
lectively 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 imitation and
runaway prices.
Defenders Are Not Reds.
These Notifications are now
manned by Jealous defenders-and
these defenders are not Communists
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?
Does the average American be-
lieve that those who fought tooth
and nail against progressive legis-
lation during the past II years can
be trusted to cherish and preserve
that legislation?
Can it be that these who financed
the bitter ppposItion to the New
Deal have made m shout face and
are now wiling and Able to fight for
the objcctives 0f the New Deal?
We have al heard Republican
orators In this campaign call this
administration everything under the
sun and promise that they, II elected
and oh, my friends, what q big
"if" that ls--if- elected they would
institute The biggest house-cleaning
in history.
What . Job that would be! II
would NEAR, among other .thif1gs,,
sweeping out with my administra-
ton the most efficiens and the most
patriotic Republicans that could be
found in the whole country.
"What About Criticism?"
But-despite these campaign prom
ises of wholesale house-cleaning-
have you heard one word of spe-
cific criticism of any of the pro-
gressive laws that this administra-
tion has proposed and enacted?
Have you heard any talk of sweep
ing out any Of these laws-or sweep
Ing out any Of the agencies which
administer these laws?
Oh, noon that subject the Re-
publican politicians are very un-
characteristically silent.
This administration has made
mistakes. That freely assert.
But our mistakes have been hon.
estly made during sincere efforts
to help the great mass of citizens.
Never have we made the inexcus-
able mistake Of substituting talk
for action when farms were being
foreclosed,. homes were being sold
at auction and people were stand
ing IN bread lines.
thank God that it cannot be
charged that at any time, under
any circumstances, have we made
the mistake of forgetting our sacred
obligation to the American people.
And, I might add, never will we
make that kind of mistake.
Is 1t conceivable to you that this
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