Evening star., 1944-11-05
Text Of Deweys Address at Madison Square Garden
Promises Provide Leadership for Effective World Peace Organization
And Speed Victory Delayed

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might be better to win the war
first"
Soldiers Pay for Meddling.
What does this mean? Means
that the blood OF our fighting men
is paying for this improvised med
ding which is so much a part and
parcel OF the Roosevelt administra-
ton. And at the very moment when
his own confused Incompetence has
thus prolonged the war in Europe,
Franklin Roosevelt goes on the radio
and claims for himself the credit for
everything our engineers, our war
workers, our industry, our farmers
and our fighting sons have done.
We are advancing and we shall
reach our goals. Once rid OF
capricious, personal government,
once we give our whole, our united
thoughts to victory, we shall reach
Berlin and Tokyo quicker-with less
cost.
Let me make one thing clear:
Your next administration will never
claim personal or political profit
from the achievements of the Amer
ican people or from the sacrifices of
their sons and daughters. But it
will put stop to the incompetence
In Washington which is costing the
lives of American men and delaying
the day of final victory.
That's why it's time for a chance
The people of this country are de-
termined that we shall not again
go through the heartache and sac
riflce of these past three years. This
war must be the last war. We shall
take the lead in the formation OF q
world organization to prevent fu-
ture wars. And we know that ef-
fort can never be the work Of one
man or OF one Nation. It can never
be the product Of secret agreements
worked out in secret conferences
between two or three rulers. For the
United States. this great effort must
have the support and understanding
of all our people. And it must, un-
der Our constitution, have the sup
port and approval of the peoples
representatives in Congress.
Has Insulted Congress.
Yet, Mr.. Roosevelt, year after
year. has Systematically abused and
insulted the members Of Congress.
Having already alienated his own
leaders in Congress, he has now
gratuitously insulted the Republican
leaders of the Senate and the House
Those leaders joined with me in an
effort to lift the program for lasting
peace above partisanship. They
publicly pledged themselves to sup
port the program for world peace
on which Secretary Hull and I had
co-operated. But this harmonious
non-political approach was not po-
litically profitable to Mr.. Roosevelt,
so he denounced the Republican
members Of Congress aud accused
them Of erecting "a party spite
fence between us and the peace"
The time has come to bring an
end to this name calling and abuse
American participation in a world
organization for peace can only be
built by a President and q Congress
Republicans and Democrats alike
working together in harmony and
mutual respect. To achieve that
harmony, we must have new Chief
Executive who believes in that fun
damental principle and practices it.
That's another reason why it's time
for a change.
When victory is won II million
Americans will return from our
fighting forces. They will be looking
for jobs and opportunity.
They will want to marry, go to
work and get ahead. Twenty mil
lion war workers will be looking for
jobs in peacetime industries. II we
are not to betray those who have
fought and worked for victory in
this war we must have here tn
America a land of opportunity, q
land of full employment at high
wages, with a rising standard of
living.
New Extended Depression.
My opponent talks once again of
jobs in the future, but he offers us
nothing except a repetition Of the
New Deal policies which failed for
eight straight years. This admin
istration took ONCE when the
worldwide depression was nearly
four years old. No previous depres-
sion in 100 years of our history had
lasted more than five years, vet
Mr.. Roosevelt contrived to make
that depression last II years-twice
as long as any depression in a
century.
He had unlimited power, he spent
$58. 900 900 900, yet in March, 1910,
there were still 10 million unem-
ployed. Under the New Deal it
took war to get jobs.
We dare not, we must not risk
the future of our country in the
hands of those who never succeeded
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