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to permit that concentration of ma
tional power which would wipe out
our republican system and substi-
tute a disguised totalitarianism.
There will be no reaction after the
war. America never goes backward
There will be no surrenders to ag-
gregations of power either in civil
life or in Government. Our coun-.
try always has, and it always will,
60 forward, because its people are
free men and women determined to
remain free.
'The task of political leaders is
not to lead one part of the Ameri-
can people against another in vio-
lent crusades about unessentials.
The task is to unity in peace, as in
war; to keep and build our new
found faith in ourselves, in our
country and in our God. The evi-
dence is overwhelming that the new
competence, the new acceptance of
responsibility shown by the Gov
ernors of the States reflects a new
determination by our people that
the freedom we have rewon at war
shall be re-established and main
tanned in peace"
Unity Of American People.
Discussing the present unity of
the American people, Gov. Dewey
said: First of all there is unity in
the war. The people of this coun-
try are determined to wind up this
war, to win it on all fronts and to
win it decisively and at any neces-
sary cost. sYs roam
Military affairs are being con-
Quoted by trained and eficient
commanders. The superb achieve
ments of our trained military and
naval leaders have won and deserve
the continued confidence of all our
people. t%f t~
"But the civilians want their
home efforts and sacrifices to be
effective to the limit of our capacity.
They are worried about inef1ici-
encies and bungling that they ali
see here on the home front. Labor
and industry are performing vali-
antly. But every resource ofslabor
and management must be released
and Directed harmoniously tosinsure
the eafhesf victory and the Quickest
possible return of our youth. This
is one fundamental upon which we
as people are united.
Must Not Sit on Sidelines.
Our people are united upon the
proposition that our foreign affairs
must be so conducted that disasters
ike the present one will not recur.
We shall have to pay more atten-
ton than heretofore to what goes
on In the rest of the world. Twice
now, In generation. troubles else
Where have been allowed to grow
until they became vast cataclysms
that engulfed us. We must not
again sit on the sidelines as mere
observers or commentators, while
future kaisers and fuehrers and
war lords grow strong and perfect
tneir plans for aggression.
We are also united In the fresh
determination to keep our Nation
great. Our founders conceived this
Nation as one destined to be a
beacon light TO all the world. For
$50 years We moved steadily forward
to realize that great vision. We
created here society which demon
strated how free men could work
together productivity in an atmos-
phere OF intellectual stimulation and
OF spiritual enlightenment.
Then in the years before the war
while the pursuit. Of peace were
possible, we experienced 10 years OF
retrogression in many important re.
spects. During these years we lost
confidence in ourselves. We had a
lO-year depression, ended only by
the feverish and deadly stimulus OF
war. We had never before expert.
enced a depression from which we
Gid not quickly rebound 70 greater
progress. No material reason wal
adequate to explain what had hap
pened.
Vital Problem Of Time,
The means by which our present
unity in war can be preserved in the
peace to come is the vital problem
of our time. 1t seems to me that
much OF our success in war has come
from the sense that every individual
citizen had a personal job to do
While there has been maze of regi-
mentation, some necessary, some in.
excusable, our strength at home has
come wholly from the genius of our
free men in industry and the devo-
ton Of our workers and our farmers
to their jobs.
Our success or failure after the
war will depend on whether we, as
a nation, take to heart the lessor
the war has taught us. II we permit
the continuance of the regimenta
ton which some so earnestly desire
we shall fail. We cannot practice
in peace the GENERALIZATION which
brought totalitarianism TO oul
enemies and be either free or sue.
cessful.
I'VE can release and rely upon thu
energy and spirit OF the freedom foi
which we tight. In that way W.
cannot fail 10 be both free and sue.
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! Gov. O'ConGr declared that "Lh.
principles ~ social security sfh ar,
ceDtsd by The American DtiEilG NJ
permanent testifs III our govern
mental pattern
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