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PPAGE TWO Presiden Social S Humanity will have the first consideration in future workings of the New Deal, according to the message to Congress brought by Presir>-; i : u:..u *?? .vwowtlC I'lWiX, 1?4 WIilV.Il VIJV solons are asked to provide jobs for 3.300,000 people, and at the same time abolish direct relief. The President asks that the unemployables be taken care of by the various states, cities and towns, and points to many other phases of recovery in the message, which was enthusiastically received by the joint session of Congress. COMPLETE TEXT OF MESSAGE Washington, D. C.?The text of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's message to Congress, delivered last Friday noon, follows: Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members or' the Senate and of the House of Representatives: The Constitution wisely provides that the chief executive shall report to the Congress on the state of the Union, for through you, the chosen legislative representatives, our citizens everywhere may fairly judge the progress of our government. I am confident that today, in the light of the events of the pa3t two years, you do not consider it merely a trite phrase when I tell you that 1 am truly glad to greet you and that I lock forward to common counsel, to useful cooperation, and to genuine friendships between us. Wc have undertaken a new order of things: Yet we progress towards' it under the framework and in the I cnii-l -in,! U-.., * ........ ?>. | Uj_-Al.lt. tU!M jlllt111. v-rl HIC niilCI ivau I Constitution. We have proceeded throughout the nation a measurable distance on the road towards this new order Materially. I can report to you substantial benefits to our agricultu-1 ra! population. Increased industrial activity, anil profits to our merchants. Of equal moment, there is evident a restoration of that spirit of confidence and faith which marks the American character. Let him who. for specula- i tive profit or partisan, purpose, without just warrant would seek to dis turb or dispel this assurance, take heed before lie assumes responsibility for any act which slows our onward stops F.ntirc World Seeks Change Throughout the world change is the! order of the day. In every nation eco-l nomic problems, long in the making. | t have brought crises of many kinds] for which the masters of old practice; and theory were unprepared. In most nations social justice, no longer aj distant ideal, has become a dcfir.it goal, ami ancient governments an beginning to heed the call. Thus, the American people do not stand alone in the world in their desire for change. We seek it through tested liberal traditions, through processes which .retain all of the deep essentials nf that republican form of representative government first giv-1 en to a troubled world by the United States. As the various parts In the program! begun in the extraordinary session of j the 73rd Congress shape themselves in practical administration, the unity! of our program reveals itseif to thej Nation. The outlines of the new economic order, arising from the disinte-j gration of the old, are apparent. Wc] test .viwii, we have done as our measures take root in the living texture of life. We see where we have built j wisely and where we can do still betHigh Aims of Nation The attempt to make a distinction j between recovery and reform is a | narrowly conceived effort to sub^V-1 tute the appearance of reality for re-| tuny useir. wnen 3- man is convalescing from illness wisdom, dictates not only cure of the symptoms but also removal of their cause. It is important to recognize that while we seek to outlaw specific abuses, the American objective of today has an infinitely deeper, finer and more lasting purpose than mere repression. Thinking people in almost every country of the world have come to realize certain fundamental diffi- i culties with which civilization must i reckon. Rapid changes?the machine i age, the advent of universal and rap- i id communication ana many other i new factors have brought new prob- 1 lems. .Succeeding generations have ' attempted to keep pace by reforming i in piecemeal fashion this or that at- i tendant abuse. As a result, evils over- i lap and reform becomes confused and i frustrated. We lose sight, from time 1 to time ,of our ultimate human objectives. i Let us, for a moment, strip from i four simple purpose the confusion that 1 results from a multiplicity of detail i and from mi'lions of written and spo- i ken words. ' We find our population suffering from old inequalities, little changed , by past sporadic remedies. In spite of our efforts and in spite of our taik, j we have not weeded out the overprivileged. Both of these manifests-1 lions or injustice have retarded happiness. No wise man. has any intention of destroj'ing what is kr.?wn as the profit motives; because by the profit motive we mean the right by work to earn a decent livelihood tor mirSPlvpa nni-1 -Prv.- * 1,! ? v u i lOTinira. Humun Welfare Comes First we have, however, a clear mandate from the people, that Americans must foreswear that conception of the acquisition of wealth which, through excessive profits, creates undue private power over private affairs, and, to our misfortune, over public affairs as well. In building toward this end we do not destroy ambition nor do we seek to divide our wealth into equal shares on stated occasions. We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. < But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him ' and his a proper security, a reason- ! t Lays Dc ecurity it PRESIDENT ROOSE^ $8,520,000,000 IN President Roosevelt, in deliver| ing his budget message to Congress Monday calling for eight and , a half billion dollars, says the hudget will not be Immediately balanced on account of needs of the ! idle. In stating that new tax is not heeded, and in raising amounts for i veterans and other purposes, th~ Chief Executive estimate's that: The Treasury will collect 43 cents for every dollar it spends this fiscal year and 47 cents next I year. The deficit will >*- $4,869,000,(100 this ecur and 84,528,000.009 I next. The national debt will total $31,000,000,000 at the close of this year and $34,239,000,000 at the end of next year. Total expenditures this year will be $8,581,000,000. total receipts $3,711,000.000, total borrowings $4,606,858,400 with "regular" expenditures of $3,321,000,000 and recovery and relief outlays of $3,-! 260,000,000. Total expenditures next year | will be $8,520,006,000, total receipts $3,992,000,000, borrowings $3,788,able leisure, and a decent living thru out life, is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. [ recall to your attention my message to the Congress last June in which I said- "among our objective? T place the security of the men, women and children of the nation first." That remains our first and continu- 1 ing tusk; and in a very real sense every major legislative enactment of j this Congress should he a compon- j ent part of it. lit definite immediate factors which entered into our quest, I have spoken to the Congress and the people! of three great divisions: JLists Throe Objectives 1. The security of livelihood thru the better use o_ the national resourices of the land in which we live. I 2. The security against the major j 'hazards and vicissitudes life. I 3. The security of d homes. ' T am new. ready ' ?:; ; <ni to thej Congress a broad pn"designed j I ultimately to establish all three of in s? factors of security- program I cc \i because of many lost, years will j take many future years to fulfill. ! K study of our national resources, more comprehensive than any previ- j ously made, shews the vast amount | j of necesp*\ry and practicable work I which nee-is to be done for the de-1 velopment and preservation of our na- j j tional wealth for the enjoyment and | advantage our people ' ; genera-1 Hons to come. The. sound use of land I and water is far more comprehensive j than the mere planting of trees, trie j building of dams, distributing of electricity or retirement of sub-marginal j land. It recognizes that stranded populations. either in the country or the : I city, can Hot have security under the conditions that now surround them. | To this end we are ready to begin j to meet the problem? the intelligent! care of population throughout the na-1 tion, in accordance with an intelli-1 gent distribution of the means of live- J hhood for that population. A definite; program for putting people to work, or' which I shall 3peak in a moment,; is a component part of this greater ! program 01 security or livelihood i through better use of our national; resourced. Furnishing Work K:g i'roblem Closely related to the broad problem of livelihood is that of security against the major hazards of life. Here also a comprehensive survey of what has been attempted or accomplished in many nations and in many slates proves to me that the time has lome for action by the National Government. I shall send to you, in a fewlays. definite recommendations based :>n these studies. These recommendations will cover the broad subjects of unemployment insurance and old-age' insurance, of benefits for children, for mothers, for the handicapped, for | maternity care and for other aspects i tit dependency and illness where a beginning can now be made. The third factor, better homes for our people, has also been the subject of experimentation and study. Here, too, the first practical steps can be made through the proposals which I shall suggest in relation to giving work to the unemployed. Whatever we plan and whatever we do should be in tile light of these three clear objectives of security. We can not afford to lose valuable time in haphazard public policies which can not find a place in the broad outlines of these major purposes. In that spirit T come to an immediate issue made | for us by hard and inescapable circumstance?the task of putting people to work. In the spring of 1933 the issue of destitution seemed to stand apart; today, in the light of our experience and our now natmnoi <iuviwnai puuvjr, we find we can put people to work in ways which conform to, initiate and carry forward the broad principles of that policy. Results of Past Efforts The first objectives of emergency legislation of 3933 were, to relieve destitution, to make it possible for industry to operate in a more rational and orderly fashion, and to put behind industrial recovery the impulse of j large expenditures in government undertakings. The purpose of the National Industrial Recovery Act to proidde work for more people succeeded in a substantial manner within the WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER )<wn Broa i Annual /ELT ASKS FOR BUDGET MESSAGE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT *523,782, with "regular** expend!- I tures of 83,928,000,000 and recovery and relief outlays of $4,1.11,- i 000.000. first few months of its life, and the act has continued to maintain employment gains ana greatly improved conditions in industry. The program of public works pro- i vided for in the recovery act launched j the Federal Government into a task j for which there was little time to j make preparation and little American j experience to follow. Great employment has been given and is being | given dv mese works. More than two billions of dollars have also been expended in direct relief to the destitute. Local agencies of necessity determined the recipients of this form of relief. With inevitable exceptions the funds were spent by j them with reasonable efficiency and 1 as a result actual want of food and clothing in the great majority of cases has been overcome. Hot the stark fact before us is that I great numbers still remain unein-J ployed. Recounts Evils of Dole A large proportion of these unemployed and their dependents have been forced on the relief rolls. The burden on the Federal government has grown with great rapidity. We have here a human as well a3 an ctonon-.ie problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound poilcy. It is in violaticiri of- ttc traditions of AT^.c.rics. Work must be found for able-bodied but destitute workers. The Federal Government must and shall quit this business of relief. I am not willing that the vitality of our people be further sapped by the giving of cash, of market baskets, of a few hours of weekly work cutting grass, raking leaves or picking up papers in the public parks. We must preserve not only the bodies of tile unemployed from destitution but also their self-respeet. their self-reliance and courage and determination This decision bringe me to the prob-j 4cwi v/i wuaL cue government snouiU do with approximately five million! unemployed now on relief rolls, local Agencies Must Aid About one million and a half of these belong to the group which in the past was dependent upon local welfare efforts. Ittc"! of them are unable for one reason or another to maintain themselves independently?for the most part, through no fault of their own. Such people, in the days before the great depression, were cared for by local efforts?by states, by counties, by towns, hy cities, by churches and by private welfare agencies. It is my thought that in the future they must be cared for as they were before. I stand ready through my own personal efforts, and through the public influence of the office that I hold, to help these local agencies to get the means necessary to assume this burden. The security legislation which I i shall propose to the Congress will, I am confident, be of assistance to local effort in the care of this type of cases. Local responsibility can and | will be resumed, for. after al'. com-1 mon sense tells us that the wealth1 necessary for this task existed and still exists in the local community, and the dictates nf sound _ SLdminis tration require that this responsibility be in the first instance a local one. I Will Not Shirk Task There are, however, an additional three and one-half million employable! people who are on relief. With them ; piuuicm im mnerem anu tne re- | sponsibility is different. This group was the victim of a nation-wide do- : pression caused by conditions which 1 were not local but national. The Fed- < eral Government is the only govern- | mental agency with sufficient power t and credit to meet this situation. We I have assumed this task and we shall ( not shrink from it in the future It < is a duty dictated by every intelligent! t consideration of national policy to [ i ask you to make it possible for the I Y THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. d Plan of ik/r message United States to give employment to all of these three and one-lialf million employable people now oil relief pending their absorption in a rising tide of private employment. It is my thought that with the exception of certain of the normal public building operations of the government, all emergency public works shall be united in a single new and greatly enlarged plan. With the establishment of this new system we can supercede the Federal emergency relief administration with a co-ordinated authority which will be charged with the orderly liquidation of our present relief activities and the substitution of a national chart for the giving of work. States Principles of Program This new program of emergency public employment should be governed 1 1 > a number of practical principles. 1. All work undertaken should be ' useful?not just for a day, or a year, : but useful in the sense that it affords 1 permanent improvement in living con- ' ditions or that it creates future new 5 wealth for the nation. 2. Compensation on emergency public projects should be in the form J of security payments which should bo larger than the amount now re-1 ceived as a relief dole, but at the 1 same time not so large as to encour- ' age the rejection of opportunities for ' private employment or the leaving of 1 private employment to engage in gov- ? eminent work. 1 3. Projects should be undertaken ' on which a large percentage of direct! j labor can be used. 4. Preference should be given to I inose projects which will be self liq-J, u Ida ting in the sense that there is tv-J reasonable expectation that, the gov eminent wiii get its money back at j some future time. 5. The projects undertaken should , be selected and planned so as to com- . piete as little as possible with private \ enterprises. This suggests mat it it were not for the necessity of giving , useful work to the unemployed now } on relief, these projects in most in- , slanres would not nour. hn iimlprtnknn 0. The planning' of projects would ! j seek to assure work during the com , ing fiscal year to the indi'iduals now . on reiiot. or until such time as pri- , vate employment is available. Ir. or- v tier to make adjustment to increasing | private employment, work should lie , planned with a view to tapering it off in proportion to the speed with i, which the emergency workers are of- , fcred positions with private employ? . crs. ) 7. Effort should be made to locate , projects where thoy will serve the , greatest unemployment needs as are shown by present relief rolls, and the broad program of the national re- I sources hoard should oe freely used : for guidance in selection. Our ultt- | rpate objective heing the enrichment of human lives, the government has I the primary duty to use its emergen- i cy expenditures as much as possihle to cerve those who cannot secure the 1 advantages of private capital. : Has Studied All Angles Ever since the adjournment of the \ '73rd Congress, the Administration i has been studying from every angle i the posibility ami the practicality of j new forms of employment. As a re- 1 suit of these studies I have arrived : at certain very definite convictions as to the amount of money that will j fce necessary for the sort of public i projects that I have described. I shall i submit these figures in mv budeet - message. I assure you now they will j be within the sound credit of the gov- I ernment. ; This work will cover a wide field including clearance of slums, which : for adequate reasons can not be tin- i dertaken by private capital; in rural j housing c." several kinil3, where again ; private capital is unable to function; i in rural electrification; in the refor- j estation of the great watersheds of \ the nation; in an intensified program : to prevent soii erosion and to reclaim blighted areas; in improving existing ; road systems and in constructing na- : tional highways designed to handle : modern traffic; in the elimination of ; grade erosings; in the extension and j enlargement of the successful work : of the civilian conservation corps; in non-federal work, mostl. self-liquid- ; a ting, and highly useful to local di- : visions of government: and on many : others which the nation needs anri ' can not afford to neglect. This is the method which I propose to use in order that we may better meet this present day problem of unemployment. Its greatest advantage is that it fits logically and usefully into the long range permanent policy of providing the three types of se-' curity which constitute as a whole j and American plan for the American I people. Touches Other Subjects I shall consult with you from time to time concerning other measures of national importance. Among the subjects that lie immediately before us are the consolidation of Federal regulatory administration over all forms of transportation, the renewal and clarification of the general purpose* of the national industrial recovery act, the strengthening of our facilities for the prevention, detection and treatment of crime and criminals, tne restoration of sound conditions in the public utilities field through abolition of the evil features of holding companies ,the gradual tapering off of the emergency credit activities of government, and improvement in our taxation forms and methods. We have already begun to feel the bracing effect upon our economic system of a restored agriculture. The hundreds of millions of additional Income thai larmers are receiving is finding its way into the channels of trade. The farmers' share of the national Income is slowly rising. The economic facts justify the widespread opinion of the- engaged in agriculture that our provision for maintainng a balanced production gave at this time the most adequate remedy for an old vexing: problem. For the present and especially in view of abnormal world conditions, agricultural adjustment with certain necessary improvements in methods should continue. Praises* lhiblic Servants It seems appropriate to call attention at this time to the fine spirit shown during the past year by our public servants. I can not praise too highly the cheerful work of the civil service employes, and of those temporarily working for the government. As for those thousands i* our various public agencis speread throughout the wunuy, wuu, wiuiuul wuipensnuon, agreed to take over heavy resopnsibilities in connection with our various loan agencies and particularly in direct relief work, I can not say too much. I do not think any country could siiow a higher average of cheerful and even enthusiastic team-work than has been 3hown by these men and women. I can not with candor tell you that general international relationships outside our borders are improved. On the surface of things many old jealousies are resurrected, old passions aroused; new strivings for armament and power, in more than one land, rear their ugly heads. I hope that calm counsel and constructive leadership will provide the steadying influence and the time necessary for the coming of new and more practical forms of representative government throughout the world wherein privilege will occupy the world wherein privilege will occupy a lesser place and welfare a greater. I believe, however, that our own peaceful and neighborly attitude towards other nations is coming to be understood and appreciated. The maintenance of international peace is l matter in which we arc deeply and unselfishly concerned. Evidence of our persistent and undeniable desire to prevent armed conflict has recently been more than once afforded. Spiritual Recovery S?-eti There is no ground for apprehension that our relations with any nation will be otherwise than peaceful S'or is there ground for doubt that lie people of most nations seek relief rom the threat and burden attaching <> the false theory that extravagant imminent can not he reduced anu imiled by internaUonal accord. The ledger of the past year shows nany more gains than losses. Let us lot forget that, in addition to saving liiilions from utter destitution, child ixbbr-iian been for the moment outawed. thousands of homes saved to heir owners and most important of in, the morale of the nation has been estored. Viewing the year 1934 as a vhole, you and T can agree that we lave a generous measure of reasons or giving thanks. It is not empty optimism that noves me to a strong hope in the oming year. We can, if we will. Make 1935 a genuine period of good ecling, sustained by a sense of purloseful progress. Beyond the material ecovcry, T sense a spiritual recovery 1 ORES! | Big Re< 1 " = $0.35 and $5.95 Dre; p $4.95 and $3.95 Dies p 1 Rack of Dresses, n< | COATS & SUITS Gt I The Five-to p ''Under priced illllililllifllillllilltlllliiiiiiiiiiiiiioi""1 We Are Prog Things are happening fa posted one must read. N of a good, reliable daily You cannot, in this Sta scribe to a newspaper thi plete satisfaction than tl I NEWS. In every department i sports, market nnntntinn cal and world-wide intei the best comics?everyl pages, easily located and Carrier delivery service State at 20c per week. Mail subscription rates, three, six, nine, or twelv Daily and Sunday Daily only CIRCULATION GREENSBORO GREENSBi JANUARY 10, 1935 as well. The people of America are turning as never before to those permanent values that are not limited to the physical objectives of life. ? There are growing signs of this on | every hand. 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