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* litical candidates.”

"for any party or any candidate to

° dent of the United States telephoned

‘1932 that f‘grass will grow in the

* mittment have endangered the 'se-

._or any other nation in any part of

“Roosevelt's address last night

~ pressure of national defense work

has passed when some crisis, or some - pogsibility of erisis in world affairs, "ha

ov FEAR CAMPAIGN CHARGED

. security funds were going to be di-

. *SECRET TREATIES DENIED

THURSDAY, OCT. 34, 1940

ext of Presi

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 24 (U. P.).—Following is the prepared text of President

in Convention Hall: . Last July I stated the plain obvious fact to the national con‘vention of my party: That the

and the conduct of foreign affairs wotlld not allow me to conduct any campaign in the accepted definition of ‘that term. : Since July, hardly a day or night

not called for my personal conference with the secretary of state or other officials of the government, iv : With every passing day has come some urgent problem in connection with our swift production for defense, and our mustering of the resources of the nation. Therefore, it is essential to adhere to the rule never to be more than 12 hours distant from Washington. But last July I also said this to the Chicago convention: “I shall never be loath to call the ‘attention of the nation to:deliberate or unwitting falsifications : of fact, which are sometimes made by pe~

The time has come Just that. This night and four other nights, ¥ am taking time to point out to the American people what the ‘more fantastic misstatements of this campaign have been. I emphasize the words “more fantastic,” btcause it would take 365 nights to discuss all of them. All of these misstatements cannot possibly be what I called last July, “unwitting falsifications” of fact; many of them must be “deliberate falsifications” of fact.

for me to do

CHARGES DICTATOR METHOD

The young people who are attend‘ing dinners in every state of the union tonight know that they are already a part of the whole ecanomic and social life of the nation. | I am particularly glad to discuss| with them—and “with .you—these| misstatements, and the facts (which refute them, Truthful campaign discussion of public issues is essential tp the American form of government; but wilful misrepresentation of fact has no place during election time or at any other time, For example, there can be no objection to any party or any candidate urging that the undeveloped water power 6f this nation should be - harnessed by private utility companies rather than by the Government it-self; or that: the social security law should be repealed, or that the truth-in-securities | act &hould he abrogated. But it is entirely a different thing

state, for example, that the Presi-

to Mussoliti and Hitler to sell Czechoglovakia down the river; or that the unfortunate unemployed of the nation are going to be- driven into concentration camps; or that the social security funds of the nation will riot be in existence when the: workers of today become old enough to apply for’them; or that the election of the present Government means the end pf American democracy (within four years. They know, and we know, that all of these statements are false. Certain techniques of propaganda, created ‘and developed in dictator countries have been imported into this campaign. It is the very simple: technique of repeating and repeating falsehoods, with the idea | that by constant repetition and with no contradiction, the misstatements will finally come to be believed.

-. Dictators have had great success “in using this technique;

but . only because they were able to control the press and radio, and to stifle all opposition, That is why I=cannot bring myself to believe that? in a | democracy like ours, where the radio and a part/ of the press remain open to hoth sides, repetition of deliberate misstatements will ever prevail,

I make the charge now that. these falsifications are being spread for the purpose of filling the minds and hearts of the American people with fear. They are used to create fear by instilling in’ the minds of the people doubt of each other, doubt of their Government, and doubt of the purposes of their democracy. This type of campaign has &/ familiar ring. It. reminds us of the scarecrow of 1936, that the social verted from' thé pockets of the American working man. It reminds us of the scarecrow of

-streets of 8 hundred cities; a thousand towns; the weeds will overrun the fields of millians of farms.” » The American people\will not be stampeded into panic. The effort ‘failed before. It will fail “again. They will not be scared by this blitzkrieg | of verbal incendiary bombs. They are now calmly aware that, once more, “the only thing we

have to fear is feat itself.” : 0

I consider it a public duty to an‘swer falsifications with facts. not pretend that I find this ah unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight. «The Presidency is not a prize to be won by mere glittering promises. 1t is not A commodity to be sold by high pressure salesmanship and na‘tional advertising. “The Presidency is a most sacred trust. It ought not to be dealt with on any level-other than an ‘appeal to ‘reason and to ‘humanity. The worst bombshell

of fear

. which Republican leaders have let]

loose on this people is the accusation that this Government, without knowledge of the Congress or of the people, has secretly entered into agreements with foreign nations. They even intimate that such com-

curity of the United States, or| have pledged the participation of _the United States in some foreigy war. It seems almost unnecessafys to ‘deny such a charge. But so long as the fantastic misstatement has been made, I must brand it for what it is. 4

I give you this most solemn assurance: there is no secret treaty, no secret obligation, no secret commitment, no secret understanding in any shape or form, direct or indirect, with any othér Government,

I will |

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Deal is a ‘vote for liberty.

the world, to involye this nation in any war or for any other purpose, The desperation of partisans who can invent secret| treaties drives them to try to deceive our people iv | other ways. Consider, for example, the false charge they make that our whole industrial system is prostrate —that business is | stifled and can make no profits, | The American people have not forgotten the condition of the United States in 1932. We .all remember the failures of banks, the-breadlines of starving men and women, the youth of the country riding around in freight cars, the farm foreclosurés, the home| foreclosures, th bankruptcy and the panic. ¢ At the very hour of complete col-. lapse, the American people called for new leadership. That leadership, «this Administration and a Democratic Congress supplied. Government, no longer callous to suffering, moved swiftly to end distress, to halt Sepiession, to secure more social and economic justice for all. t The very same men who must bear the responsibility {ér the inaction of those days, are the ones who now dare falsely to state that we are all still in [the depth of the depression into which they plunged us; that we . have prevented the country from recovering, and that it is headed for the: chaos of bankruptcy. They haye/ even gone to the extent of stating that this Administration has not made pone man a job. I say that those statements are false. I say that the figures of employment, of production, of earnings, of general business activity— all prove that they are false.

| CONTRASTS 1932 AND 1940

The tears for the laboring man and woman now being shed in this campaign come from. those same Republican leaders who had their] chance to. prove their love for labor | in 1932—and missed it. | "Back in 1932, these leaders were | willing to let the workers starve if] they could not get a job. Back in 1932, they were not willing to guarantee ing. Back in 1932, they met the demands of unemployed veterans with | fire and troops. > Back in 1932, they raised their hands in horror at the thought of] fixing a minimum wage or maxi- | mum hours, for labor; they never gave one thought to such things as| pensions for old age or insurance! for the unemployed. In 1940, eight years later, what a different tune is played by them. It is a tune played against a sounding board of election day. It is a tune with overtones which whisper: “votes, votes, votes.” : These same Republican leaders are for all/ the new progressive measures now; they believe in them. They believe in them so much, that they will never pe happy until they can clasp them |to their own chests and put their own brand wpon them. If they could only get cbntrol of, them, they plead, they would take! so much better care of them, hon-est-to-goodness [they would. This tune is, of course, only a re-| hash of the tune of 1936, In that election year the affection of these Republican leaders for the lahoring! man also rose to a high pitch. But after election day, they and their] friends did ‘all [that they could in| the Congress, before administrative

collective bargain-

: The campaign is on. President Roosevelt speaks to a crowd at Wilmington, Del, on his way to Philadelphia where he opened his drive last night for a third term. On the Presidents left is Senator James H. Hughes of Delaware, The candidate told the crowd that a vote for the New for employment. .

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Roosevelt's Address in Philadelphia

|can youth can truly teel that they have a real stake .in their country. Through the Civilian Cunservation Corps and the National Youth Administration, millions of youth have benefited by training, and by! education, and by jobs.

justice and in the interests of na-| tional defense, to broaden the work | and extend the benefits of boul these agencies. For they are a part} of the lines of defense behind the first line—training men and women for essential defense industries and

and against that way of life which ignores the individual. The one thing which must be extended if we would help the young men and women ot the nation, 1s to give them the uvpportunity to work. : We have recognized that to the

the right to work.

We have that definite goal toward

employment age have been unable to get a job in private industry, the Government owes them the duty of furnishing them with the necessary training to equip them

& . | Br DENIES WAR IS GOAL ! :

NAZI PROVINCES MOVE 9000 JEWS

BERLIN, Oct. 24 (U. P.).—Reliable sources reported today that nearly

|all the 9000 Jews living tn the prov-

inces of Baden and the Palatinate have been rounded up and. fransported from Lhe areas. Informants said they believed the

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| unoccupied France Baden and the Palatinate are opposite the northeast corner of France, fronting Alsace and Lorraine. Baden extends to the Swiss border. : It was understood that some Jews had been warned Monday night to 'be prepared to leave their homes !yesterday morning with only 50 {kilograms (110 pounds) ot baggage

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We propose in the interests ot Jews were on the way to southern and 100 marks ($40) in currency.

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for other industries; educating them | i to self reliance—to more resistance!

right to vote, to learn, to speak, to| . worship, we, your Government, add | =

which we are aiming. We believe | :

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bodies, and in the courts, and in of 1929, the years of the so-called whole—the great body of its citi- m; the press, to beat these measures prosperity boom, bank failures aver- zens—the standard of living has in- America—a living fact. down into the ground. aged over 600 a year. creased well above that of 1929. Tonight there is one ‘more false The number of bank failures last{ We do not advertise “a chicken in charge — one outrageously : year was only 42. Ten of these were every pot” or “two cars in every charge—made to strike terror into | under Federal deposit insurance set garage.” We know it is more im-|the hearts of our citizens. It is a up by this Administration, and in|portant that the American people charge that offends every political these 10 banks, 99 per cent of the|this year are building more homes, and religious conviction that I hold | depositors did not lose a dollar. |are buying more pairs of shoes, more dear. It is the charge that this AdDuring this Administration the washing machines, more electric |ministratio wishes to lead this’ total number of bapk failures for refrigerators, more electric current, |fountry into war. the entire seven years was less than ‘more textile products, than in the| This charge is contrary to every ‘the number of bank failures in any boom year of 1929. | fact, SYery buipose of the past eight 'single one of the preceding 10 years.| This year there will be placed on Y€ars. Throughout hese years my And yet there are some banks now the tables of American farms more | every act and over thought has using money to advertise, or to send butter, more cheese, more meat, been Sireeied to We end of pre- | letters to their depositors, hinting more canned goods—more food than S€1VINg Lhe peace of the world, and

that unless this Administration is in the luxurious year of 1929. \more particularly, the peace of the

defeated, the deposits of thei banks} Untied ter ane peace of the will be in danger. This is sheer in-| oyGpg NEW YORK TIMES | As I saw the war coming, I used

thousands now going to work each [GGFR 1B BISEHICH VA Eton —— levery ounce of the prestige of the i iv i 'y, are ? ; . i i resid Unit, month in pivate industry, ste the 8, Nog or ne very| Last Sunday morning ‘I had to office of President of the ed

unequivocal answer to the: brazen | ng ) ved : | statement made by the Republicans forces Nien had nearly wrecked laugh when I read the following In

in this campaign that this Administration has not added one private job since 1933. This statement of [FACTORY OUTPUT UP, HE theirs can only be branded as a de- |

liberate misstatement of fact, and aie ; I now so brand it. Now, as to corporation profits.

CLAIMS MORE AT WORK

What are the plain facts about employment -today? There are nine million more men and women employed in private industry now than were employed in March of 1933. In the month of August of this year over four hundred thousand were added to private payrolls. In September, another five hundred thousand workers went to work in| our industries. : The millions that have gone to | work and the other hundreds of |

: | When war came, I used every the financial section of the New 'gunce of the prestige of the office

[York Times—a paper which is re- to prevent its spread to other na-

SAYS | ch. (tions. When that effort failed, 1 YS | puted not to love me too mu chilled: upon. the: Congress, wate. 1 This is what an editor of the

called upon the nation, to build the { : financial page of the New Let us call the roll of some of They were a minus quantity in

York strong defenses that would be our oe | Times said: I quote: “The Federal best guarantee of peace and securthe specific improvements in t e 1932. Corporations as a whole peserve Board in the week added |

(ity in this hemisphere. lot of the working men and women | ; . . Jin ~~ | To Republicans and Democrats, that have come ahout during the showed losses of almost fom billion {another point to its index, ot prot to every man, woman and child in past eight years. dollars that year. By now, eight duction for September. and 1h the nation I say—your President | More than forty-two million em- |years later, that deficit has been figure now stands at 125, or 13 2 and your great Secretary of State | ployees are now members of the old | wiped out, are PEL cent above the 1929 average'— .ye following the road to peace. | age pension system. An additional |. ; dt mind you, not the 1932 average but we are arming ourselves not for two million men and women, over [€POrting profits of four billion dol- (he 1929 average. I quote furthe 65 years of age, are now reeciving lars a year. |“Dreams of business ‘flat on itS| we are arming ourselves not for cash grants each month. | And yet they say this Administra- back’ must come from smoking any purposes of conquest or inter-Twenty-nine million employees tion prevents profits and stifles campaign cigars or else the speak- [vention in foreign disputes. rehave been brought under the pro- business. ° jers are talking about some other peat again that I stand Bn the plattection of unemployment insurance.| If it is true that the New Deal country.” (form of our party: “We will not Collective bargaining has been is the enemy of business, and that| Wouldn't it be nice if the edl- participate in foreign wars and we. guaranteed. ithe Republican leaders. who brought torial writers of the Times could will not send our Army, naval or A minimum wage has been estab- {business to the brink of ruin in i932, get acquainted with their own busi- air forces to fight in foreign lands lished. lare the friends of business—then I ness experts? |outside of the Americas except in A maximum work week of 40 |can only say that American busi-| Every single man, woman and case of attack.” > ! hours has been fixed, with provision ness should continue to be saved child has a vital interest in this| It is for peace I have labored: for time and a half for overtime. |from its friends. recovery. But it it can be said to and it is for peace I shall labor all

Child labor had been outiawed. | The output of our factories and affect any single group more than |the days of my life. The average hourly earnings of |

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