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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHL, UTAH - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT " - - . d X :" ( we mas) ovevnalaBce ot tfe: i lui drture or t .. :' " 'i " .. ' . ' ": ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' I v :; j Quick Action Is Pledge of President Roosevelt In Inaugural Address He Criticize Banking Methods, Demands Sound Money in Sufficient Quantity and Indicates Increased Government Employment Y Waifilngton. With impressive ceremonies Franklin Delano Roosevelt was as President of the Inaugurated United States oo Saturday. March 1 The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Hughes In the loan fural stand on the east steps of tbe Capitol at 12 :30 p. m, following which tbe new President delivered his Inaugural address. When the address was completed former President Hoover and lira, Ooover were driven to the station to take the train for New Tori and President and airs. Roosevelt were driven to tbe White House where they received some 600 specially Invited guests and reviewed tbe Inaugural parade. Just previous to the Inauguration of President Roosevelt. Vice President John Nance Garner bad taken tbe oath of office In the senate chamber. The President's In augural addresa was as follows: "I am rertalc that my fellow Americans expect that on my Induction Into tbe presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our nation Impels. tbe time to This la apeak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions In our country today. This great na tlon will endure as It has endured will revive and will prosper. So. first ber toll with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny tbe dark real! tlea of the moment "Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied 1L Plenty Is at our door step, but a generous ose of It lan guishes In the very sight of the supply Indicts Money Changers. "Primarily, this Is because the rulers of tbe exchange of mankind's goods have failed through their own stubbornness and their own Incompetence, have admitted their failure and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted In the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men. True, tbey have tried, but their efforts have been cast In the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. "Stripped of tbe lure of profit by which to Induce our people to follow their false leadership they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tear fully for restored confidence. They know only the rules of a generation of They have no vision, and when there Is no vision tbe people perish. Tbe money changers have fled from their high seats In the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration ilea In the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary self-seeker- - .. c - - profit VICE PRESIDENT GARNER of all, let me assert my firm belief that tbe only thing we have to fear Is fear itself nameless, unreasoning. nnju8tlfled terror which paralyses oeeued effort to convert retreat Into advance. "In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor baa met with that understand lug and support of tbe people them-aelvewhich Is essential to victory. 1 am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership In these critical days. What Nation Faces. "In such s spirit on my part and we face our common diff, oo yours iculties. They concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic levels: taxes have risen; our ability to par has fallen ; government of all kinds la faced by serious curtailment of Income; the means of exchange are frozen In the currents of trade; the withered leaves of Industrial enterprise He on every side; farmers find ao marketa for their produce; the savings of many years Id thousands of families are gone. "More Important, a host of unemployed dtlxens face the grim problems of existence and aa equally great num s j j r ff i THE UTAH LEGISLATURE Sally Sez s-- v rtla n;ner Uiterxal strife, of world "Hand ts cxTjd frackly recogniie He "It Is to b boped that the normal popelsttoe la ear Industrial center of executive and legislative e Daunt and. by enggiBg on a national M authority may be wboUy adeguate to pro-vita a reditribarita. edeat before task a better tue of Lt land for Uue Eet tiie unprecedented an onprece as Eat it may be that best fined tor tbe U&4 demand and need for onde dented Qiwck Act .oo Stcecsaary. laved action may call for temporary definite ran c The from that normal balance ej e.Turu to rU ifce raioe ot agrlcui of public procedure tural products and vi'li ms tie power Prepared to Do Duty. f t'tir cities to purctue ti (pi'i-constito -- 1 am prepared ondet m realislt can be neiped by iwefenribx meastbe recommend to iooi djtv tically the tragedy of tbe gwwing k midst the tn stricken nation small ures that forerbeure of throes These world require. may a stricken o booses an oar Itnut It can be eelpel as state measure, or such other measure ex by Insistence that the of its out build he nay congress and local gnverriments a3 fortbwTb and wisdom. I snail seek. oo tbe demand that their cost be tfras constitutional authority, to wiitis my can be helped by tlcally reduced, it to speedy adaption. the unifying of relief activities which brin -in Jie event that the congress But ooecooomi are often scattered, today to take one of these two fail cal and unequal It cai be belped by shall the na national planning for and supervision courses and in the event that I critical. still is tiocal of emergency and of all forms of transportation of course clear the shall no evade cottiffionicatkins and other utilities me I which nave a definitely public char duty that will then confront reone tbe for shall ask tbe congress aeter. crisis meet 'he There are many ways tn whicb it maining Instrument to broad executive power to wage a can be helped, but U can never be as great belped merely by talking shout it We war against the emergency, be would given to that as tbe and act act power mist quickly Invaded by a fact In were "Finally, In our progress toward a me If ve r sumption of work we require two foreign foe -For tb trust reposed in me 1 will safeguards against a return of tbe evils of the old order; there must be return the coura;e and the devotion a s'rict supervision of all banking and that befit the time. I can do no less. credits and investments: there must People Have Not Failed. -be an end to speculation with other We face the arduous days that lie before us in tbe warm courage of eople's money, sod there most be provision for an adequate but sound cur- national unity; with the clear conrency. sciousness of seeking old and precious Lines of Attack. moral values; with the clean satisThese are the lines of attack. I faction that comes from the stern per formance of duty by old and young shall presently urge upon a new conof a gress in special siion detailed meas- alike. We aim at the assurance ures for their fulfillment and I shall rounded and permanent national life. -We do not distrust tbe future of seek the immediate assistance of the essential democracy. The people of several states. In Through thla program of action we the Cnited Statea have not failed. address onreelves to putting our own their need they have registered a mannational house in order and making date that they want direct vigorous action They have asked for disciIncome balance outgo. Our Interna tional trade relations though vastly pline, and direction under leadership. InImportant are In point of time and Tbey have made me the present In wishes. the of their strument to spirit establish tbe secondary necessity ment of a sound national economy. I of tbe gift 1 take ft "In this dedication of a nation we favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first I shall spare no humbly ask tbe blessing of God. May he protect each and every one of us. effort to restore world trade by in economic readjustment ternational May be guide me in the days to but the emergency at home cannot come." wait on thai accomplishment Tbe basic thought that guides these Breaks in Friendship specific means of national recovery la not narrowly nationalistic It is the With Foreign Powers Insistence, as a first consideration, Washington. President Hoover and upon tbe interdependence of tbe varl members of bis cabinet cleared their ous elements In and parts of tbe Unit desks preparatory to turning the ship ot the old of y1 States a recognition state over to the new Roosevelt administration. ' ""im"" A glance at tbe status ot American foreign relations on the eve of the de part are of President Hoover revealed that relations between the Cnited " States an three major foreign powers y'l Great Britain. Japan and France are not as friendly as they were when the outgoing administration took office four years ago. War debts and the nation's Far East era policies are held to be responsible In part for the rifts In international I , v., , friendships. Great Britain's action In delcarlng I- m i un arms embargo against both Japan and China, after the League of Na tions had named Japan as the aggressor, came as a startling surprise and to American diplodisappointment mats. Great Britain's failure to offer sufficient economic Inducements also cooled th relations between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British officials. Within tbe last few days, the MRS. ROOSEVELT plans for a Joint British American war and permanently Important manifestadebt conference have appreciably ' wed dowa tion of the American spirit of the pioReports are current that neer. It Is the way to recovery. It the negotiations may be delayed In is the Immediate way. It is the strongdefinitely. est assurance that the recovery will Difficulties over war debt payments endure. which led to French default of Its December 15 payments did not Policy of Good Neighbor. "In the field of world policy I would aid the good relations between the dedicate this nation to tbe policy of two governments. the good neighbor the neighbor who Mrs. Roosevelt Attends resolutely respects himself and, because be does so, respects the rights Great Inaugural Ball of others the neighbor who respects Washington. Except for a family his obligations and respects tbe sanctity of his agreements in and with a dinner at 8:00 p m., the first enjoyed officially by the Roosevelt family In world of neighbors. "If I read the temper of our peo- their new home, the duties of Mr. ple correctly we now realize as we Roosevelt were over for the day with have never realized before our inter the reception. He was free to watch dependence on each other; that we the fireworks display in the monucannot merely take, but we must give ment grounds. Not so for Mrs. Roosevelt however as wtll; that If we are to go forward we must move as a trained and loyal At night she was escorted to Washarmy willing to ja.Tifice for the good ington's large convention hall where the usual Inaugural ball was held. of a common discipline, because with out such discipline no progress ts There she occupied a box for a short ni2a. r.o leadership oecomes effective time and was the center of attraction "We are. I know, ready and willing for 8,000 persons who had purchased to submit our lives and property to tickets for the occasion, the proceeds such discipline because It makes pos- of which will be devoted to charity. Mrs. Roosevelt had Intended to ab sible a leadership which alms at a larger good. This I propose to offer, stain from appearing at the ball, out pledging that the larger purposes will of respect to tbe memory of Senator bind upon us all as a sacred obliga Thomas J.Walsb of Montana, attorney tlon with a unity of duty hitherto general designate, but changed her evoked only In time of armed strife. program on hearing that many who had planned to attend were turning Assumes Leadership. I "With this pledge taken. assume back their tickets. unhesitatingly tbe leadership of this Cabinet Members Pretest great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our com Washington. Surrounding the Roosevelt inaugural group were the new mon problems. "Action In this Image and to this members of the Roosevelt cabinet. Inend s feasible under tbe form of govcluding Cordell Hull of Tennessee ernment which we have Inherited from secretary of state; William H.Woodin.' our ancestors. Our Constitution Is so secretary of the treasury; George H Dem. secretary of war; Claude A simple and practical that lt ts Swanson, secretary of the navy ; James always to meet extraordinary A. Farley, postmaster needa by changes In emphasis and argeneral; Henry Wallace, secretary of agriculture; Harrangement without loss of essential old L. Iekea of Chicago, form. That Is why our constitutional secretary of the Interior; Daniel C. Roper, secre-tarsystem has proved Itself the most suof commerce, and Miss Frances perbly enduring political mechanism tho modern world has produced. It Perkins, secretary of labor. Miss Perkins la th only woman ever appoint-e- d has met every stress of vast expanto a cabinet post. sion of territory, of fc reign wars, of wiia Happiness Not In Money. "Happiness lies not In the mere possession of money; It lies In tbe Joy of achievement in the thrill of creative effort The Joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all tbey cost os If they teach us that our true destiny ts not to be ministered unto, but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men. "Recognition of tbe falsity of ma terial wealth as the standard of sue cess goes hand In hand with the aban donment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standard of pride of place and personal profit ; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and In business which too often has glren to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing. Small wonder that confidence languishes, for It thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them It cannot live. Nation Aaka for Action. "Restoration calls, however, not for changes In ethics alone. This nation asks for action, and action now. Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This ts no unsolvahle problem If wa face It wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished Id part by dlrec recruiting by the government Itself, treating the task aa we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time through this employment accomplishing greatly needed project! to stimulate and reorgan-lt- e th nse of our natural resources. '";r" pos-s'bt- a y A sales tax law Introduced In the U ornate of the Utah eecur-lc- g In effort a as major planned funds to aid the unemployed of Utah. The bill provides that ; "From la and after May St. 1923. there retail on every a tax levied hereby aale made within the state equivalent to 2 per cent of tbe purchase case of retail price paid; or, la exchange of the Involving gales 2 per to property, equivalent the Including consideration. the of fair market value of tbe property of exchange at the time and place the exchange." theatrical Boxing, wrestling, and would be taxed; the performances malt syrup, telephones, electricity and gns are favored with a mention In this bill. The measure provides that the term "sale" Includes Instalment and credit sales, and the exchange of properties as well as their sale for to money ; every closed transaction ute a sale. Also, "every purcon-t- it chase of tangible personal property or service, or product, made by a use. conperson for his personal deemed be shall sumption or profit, a retail sale." The title of the bill Is The Unemployment and Tangible Property Relief Act of 1933." The bill requires retailer and amusement proprietors of places of and entertainment to take out an annual license. The price of the license Is $2 per calendar year. If the state tax commission, which has the administration of the tax features of the act, liso determines, it may revoke the cense of any person violating any such provision of the act, and in case no license can te Issued to the violator for two years thereafter. Persons who engage in business without a license are subject to a fine of $20 to $209, and to imprisonment up to six months for each offense. Persons selling only commodities exempt from taxation under the act are not required to take out any license. The vendor of taxable commodities or service must collect the "tax from the consumer and make returns to the state tax commission by the fifteenth of the ft following month. The tax commission has the option of using the stamp tax method of collecting the tax, such as is now used in connection with the cigaret sales tax law. It Is made unlawful for any dealer to advertise that he will absorb the tax, or any part of it Returns to the tax commission are to be kept secret, except in case of court actions involving the facts shown in the report Money collected by the sate from this tax is to be retained by the state treasurer in an emergency relief fund. The house voted down a resolution for submitting prohibition repeal to the voters of Utah. Budget control and the code revision have been accomplished. A law allowing the governor to order bank holidays and also moratorium on auto license fees was dashed through the legislature. A move to alter the Utah income tax law is believed to be a dead issue and the idea of changing the banking laws of the state is making little progress. The house has voted in favor of an law, sought by organized labor; it has considered the state's incursion into the power business, as represented by the plant in Logen canyon, and it has decided to add the Dixie college to the institutions of Utah as a Junior college. The lower house has decided to reduce interest rates on delinquent taxes and has made a slash at loan sharks. Both the house and senate approved a measure to confer on Gov. Blood the highest powers ever conferred on a Utah state executive. Through the adoption of House Bills 197 and 200, the governor is virtually dictator of the state finances with authority to suspend appropriations made by the legislature, or to close any state department or institution for 90 days or more should an emergency arise. The plan is to permit the governor to provide emergency relief for residents of the state. He may adopt and enforce such regulations as he shall deem expedient or necessary for the administration of emergency relief and is empowered to do all things reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of the act for the prevention of suffering and sickness among destitute residents of the state. Bills Introduced In the house are to provide for greater in motor traffic. The bills safety require that a private car driver must secure a costing 25 cents, which will be good for three years. Persons from certain physical or mental disabilities, are barred from taking out a license, and heavy pen-a- lt es are provided for infractions e motor code as PvUled mtty f In the Motorists must have the CertIfi0ate with th t all timeT suf-ferl- nro?,!,CrnaI COde rev,s,on based on the Wickersham of escapmg punishment torn Ygs technicalities. 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