Show KEYNOTER BLASTS RECORD OF REPUBLICAN RULE PHILADELPHIA June 24 M P- P Tho The text of the tho keynote speech o of I Senator Barkley of ot Kentucky before the Democratic national convention follows L Ladies dies and Gentlemen of ot th the Convention We have assembled as we have have hav done for more than a century to justify In government a liberalism designed deIgned to promote those prImal prima and Inalienable rights which outweIgh outweigh outweigh out out- weigh all political formalism and andall andall all lI conceptions of at special privilege W We are assembled here not merely merely merey mere mere- ly y to defend but to proclaim the new deal as the surest highway to that life Ufe liberty and the pursuit of happiness to which Thomas Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson Jef Jef- ferson devoted his life and Franklin Franklin FranklEn Frank Frank- lin lEn D. D Roosevelt is Consecrating every fiber of his Immortal spirit We meet in the fullness of na na- na- na responsibility in all branches of bf f the tho government save one and with a record of performance never equaled in the history of the republic lic and lic-and and on that record we stand before before before be be- fore the American people without apol apology gy and without retreat Named on Re Ee Record ord We meet to rename and to reelect to the highest office of ot- lice flee within our gift a Do man whose up build Is his record As s we survey the tho picture which the world presents and contemplate the four tragic years just prior to 1933 and the slow but steady progress progress progress ress of our country under this Democratic Dem Dem- administration we are moved by a sense of profound gratitude gratitude gratitude tude that the nation today looks into the future with eyes that see within r reach ach th the goal of a happier and more abundant life Ufe for all our peo peo- pie We come to this convention in the name name Lame of ot a Democracy which is national national national na na- na- na in its historic background in its its- approach to and willingness to todeal todeal todeal deal in a national way with problems problems lems ems that are national in their cope We recognize the complexity of modern life We covet no power that would deprive the states of ot the right to deal locally locally- with local re- re 0 tl es These are t to the e consume the erg en energies of iI of all wh who whore ere are re willing to devote themselves to their solution Vital Questions t But we recognize the undeniable and self evident fact that because of our our growth In population population tion Uon wealth the means of at productIon production tion distribution and consumption and the facilities of transportation and nd communication which have knitted the American people into a nation certain great vital questions affecting the daily lIv lives s of the people peo peo- pie as a whole have been projected into our economic and social ture These vital questions cannot be avoided or their solution long ong delayed by any political party or any administration which h has s an adequate sense of its responsibility to to- the people Political organizations ons ar are n nei neither l- l ther flier created nor justified merely as means of obtaining public office Their justification lies alone in affording affording affording af af- af- af fording a means of expression and desire as well weIl as a focus of responsibility in the administration of public affairs Thomas Jefferson is often misrepresented misrepresented misrepresented resented by those who pay to him the dubious homage of the lip Up as having said aid that government is best which governs least From all aU the volumes which Jefferson Jef Jef- ferson terson wrote it Is indeed unfair to lift and emphasize a single sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence uttered concerning an ideal state of human perfection never yet attained If that sentence must be betaken taken without context or reservation reservation reserva reserva- tion it is but a step to the doctrine that that government is best which governs not at all To Secure Justice In Tn this age of Infinite complexity of mutual dependence of community community on community state on state and nation on nation all aU responsible responsE responsE- ble governments must enlarge their field of activity a and d supervision Islon to I the end that t the e weak may be protected protected protected pro pro- from the strong and rapacious rapa rapa- claus cious and the approximation of justice justice justice jus jus- jus- jus tice among all classes may be se se- se cured Any political group therefore who in the midst of tragic Impotence Impotence Impo Impo- tence among the people to adjust unaided their lives and fortunes and carve their individual paths path through the Impenetrable forests of ol economic density hides bides behind the thc sedentary indolence of some ancient an an- dent shibboleth is unfit for high hig I ataU station n or responsibility In the society society society so so- of our day This is a moving changing world Jn In which we live Jive New generations viewing the discarded shell of ancient anen an an- en th theories orIes and Impatient with the fatal ata doctrine of ot defeatism are asking aking why among all the arts arth anc and sciences and achievements of man only government is a laggard And Anc make no mistake about it they are searching for forthe the answer Impatience Cited It was this Impatience with the blighting blighting- atmosphere of ot the poUt poUt- ical and social antiquarian that tha made Jefferson the foremost 8 as well wel as aa as the most despised liberal of ot his generation that drove Andrew Jackson along a course for which he be was denounced as a vulgar ruf rut lEan flan that inspired Abraham Lincoln Lin IAn coin coln toward a goal for which he was wa described as the earthly incarnation incarnation tion of coarse buffoonery and that tha Woodrow Wilson was cynically pictured pic plc- as a dreamy professor benon bent ben benton on political and social tion Franklin Roosevelt finds himself In fn glorious companionship wIth wit these great spirits who spurned th the chariot charlot of futility and negation He has not dallied with defeat defea nor taken counsel with cowardice lest his feet be found on on ground round He has sought to dedi dedi- Hate the powers of this government to the service of the people who wh support it with their substance an and their blood He has restored t to them faith in it and control over i it IL Why was wu it essential that th the powers o of government be exerted in a new way on the dally daily life Ufe o of at the American people 1 Why is 13 i it itI I Impossible to tread tho the same old oh old paths no matter where they lead Why had there been a n. complete breakdown in nearly every branch of ot public and private endeavor Because for tor 12 32 years years yea yea 12 long years years the the ancient of special privilege had stood at the pilots pilot's wheel on our ship of state Because the powers of government government government gov gov- ha had been exer exercised to promote promote promote pro pro- mote the ends of ot injustice anc and bring ring a palsy to the efforts of ot the I people exerted in their own behalf Cut New Now Channel Because the streams intended for forthe forthe forthe the flow of the peoples people's energies were choked and we found it t necessary hero and there to cut cuta a new and straighter channel Instead instead in- in stead tead of trying to clean out an old and crooked one I find no relish In picking or pointing at ancient wounds But in order to assess the wisdom of the remedies emedies we have administered let letus letus letus us diagnose the ailments from which we suffered They are of such recent existence that hat it ought not to be necessary necessary to o recount them But my distinguished distinguished distinguished distin distin- friend the senator from Oregon Dregon who was temporary chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of the the Republican convention convention convention con con- con con- forgot to mention them at Cleveland And some of ot those who suffered and nd have been cured are now most arrogant in their antagonism antagonismS to the tie process which brought them through the crisis Some of ot those who were rescued from d drowning I in n the economic floodwaters let loose by the previous 12 long years ears now complain because in lifting lift ing ng them out we were forced to pull ull their hair When the present administration assumed office on March 4 1933 all 11 classes of ot society bore the marks of f such a combination of mal maladies dies that lat it is only possible to mention them in the vaguest outline These maladies were not local They were not set et off by metes and nd bounds They were not walled in n b by territorial barriers nor quarantined quarantined by yellow flags nailed toa to toa a tree Deeply Rooted They were maladies s which took root oot deeply in the whole body of our ur social and economic fabric and w were fere re therefore chronic The They have havo been fostered by enduring en en- enduring during neglect c magnified by political political po- po folly aggravated by venality and nd perpetuated by the frantic effort effort efort ef- ef ort fort fort to cure them by their causes No nation can prosper long or truly ruly which finds no outlet outlet- for the surplus products of its genius and labor abor But In four years years yea yea four long years under ears under the guidance of ot the theman theman theman man who was applauded but not at Cleveland we saw our ur trade with the world decline from rom 10 billions to three billion dollars dollars dol- dol lars ars per per year setting the feet of three million men upon the streets and nd turning their faces toward the lengthening breadlines For 10 long years the condition of of- f the American farmer had steadIly steadily steady stead- stead Ily y de declined lined In hi spite of ot the hectic flush ush of prosperity found on other portions portions of the economic body Each recurring season saw him compelled to accept for tor the products of f his toll toil less than the cost of f their heir production saw his debts enlarged enlarged en- en arged and his ability reduced saw one half the farms of the nation under mortgage and one-fifth one of these lese on the verge of ot foreclosure saw aw his foreign markets lost and his lis home markets reduced saw mounting and surpluses in n all aU the basic products of the farm arm Farmer Was Losing The farmer was losing not only his lis home his toil toll the rewards of his lis life and energy He was losing faith aith In the tho ability or willingness of at f organized society through its only agency government to give him ilm the same kind of break it had hador for or generations given to others He was losing faith in political 1 promises promises which had made him hint the victim of or cynical indifference and devastating greed As if it to pile Ossa on Pe Felon Pelion lon the avenues venues of public and private credit were closed to him and the cry of oftie the tie auctioneer was heard at every courthouse doo dooIn door In the realm of at finance chaos chaas' greater than was ever seen in this or r any other nation spread its shadow across the country In the four years from 1928 to 1932 more banks had closed in failure fail faU- ure than had ever closed before and more than thanIn in all aU the rest o of the world in tho the same length of time The impact of at the crash was so terrific and convulsive t th that hat a t through terror men cried out Inthe in inthe inthe the anguish of ot their souls at the loss of their lifes life's savings and their economic independence Industrial production had de declined de- de dined to 53 per cent of or normal while industrial employment de declined declined de- de dined to 61 per cent The purring wheels of production were silent and smokeless smokestacks were silhouetted against the heavens like monuments on a deserted battle battle- field Millions l Ruined Led on by the sires of ot speculative excess and by the false signals flashed from the doors of the treasur treasury treasury treas treas- ur ury and the executive mansion mil mu- lions of men and women found themselves stunned by the tho falling debris of worthless securities foisted foisted foisted foist foist- ed on an them by investment pirates They saw their substance drawn from their hands as as if by some unseen unseen unseen un un- un- un seen magic force Archaic and unethical methods of ot business competition obtained illegitimate illegitimate ille ille- pr profit lt regardless of at merit and strangled smaller units of ot production production production pro pro- pro pro- and distribution Sweat shops long hours low wages unwholesome working conditions conditions conditions con con- and the physical and mental mental mental men men- tal degradation of children re remained remained re- re re-k re tho the crowning infamy of portions of at American Industry Unemployment rolls n never e eve v e r dreamed of ot by the accumulated pessimism of the century revealed between 15 and 16 million laborers in n idleness Down went every economic index while the savings of lifetimes ran slowly out like sand in a weary hourglass and every month new thousands left the security of work until 15 million workers tramped the streets in hopeless agony of effort Down we were 1 hurled for three long ong years while confidence like a prodigal went into a far country and md the courage which had braved these hese barren shores in the days of the he Purl Puritan n and under the pioneers had extinguished a continental wilderness began to faint on every hearthstone 1 Millions Begging Three Three long years of Republican superiority found local charity and relief everywhere collapsing and millions of were begging begging beg beg- ging for bread raiment and shelter shel- shel ter cr and uncounted numbers of them found sleep only by the roadside or upon park benches from which they crawled with the rising sun like dogs from a kennel Upon the crowded street corner the he soapbox agitator found it not difficult to lash into fury the emotions emotions emo- emo ions which were aroused In the disillusioned souls of men who had lost ost not only lands and buildings and jobs and scraps of paper but their heir faith in government in society and justice and the spiritual foundations tl ions ns wh which ch sanctify the use and enjoyment of every earthly posses- posses ion slon In 1929 the debauch of the Cool- Cool Hoover Idge-Hoover r revelry and the twelve long ong years of exploitation exploitation tion ion were over The dance was ended at last The gaunt pipers of ot bankruptcy bankruptcy bank bank- starvation and unemployment ment had come to claim their fee One sudden blast of wrath from outraged truth and decency and honor and prudence and thrift and I common sense sense and and the tinsel tower of false dreams false pride false I promises and false hope collapsed in n irretrievable ruin and dreary desolation Three long years of normalcy and they had wiped out half the values accumulated in this nation since ince Christopher Columbus and half haIt the total income of all the people people peo peo- pie of these United States Hope Was Vas Dead Three long years and We did not dare to breathe a apr pr prayer yer Or to give our anguish scope Something was was' dead in each ofus atus of at ofus us And what was dead was hope Then came camo Franklin Roosevelt and assumed th the heaviest burden th that hat t ever descended on any man since Washington knelt in the snow and Lincoln watched the confederate ate flags across the Potomac As his lis first act he also knelt before an altar and prayed As his second second sec see ond he opened his breast to the raging storm and checked it in a ada da day Where were his detractors then They had sought |