Show PW WA A DEFENDED BY ROOSEVELT BUFFALO N. N Y Oct 17 tIP tIP- R- R Standing In Niagara square toda today before thousands of cheering cit citizens citizens citi- citi zens President Roosevelt declared declare his public works program ha had helped start the wheels of trade trac and commerce turning again I in sections where business had been bee stagnant for years Dedic Dedicating tIng a new federal building he said It represented what we Americans had had decided decide as a substitutes for the dole Shock Troops The president said su such h works work were the first shock troops against the battle of depression He told of his western trip an and of having seen cheerful faces that tha told him the nation was back on th the roa road t to prosperity New York state he said was th the first to accept the responsibility for lor relieving the needy and jobless He then said It Had been necessary necessary sary for the federal government to step in and pledged his admInistration adminis admInis- to continue to accept th the responsibility Paper scraps scraps fluttered down from city hall in the background and ot other er skyscrapers pers bordering th the square Mayor George Zimmerman presented presented presented pre pre- Mr Roosevelt The president motored here from Niagara Falls where in his first firs speech of the day he asserted th the great undefended Canadian Canadian- American border on which that tha city rests was an example for other othe nations Dedicates Stadium He spoke in Dedicating a federal federal- financed civic stadium packed despite a morning drizzle After saying such projects rep rep- pretty good boondoggling and provided work and helped build for the future he cited th the closeness of the international boundary line I believe that in the last few years he said an understanding has been reached between the people peo peo- pie of the United States and ou our great northern neighbor It is a very fine thing We are proud of of the border Residents on both sides have given very fine cooperation and we are thankful This great undefended border is pointed to by people of other con con- They wish they had something something something some some- thing like lilee it |