Show president raps critics who haven t wanted defending the governments expenditures tures for relief president Roosevel ts speech at ward springs last friday rapped those critics whose lin financial ancial positions have kept them front from want or hunger and wished lie he might take them with him to to see the conditions which have confronted the administration A part of 0 the speech is given as follows when some of the people of a great and wealthy country are suffering from starvation an ail honest government has no choice at first realizing that we were not doing a perfect thing but that we were doing a necessary saving and humin human thing we appropriated money for direct relief that was necessary to ward oft off actual starvation but as buic kly as possible we turned to the job of providing actual work or those in need 1 I 1 can realize that gentlemen in well warmed and well stocked cluts clubs will dis discourse coure on the expenses of ard and the suffering they ar taj going through because the gov is spending money for work nork relief I 1 wish I 1 could take acme ot of there men out on the battle line of human necessity and show them the facts that we in the government are facing it these more fortunate americans will come with me I 1 will show them ohp necessity tor for the expenditures of this g government overn ment but I 1 will show them as well the definite and beneficial results we have attained with the dollars we have spent S some ome of these gentlemen tell me that a dole would be more economical than work relief that is true but the men who tell me that have unfortunately atoo little contact with the truo true america to realize that in this business of relief we are dealing with properly self res pecking americans to whom a mere dole outrages every instinct of 0 individual independence most alost americans want to give something for what they get that something in this case honest work is the saving barrier en elsm and moral disintegration we propose to build that barrier high last april I 1 stated what I 1 have held to consistently ever alpee since that it was the hope of the administration that by some time in november of this year we would substantially ly end the dole alq and otter offer in place ot of it employment to by tar far the greater part of the employable ploy able alle persons we estimated to be on the relief rolls in the united states week after week since then somo some individuals and some groups careless of the truth and regardless of scruple have sought to make the american people believe ithac this program was a hopeless failure and that it could not possibly succeed today is the day ot of november it gives me a certain satisfaction to be able to inform you and through you the nation that on wednesday two days ago there therb nere cre persons at work on various useful projects throughout ibe nation the small rem remaining airing number have received orders to report to work on oil projects ail ready under way or eady to be started this result I 1 belleve you will with me constitutes a substantial and successful national achievement |