Show DONT BE A BUCK PASSER SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT an r roosevelt noo sevelt bialiy the four weeks charity drive for local organ Izat lons the nation in cecur ing funds to provide for much dig als tress trem in a short address lell vered at the white house ile he clayed flayed the buck passers the following pertinent nent sentences tire are truly american A number I 1 am glad to say a small number of people have writ ten me to express the thought that all relief work should be taken over by the government and have hava ted that they would not feel any duty this year to subscribe 40 0 o local relief or charity these people have a who ly wrong slant on the fundamental fun ba sis of our ametjan Arn elcan civilization they deny civic responsibility of the ual and would seek to toss loss every problem ino the lap of government they are buck passers on uio the other hand the overwhelm lag ing majority of the american peeps e I 1 understand clearly that it Is first tile the duty of to te individual and the local community to do all ahalt they can to maintain relief and welfare that it to then the obligation of the state gov gor to IOU efforts and that it if all r fi this put together Is not sufficient them the federal govern ment stands ready to help this mobilization tor for human needs wll wil keep keel the long established hospital and welfare services going these services existed long before the do de pre pr eslon sion they will exist long after the depress oln Is over |