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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 36

59 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 59 pages OCR'd
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1 i ! ; "* “bosses, Inbor bosses and Nea - ‘Unholy Altiances to onsumer’s Pocket’ yld Bring Chaos WANTS AGENCIES RETAINED vrs. Roosevelt Says Public "Should Be Educated on - °° Causes of Strikes _ 4 By WALTER W. RUCH - Special to Tat New Yorn Trmks . PHLLADELPHIA, Nov. §--Con- tinued spending by the Federal G.rarnment on @ large scale after the war was envisioned today by ae Vi resident Henry A. Wailace in wnfaddress at the convention of the sof Industriel OF, an sations. He pleaded for the ret@n- e agencies of the New Deal to absorb the shock of return- ing scidier militona. Mr. Wallace called upon workers and farmers, es one of six duties he outlined for them, to thwart any attempt to get a “balanced dollar budget” ff it meant “a naked and helpiesa National Government tell- ing al to save themacives who The test of any balanced budget was its abfitty to prevent Insol- vency of misery and chaos, Mr. Wallace said, adding that “no a¢ifish, no false economy sali be permitted to deatroy these sound! encies of present government which ean absorb and cushion the shook of returning soldyt mil- lions.” ; Unless “our energies, our greet ‘affection, our wisdom, pian now fot jobs and health and security and ful production,” Mr. Wallace said, the powt-war nation will be filled with proving bands seeking -food where there fa no food; seek- ing jobs where there are no jobs; eetking shelter where there is no ahelter.” . At the same time, Mr. Wallace warned labor and agriculture of their duty not to enter into “un- poly liances,” with capital “to @ consumer's pocket,” de- € that “any limiting of pro- auc’ and hiking of prices by agreements betweett ¢apital- cul-: tural bosses is piain highjae ing.” euch cea are spread, be eaid, hey. ‘will impoterigh the , country, iwcrease unemployment aii eventually, both of- ‘ teed egrl- - CHO ON POST-WAR ‘a oe ° we! Mire, Rosevelt Uress Education ' Mré. EleancY Fitogevelt praised _ the CIO for extending Ita no-strike pledge and asked that it under feba ben aMuretionel neeeram tol teach tions that must be remedied if strikes are hot to occur. Mrs. Roosevelt, who by virtue of, her membership in the American’ Newspapet Guild is also affiliated with the CIO, called upon the ution members to tell the story of injustices, inequalities ant bad conditiona so that the people at home would take action to elimi+ nate the thitige Which bring about work atoppages. . “Most people don't know what Jeads to strikes,” Mrs. Roosevelt sald. “If you pledge not to strike then it t# tp to you to get the peo- pie to feimedy that which other- Sue eee wearer would lead to a etrike.” .. e First Lady said that on her rétedt trip to the Botithwest Pa- cifid she enéountered a soldier ffim Weat Virginia who was a miner. The conversation got around te the production stoppages in the hard and soft coal fields. “Yes, I don't blame the miners,” the soldier told Mra. Roosevelt, ‘7 kflow what they have been through, but, oh, we must have uction now,” “He, Mra. Roosevelt said, “un- Gerstood the point of view of the man in the foxhole and the point of view of e worker. We have got ta get that over to the public as a whole.” j . She sald that many of our sol- _@iérs now wete getting better food, “slpthing, medical and dental care -sd cther attention than they had Wer received in civilian life. When mich soldiers come back from thé war, she said, they will have s eastly different viewpoint from that whic hthey held before entet- tng the service. She said that she did not believe we could change the world overnight, but that by eur objeci'ves and out deeds we could show that we Jiritended to brin about a better eerie. 5 ~ , » | 09-93 049- ., ete Fe oy ape % 85 NOV & iga3 ple to fecognize cottdi-|- 1 i I Wallace Praises CIO Politics | Declaring that the firet real duty | of the worker and the farmer was td Ale country, Vice President Wal- : lace anid they ‘aiotld promote the, . genetal welfare and participate, wets. mide @ mocke verhinent as & a iy iii 1s connection he praised. votes, In the C10's political action comml-- tée, headed by Hidney Hillmst, which hes as its purpose tee; participation in politics by Bor. ' The second day was to guatd| against "high-jacking” the con-; mutter and the third to preserve the; agencies of present Government to: cheahion the shock of returning po)-' ere. “rhe fourth duty of the farniet ahd Worker,” he said, “a to see that capital ia fairly treated, that the man who risks hig dame ahd. chedit may get his risk capital re- tiitned when he has served weil it efeating few jobs ahd needed prod. ree etiterprise miidt be by big enterprise | Tn the Kackwaah of wat the athall buriness mat must tot be washed . Mt. Wallace said the fifth duty wis to keep the ec-called white: ebilat wotker, “the greatest con- wither of them ali,” im beoots ig the forgotten mat. 2 alxth, he geld, was hevet to Mutickte tinder to any set of lend- ‘ata “Who put self frit asd the hu- whan race second.” Tf jabor abd agriculture Nght, Mt. Watlace sald. both sinotig rien HOmanEN mANTY themselves and wht ubelY Hovsin- ment, there la Ho hope. *Seifish interests with lirge cagp- taj reserves are ready to buy in at]. ahic prices our mines, otir facto-], vend: out ‘this end]: cy are prepabing ts dominate the / This is a clipping from ; page / ef the New wit Tines for — Ci Fead Ww ~ 2 be Lag Pd
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