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The Truth About United States; and finally, that in the its interests must lie in exploiting all who
Free State of Maryland—happily a part labor on the farm as well as in the mill
FDR in Denton of the Union—the Flag, the Constitution and the mine.
and the President are still as welcome as
But at the same time all over the country
by Chad Dean in all of the other forty-seven States of the unity of interest of all common men
the Union.
and women—warm-hearted, simple

The second, and the original reason for men and women, willing to live and
This September 5th marks the 85th
my coming here is also related to the let live, whether in factory or on farm-
anniversary of President Franklin
unity of this Nation. grows steadily more evident. Clearer
Delano Roosevelt visiting Caroline
every day is the one great lesson of
County. While that is true, and I grant Unthinking people may believe that
you it is a rare occurrence when a major the first Monday in September-Labor history—the lesson taught by the Master

politician steps foot on Delmarva, there Day—is set aside in special honor of of Galilee- that the only road to peace
are a few things I would like to clarify those who work at a trade in mills and and the only road to a happier and better
about that day in 1938: factories and railroads and mines. But civilization is the road to unity-the road
that is a narrow interpretation, for this called the "Highway of Fellowship."
1. FDR gave a speech in front of the
courthouse in Denton. I have included day belongs just as much to those who But as this community of interest
a picture of him in full oratorical fl ight as work with head and hand on the farms. becomes apparent to those who live
well as one of the small on farm and in city,
monument on the the strategy of the
Market Street sidewalk cold-blooded few to
where he delivered it. divide and conquer,
Here, presented for the to make common
first time by any native men blind to their

Caroline historian for common interests,
public review, is the full becomes more active.
text of his speech: Class conscious itself,
just because it does
Co n g r e s s m a n conceive its interest
G o ldsb o r o u g h , to be opposed to the
Congressman Lewis, interest of all other
ladies and gentlemen: people, that small
minority is deliberately
This is Labor Day. For t r y i ng to c r e ate

two reasons, which I prejudice between this
think you will approve, and that group of the
I have accepted the common people of
invitation of your America—to create a
Congressman to come There is no distinction between those new class feeling among people like

to the Eastern Shore of Maryland today.
who run farms or work on farms and ourselves, who instinctively are not class
The first reason for coming here is to those who work in industry. For you conscious.
give you and me a chance to reestablish and I well know that most of the people
a fact which we thought was long in cities have come there comparatively You in the State of Maryland—and the
ago thoroughly established by the recently from farms all over the country, people of other states -have in recent
Constitution of the United States even if including the Eastern Shore of Maryland weeks been treated to a number of
it is denied by some of your newspapers and from farms of the Old World from examples of this deliberate attempt to
and by some of your candidates for which originally we all came. create prejudice and class feeling which
public offi ce. That fact is that the Free 'can be charitably explained only as

State of Maryland, proud of itself and America has always had- and America political hysteria. But it does not help the
conscious of itself, is also proud and still has- a small minority who assume cause of Constitutional Government or

conscious of being a most important that there are not enough good things to effective democracy anywhere to laugh

part of the United States of America; go around to give that minority all that off such things in campaign time on the
that what happens in and to the Free it wants and at the same time to give general theory that anything is fair in
State of Maryland matters mightily in the rest of America—the overwhelming love and politics.
and to the United States of America and, majority of America—a humane and Today above all else that minority is
under the Constitution, to the Chief modern standard of living. Even today trying to drive a wedge between the
Executive and to the Congress of the that minority is shortsightedly sure that farmers on the one hand and their
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