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Dave’s David Grinavic, life who did not like to do the things
ASE Master Technician that had to be done. They admitted
Riverside 32600 Main St. the existence of certain abuses. But in
their hearts they wishfully believed
Garage, Inc. Queen Anne, MD 21657 that improvement should come from
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without the help of Government. If
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the job, including Government, I call
"liberals" or "progressives."
I have been honored by being given an
honorary degree by your own historic Any man-any political party—has a
Washington University. right to be honestly one or the other.
But the Nation cannot stand for the
You have sent your sons and daughters confusion of having him pretend to be
by the thousands into the industrial one and act like the other.
world. Your products of farm and fi shery
A few days ago a brilliant newspaper
Trophies • Plaques go to the greatest city markets of the writer came to the White House and
United States. And you have never lost
Acrylics • Medallions asked me to illustrate the difference
the sense of the lasting spiritual values
between a liberal and a conservative. I
Call us about your in life. will condense for you what I told her.
project or event
That is why I have wanted to come here
For example, I said, "Mr. A" is a
Recognize Excellence on Labor Day and preach a sermon, if composite conservative. "Mr. A"
Reward Achievement you will, on that ancient text "We are all admitted that in 1933 interest rates
members one of another."
5 to7 day turn around time charged by private banking to ordinary
All work done on premises In order to make that relationship a citizens who wanted to finance a farm
benefit rather than a curse, in order to or a home were altogether too high; he
Engraving983@aol.com keep all of our people abreast of each admitted that there were excesses, sharp
410-479-8330 other and in line with the present, our practices and abuses in issuing securities
Fax: 410-479-8442 democratic form of Government must and buying and selling stocks and bonds;
Hours: 10-5 Mon. - Fri. move forward on many fronts at the he admitted that the hours of work in his
same time. factory and a great many other factories
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were too long; he admitted that old
For a dozen years or more prior to 1933,
relatives and their logical partners in the people, who became destitute through
the Federal Government had not moved
cities on the other. It is trying to narrow no fault of their own, were a problem; he
forward at all. Life was out of balance
the broad definition of "labor" in the admitted that national and international
and Government had failed completely
mind of the farmer, who above all people economic conditions and speculation
to recognize that important social needs
has always known what it means to have had made farming and fi shing extremely
call for action. In a nation-wide eff ort to
to labor from sun-up to sun-down. It is hazardous occupations; and he even
catch up with lost time, to bring a distant
trying to make the farmer forget that the admitted that the buying power of
past up to the present, a whole series of
people in the cities who, like him, labor farmers and fishermen had not kept
new undertakings had to be launched
for their daily bread are his own people, pace with the buying power of many
in 1933. But remember well that these
flesh of his flesh, and blood of his blood, other kinds of workers.
undertakings were on a complete front
Americans just like him.
that included American citizens in But, "Mr. A" not only declined to take
This is my fourth visit to the Eastern every occupation and in every part of any lead in solving these problems in
Shore since 1933 —perhaps more visits the country. cooperation with his Government, he
than any other President has made; and even-found fault with and opposed,
During this process there were of course openly or secretly, almost every
many people both in private and public
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