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A GREAT POLITICAL SPEECH
When President Roosevelt recently spoke in Bal
timore before a gathering of young people and sounded
the clarion of youth and portrayed anew his indomit
able faith in the nation and its people, a grudging crit
ic, apparently unable to find special fault, resorted to
the old sally and called it a “great political speech.”
And indeed it was, but the New York World Tele
gram asks, what made it so? That newspaper then giv
es its interpretation, an able one, in this manner:
“The President offered no panaceas. He made no
big claims of accomplishments. He drew no general
indictment of his enemies. He didn’t even mention the
name of a political party, or utter a partisan war whoop.
He did none of those things usually associated with pol
itical oratory.
“But what it takes for political speechmaking in
common times does not ring the bell in these uncom
mon times. And the President rang the bell last night.
He did it by refraining from shallow partisan common
places and by turning his thoughts, and the thoughts
of his audience, to those deeper, human concerns—to
those problems which touch the welfare and happiness
of all of us, problems which give rise to our human
fears and doubts, problems upon whose solution de
pend our human hopes and aspirations.
“There he stood, the head of a government of hu
man beings. Before a gathering sponsored by an or
ganization of young people and, through them, to the
whole population he talked of the simple aspirations
of youth:—
* * An opportunity to make an honest living; a
reasonable chance to improve your condition in life as
you grow older; a practical assurance against want and
suffering in your old age, and with it all the right to
participate in the finer things of life—good health, clean
amusement and a part in the satisfaction of the arts, the
sciences and religion.”
“And of what youth working for those objectives
has a right to expect:—
“* * * That those in authority will do everything
in their power to help restore conditions that will make
employment and opportunity possible: more than that,
you will be protected, in so far as is humanly possible,
from the physical and mental and spiritual ravages of
economic and social maladjustment.”
“These are not the words of a man weary of stew
ardship. disappointed, disillusioned, despairful. These
are the words of one who, despite three years of dis
appointment an frustration, does not wrap himself in a
hair shirt.
When there is no vision the people perish, and
without leadership that sounds the note of hope the
spirit droops.
In days that are still dark, at a time when such
problems as unconquered unemployment continue to
beset us, such words as these spell leadership, hope
and vision—all three:—
“I for one, do not believe that the era of the pion
eer is at an end; I only believe that the era for pioneer
ing has changed. The period of geograaphical pioneer
ing is largely finished. But, my friends, the period of
social pioneering is only at its beginning. And make
no mistake about it—the same qualities of heroism and
faith, and vision that were required to bring the forces
of nature into subjection will be required—in even
greater measure—to bring under proper control the
forces of modern society. There is a task which—for
importance and for magnitude—calls for the best that
you and I have to offer.
“You ought to thank God tonight, if, regardless
>f your years, you are young enough in spirit to dream
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dreams and see visions—dreams and visions about a
greater and finer America that is to be; if you are young
enough in spirit to believe that poverty can be lessen
ed: that the disgrace of involuntary unemployment can
be wiped out; that class hatreds can be done away
with; that peace at home and abroad can be maintained,
and that one day a generation may possess this land,
blessed beyond anything we. know, with those things
—material and spiritual—that make man’s life abun
dant. If that is the fashion of your dreaming, then I
say:—‘Hold fast to your dream. America needs it.’ ”
“That was why it was a great political speech.”
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in the interior and in northwest
ern Alaska being short it is desir
able to make allotments as early
as possible and yet projects con
tinually arise before the season
is over so that if all funds are
obligated at the beginning an
embarrassing condition presents
itself.
“At two, consecutive sessions
of the Legislature the Territorial
Road Board has been given a
mandate to provide radio tele
phones for isolated communities.
Radio telephones will probably
never supplant regular telegrah
service, but considered purely
from an emergency standpoint it
is believed that they will serve
a useful purpose. As Highway
Engineer and Superintendent of
Public Works it has become my
duty to look after these installa
tions. We now have twenty sta
tions either installed or ordered.
Sets for Teller. Taylor Creek &
Selavvik will leave Seattle on the
first 9teamer. At Deering the set
was installed last fall but owing
to the fact that there is at this
time no licensed operator there
the Deering station has been
closed.
“Radio telephones should be
judged in the light of what they
are. It is not expected that we
will h?ve 24 hours a day service
for 365 days in the year. Most
communities having this service
at this time are happy for the
contact with the outside world,
something they did not have be
fore.
‘‘I am not willing to concede,
however, that this is a good thing
for the Territory to stay in. I
believe that once these stations
are installed the Territory should
retire from the picture and let
the communities carry on. We
have aided them in establishing
i communication, something they
could not have done themselves,
but to build up another branch
of the Territorial Government to
carry on a communications sys
tem, is in my opinion not justi
fied.
“Aviation in the Territory in
so far as it concerns the Terri
tory comes under the office of
Highway Engineer. On a basis
of population there is no country
in the world that compares with
Alaska in the matter of aircraft
operations. Our pilots are sec
ond to none to be found any
where, in fact it might be said
that they are outstanding. Our
planes are of the very latest and
up to date type.
“During the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1935, seventy-two planes
operating in Alaska covered a
distance of 4,685,654 miles, more
than 67 tidies the distance aro
und the. world, carrying 13,318
passengers, 1,497,000 pounds of
freight and more than a quarter
of a million pounds of mail.
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ANTHONY J. DIMOND
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