Evening Star Newspaper, October 7, 1930, Page 5

HOOVER APPEALS FOR U. 5. IDEALS Declares Problems Facing| Nation Are Those of Growth Rather Than of Decadence. (Continued From First Page) systems, but because of a need to sus- tain the American system in purity and in strength. Face Problems of Growth. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, €. FUHNDRY, € TUOBER 7, 1930. Text o_f Hoover Speech President Urges Faith in America’s Historic Ideals, Declaring Nation’s Problems Today Are Those of Growth Instead of Those of Decay. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, October 7.—The following address was made by President Hoover here today at the cele- bration of the 150th anniversary of the battle of Kings Mountain: My Fellow Countrymen: This 1s a place of inspiring memories, Here less than a thousand men, inspired by the urge of freedom, defeated a superior force intrenched in this stra- tegic position. This small band of pa- triots turned back a dangerous invasion well designed to separate and dismember While in this vein the President said that the test of the American system | of government and of its social princi- | ples and ideals as compared to others | may in part be interpreted by the prac- | tical results of the 150 years of growth | that have brought to this country the | richness of life. He then recounted some facts as a visible measurement both of American standards and social progress. All of this, he declared, is sufficient to fill us with justifiable pride, genuine confidence and a knowledge of the real greatness of the spirit of | America. Yet in the face of all this he wanted | the American people to know that while the world about us is tormented with spiritual and economic struggles that attend changing ideals and systems, ssulting in the breaking of old iths, their ideals of government are a vinding heritage and cannot be aban- doned without chaos and therefore should be followed with confidence. His conclusion was the consoling re- | minder that the problems of America are the problems of growth and are not the problems of decay; therefore, there peed be no fear for the future of a Republic that seeks inspiration from the spirit of the men who fought at the | battle of Kings Mountain. Soon after he had finished the Pres- fdent and his party motored to his special train, on a siding 10 miles away, and then started on the return journey to Washington. RESTS AFTER SPEECHES. President Appears Refreshed Despite Long Rail Journey. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL ‘TRAIN EN ROUTE TO KINGS MOUN- TAIN, S. C, October 7.—President Hoover s"owed no 11l effects today from the ordeal he faced yesterday in Boston when he d. ivered two set speeches, in- dulged in handshaking by the wholesale and attended a luncheon in his honor attended gflmom than 500 people, When train stopped at Danville, Va., at 8:30 this morning Mr. Hoover ‘went to the rear platform in response to the handclapping of a. hundred or more persons who had gathered about the rear of the train. After bowing acknowledgement of the friendly greet- ing the President asked how things were in that section. Most of the men were raflroad workers. Several in the crowd in response to his question said that the textile strike in that section had worked a hardship along with other unemployment and that the long drought had caused much inconven- fence and suffering. Travel Agrees With Him. ‘The President replied that he was sorry to hear that. He sald also that it was unfortunate that hardships must be caused because employers and work- ers would not agree. He expressed the hope that everything would turn out all_right. Sleeping two nights on the train along with the long ride itself seems 1o have agreed with the President. From his Jong vears of experience as & traveler Mr. Hoover has learned how to rest and relax on a train. ‘This training of a lifetime has served him well on this trip. ‘When he concluded his second ad- dress in Boston yesterday, which was before the convention of the American Pederation of Labor, he seemed greatly relieved. His voice was low and a trifle husky during the last few minutes of his speech and he looked pale and tired. When the cheering subsided he quickly paid his respects to President Green of ihe federation and lost no time getting back to his walting train to start South. The train pulled out a few minutes later, and by that time he was reposing in a deep-cushioned easy chair in the observation compartment of his private car. He gave only casual notice to the latest editions of newspapers brought to him. He seemed to prefer quiet. Appears Refreshed. His chair was arranged so that he could look out on the passing scenery. He remained alone in that state until darkness began to fall and he received a reminder that it was time to prepare for dinner. He had dosed off several times during that restful period. Already he seemed somewhat re- freshed. For the first time he has been traveling on trains since becoming Pres- ident, Mr. Hoover last night ate in the regular dining car—the one in | which all the other members of his | party eat. He and Mrs. Hoover ate at a | table by themselves, probably the first time they have had that experience for | & long time. Mr. Hoover seemed to en- Joy the brotled lobsters which had been sent to him by a friend, and within two hours after this meal he retired for the night. | The President’s train s scheduled to arrive at the Kings Mountain Station in North Carolina at 1 o'clock this aft- the united Colonies. It was a little army and a little battle, but it was of mighty portent. History has done scant justice to its siznificance, which rightly should place it beside Lexington and Bunker Hill, ‘Trenton and Yorktown, one of the crucial engagements in our ong struggle for independence. The battle of Kings Mountain stands out in our national memory, not only because of the valor of the men of the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, who trod here 150 years | ago, and because of the brilliant ledd- ership of Col. Campbell, but also because | the devotion of those men revivea the courage of the despondent Colonies and set a nation upon the road of final tri- umph in American independence. No American can review the pageant of human progress so mightily contributed to by these men without renewed faith in humanity, new courage and strengthened resolution. My friends, I have lived among many peoples and have observed many gov- ernments. Each has its own institutions and its own ideals, its own spirit. Many of them I have learned to respect and to admire. It is from these contrasts and these experiences that I whb to speak today-—to speak upon the insti- tutions, the ideals, upon the spirit of America. Vast Economic Development. In the time since the battle of Kings Mountain was fought our country has marched from those struggling Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard to the full sweep of the Pacific. It has grown from fewer than 3,000,000 people to more than 120,000,000. But far more inspiring than its growth of numbers has been the unfolding of a great ex- periment in human society. = Within this land there have been builded new and jpowerful institutions designed of new ideas and new ideals in a new vision of human relations. Through them we have attained a wider diffusion terial things than humanity has ew known before. Our people live in a stronger security from enemies abroad and in greater comfort at home than has ever before been the fortune of a nation. We are filled with justifiable pride in the valor, the inventions, the contributions to art and literature, the moral influence of our people. We glow with satisfaction at the multitude of activities in the Nation, the State, the local community, which spread benefits and blessings amongst us. We may be proud of our vast economic development over these 150 years, which has secured to the common man greater returns for his effort and greater opportunity for his future than exist in any other place on the earth. In the large sense we have maintained open the channels of opportunity, con- stantly refreshing the leadership of the Nation by men of lowly beginnings. We have no class of caste or aristocracy whose privilege limits the hopes and opportunities of our people. Sclerce and education have been spread unt:l they are the universal tools of the common man. They have brought to him the touch of a thousand finer things of life. They have enlarged the horizon cf our vision into the inspiring works of God. Mighty March of U. 8. ‘This unparalleled rise of the Ameri- can man and woman was not alone the result of riches in lands or forests or mines; it sprang from ideas and ideals, which liberated the mind and stimu- lated the exertion of a people. There were other parts of the world even more | easily accessible to new invasion by man, whose natural resources were as great as those of the United States, yet their history over this 150 years pre- sents no achievement parallel to the mighty march of the United States. But_the deadening proverty of other lands was in the absence of the stirring ideas and ideals which have lightened the path of the whole American people. A score of nations have borrowed our philosophy from us, and they have tempered the course of history in yet a score of others. All have prospered under them. ideas and these ideals were in the hearts and inspired the souls of the men who fought the battle of Kings Mountain. They had spurred the migration of their fathers from the | persecutions and restricted opportunities of Europe, had been sustained by their religious faith, had been developed in their conflict with the wilderness, and had become the spirit of the American pecple, demanding for man a larger mastership of his own destiny, Our forefathers formulated them through the Declaration and the Constitution into a new and practical political and the vast | social system unique in the world. De- Yig\iTeY: :’okd generations have secured them o us, It is never amiss for us to review these principles, that we uphold our faith in them, that we search our fidelity to them, that by stretch of our vision over the vast pageant of our accomplishment we gain courage to meet the difficulties of the day. b Our political system was a revolt from dictatorship, whether by in- dividuals or classes. It was founded upon the conception that freedom was inalienable, and that liberty and free- dom should rest upon law, and that law should spring from the expressed wis- dom of the representatives of the majority of the people themselves. This self-government was not in itself a new human ideal, but the Constitution, which provided its framework, with the checks and balances which gave it stability, was of marvelous genius, Yet of vastly more importance than even the machinery of government was the inspired charter of the rights of men which it guaranteed. Under them we hold that all men are created equal, that they are equal before the law. and that they should be safeguarded in liberty and, as we expi it latterly, in equality ‘of opportunity to every in- dividual that he may achieve for him- self and for the community the best to which his character, his ability, and his_ambition entitle him. No student of American history can fail to realize that these principles and ideals grew largely out of the religious origins and spiritual aspirations of our people. From them spring at once the demand for free and universal educa- tion, that the door of opportunity and the ladder to leadership should be free for every new generation, to every boy and girl. It is these human rights and the success of government which has maintained them that have stimulated the initiative and effort in each in- dividual, the sum of which has been the gigantic achievement of the Nation. They are the precious heritage of America, far more important, far more valuable, than all the riches in land and mines and factories that we possess. Never had these principles and ideals been assembled elsewhere and combined into government. This is the American system. We have lived and breathed it. We have seldom tried even to name it. Perhaps we might well abandon efforts to define it, for things of the spirit can be little defined. Some have called it liberallsm, but that term has become corrupted by political use. Some have called it individualism, but it is not an individulism which permits men to override the equal opportunity of others, By its enemies it is called cap- italism, and yet under its ideals capi- tal is but an instrument, not a master. Some have called it democracy, yet democracy exists elsewhere under so- cial ideals which do not embrace equal- |1ty of opportunity. Expresses Spirit and Environment. Ours is a system unique in America— an expression of the spirit and environ- ment of our people—it is just Ameri- can. Parallel with us, other philosophies of soclety and government have con- tinued or developed and new ones have come into the world, born of the spirit of other peoples and other environ- ments. It is a function of freedom that we should search their claims with open mind, but it is a function of com- mon sense that we should reject them the moment they fail in the test. From experience in many lands|I have some- times compared some of ‘these systems to a race. In the American system, through free and universal education, we train the runners, we strive to give to them an equal start, our Govern- ment is the umpire of its fairness. The winner is he who shows the most con- scientious training, the greatest ability, the strongest character. Socialism or its violent brother, Bolshevism, would compel all the runners to end the race equally; it would hold the swiftest to the speed of the most backward. An- archy would provide neither training nor_umpire. _Despotism or_class ¥ Have $1500 By Saving $9.75 a Month SEE our announce- ment on the financial page of this newspaper. INVESTORS SYNDICATE FounpED 1394 Local Office Barr Building 'WASHINGTON, D. C. ernoon. With Mrs. Hoover at his side he will then be driven in a motor car | b hich | @ to the scene of the celebration, n that part of the lying across the to his schedule Mr. Hoover | ng_back to His train stop at Chariotte, N. C, 50 miles distant, for several minutes for the purpose of a demonstration on the part of the citi- | gen: of that city in his honor. Char lotte is in the district of Representative will 9 President Hoover car- ried the State. and who is in the midst | of campaign to hold his seat. It was | st his request that the President agreed to make this stop, POPULAR EXCURSION Via Southern Railway Washington, D. C,, Alexandria, Va. TO and Round Trip Charlottesville, Va Culpeper, Va. ... Danville, Va. .. Lynchburg, Va. Orange, Va. ... Saturday, October 11, 1930 Tickets will be h 31, o turning, tickets good on all regular - CrESCENT "Lty EXCEPT 3 up to train Ieaving above pol: Sunday. October 1%th. 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They mean the aban- donment of the Nation's spiritual herit- age. 1t is significant that some of these systems deny religion and seek to expel it. I cannot conceive of a wholesome social order or sound economic system that does not have its root in religious faith. No blind materialism can for long engage the loyalties of mankind. Economic aspiration, though it strongly marks the American system, it not an end In itself, but only one of many in- struments to accomplish the profound purposes of the American people, which are largely religious in_origin. This country is supremely dedicated, not to pursuit of a richer life for the in- dividual. Danger From Selfish Forces. It would be foolish for me to stand here and say that our political and so- cial system works perfectly. It does not. The human race is mot perfect yet. There are disheartening occur- Tences every hour of the da are always malevolent or selfish forces at work which, unchecked, would de- stroy the very basis of our American life.” These forces of destruction vary from generation to generation, and if we would hand on our great inheritance to our children we must successfully contend with them. ‘While we cannot permit any foreign person or agency to undermine our in. stitutions, yet we must look to our own conduct that we do not, by our own failure to uphold and safeguard the true spirit of America, weaken our own institutions and destroy the very forces which upbuild our national greatness It is in our own house that our real dangers lie, and it is there that we have need to summon our highest wis- dom and our highest sense of public service, We must keep corruptive influences from the Nation and its ideals as we would keep them from our homes. very incarnation of destruction to a system whose basis is law. | pacifism and militarism court danger from abroad, the one by promoting weakness, the other by promoting ar- rogance. Fallure of many of our citi- zens to express their opinions at the ballot box is at once their abandon- ment of the whole basis of self-govern- ment. Manipulation of the ballot is a denial of government by the people. Corruption or even failure of moral perceptions in public office defiles the whole spirit of Americ structive criticism destroys leadership and substitutes weaklings. Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interests is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government in business, except in emergency, is also a destruc- tion of equal opportunity and the in- carnation of tyranny through bu- reaucracy. Tendencies of communities and States to shirk their own responsi- bilitles or to unload them upon the Federal Government, or of the Federal Government to encroach upon the re- sponsibilities of the States, are de- structive of our whole pattern of self- government. But these evils cannot tutions if we hold the faith. The knowledge of danger is a large part of its conquest. It is the first duty of those of us who believe in the American system to maintain a knowledge of and a pride in it, not particularly because we need fear those foreign systems, but because we have need to sustain ours in purity and in strength. ‘The test of our system of government and of our social principles and ideals as compared to others may in part be interpreted by the practical results of the 150 years of growth that have brought to us the richness of life which spreads through this great Nation. I can give you some measurement both progress. In proportion to our popu- lation, we have one-fourth more of our children in grade schools than the most advanced other country in Europe, and for every thousand of our young people we have 61, times as many in colleges and universities, And I may add that today we have more of our youth in 0 the pursuit of material riches, but to | There | Crime and disobedience of law are the | Both | Mere de- | shatter our ideals or subvert our insti- | of our standards and of our social | institutions of higher learning than all the rest of the 1,500,000,000 people of the world put together. Compared with even the most ad- vanced other country in Europe, we shall find an incomparably greater dif- fusion of material well-being. We have twice the number of homes owned among every thousand people that they have; we consume four times as much electricity, and we have seven times as many automobiles; for each thousand people we have more than four times as many telephones and radio sets; our use of food and clothing is far greater; we have proportionately only one-twentieth as many people in the poorhouse or upon public charity. Fight on Poverty Gains. { ‘There is a profound proof, moreover, that the doors of opportunity have in- deed been kept open. The posts of | leadership in our country, both in gov- (ernment and in other activities, are held by men who have risen to com- |mand. A canvass of the leading ad- ministrative officials of our Federal Government, of our industries and of our professions shows that 90 per cent of them started life with no financial lh)hfrlu\nc& Despite the misrepresen- tations of demagoguery, there are today more chances for young men to rise, |and for young women too, than ‘there were 30 years ago. We shall not have full equality of op- portunity until we have attained that | ultimate goal of every right-thinking A customer said: children, all minors. $6,000 and $7,500, $30,000 of securities There is no debt on $15,000 insurance. If the securities and the the same average of 51%4% would be only including citizen—the abolition of poverty of mind and home. Happily for us we have gone further than others on this road, and we make new gains every decade. But these tangible things which we can reduce to statistics and compari- sons are but a part of America. The great intangibles of the spirit of a people are immeasurable—our sense of freedom, of liberty, of security, our confidence of future progress, our tra- ditlons of past glory and sacrifice, the example of our heroes, the spiritual en- richment of our people—these are the true glories of America. ‘The world about us is tormented | with the spiritual and economic strug- gles that attend changing ideals and systems. OId faiths are being shaken. But we must follow our own destiny. | Our institutions are a growth. They |come out of our history as a people. Our ideals are a binding spiritual herit- age. We cannot abandon them with- out chaos. We can follow them with confidence. | our problems are the problems of growth. They are not the problems of | decay. They are less difficult than | those which confronted generations be- fore us. The forces of righteousness and wisdom work as powerfully in our | generation as in theirs. 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