Franklin D. Roosevelt- "The Great Communicator"

The Master Speech Files, 1898, 1910-1945

Series 2: " You have nothing to fear but fear itself:" FDR and the New Deal

File No. 838

1936 January 18

Newark, NJ- State Emergency Council Meeting ­Remarks

Hoff~MD , vr. Mayor I 1 euppo•l 'ba MOl'\ oor:rao' hn t o:r all

of you peopl• h io e1.7, ••r Jtllo~•.ra."'1 ( J.augbhr aad.

applaua•)

l h&'n bun u t.ng to ooaa 'o ona or n .. a

•••Utll'• for a lo Uaa to ••• how t hey wa:ra oollliuoied., alliS

•baa 1 bau4 of na tl:rai aaau~ you a.Ueaded. uada:r n•

obat:r•tnlhlp of Oha:tlaJ Edhon 1 -anted 'o ue ho• law Jtr .. J

worte. ADd. 1 • Ta:ry proud of • • J•:r .. , . tou bat'• ban

{ one of t ba f ire' Ud .. t.a the thion \o oa.:rry 'hi'O:ll:b tb•

1; ooor d t n"U .n, i h• itt~ '\o. , tb•r or all of our Oot'nn~~aa.t

aoU T1U... You pobt.d a la .. oll \bat h b•tnt:" follo• ad out

t.n ·9ary other a a t • t o 'ba linton, r U b th• objaoUTa wUht.o.

a ••ry abor ' U a• of ha•t.na .,. azoallan' oriJan\aaUon dat.lu

h i bis ooa opar tin« t.n all of 'h• oib• r et· , ...

1 h h tr•m4ov.•1J' laporhnl , of 00\U'ae, a bell ot eepeolal17 tn •le• of the ta01 that a lot of tbh won h

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ooefPU'&UYelJ nn - U be.e ben elu\ed wUhln the s-•• ho or \hne ,..,... - tba' ae llnle .,. poul'bh &beNld "

at., OD eaob other• • to... n..t -... be aYOlded prlnolpal17

\bl'OU4th lafo,..UDD. 1 tbroup. li:Dcntl ...... of .._, pMple an

dol q ln other bnnobee of tble bll, broad. proan.- ,

That h wh)< t think that all of J'OU., ln

a441Uon to fOI.U' oiiQ l n4hl 4ual wrt •Uhla J'DU't own

oftloea an4 aa•ol•e, ha•• etlll aaone:r duty, &Ad lh•t le to

hOOM 'Mltlnc enor0lope41&a. ( &pplau. .. )

So•bodJ la \be Hou.elns Mat.nhlratlon h

plq to be aeted about iM operation ot the 000 Oa~~pe. Of

oouree. be cannot. btl0011e leUer perfeo\ on 1\0 but 1\ le ••1'7 dhUnony "» -co hi• to U.O• eo.etbl.ft8 abo1n the a-•nl pu.zpo .. &D4 \he &en•nl o~raUn, ll8t onlJ' of CCC Culpa,

lNt of all otller OoYUDIIenhl ac-nolee.

Ia tllal OOMM\1011. •• ba•• teo du.Uee or

obllpUon•. Tbe that 1& tbrov.p tbla tnronaUon a'bwt

wb&\ enQbod7 abe h dolna to '"k n el')' reaaona'bll -aa•

for & p .. hr ef'riolenGJ of tbe •ltole, That fte \be prl-.rr

obJ••U•• of lbe .. Uooal EIMqenoy Cowlctl, lo eM tbal •e

"" ool du.J)lloaUnc "WOrt, to •" bow b aa &CW;l aletnUn

•aJ' •• oovld l~ro•e the adllla.htn.the .. ohbaeJ7. 'f'be

•••tonal a.erc-07 Counoll. through Ue dlreoton la. all the

•tat .. of the D'nloa. h worli::l q with u:traordlnarJ efflolfto'J

towaft tbla eM.

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~ ]¥. "'1 6l'Oour .. lei u. be obarttilire, h 11 •* t eat• -

V ,' ~ o.. a aoll: of inforMtion. It h

~~ Rli,Lj1ptr t 1 net that h ot. of i nforaaUon on thi lfiH or--

~ t M 'fld01"t:O.'lfi'eop1e eo co•e around 1&71113 all eorte of tbt nga

that you and I Jmow a r e not t rue i ndicate i n .oat ouee

Juet Jtlaln l llolr: of tn!o naauon. A.A4 eo each and "'Z'J one

of you hu nat f'ul"tbar d -1'\J to upla.tn • hat 1t 11 All about

to the public u ,.. whol e . 1 ha• • been i ntereeted i n BeTerel

of the cueeU.oDe asked today. ODe of there., for ex•ple,

• a• •• to bow the aplo,-.ent eentce wu worklt~~t out, 7hetber

the •ployere knew o! the ope:rattona of the •plopent 1entce,

not only the 1edaral •ploytaent. .. n i ce but ih dihr tbl!.t

worh band and band w1 tb 1 t 1 the State laplOJIIent l"iervioe,

tbe:re 1\r l "' f('raat !MAY caae1 in Dlllat n·ery bro.noh of your

wor k and a l ne Where we h ave an opportunt t:r to a.alr:e our work

aore ueeful by ghlng greater lnforaatlon &bout 1 t. ""hat h

true o! houdna; 1t h t:rue o! Ho•e OWuen 1 Loan; 1t h true

o:r t'PJ. ; 1t h true ot PubUo ~orb ; 1t 1a true of all the

rebtion•bl pe in which you •tand to the public aa a whol e .

n• polat, of oo .ue, t • t h•t all 8'P'tiiiW'il

pojeots, a ll of thh wor). t hlot • u• dot ne, .,rl-ftl'• f l"t*

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a nao .. aUr, a d.dl nU a bta~UD n•-'• a naM of thta IIRf!ta~

Uon, a ne-ed of the r •u ln blob • lt"Ya ..ad of 1 t Jl&l',

IUid \he , z botora . 1• oul'J\nl: '' thh 'I'Ort, " ua

f lllln.. a cnurect aaed 1 but la lloddU\on to t.b• t, • are tr.-

1~ to do U 1• .uolt a ~1•t: ti l a r tn..;r to ba uaaf Jl ln

••• •&1 to t lla ..,_.,n.l\J ll"zt ,...,. a.nd the :r•u at t n aad

f or r•!lar U 1aa to 00'" •

R• aau nc of p.roJ•ota, .. ha:re do t)laJ ort dt\&ta?

... &Qtt.o1J ..,_.,., an U• t ba.t t bua h attU ne 1D

aall\n too .... l Aih'l:uul. loall:.-1: h a ~. hprl nc bU

fOI' lllad M 1 ... 1.Jll, .... , .. \hlftk \& eo• tbl~ IM'W l ot

Jawarlr. , ... Jauort• or RaollaUatOY'Il or U7 o\bn pl ·oat

1, of oo .raa n.,t.

Tho pzoj aota lZhO l a t !aa rt.n t ltu~ t..n.H , h

alndJ-nloe o ••• 0\lt of bunir«i , aU her f i'O'II tbl l ooal

•ut borlUu , \ ha peot~l• •M ba' ... been 4ulr oboau, tba

i J "' !

Oo•eroora of nutaa, ~· d~'-'•'• of at•t• o-,v,..nta, th•

aiLh,.ra of olU••· t b• au.,...n.o.r• of OCMD'&lea. • ban rona

to U.•• aut aald, •nat la tb.e ••t u .. tul ~htna tb"t th•

, .. u:al ~ro•.,.-.at oan help out oa ta lbh loo..J. UJ'? • aAi 111

tal ne\7- Mna o aa o\lt of a b\IMred, \h• o:rl >rla 1a 1u tb•

lol)al ~ .l'n.l at a\1\borUl .. of """7 et.au ~ nerJ oo-..Al\J

AA4 I ~u .... ,._t peoph llPPMOlata ... f-.ot

that bOt ~un tbe .ajorUy bl.lt \bat \ha O'h:nbebd.q N jod tr

of tM tbiqa tbat • ua dobc DOt oal..7 an uaeNl bu.1 \bat,

auaac.tr eftOUCII., \be UlM:rUn of aelf• ..-el'm.B.\ nill

atn, 1 t.-.'1'•1 t MaZ'Cl ~r n.l-.tela oz _,. other~·

1a tbh cnat oowttJ'f of oure M'l •DoQ•t d.o tbat; .. do1l1 t

~1 to Cia t~t; ~lVJACW La .... ; your pnjeoU a"

uHla ... •

low tlaer an ooo~raunc with the r.4enl

Oo'l'a.-nt aD4 DO 11q0r 1D tbia ooWl1J'7 bu bee llboft of an7

of U. "IIPOa.albllltt .. of hh oftloe. {Applau.ae)

ID otbar wol'lta, M " all t:Dow, .. an aUll

ov:fJ'iAc out the prbctpha of bOCM rule. (Laugbtu ud

applauea)

1 .. pUU.oularlr bopPJ to He tha axblli!Ua

around. tu .. -.J.la. 4 cnat IIIUlJ' olthena 4o DOt Do• of tlta

IUD.7 nat.noatlona of tb.la '"'"· A tTlna--1• of u• ..-,olea

ritla .ul7 of tbe old. .. enolea that are ~n u o14 u tbe

ao.,..I'DIMI!.t of tha lf'DUttd. Bbtaa , ther ua WOJ'kln& l n a

bartloD.iou. •bola, an4 u h a .,..,.,. heartadna thl nc to

nalln tbat the o14al' depu'.._ta of tha Oo'l'•~•. tba

OAaa that 10 ltaok tlf'tJ, cme lUnd.J'M, u4 on. bt.m4n4 nn,.

r-.n Mft taba 1n tbA r~r 'bntU. pd. alaun lll U..

helenl. .,,.k.

1 '-'~'• al•r• ~ raub tbat •• a lob ~ t o 'b4t dotUt .Ur•

~4 N a cnat a.117 publio--.pl:rhH a.n and WOMa. WM wou14

OOM fuwud IUid ottn tblll.r Mnio ...

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!b.:\ hU Hen ti'U.I QOt ol\l.J UODI' ibe u;perte,

not oulJ lD the prore .. lone - aNi tbQ ha'U beea ... nllloent -

bu'\ &leo .. oua the •U &QI1 wo•ea who perbapa 414A' t han ta do

lt, ttut tao etapp414 fo:r.ard. aal ai paat penonal. &.01'1floe

ln -.ny, a&UJ caaee haTe helped tbal.z QoYUQII&Zl'' \o earrr oo

thla wort 1a an efflolwt and YUy a£Wlrable way.

To you •ho are :npreunU_nc in tba &tate of Jew

.rer .. y, all of tbeu l"l'flat acanolee, wortlng oooperaU·nly

wUb tile Bt ab of lfew Jnaey, • Uh t.be oo1.1.nU .. , and •ith

the olUee, I w-.nt to extend t;o )'OU •Y tha.nte for what ou are

d.Ol.tie . 1 • YUJ, 'f'II'J' proud. of you.

ADd eo, a7 frhDda, 1 .. sl&d to b&'t'l had t ull

opportun.Ur. 1 wle.ll 1 could tw.ve bllll. wuh you ttuou,ll &11 the

aeet.ing;, thla •ornlng' e aenlon and tbe whole of tnle dter­

ooonl'8 .. uloo. 1 ha• • learoed. a good 4aal juat by l ooking

&t \he pro raa, and I rieh ~at nu1bOdJ who h a deUor

here todQ would r .. 4 tbd prOii'U. U • l ght B"ht tb .. a

c roadtr &D4 a. .ora &.erloan point of Yt ...

1 ha.Ya uaa\btna: Uk" th1lil ... una aYerl day ,

not nerybo4J toaathu, but ln tba oouraa of n.a "urea• day

ln 'T&ti11~to.a 1 au.ppoae 1 oo. • l n oonho\ wUh tht repruent~

uvaa of abwt half of all tba 71&4u&l agano1ta tha.t '\.,., .•

a.re , ~:uoa.ally , or bJ' talerona, or ~J oorraapond.uoa. 1

'\l'y to ka~ IIJttlf ln tou.otf"ttb tht ooordtna:ttna of all of OUJ'

worlt at •uoh a.t h hu.aanlJ' JIO .. l bla. eo, '\ho~h 1 •A¥ ••• to bt

i 1 .,;

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a loq: • ., off t o .... t h• .. • ta aabtarten, JOU haYa DO l daa, I

• Mu. ot lba MDJ dll'tlllh or U l JO\ll' 'IJIOI'k t hai aot uall;, ...

a.orooo rq ... peroonal doU. t ~ ...... • touo ... ruunr tor J 01U

.. n. t aot oa17 -...t JO\I to • ort • tO ao, but 1 .. aohc \o

d.o U..o Mat I ou t.o • ort dth '"• ( A.ppl.ua.M)

• • • tho orahootra pl&7 .. o oolooilon ao

fho Prooldent loft tho zooti'UII , • •

INFOPJ.W. EXTDIPORANEOUS REIWU:S OF THE PRESIDENT '1'0 'I'HE NEW JD\SEY STATE DJE:RGDICY COUl:CIL UEETn:G

lfe•rk, New Jerae:r January 18 , 19:18

{The meeting wae presided over by Charles Edieon, State Direotor.

'fhe Preeident1 a apeeeh wae atenographicall:r re­ported, edited b1 llr. E. 8. Leggett, ot the Na­

tional Erllergenc1 Counoll, and copiea g1:nn to the Preaa .

Underecoring in the following indicate• that which wae omitted in the printed verdon. )

Govemor Hott~:~an, Mr. 1La1or:

I euppoae the most corn~ct term t or all or JOU

people i a to eay, 1 &1y fellow-worker a . 1 (Laughter and ap-

plauee)

I have been wanting to coo.e to one o r these

meetinse tor a lons tl•e to eee how they were conducted,

and when I heard or the f irst meetins you attended under

the chairmanahip of Charley F..d1180n I wanted to aee how

New Jersey works. And I 8.!1 ver:r proud or New Jeraey.

You ha.ve bee n one or the tirat atatu in the Union to

carry through the ooordinatlon, the tying t ogethe r or

all or our Government aotlvitlea. You pointed a leaeon

that 1a being followed out in every other etate in the

Union, with the obJective within a very short time ot

rranll.h" foo••·••lt I.U·ru7'

1b tl t1 a t:-an~ r nt ,.,.~. \.y tbot fht\4

llou•• •ten ~rr r •• •n~ti1HU14 1\0\01 u.•l' the f''"'"hwU ede. l:nt_ wl)rh

et.t~'r·

pr<tAr • pert.r~'hen

.ll,, lbt ~b·y a • n rM4.~ J te1t

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haYing an excellent organlua.tl on d111lar to thla one oper­

a tins ln al.l of the other etetee.

I t 111 treaendouely l aportant , ot couree, eapec-

1&111 ln vi ew or the tact that a l ot or this work lG eom­

parathely new-- lt baa been started trtthln the past two

or three reara -- that aa l i ttle aa poulble ahould we

atep on each other' a toe a. That can be avoided principally

through lntormatlon, t hrough knowledge or •hat people are

doing in other branches or thle big, broad prograa.

That h why I think that all or you, ln addl tlon

to your own individual work within ;your own o!t'lcee and

agencies, have a till another duty , and tl".at la to become

walking encyclopedlae. (Applaute)

SomebodJ' ln the Houelng Admln1atrat1on 1a going

to be asked about the operation ot the CCC Calllpa. or

course, he cannot becooe letter perfect on lt, but lt 1&

very 41at1notl.r up to him to know eoaething about the gen­

eral purpoee and the general operation , not onl,y ot CCC

Campe, but ot all other Governmental agenciee .

In that ooMection we have t.o dutiee or obllga­

tione. 'f'he t1ret 18 through thh 1ntomat1on about what

eYerybod,y elee 11 doing to eeek every reaeonable meane tor

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a greater eftlc1enor or the ..mole. '!'hat waa the pr11Ury ob·

Jeotlve or the National Dllergenoy CouncU, to aee that we

were not duplicating work, to aee how ln an admlnl etratl ve

n:r we could lmpro"Ye the ada1n1atrat1'1e aachlner:r . The l~a­

t1onal Dlergency Council , through ita dlreotora ln all the

States of the Union, 11 working wl th extraordinary ettlolency

toward thla end.

Your other dutY, along the 1181118 line, la Your rela­

tionship wl th the oubl1o. I don• t auonose that I am anY ex­

ceotlon to the rule. The nUI:Iber ot tool quutlons and the

nu:~ber or tool atorlea that come to 111e in Waehlneton are dup­

licated ln the experience or everY one of YOU here todaY.

(Laughter)

or course, let us be charl table, thoae s tatements

and those aueetl ons ruult from a lack or 1ntorrnat1on, ll

la our dutY to correct that lack ot 1ntonnat1on on the part

ot the publ1o.

People who ooe~e around eaylng all eorte ot thlnge

tha t you and I know are not true lndlea te ln 11oet eaeee Juet

plain laot ot information. And · eo each and e•ery one ot

you hae that rurther duty to eXplain what lt 1e all about

to the publlo ae a whole. I have been interested in aeveral

ot the queatlone aalted today. One ot them, tor eX&JIIPl&, waa

- . -aa to how the employment eervloe waa worklng out, whether

the eoployera knew of the operations of the 811pl 01Jlent

urvlce, not only the Federal emplo)'1:1ent service but lta

Sliter that works hand and hand with lt , the State Empl oy-

ment Service. There are a great • any cases ln alaoat every

br&noh of your work and mine where we have a n opportunl ty

to make our work more useful by giving greater lnforcatlon

about lt. That 1e true or houdng : it 1s true or Home

Owners' Loan; 1t 18 true of IYPA; 1 t la true of Public Worka;

it la true of all the relatlonahlpa ln 'llhlch you stand to

the public aa a tmol e .

I want to aay Just one word about the ueefulneaa

of 'll'hat we are doing. The r e 1a a grand word that 111 gol ns

around, 1 boondoggle1 • (Laughter) It ls a pretty good word .

I f we can 1 boondoggle 1 ourselves out of thh d epr eaalon tha t

word i s going t o be enshrined ln the hearts or the Al:le r1ca n

people tor u.ny year• to co:11e. (Laughter and a pplause)

The point, or courae , 1• that all .2!....!!:!!.!. pro­

Jeotl, all or th1 e work that we a re do1ng, springe rrom a

neoeee1 ty, a detlnl. t e hw:1an need, a n eed or th i • genera­

tion, a need. or tM 1ear in which we live and or la,et year,

and the year before . In car171ng out th1• wor k , we a re

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:t'llllng a current need, but ln addition to that, we are

trying to do 1 t ln auch a •ar that 1 t le going to be use­

ful in soce way to the co111111un1 ty next year and the :rear

after and tor generatlona t o come.

Speaklng of projects, 'flhere do they orlglnat e'l

Doea an;rbody haYe an idea that there l a aittlng ln Wash­

ing ton aoce lndivt.dual locked ln a roo~:~, tapping h1a tore­

head and saying, •Let me think up eomethl ng new tor Newar<t,

New Jerse:r•? Or Hacke tts town or any other place? Why, of

eouree not.

The projeete arlee 1n the first lnatanee, in

ninety-nine caeea out of a hundred, el ther tro:!l the local

authorltlea, the people t:ho have been duly choaen, the Gov•

ernora or Statea, the depart:llenta or atate go·nrn~~enta , the

mayors or cltlea, the aupervlaora of counuea. 1fe have gone

to them and aa1d, 1 What ls the mo•t useful thing that t he

Federal government can help out on in th1a locality?• And

in nlnety- nlne caaea out of a hundred, the origin ia in the

local governing authorities of every etate and every col:l­

munlty throughout the land. (Applause)

And I believe that people appreciate the fact

that n:)t Juet the JU.jorlt;r but that the overwhelming

-. -aajorlty or the thlnga that we are doing not o nly are u ee­

f'\11 but that, strangely enough, the l1bertlea or ulf- goY­

ernment e tlll exiat . I haven' t heard UaJ"or Ellenateln o r

any other mayor ln this great country of oure say, 1 Don' t

do that; we don ' t Wtlnt t o do t hat; your pro leota are mad;

your projects are useless.•

Now they are cooperating W1 th t he Federal Govern­

ment and no lll8yor ln thla c ountry has b een ehorn ot a ny of

t he reaponalb1llt1ea or hla ott1oe. (Applause)

In other words, as we -.11 know, we are at111 car­

r ying out the prlnclplea of hoa~e rule . (Laugh t er and applauu)

I am particularly happy to see the e xhl bl t e around

these walls. A great CI&RY cl thana do not know of the many

ramltlca.tlona of thla work. A tylng-ln of new agencies wl th

many ot the ol d agenci es that are almost as old as the Gov­

ernment of the United States , they are working i n & h&moni­

oua Whol e , and it ia a very heartening t hing to realize t hat

the older deparbenta ot the Government, t he onea that go

back titty, o ne hundred , a nd one hundred tH'ty years, have

t aken in the younger br e thren and e1 etera in the Federal

worlt .

To :rou, I want to u.:r Juet one per sonal word.

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I hAve alwaya had faith that when a job had to be done

there would be a great many publlo- aplrlted men and women

who would eo11e ror-ard and otter their aervlcu.

'l'hat hae been true not only among the eX!)erh,

not only in the protualon& -- and they have been IU3fllt1-

cent -- but alto among the men and wocen who perhapa dldn' t

have to do it, but who stepped forward and at great per­

sonal aaerltlce ln man1, IIIARY ca.ea have helped their OoT­

ernment to carry on thla work in an efrlolent and very ad-

olrable way.

To :rou who are representing ln the State or New

Jersey, all of these great agenolee, working cooperatively

with the State or New Jeraey, with the oountlee , and with

t he oltlea, I "ant to extend to you my t!'lanka for what you

are doing. I a11 very, very proud or you.

And eo, •1 trlenda, I aa glad to h&Ye had thla

opportunlty. I Wish I oould have been wlth you through

&ll the meetlnft!, thh aornlng' e eeu1on and the whole ot

thl• afternoon ' • seselon. I have learned a good de&l by

Just looking at the progral'll, and I wl•h that everybody

who h a vl•l tor here today .ould read that prograc~. It

mlght give them a broader and a more Amerloan polnt ot vlew.

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I have soaethlng l1ke th1a meeting e•ery day, not

n·er1'ood7 together, but ln the oouree of the aTerage day ln

laehlngton I eup:poee I come ln contact w1 th the represent&•

tlves of about half of all the Federal agenolea that there

are, pereonall:Y, or by telephone, or by correepondence. I

try to keep •reelf ln touch with the coordlnatlng or all or

our worlt as much ae le huoanly poealble. So , though I may

seem to be a long way ott down there ln Washington, you

have no ldea, I thlnk, of the al&nJ deta.ila or all your work

that actuallY come aoroee my own personal deek. I have a

tello,....reellng for your work. I not only want you to work

wl th me, but I 811 golng to do the beet I can to work wl th

rou. (Applause)

. . . 'l'he orchest ra played a aelect1on ae The

Pruldent left the roatn111 •.•

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f ' / IY I·~ ""~" , .... l03< .

PN:;IDEIJ' fRAN'AlH D. RO~T: Gournor Hottm.n , llr .

Weyor: I &J}:poee the mo;;t correct ten~ ~r allot you peoph h t.o

say, "Mt ttlllow-workere ." (l.alc~rt.er a D:1 ~plauee}

I have b<'len wo.t.ntl~ to cor:e to om ot tbeH a:eettneo fbr a

long t.l~~~t tt.:1 ~:ee hew the y weN <:enduoted , aM When I heard or thll tlrst

seUfG you etten!ed undn ttle ct.imamiltlp Qf Che.rley !dtaon r •nted

to an how Hew Jensey wofte . .lDd I - YllfY proud or ~ .. Jel'h)' . You

haYe b .. n one ot 1tle n. rat eta tea in llle Union to carr)' U':.ro~h the

eoordlnaHon, the t:rlna toret.her ot au or out" Oove rrrJint ~tct.lvtuea ,

You polnt.od a lesson that 1.l bolng followed out In eYery- other aute

an e:lcellent orpnhatton ah!111lar to thla Ont opere.U!"{" In .I-1 or the

otheratattll ,

U 1e tre:tsndo~al,y l~ortant , or oourH, espealellY In rlew

at tbol tact that a lot ~ thil -.:> rk Ia QOIIplll'aUYely Dhl -- tt. baa 'been

atart.ed 'llithlD the put t.o or three yean -- that as little ae poa-

alble ahould ..estop on eaeh other'• toee. That can be aYol~ed

prlnclptlly through tnto'llllatlon , through lmowledge ot •hat people are

4olrls tn oth .. bn>n~he• (I thle big, brot.d pl'CfSr&ll .

net ie Wty 1 U\lnk tt.t all or you, In addition to your

own lndl'lldue.l. .,rk 'IIi thin your cwn (lfloee and egenclea , t.,.,. att ll

another duty , IIIId that I a to bee~ walklno: encyclope41ea . (Applauee}

Sambo4y In U\e llouet~ Acmlntatratton ta tp lng tn be uked

letter pe r1'ect on U, hit tt 1a wery dhtlcr.ct~ up to bl• to tDow

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only ot CCC Co!.~:;~a , but or e.ll other GoYet'M111ntal asenciee ,

I::: that connection we han tw;~ dut111 or obllpUona, Tbe

to .. k ''"'f'Y reosorabla a~•n• tor a areater atttchncy ot tha whole .

Tbat we.a the pt' llr.e.ry objacthe or tho NeUol\.ll Emoraency council , to

"e tt.t we were oot dupllcatlna worlc , to eaa how in an ad&tntatret h e

,_,WI ODuld. il:pt"OYO thl a41111Diltl'llt1Ye •chhwry, Tt. NaUOr.al lbor-

aaney COWI011 1 thm~h ttl d1reetora in aU thl 1tato1 ct tlle Union ie

w;~rktna wi th e:ctreord.lMry ot rtetenoy tow.rd thla end.,

Peopl e wno <OC.e around 811Yill& ell tort• ot thtnsa that y011 e nd

1 t:D.ow are not. tr\111 tn4tuta tn ~:Pat oaaa1 juat plain leek or tnr?n:-.a-

tion . AM eo aaeb. e.n:l onry one of y01.1 hal that turtt:at' duty to e x-

plain wl'at tt ta ell about to Ole public e1 1 whol e , I he'fO been

tnter11tad in aevero.l ot the queat tont e1kad today . Ono ot than , tot'

e:u.~ple, •• ea to bOll' tho OJiploy::ent aorvteo wa1 worktna ou.t,whether

tt. a~l~ra know d 12!.1 oporetionl ot thl cnpl~\ .. "tee , not

only thl tedoral ~nplO)'lllll.t 11M'1eo but ita tiator that wort:• r.nd

end bind With tt , tho State Dt.ploy:nent SIM'1ce. 'n\ere aro e great

ll'li.Df oaae1 in el.J:Ioat eYary bre.nch ot your work 1111"' mine wtw»re wo

he YO en opportunt\y to l:ll.ke C).lr wortf; mof"' U80tul bJ at•tnc aro1ter

tntom1Uon about tt . r.at a tl'\10 or houatng ; it 11 true ot H~

I want t o say just on~ord about the use!'ulneu of wba t we a r e

doin&. There i s a s rand wo d that is a:oi n& a r ound, "8oondou l1na: . "

~ a pretty &ood word, t we c:an bo,.ndoiile ourselYes out or t his

depr euion, tnat wor d 1s 101 t o be enshrined 1n t he hearts or t he

Ameri can people tor a &ny year s t o c:ome .

~ t a that all " # ·

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In that oonnoctlon we havo t.:> dutlaa o r obllge.tlone. Tho

t1l"'lt h throu&h thta intomat1on about. tltlat enrytody Ilea 11 doln&

T'l:lat wu ~~ pt>I.-.IY ob,Jeetin ot the Nf,tlonal Elte15eney CoWieil , to

&eo that w •N DOt duplieatlllfj won: , to Ml bow 111 a11 adalnhtra\1'1'8

•Y we (1)\IJ.d lmproYo tbe admi ntatnaUn :r.ohtnery. Thfl National !:air­

seney Council , thro1J8h Its cUl"'lct on i n au t b!l atatea or the~ Union ta

w::~rk tns wi th axtr~~ordl.la ry c trietanoy tollat'O thta end,

plain wt.t a 11 all al:lo.<t to tlo public •• a whole . I hno bMn

tnter aat od In eenml of the queattona asked todey . One or th0111 , tor

OD!Ilpl a , •• aa to he:- the tmploy::ent NM'let waa wo:1cins out ,whothor

only the Fod.art.l cr:plo)'mnt nrrtco but ltl atatcr that .orlta tw.nd

ana hllnd 'lllth It, tho State &.:ployment Service, 'I'here ero 115N1t

1!4ll)' eaaoa In alMat every branch of youf' work IUid mlno llhol"' Wfl

hevo an opportunity t o T.llllkc our work more umful bf giYin& 8 1"1111W r

tnto:zmation about tt. . T'".a t ta tl'\MI or hOiltlng ; It is truo or H~e

whol:A.

\'f'...\t~'( The point , -:1 IX)UUC , h t ht t ltll proJects, ull or this work

t be.t we aro dolfli, ~l'iflll:ll rl'OIII • ooeo•alty , o. dotlnl.to h~n neoc!. , e

_,_ need r.tt tbia pnertltion, a 1:1604 at U\o '"'r in wbich • lha an! ot laat

year, aDd tM JClat' batoN. In oarry11'8 out t..hla w:>rlt,- are t1lllll6

e. cu:rre~ liNd , but in o.dd1tlon to tbllt, "aro try1n8 W do it 111 IIUeh

o. woy that It b go trg to bo usotul in IIOIIIt JB¥ to t he eollln\U\it.y nBxt

yoo.r ond tho )"!Or a ttar orll to r p neratlona to oo~::o .

Spoaltilll! d p:roJach, wbero do they orir;ll'lll.te? Doea a ny­

bod:/ h~ an 14011. that thero • alttillrg in '!tulbtngton 110!!10 indhldwal

l ockod tn a r oa!l. , topptna hlo forehead and. aoytns, "Lot mo think up

a0111. thtng mw for No~rlt, Now 1oney?" or l!ookottatCMn or o.ny othor

plaeo? 'lt!y , or aoW1Ht I'ICit .

eaaoa out of o. h~mdn:ld, oit.hor troaz the local "Uthorltioa, th e people

who haYe boo:l mlly c!loeon, th:l GovwrnOf'e ct ~to.t.oa , tho dopartJII)nta of'

ateto gmer.-nta, th o myor a or clttea, t.ho al.JIOM'iaora d CO.Ilfltioa .

We bel" 10110 to \bon ::oDd ao.ld , "W . .::.t 1a ~ .o1t u10t'ul thiiiC tbot the

FBdoral &OW~rnmnt aa:1 llolp out on in thla loc.allt:r?" anll. to ninety-

nine ooaoa ou t oro huMN4, tho origin 1a 1n tho l oeol govorntns ::~.uthor­

tt.ioa ot O'IOJ'f eteto ;:.n1 OYOty eo::t:'IWI1t)' throuabout tho lc.nd , (J.pplo.ueo)

And I believe thpt people a"'"reciate t he fact

that not just the uajorlty but that the overwheluinlJ majori1¥

of the things that T"e ar e doi ng not only a re useful but that,

strangely enough, the Uberties of self-government atlll

ex1Bt . I haven't heard Mayor Ellenateln or any o ther mayor

in thle ~rert country of ours say, •Don' t do that; we don ' t

rant to do t hat; your projects are ueelese. •

No'!" they a r e cooperrt in~ wi th the Federal

Government and no mayor in this country has been shorn of any

of the r eaooneibil1tiea of his office. (.\!)")lauee)

In other "ords, ~• "e P.llll: not'l, we are still

canyiniJ out t he princi ples of hooe r ule . (Laughter and

apolauee )

I al:.l particularly hapoy to see the exhibits

around these walla. A 3rel't many c1t1%ens do not know of tbe

uany rB.lllif1cat1ons of this work. A tyin;{-in o f new agenci es

with many of the old agencies that are a lmoot aa old as the

Government of the United States, they are woikin-t i n a

hanonioua whol e, and it is a very heartening thing to

realize that the older department" of the Government , the

ones that go back fifty , one hundred, and one hundred fifty

year s have taken in t he younger brethren and aiatera in the

Federal work .

To you, I want to 8«J' just one personal word,

_,_ I hovo o.l1110y1 tad te.1th U'ID~ 'lli:en a Job 1'04 to be dom thJro would bo

a gront mny publ1c- •p1rited r:11n o.nd W)lll(ln Wlo 'iDuld COll'l$ !I)IWQl'd ond

ortur their •orvio•• ·

na::t. b.::a 'boeD tNe nQt o!lly ::aonc tho oxporta, 11ot only

in tbli profeMiOillll -- and tt~y tnvo boon ~Bl~Cl'l1f1eo~ -- but t'.lao amonS

tho mon end ~~~~~n Nto portHipa didn't tcvo w do it , but 1'1\o eteppod fo:r­

r.o.rd end et cro:~t por.onnl eacr1fico in 111"\rtf , IICrtf eo.aoe hcvo holpad

thoir Govorl'aln't to c~rry on thill wo rk in ~..n offic1ont r:cnd. 1'01")' 1'111111r­

obl owny .

To you -.t~o cro rcproacnunc in tho Str-.to of Now 1oreoy

1'.11 of thoao aroet l".gcncto:u, wo~t~ eoopomtholy With tho Stf\to of Now

1creoy, wlt.:h tbo count loa, ~.I'd with tho citice, I W'lDt to oxtond m,y

th:\nkl for wb:lt you ere do1Jl8 . t -::t~ v ery, very proud of you.

And eo , Ill¥ h'klnda, I -:D gl..1d to b";TO h'ld thie opportunity .

t w1eh I could b'l.vo b oen with you through till the •ettne:, thie mornill!:'•

aoe•ion c.od tbo wbolo of thh c.ttcrnoon•e ee••ton. I h!lvo learned c.

good do!ll juet by loolt116 .lt tho pl'Ogr-111, end 1 whb t.h":t evorybody wtl') 11

o. "1e1tor here tcd.~".Y 'IJOuld read that procro.l:l . n !light gin tboiD a

broedor ard a more Anlor1c:l.n point of view.

I ht::vo eoi!Dthine; like t::ta ~r.oe'tlf16 every dey , not every-

bo<V" tocotber, but in 'the oo~reo of the :~.voro.a;o dey in :i::.lhtnaton I euppoee

I oome tn contact w1 th the roproaont.c.tiTee of cbout h.:!.lf of all tho Fedeml

oaenctoe tb:lt thorc c.re, poreoMlly, or by t.olophor.e , or by corroepondoneo,

I t ry to lceop !OfiGlt In touch with the coordtroU~ cf a ll of ')Urworllae

zroueb o• 11 h~at~llly poelible. So, th(lll.lgh I my eo0111 to be

a 1 ong -.ay off d.O"Jm there in lfaahington, y au have no i d.ea, I

think, of the many details of all your work that actually co:e

across my owr. penona.l desk. I have a fellow-feeling for

your work. I not. only want you to work with me, but I am

going to d.o tbe beat I can towolk with you . (Appla.tae)

. . • 'l'he orchestra played a s electb n as

The President left the rostrum • , •

Governor Ho!'tmsn, Kr. Kayor : I sup.-t.~se the 110st corr&ct t erm

!'or all ot you people is to say, "fly fellow-workers" .

I have been 11'anting to co_e to one ot these meetin•• t or a long

tiae to s ee bow they were conducted., and when I heard o!' Ute !'irst

•eating y~u attended under the chair.anahip ot CA&rl ey ::dhon I

wanted to see how !few J er .. ey works. And I am very ~roud ot New

J er sey. You have b~;~en one of tho firot states in the Union to carry

through the coordi nation, tha tying togotber of all of our Qovwrnl:!ent

activites, You polntffd 3 lesson that is being followed out in every

oth•r state in the tbion, with th.., obJectiTe wi thi.n,.a very abort t b:e

ot bavin& an e.s:celhn .. orcanization siailar to this one o;eratins

in all of the other states .

It is trecendoualy Ulportant , of course , es~ecially in vie• of

t he fact tha a lot of t • .ts work is comparatively new - - it has been

started within the }'6St t wo or three years -- tha- u little as possih:

should we step on each other1s t oes. Tila 10 can Oe avoided J~rJ.nCii-&11 y

through information, throu&b knowledge ot wnat peo.,.l e are doinc in

other branches of thia b1&, broad progr am,

That is why I think that all of 'o\4, in addition to your own

inJ.ivid ual work within your own o!'fices aru1 a gencies, hllvo still

another dut y , and t hat is to becoc:e walld.ng encyclopedia&.

S0111ebody in the~ Houstnc Adtd.nistration i s going to be auvd about

the orer ation or t he CCC camps . or course, he cannot boce~~e letter

perfect on it, but it is very distinctly up to hia to know so.ethinc

about the general ~urpose and the general o~eration not only of tee

C&&JlS , but of all other Goverru..ental aaenc1et ,

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In thAt connection we have two duties or obligations. Tha £1rat

is throu;h thla int'or.ation about what everybody else 1a doin&: to soek

e very reasonable means tor a creJer e!'t1c1ancy of the wlu .. le . That was

the priJaar:r objectiv- of the Hatimal S.raency Council, to see that we

were not duplicating work, to see hoR in an a .. ul!inistrative way we could

illlprove the 'dministrative ~:~ach.inery. The National &Mr1ency Council,

throu&b ita directors 1n all the states or the Dnic.n is work.i.n&: with

extraordinary efficiency toward this end.

Your other duty, aloni\tho sace line, is your r elationShi p with

the y.ublic. I don ' t supiJOSe\that I am a.ny exception to the rule . The

nwaber of tool ~uestions and the nuaber ot tool stories that come to

me in iiasbina:tcn are duplicate\ in the ex~erience of e•ery one of you

here today.

Ot course -- J.et ~be charitable -- tht~se questlons and. those

atateGents resu t troa lacK ot infor.ustion . It is our duty to correct

that lack or information the part of the t-ublic. People who cor.e

a~ound saYinl a ll sorts ot thina:s that you and I know are not true .~...,.­

due in moat cases to just plain l3ck o£ infor mation and so each and.

evory one or you have that fUrther duty to &Xi-lain what it 19 ul

about to the public as a Tthole .

I have been interested 1n several or the :;uestion= a<~i..ed t.oday.

One of them, tor exam:ple 1 as to how the employment service was working

out, r.hether the employers knew o£ th .... e oper ations o£ the Employment

;,ervice , not only tho Foderal El::lplo)"'Dent Service, but its lister tnat

works hand 1n hand with it, the State S:.ployaent Senice .

mere are rar~ Cl&ll:Y cans 1n al=ost every branch or your 1i'Ork

and llline, wher e we have an op, ortwtity t o aake our work aore useful

b:y &ivin& 1reater information about it. That is true ot Housing,