Washington, Apr. 14.
In his first "Fireside Chat" to the nation by radio broadcast in five months, President Roosevelt today placed the economic crisis before the Amercan people and pledged to muster all Governmental resources
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an attempt to defeat the depres-to combine all required legislation into one omnibus bill He declined to indicate whether he would seek continued authority personally to approve all Public Works Administration projects on which Congressional attacks are expected.
He said he would shortly jspue two messages, one on tax exemption of future Government securities, and on monopolistic business. practices, He added that he also considered res commending taxation on the salaries of local, state ana · federal officials, Mr. Roosevelt said he was pressing for tax revision this session on the basis of the Sixteenth Constitutional Amendment which says that incomes shall be taxed from whatever source derived.
He apologized for speaking during Objectives of Programme Holy Week but said the emergency called for immediate action.
Reviving tactics of 1933 in the New "In my decision" the President Deal's second great "pump priming" said, "I have been strengthened by campaign, President Roosevelt yester~ the thought that by speaking tonight day proposed to Congress a US$4,512,- there may be greater peace of mind 000,000 programme: of lending, spend-and the hope that Easter may find ing and credit expansion.
"N.C.D.N." Photos, more real firesides everywhere."
The Presidents message said the Farmers Throng Siccawei—"Ta Tao" Frontier He said after four years of steady general objective of the programme was to increase the national income Farmers (mostly), tradesmen and coolies are in the sea of humanity which daily surges back and recovery "only in the past seven forth over the bowrdary betwen French-occupied Siccawei and Japanese-controlled territory to months it has received a visible set-from the present US$56,000,000,000 a back and only within the: past nine year to US$80,000,000,000. the south of it. Japanese sentries, "Ta Tao" policemen and Russian members of the French Police months the statistics have become The plan was divided into three search the clothixa and bundles of the Chinese who pass the frontier (above).
Clubs, bamboo apparent the Government can no general categories; maintenance of poles and riding crops help to keep the stream of people flowing briskly. Japanese, "Ta Tao" longer safely file aggressive Govern-relief expenditures, expansion. of French and the old five-barred Chinese flags fly over the crossing. ment steps to meet it. credit, and revival of the public works, programme. Additional funds were
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