Washington, Mar. 4.
Commemorating the fifth anniversary of his inauguration President Roosevelt to-day reaffirmed to correspondents his determination to go forward with the principles of his New Deal programme.
"After five years, the old ship of state is still "following the same course," President Roosevelt said.
Asked if he had contemplated asking the present Congress for legislation embodying the pending recommendations of the Joint Committee Investigating Philippine Independence, Mr. Roosevelt told that question After attending service at St. Johns Church as he did on inauguration day, President Roosevelt issued a statement plainly warning that he would proceed with his war on "special privileged groups" He declared he had been encouraged by the progress in the elimination of so-called "pressure groups."
The President said that the main Administration objective was to increase the purchasing power of the people as a whole. He asserted that the country had progressed far toward general New Deal objectives ana that it would go even further—United Press.
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