Almost every locality in the country has reported now that it can take care of its own.

The Government will continue the very large Federal construction program over the winter.

In the recommendations that I have laid before Congress and in the organizations created in the last few months there is a very definite rounded program for turning the tide of deflation and starting the country on the road to recovery.

A considerable part of it depends on voluntary action.

Now, the major steps that we have to take are domestic.

The maintenance of our American system of individual initiative and individual and community responsibility in all these various problems.

I'm confident that in restoring these institutions to their normal functioning we will see a revival in employment in new construction.

Our employers have organized and will continue to give part-time work instead of discharging a portion of their employees.

The broad purpose of all this program is to restore the old job instead of creating a new made job.

But in order to assure that there will be no failure to meet problems as they arise, the organization will be continued over the winter.

I am suggesting to the American people that they be wise creditors in their own interest and be good neighbors.

The essence of this proposition is to give time to permit debtor governments to recover their national prosperity.