The New York herald., 1922-05-20
REPUBLICANS CHEER
MILLER AT MEETING
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was the great applause which greeted
his references to the transit situation
and his words that" THE citys terrible
transit problem and. the great congestion
that canabe relieved only, by substituting
honesty for dishofiSsty in dealing with
the aituaftQu."4
The Goverhor.s review Of his admin
istratfon was complete and thorough.
He went over the economy record, told
Of what had been done with taxes, dis
cussed water power, transit. child well
fare. the labor program and other topics,
all Of which had been before him and
the Legislature for the last two years
In Albany m
Mr.. Miller was much moved by the
warm reception given him when he rose
to speak. Addressing himself to the
party workers. he told them that az
long as you stand. adfsstIy for the
principles Of the party and not yielding
to expediepcy but working for solid
achievement you may rest confident that
in the long run you will make steady
progress toward securing the support of
the intelligent electorate"
Savings in the budget.
He went over the state's budget.
showing what had ,heen saved to New
York and compared It with the growing
cost OF government in the city. He
| went on:
Tho management OF the affairs Of
this State is like that Of huge corpora
ton. 1t Is merely business affair. and
the whole question or the result depends
entirely upon whether there Is efficiency
or hefficiency. service or lack Of SER
vice. and what. we claim Is that while
reducing the cost Of government we have
more efficiently discharged every public
duty. and that every activity Of the
State resulting in good to the public has
been carried on with greater and still
greater efficiency"
| Going over the water power develop
ment, the Governor said that New York
would set real benefit. since q. substan-
tial portion OF the power would be sent
into this city to reduce cost here. He
defined tho measures adopted and
showed how they would work out. Then
he said:
Social welfare has been q theme for
politicians to talk about and for faddists :
and theorists to spin visionary and Inn
practical schemes about. schemes to do
for the, citizen what any self-reliant
people prefer to do for themselves, and
because we refused. to invade the prov
ince Of the individual citizen, because
we refused to destroy his capacity for
self-help, because We refused. to take
away the very spur to ambition, neces-
sfty. We havo been called by some people
many different names. f.a "a i.'Aqt.
Care Of the Blind.
I'VE have been caring in .he past for
blind and deaf children as county
charges. as paupers. and ~ removed
that blot and made provision to-. pay
for the expense OF giving those children
the special training and care and edu-
cation which their condition requires in
tho various institutions for the deaf
and the blind at the expense, not OF
the counties but OF the State OF New
York. t
|, ave declined to sell the sovereignty
OF the State OF New York for the paltry
sum Of $4,000. which Congress pro-
vided. we might have under that act.
ostensrbly for maternity care, but really
in large part to provide a great Federal
bureaucracy TO supervise and direct the
activities Of the State. Instead OF that
we appropriated $160.0o0, all that the
Department OF. Health said that they
could economically use the first year.
not for, administrative expenses, but to
provide workers. nurses, ekperts, physi-
clans, actually to reach the -ueed and
TO- bring help sEnd adx1ce. and. as
sistance 10 the expectant mother In
stead Of to md Jobs for tho faithful
Administration ana Isbor.
TT has been charged this, adminis-
tration was unfriendly to labor" the
Governor said, and then. told what had
been done to improve the compensation
act and make It really helpful to the
worker. In connection with this subject
he said:
/: ""It was proposed to pass, an act to
set UP q court which should undertake
to adjudicate how much q man should
receive az days wage. and because the
introducer of the bill In the Assembl,
happened to have the name Of Miller
some people have circularized this State
calling that tho Miller bill The Legis-
l'lature ala not pass. that act. think