The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-23
HOOVER SPEAKS
AT new YORK
Attacks Al Smiths Program
as Socialism,
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once we have an entire blight upon
coordinated action within their
ranks which destroys any possibility
of effective administration.
Thus every time the federal gov
eminent goes into a commercial
business, 531 senators and congress-
men become the actual board of di-
rectors of that business. Even if
they were supermen and if there
were not politics in the United
States, nobody of such numbers
could competently direct CONNER
cial activities, for that requires mi
tiative, instant decision and action
1t took congress six years of
constant discussion to even decide
what the method of administra-
ton of Muscle Shoals should be.
THE effect upon our economic
progress would De even worse. Bust
ness progressivenesS is dependent
on competition.
There is no better example of
the practical incompetence of gov
eminent TO conduct business than
the history of our railways. Dur
ing the war the government found
1T necessary to operate the rail-
ways. That operation continued
until after the war. In the year
before being free from government
operation they were not able to
meet the demands for transporta-
ton. Eight years later we find
them under private enterprise
transporting Is per cent more goods
and meeting every demand for
service" he continued.
Protect Nations Resources
THE great body of government
employees which would be created
by the proposals of our opponents
would either comprise a political
machine at the disposal of the
party in power, or alternatively, to
prevent this, the government, by
stringent civil-Service rules, must
debar its employees from the full
political rights as free men.
Il do not wish to be misunder-
stood. do not mean that our gov
eminent is to part with one iota
of its national resources without
complete protection to the public
interest. I already have stated that
where the government is engaged
in public works for purposes of
food control, of navigation, of irri-
cation, of scientific research or ma
tional defense, or in pioneering
new art, it will at times necessarily
produce power or commodities as a
by-product. But they must be
by-product of the major purpose,
not the major purpose itself.
Nor do I wish to be misinter-
preted as believing that the United
States is free-for-all and devil-take-
the indmoSt. The very essence of
equality of opportunity and of
American individualism is that
there shall be no domination by any
group or combination in this repub-
lie, whether it be business or polit-
ical.
Home Industries Need Help
"As to our great manufacturing
and distributing industries, the Re-
publican party insisted upon the en-
actment of laws that not only would
maintain competition, but would de-
stroy conspiracies to destroy the
smaller units or dominate and limit
the equality of opportunity
amongst our people.
1--WE still have great problems if
we would achieve the full economic
advancement of our country. In
these past few years some groups
in our country have Jagged behind
others in the march of progress. I
refer more particularly to those
engaged in textile, coal and in the
agriculture industries.
1--WE can assist in solving these
problems by cooperation of our
government.
ITO the agricultural industry we
shall need to advance initial capt.
tai to assist them to stabilize. their
industry. But this proposal i'm
plies that they shall conduct it
themselves, and not by the govern
ment.
ut is in the interest of our cities
that we shall bring agriculture and
all industries into full stability and
prosperity.
EATuEp Tn KEEp COM