Evening star., 1928-11-03

Gus institutions that the State main
tains These are all fixed and definite
charges and unless and until the peo-
pie of the State are ready to curtail
| the service that they give to the wards
of the State, no saving can be effected
in that department of the government.
Expenditures Fixed.
There are certain other expenditures,
the amount of which is not absolutely
fixed, but liquid. We spend certain
amount of money every year for the
construction, the maintenance and the
repair of State highways. AS the State
has steadily grown, so have the expendi-
lures for highways. Will Mr.. Ottinger
state that he intends to save any money
in that appropriation? I challenge him
to do it because know he will not.
Another such expenditure is for ed
ucation. While education in itself is
a State function, by policy we have
delegated it to the municipalities; but
| the State makes contributions to the
municipalities to help them in their
educational work. Those contributions
are applied to the salaries of school
teachers and are referred to as teachers
| quotas When I went to Albany in 1919
| the total appropriation by the State
! for that purpose was $9,000,000. This
| year it was $88,000,000.
| Will Mr.. Ottinger say to the people of
| this State that he proposes to cut down
| the quotas to the educational forces of
| the State? He won't do it. I challenge
him.
Would Mr.. Ottinger have the people
believe that he is opposed to State aid
| for public health work in rural coun-
| ties. to adequate laboratory service. to
maternity and infancy aid, to physical
examinations of children of pre-school
age and to improved care for crippled
children? All these things cost money.
regard money spent for these purposes
as the best investment the State can
make because the dividends in the form
of better health and increased efficiency
are incalculable.
| I repeat what said earlier; nothing
| lends itself so readily to misrepresenta-
| tion as State finances, and / want to
call your attention to this fact, that no
one who has ever said word about the
| State finances in this State has ever
been definite enough to point his finger
| at anything specific. No critic of the
| fiscal policy of the State under nv ad-
m1niStration has ever pointed to a
wasted dollar. To say that the cost of
government of the State is increasing
does not mean anything, because the
cost of government of every State is
increasing, the cost of the government
of every municipality is increasing, and,
in fact, the cost of operating the Fed
eral Government has increased under
President Coolidge, Notwithstanding the
| false picture that the Republican party
has attempted to paint.
Cost is Doubled.
| I my speech at Sedalia, in the State
| of Missouri, pointed out to the Ameri-
can people that the cost of running the
municipality at Washington, operated
by the Federal Government has in
creased since 1914 100 per cent. The
cost of the Federal Government between
1924 and 1923 has increased by $780,
| 000,0 900. And in keeping with the pledge
that I made to the American people
when entered upon this campaign of
talking out honestly and frankly and
fearleSsly to them, I make this predic-
ton: No matter who is elected gov
ernor of New York State on the 9Th of
November, the cost of the government
will increase next year.
| The attitude of the Republican candi-
date on the question of prohibition can
be summed UP in a few words. He is
a wet dry. He is carrying water on both
shoulders. He has attempted to be all
things to all men. On this subject his
party platform is as silent as the tomb
He is constantly worrying. day in and
day out, as to how he can get over
the campaign without being compelled
to have anything to say about it.
In one of his speeches he said that he
would pass that whole question up until
the commission appointed by Mr..
Hoover had dealt with it, Well, I will
relieve him of all doubt and worry
| HNyyt inf ai11er hi 81,
night in Brooklyn that Mr.. Hoover will
never have any opportunity to appoint
any commission on that subject. ]
will take care of that subject, by and
with the advice of the American people.
In one of his speeches in Suffolk
County Mr.. Ottinger spoke about the
| smiling countenanceS on the little chill
dren who were enjoying the States
great system of parks and parkways
and he paid an eloquent tribute to the
new Republican leader of Suffolk
County, Mr.. Kingsland Macy cannot
attempt this evening to go through the
long history of Republican opposition
to the park program.
Fought Public Parks.
! Mr. Kingsland Macy was the head of
the organization that opposed State
parks on Long Island and opposed
them on the theory that the rabble
from New York would litter up their
beautiful countryside with empty cracker
boxes and empty sardine cans. Of all
men in the State of New York, the
Republican candidate is the last one
who should speak about the benefit of
parks and parkways, because he lined
up with the interests against the public
parks. He became the attorney for Mr..
Macy when he gave unsolicited an
| opinion as to the value of the prop
erty being acquired by the State for
park purposes at East Islip. Had his
opinion meant anything. had it pre-
vailed, had it had any force or effect