New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-05
Speech BY MELLON
FRANKED IN MAILS
Distributed in Official Envelopes
Of Government Official
py GEORGE H. MANNING


tWashington Correspondent. N. B. Herald)
Warrington. D. c.. Nov. 5-The
republican party has learned by
heart the lesson of Coolidge economy.
In some respects, 1t appears, they
have surpassed their Massachusetts,
schoolmaster-not even Mr.. Cool
idge, 30 far a. Is known. has
managed to get the federal govern
ment to pay for his personal mail,
much less for political propaganda.
The latest instance of G. 0. P.
thrift reached Washington news
paper offices and in other places
where political propaganda is popu-
larly supposed to have weight" a
day or two ago. This weight OF
the propaganda In question Is evil
IDENTIFY regarded as not sufficient,
however. to require postage stamps.
For in one OF the long brown Of
fetal envelopes Of the treasury de-
partment distributed over the coun-
try was q copy of a speech Secretary
of the Treasury Andrew w. Mellon,
broadcast by radio few nights ago.
This speech began as fellows:
Il wish to speak tonight OF the
reasons why l consider the policies
of the republican party more sound
and worthy of respect than those OF
the democratic party" :.
This was the Official business
which the government frank on the
envelope proclaimed its contents TO
be. and this was the matter re-
garded as within the law which is
cited on the outside Of the envelope.
1t il quoted there as follows:
Penalty for private use to avoid
payment of postage, $500"
This speech, which was delivered
over Station WRC in Washington on
October 20, is, by a strange com
cidence, 4 fulsome laudation Of the
Coolidge policies. 1t does not, how
ever, explain how both the republic
can party and the federal govern
ment can save money when the
former uses the latters stampless
envelopes.
Nor does it explain how the gov
eminent saves money when poll'l-
cal speech is mimeographed on gov
eminent paper under the heading OF
4 government department, and ap-
parently at government expense.
This speech of Mr.. Melons was
thus mimeographed, thus headed,
and thus mailed. Accompanying 1t
on the same sort of paper and again
with the Treasury Department
heading, were copies of two letters
One of these was from James
Francis Burke. general counsel OF
the republican national committee
/. explained how certain campaign
ISLANDERS" had been circulated by
political enemies of ''the Hon. Her
bert Hoover" impeaching his Amer
lean citizenship" and asking Mr.,
Mellon for an official statement as
to Mr., Hoover's filing of income tax
returns.
The other letter was Mr.. Melons
reply officially certifying to the un-
impeachable character of Mr..
Hoover's tax record.
The treasury departments is not
by any means the only instance OF
the republican party's thrift. There
have been many such small econo-
mics in the conduct of the campaign.
the government frank paid for by
the people of the country as a whole
having been freely used to advertise
Mr.. Hoover's various unimpeacha-
biIities.
The result of innumerable such
small economies should be a right
stable sum. as they say in New Eng
land. by election day. That, every
body agrees, Is when 1t will be
needed.