Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-07
DOUGHTON SCORES
COP. OVER JOBLESS
Democrat Denies Republican
Claims to Federal Re-
serve Credit.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Asserting the country els staggering
under the worst economic conditions
ever known" Representative Doughton,
Democrat, North Carolina, said in the
House today this should deter the Re-
publican party from attempting to
secure a renewed lease of power on the
false and fraudulent claim that Re-
publican rule means immunity from
financial distress, unemployment and
poverty
Certainly, if Che Republicans could
not have prevented this dire situation"
he said, they could have refrained
from making false promises and pledges.
Unemployment alarming"
"The business and unemployment sit
uation throughout the country is not
only serious but it is distressing and
alarming In 1928 the number of bank
failures in the United States was 372,
with liabilities of 29.649 sos. In 1929
the number was 437, with liabilities
of $2l8. 1862. This is an increase for
1929 over 1928 of IS and the amount of
the liabilities $50, l46.977. Compare
this if you please, with the bank failures
1916 to 1920, period OF four years.
There were only lit State bank
failures and % national bank failures"
The North Carolinian quoted Presi-
dent Green of the American Federation
of Labor as reporting % per cent OF
the union workers out OF employment
in February, an increase OF per cent
over January, and said this shows
conditions to be growing steadily and
rapidly worse instead of better, as Sec
rotary of Labor Davis and the newspa-
pers controlled by the two big interests
have tried to make the country believe.
Doughton criticized Representative
Tilson of Connecticut, the Republican
leader of the House, for claiming that
the Federal Reserve act was worked out
by previous Republican adminiStra-
tions," and for making "a somewhat
similar claim as to the Federal farm
loan act" He denied the right of the
majority party to take credit for either,
terming them great Democratic meas
ureS."
He attributed Tilson's statement to
what he called the embarrassing and
unenviable situation in which he and
his party find themselves at this time"
Says Party Sailing.
Having been in control Of each branch
Of the Federal Government for the last
nine years, electing President in 1928
by the largest majority in the electoral
college ever given candidate, and
large majority in both branches of Con-
gress. he added, Tilson finds his party
blindly stalling, stumbling and blunder-
ing, hopelessly divided on almost every
important question, his President evad-
ing responsibility by the appointment
of commissions instead of demonstrate
ing badly needed leadership, no one
knowing where he stands on the tariff
question, prohibition, Muscle Shoals nor
any of the acute questions now before
the Congress.
Having maintained for more than
80 years that it was the party that
guaranteed prosperity, that all that was
necessary to keep the country prosper
Gus and happy was q republican Presi-
dent and a Republican Congress, now
when the country is staggering under
the worst economic conditions ever
known, it is not surprising that they
try to claim credit for Democratic
achievements, he said.