Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-25
HOOVER ATTACKED
FOR STAND TAKEN
ONAPPROPR|ATIONS
Glass of Virginia Calls State
ment "Cheap Exhibition of
Partisan Politics."
DECLARES PRESIDENT
is MAKING STRAW MAN
Also Says Condition Described
Gould Not Happen as Disaster
to Country.
BIZ G. GOULD LINCOLN.

While President Hoover was reiterat-
ing to the country today his warning
that appropriations must be kept down,
critics of the administration in the
Senate violently attacked Mr.. Hoover
Senator Glass of Virginia, Democrat,
set the ball rolling soon after the SEN
ate met. He characterized the Presi-
dents warning in regard to sppropria-
ltions as an f'inexcusable attempt to
incite the resentment of the country
against Congress"
Senator Watson of Indiana. Repub-
lican leader of the Senate, replied to the
Virginia Senator declaring that Senator
Glass had been INDUCING in fight of
imagination. He said that there had
been no attempt on the part OF the
President to stir up the country against
danger of the appropriations exceeding
the budget figures. Senator Watson in
sisted that under the circumstances it
was the duty of the President to warn
Congress and the country.
Could Advise Hoover.
There is no amateur in proceedings
at the Capitol who does not know
that such disaster as pictured by the
President could not happen" said
Senator Glass THE President in is
suing this warning to the country is
merely setting up straw man for the
purpose of knocking him down. His
own secretary, Walter Newton, If he
recalls his own experience in Congress,
could have advised the President
against the issuance of such state
msiit. But instead of that he took part
~ the issuance of the statement"
Senator Glass declared that the is
Euance of the White House statement
yesterday listing proposed appropria-
tions amounting to 81, 735 100000 in ex-
cess OF the budget estimates was "as
cheap an exhibition of partisan politics
as he had ever seen.
This in an utterly tawdry exhibition,
an inexcusable attempt to incite the re-
sentiment Of the country against Con-
gress," said Senator Glass. Nothing
more shameful has ever emanated from
the White House within my 80 years
service in Congress. One would readily
suppose this Congress had been ex-
CeptionallN extravagant in its consid-
Grafton of appropriations. It is an in
eXcuSable attempt to get the notion
abroad that we at the Capitol have
been guilty of inprovidence. Yet, every
one knows that there has not been
session of Congress In so years at which
numerous bills have not been intro
duced for the consumption of people
back home. The proponents of these
measures never had a notion that they
would be enacted into law. Yet here.
we have the President telling the couF-
try that we are about to put through
these appropriations and impose on the
country unheard OF taxation"
Presidents Statement.
1T should be understood" the Presi-
dent said at his press conference today
s'that the unprecedented drive now
in progress for new legislation and
for expansion and establishment of
services which increases expenditures
beyond the budget, only in a small per
cent originates with members of Con-
gress or heads of Government depart
ments. 1t originates from different sec
tions of the country itself and from
various groups and organizations each
vigorously supporting their own projects.
Many of these projects are worthy and
no doubt can and should be undertaken
some time over future years, especially
when funds are free by completion OF
legislation already adopted.
Il hope" the President continued,
s'that the people at home will realize
That the government cannot undertake
every worthy social. economic, military
and naval expansion. increases in pay
to Government employees, expanded pen
sion systems or public improvement
projects. and will support the members
of Congress IN their cooperation with
the administration to hold down these
new proposals for additional expendi-
lures.
We have enough resources to take
care of the budget and such necessities
as marginal cases of disabilities among
veterans, and the speeding up of public
works that We have undertaken to as
sist In employment and some proposals
Of lesser Importance. but this is not the
time for general expansion of public
expenditure"
Reductions Cited.
Continuing his speech, Senator Glass
said that in the case of the seven appro-
priations bills which have passed the
House already, and some of which nave
been acted on by the Senate appropria-
r1ons committee, a total reduction
amounting to S28, 528 ,848 % has been
made from the estimates as submitted
by the Budget Bureau and approved by
the President himself. He went in de-
tail over the totals carried in these bills.
showing where the congressional conf
mittees of the House had reduced the
appropriations under the budget figures
"Yet the White House." continued
Senator Glass, sis seeking to stir the
resentment of the country against Con-
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