Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
DEMOCRATIC AID
PLEDGED HOOVER
Statement of Seven Leaders
Declares Policy viii Be
!. Non Obstructive.
Icontinued Prom FIRST paEe.l

their positions as the SeVenty-second
Congress, barring an unlikely special
session, will meet December /, 1881
During that time a number of deaths
or designations may alter the standing.
e. Text Of Democratic Pledge.
= The text of the seven national Demo.
cratic leaders follows:
"A remarkable victory has come to
che Democratic party. We, however,
regard it less as a political triumph
than as q. great opportunity for con-
setructive service
For a year and half the Demo-
Gratis have conducted as vigorous a cam
~paign as they could, not to DESTROY
the administration, not to accomplish
athe downfall of any political figure, but
to resist and to correct a situation that
had become we'll nigh intolerable The
minority in the Senate and the House
fought bravely and sincerely to prevent
the enactment of tariff bill which was
not cnly the apotheosiS of bad economy,
but was doubly dangerous because of
the conditions In the country. Certain
w with the Nation in the throes of
tghastly business depression 1t was no
time to place a greater burden upon
CONSUMERS and an additional handicap
on business.
Despite the opposition of the Demo-
kcratS and the progressive wing of the
Republican. party and over the protests
Sof leading economists OF the Nation.
that bill was forced on the country by
gtl1e brutal strength Of numbers and
was signed by the President Some of
the effects Of its unwise, unjust and
euneconomic provisions are already APP
parent. It is delaying the recovery of
many industries through its destruction
of our foreign markets, not only be-
cause Of the hostility it has engendered,
but as well by the retaliatory tariffs 1t
has melted.
FOB Is 10 Repair Damase.
"of course. the leaders Of democracy
tare thrilled by the demonstration OF
sconhdence the country has given. But
they and the others who must now as
8unae legislative responsibility do not re-
gard the present occasion as one for cele-
abration or for self qualification. The re-
responsibilities bestowed by the election
ARE too grave for mere manifestations
ID exaltation. The country faces q
1arlous situation. There Is profit
l1either to 1t nor to the yictors in the
zeiection in dwelling on the causes or
responsibilities for this condition. The
task ahead Is to repair the damage, to
ret the ship Of state back on even Keel
end to go ahead on course which viii
bring us out OF the tempest with the
Consistent with safety.
The Democratic party faces its duty
With fifm determination to permit no
Thought Of political advance to srerye
1E from the course that is best for the
country It has neither the time nor
the desire 70 punish anybody or to
exalt itself. To the extent Of its ability
e win steer the legislation Of the Ma
fion in straight line toward the goal
Df prosperity, nor permit itself to be
diverted either by political expediency
OF o desire 20 show that it now DOM
taAtes the enacting branch Of the Gov
&z7rmert
ITO this end the seventy-Second Con-
eress viii not be an obstructive body.
10 wiz not seek to embarrass the Presi-
dent Of the United States, but viii be
rad TO cooperate with him and with
NE members Of the opposite party In
NE House and Senate In every meas
gre that conduces 70 the welfare Of the
country. It win welcome the assistance
of every man Of every party or Of no
Narty, oficial or otherwise, who can
contribute to the effort to make this
conntry happier place to live. II has
hi mind no rash policies, but win seek
IS carefully as possible to remedy the
evils that are Affecting the Nation.
1.-THE Democratic legislative leaders
are serious men, constructive but not
teactionary, with long experience in
government and a complete cognizance
national well being. They know per-
feetly well that even enlightened political
eefishness demands that business should
rot be frightened and that every
honest industry should be aided and
rot hindered in the necessarily slow
progress back to prosperity. There VIII
be no interruption to the steady prog
M
There will be no holding up of neces-
GAry appropriations, no rejection of fit
appointees to important places merely
BECAUSE these appointments are made
w q President Of the opposite party
- Tariff Policy Stated.
LAS TO the tariff the Democratic
Folicy, announced in its platform and
through its candidates in the last presi-
Dental campaign, is directly opposed
10 periodic general revisions, which
Inevitably bring in their tran a shame
1ul load Of scandal and hideous dis
location of our whole Industrial and
commercial system. Democrats in the
present Congress sought the enactment
Of q plan that would limit changes to
those obviously required-changes in
individual schedules on the recommended
ton Of non-partisan experts in con-
eonanco with the dictates Of economic
science. With such a process tartn
alteration would proceed with the max
iFnum of patience and caution and
would cause no earthquakes in our
business structure
: s'Whatever changes may be considered
necessary to rid the present act OF It's
outstanding enormittes, nothing Is fur
Their from the minds Of those who viii
direct legislation on the Democratic
Ode than a general revision of the
tariff.
"The one bright spot In the financial
aloom Of the present situation Is the
Federal Reserve System. That feature
az our Government, Democratic ac-
c0fnplishment, has been praised by
PRESIDENT Hoover and by Secretary
Mellon. II has stood the test Of war
and Is cited on all sides as the agency
that In such times as these has kept
cur whole fiscal structure from going
en- the rocks It has been hailed not
only in the United States but the world
over as the most skillful financial sys-
tkm that any country has ever devised.
1T is mentioned as an example OF
the type Of legislation that the Demo-
Gratis will promote as a symbol of their
4 6Dod faith and their capacity to real
Re the Nations needs and TO md the
ebund constructive way Of supplying
them.
eff there are delays, embarrassments
md confusion in the Seventy second
Congress the fault will lie with the
ALLURE of the other party to join with
~ IN q conscientious effort 10 subor-
dinate politics to the public good
1.-The Democratic party realizes that
e has not been given a charter Of auto
cratic authority, but has merely been