Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-12

/ support in a national health program"
That paper, nevertheless, comedies that
"the Government and every right
thinking citizen Is intensely interested
in a broad program of public health. I"
The Little Rock Arkansas Democrat
adds that "our system Of Government
by bureaus grows steadily for two fea-
demand of the States that they be
given equal opportunity to dig into the
public Treasury, and because politi-
clans know that bigger, better and more
bureaus mean bigger and better 20
htical control"
The expense involved in the estab-
lishment of commissions desired by the
! Times and the Louisville Courier
Journal, but the Baltimore Evening
Sun remarks: Even barring Senator
Borah's curious assumption that there
are other kinds of governments than
bureaucratic governments - that q
| government has ever existed which was
not bureaucratic TO the core-thiS out
burst will be read with surprise by those
who have followed the career of this
sives. For Borah is perhaps the great
| est believer in governmental miracles
| that the Senate has ever entertained;
and 1t is hoary truth that the chief
result of every governmental miracle
Is to create more jobs for bureaucratS.
Produce a fancy scheme for saving the
Nation. at whatever cost in money and
new jobholders, and you will md Borah
the first to jump to his feet and cry
| 'Aye!"
ut seems" suggests the Boston
Transcript, that Senator Borah. to-
gether with all other Senators and Rep
| reSentatives, Is only sort of involun-
tary rubber stamp. The public SYM
pathy will go out to Senator Borah
He does not mention 1t, but doubtless
the only thing to be done, to protect
Congress from the raVageS of the de-
partment and bureau !. heads, Is to
adopt constitutional amendment pro-
hibittng any department or executive
officer from either asking or opposing
any appropriation, and leaving Con-
gresS to go on voting bonuses at It's
own sweet will"
Charging that the Senator "gets on
on tangent" the Yakima Daily Re-
public feels that, although angry public
opinion may strike wildly and hit the
wrong persons, almost without excep-
ton. whoever may be hit is to some
extent responsible, and may profit by
public chastisement." That paper
AYERS as to responsibility: The SEN
atorS statement that during the past
10 years Congress has cut the Presi-
dents bulge. by $414 zoo, 900 isn't even
half truth: it might be 10 per cent
true, because for every dollar which
Congress takes of the budget Just to
snow how economical 1t is, it adds 10
to show how the members are helping
the needy voters who hold the balance
OF power. Even he doesn't claim that
the total sum appropriated by Congress
Is less than recommended by the execJ-
tive branch: it is always higher"
The Schenectady Gazette holds that
the Senator himself Is not always so
careful about holding down expendi-
lures" and that while helping the
executive departments to cut down
their expenses. he can perform an
equally valuable service in leading his
own extravaganza body, Congress, into
better ways" The Akron Beacon
Journal concludes: while we immense
ly enjoy the truthful thrusts of the
Idaho Senator. one wonders IL the tax-
payers could have found much relief
in any of his remedies. If we remem-
Der correctly, he was in favor of Cow
eminent operation of Muscle Shoals.
he voted for the Boulder Dam suuander.
and he got hot with the President for
not spending more and not less for
drought relief. He was for the Farm
Board that has eaten UP a half billion
ana produces nothing except q new
crop OF special beneficiaries who are
ciamorlng to get to the Treasury"