The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-05
ROOSEVELT TO
HIT CLIMAX IN
DRIVE TONIGHT
Democratic Candidate to
Make Final Appeal at
Madison Square Garden.
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that the nation narrowly avoided
going off the gold standard was "a
libel on the credit of the United
States" and said that no adequate
answer yet had been made to the re-
cent speech Of Senator Carter Glass,
who, he asserted, had shown the I'M
soundness of the Presidents decla-
ration.
Replying to Republican claims
that the Democratic party favored
imitation, Roosevelt said that the
party's platform specifically declared
for a sound currency at all hazards.
The declaration of President
Hoover that he stood by every
word" Of his 1923 address at Palo
Alto, Cal, regarding the ending of
poverty, the Governor character
lied as "the most surprising state
ment" ever made by man.
Promise Called Absurd
Certainly, subscribe" he said,
ito the ideal expressed by President
Hoover in his speech at Madison
Square Garden Monday night. But
we do not subscribe to the absurd
promise of candidate Hoover In
1928"
Regarding the tariff, Governor
Roosevelt discussed the operation of
the tariff commission in these
words:
During two years, President Hoo
vers tariff commission has investA-
gated duties upon only seventy three
commodities-seVenty-t three out OF
many thousands. AS a result, eight
cen schedules we're reduced and
thirteen were increased, and it is
worth noting that among the ar
ticles investigated the commission
has busted itself with complete in
vestigation into pipe organs, pep
pers, egg plants and bicycle bells.
cit is worth noting, too that a
careful estimate shows that, at the
present magnificent rate of progress,
President Hoover's tariff commits
sion will complete its examination
Of schedules and report on them
by the year zoos.
Cut Can Be Made
Concerning reduction of govern
mental expenditures, Roosevelt
said:
LAT Pittsburgh, I stated there
must be a reduction in the cost of
government, and set forth in detail
the means by which 1t could be
accomplished. In reply, the Presi-
dent states it can not be done.
1.-The people of America demand
reduction of federal expenditure.
And that can be accomplished only
by reducing the expenditures of the
existing departments and by abol-
ishing many useless commissions,
bureaus and functions, and by con-
solidating many activities of the
government"
Former Governor Smith also at
tac@ed the problem of waste in
government" and scored the lex
trava-ance and waste and duplica-
ton in government affairs.
But" he said, Hoover himself,
with the aid of a Republican con-
gress, further bedeviled the situa-
ton by creating in four years,
thirty-five new departments and
boards"
Al Gets Laugh
Eat Madison Square Garden"
Smith continued, 'the President
made the extraordinary statement
That if we did anything to the
tariff, the churches, the schools. and
the hospitals would decay and grass
would grow on the principal streets
Of our great city.
$50 what do you think I did about
it2 I Immediately made arrange
ments for a putting green"
Smith attacked the Presidents
statement on his prohibition stand
in subsequent paragraphs of his
speech.