The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-09

biOIl IdS DttH llht d SuOWDLiI SoiIE down hill. 1t has been gathering momentum and size as it rolls along but it is a fair criticism to say that when 1t did begin, the present ad- ministration did nothing to at- tempt to relieve 1t and they even ignored it's existence.
 Well, of course, the ecOno-
 mists and public men and
 apOliglsts can give all kinds of
 reasons that led up to 1t, and
 all tho different causes of 1t,
 ct cctra.
 But what Is the use of dis
 cussing 1t? The only value is
 for the man who gets paid for
 writing 1t for the newspapers.
 He Is the only one who can get anything out of the discussion. think 1t is the condition we have to deal with, and the only thing to do is to deal with 1t and then learn the lesson so that 1t cannot hap pen in this country again.
 We are not unsportsmanlike when we pass the responsibility for 1t to where it belongs, because the late Sen Morrow, from New Jersey in the course of one of the speeches during his campaign, said this:
 Whoever takes credit for pro- ducing rain must take responsible ity for the drought"
 Let us take a moment and look at the three major suggestions to relieve the present situation.
 First-Our international rela- tiOns such as reparations, foreign debts and disarmament.
 Second are the plans for the ex- pansion of credit at home by the creation of home loan banks, em- urgency reconstruction finance cor poration, and a move to liberalize the terms of discount in the federal reserve banks.
 Third-Prompt relief for the un- employed.
 Now, I have been trying to
 be satisfied and I think | state
 the truth when l say that the
 democratic party will stand
 behind any fair, reasonable and
 workable plan that will work
 out the adjustment of the fOre-
 ign debts, reparatiOns.
 And I believe I am right when say that it will stand behind any plan that provides for the exten- sion of credit at home, but, if speak for nobody else, I at least speak for myself when l say that the administration plans for relief of unemployment are indefensible
 What did they do? Why. they passed the question along to the states and to the localities and to private charities.
 The state and other localities. as proclaimed here tonight, cannot cope with the situation.
 I have been member of every relief committee in the city of New York that has been dealing witf the unemployment question over the last two years.
 In that city we have 100000
 people out of employment. One hundred thousand are the
 heads of families with women
 and children dependent upon
 them for fuel and for food. Af-
 ter S2O, 1000, ,OOO was raised by
 private charity, after &S. .OO0, ,OOO
 was appropriated by the state
 and elO.OOO. .OOO more apprO. prlated by the city, with all Of that money we are only going tO he able to scratch the sur- race.
 TO be definite about if. we ar' only going to be able to take cag' Of . little less than half of tb' families that find themselves idle in the city of New York, And, ! am reliably informed thai that condition applies not to New York alone but is felt pretty muei around ths country,
 Now, what is the record Of thesl come from I0ealitissY two forms fl relief that sb0nlf First is relief in the home. SOC 0nd is what we call made work the kind Of work that under no eir numsfanens can rondsr any sfsnl adyaDtagn or any Bfeht return ti | inc taxpayers that put up ih' money Let us Do fair about ' home Fgs.ef is a dole, Made work ! is q dole iB disguise,
 Now, we are coming t0 De enf of rope, Tha city cannot borrow ln this market
 private charity oAn Rg only 4 esf tain dinianaa when ibs federal gov sfDmsDt must step Co, sad whsn '