Evening star., 1932-03-15

Senator La FoiStte ana Coz. La Fol-
lette appears on page B-6.
A cali for new economic deal for
this country was sounded last night by
the La Toilette brothers-Robert, Sena-
tor from Wisconsin, and Philip, Gov
ernor of that State.
Speaking in the National Radio
Forum. arranged by The Star, and
broadcast over the coast-to-coast net
work of the National Broadcasting Sys-
tenn, Gov. La Toilette declared: we
hold that there is nothing wrong with
our power of production; that our d.
ficu1ty lies with our direction and dis
tr3bution of that production"
Taking up the thread of this argu-
mert, Senator La Toilette bespoke the
creation of national economic council
and the flotation, of a $500, 900 ,000-
bond issue for a public works program
two measures for which he has fought
in this Congress as way out of the
depression.
Governor Speaks From Chicago.
Gov. La Toilette, whose address was
delivered from the N. B. c. studio in
Chicago, nkened the present situation
to that of olden times, when "a small
part of the population, the nobility, had
the extreme degree of liberty, namely,
license to do about as tney pleased, but
the bulk of human beings had no liberty
whatever
To-day" he continued, "a small
fraction Of our population at the very
top have economic liberty to do about
as they please, but the vast majority
of us are without security. Unless our
eroraroftnY1 dauidoc aCnnnO1iH
troll, some reasonable restraint, we shall
have missed both the opportunity and
the crying need of our time"
A four point program which he out
lined called for:
Public ownership and control of
enough heat, light and power to pro-
tect the public interest.
Careful economic and social planning.
Creation of machinery to enable busi-
ness to govern itself
a That the taxing power can be used
to carry the people through the present
emergency with as little suffering as
possible by providing the necessary re-
lief and necessary public works and by
removing unjust tax burdens from
farms, homes and places Of business.
Hits Reconstruction Program.
Senator La Toilette spoke from Wash
ington.
Asserting it was incumbent upon the
Government to do its share IN the
emergency" the speaker said unless
this was done, the social progress we
have made in raising the standards OF
living in this country will be lost"
Criticizing the $50 called reconstruc-
ton program" now being carried out,
Senator La Toilette said:
"Loaning money to railroads TO re-
finance bonds which are coming due
may temporarily prevent them from 60
ing into the hands of receivers. But
it will not produce an additional ton
of traffic, nor add dollar to their
revenues. Loaning Government credit,
even to the extent of two billions OF
dollars. will not bring orders for goods
nor will 1t increase the pay rolls or the
earnings of industrial corporation.
Loans to the steel cooperation, for in
stance, will not produce an order for
q ton Of steel.
"If we are to stimulate recovery, we
must create purchasing power In the
hands Of the masses of the people"
The public works program he has
proposed, he said, would furnish en-
ployment for 4,500,000 people, thus
creating purchasing power.
Oliver owen Kuhn, managing editor
Of The Star, gave the introduction for
the speakers.