Evening star., 1932-05-12

Failure to produce an adequate econ
omy measure for balancing the budget
| through o revision OF taxes and reduce
tion Of governmental expenses has sub
1ected the House of Representatives to
Widely indorsed is the message of Presi-
dent Hoover. yoicing the demand that
the budget be equitably and swiftly bal
anced on program dictated by ma
tioral need. and not BY minority groups
or partisan politics, and denouncing
tactics used by the House in its action
on proposed revenue and appropriation
bills.
President Hoover's special message
is one of the strongest Of his public
papers" declares the New York Sun
Independently with the conclusion: /:
The country, with the exception OF the
selfish groups that are willing to bank
rupt the Treasury to I'LL their own pock-
cts, win applaud Mr.. Hooyer's deciafa-
tion OF governmental necessities. 1t viii
indorse his demand that the budget be
balanced, that a sane revenue bill be
passed and that Federal expenses be re-
dueed sT00, 600 600 a year. II anything
can check the madness OF Congress, this
warning from the President should do
it. He has shown the way to the res
toration Of public confidence in demo-
cratic government"
"a \
Some Congress" In the opinion OF
the Des Moifies Tribune independent
Republican,, ''is going to have TO get
down TO brass taeks In the very near
future. II It Is not to be the present
Congress, the recovery win be agoniz-
eas Rsy ssses dssa dssess aa v e grssfafsa gsfasds ss
City Times independently believes that
greed and timidity are the reasons
many important economies were re-
jected or ignored" while the Rochester
Times Union independently advises
that the salvation of the Nation Is at
stake" and believes that the leader
ship is there In the person and the
words OF the President
Suggesting that President Hoover
stood Congress UP for inspection BY the
country," the Chattanooga Times
lDenaocrat) offers the appraisal: IN
addition to the fact that It should spur
taxation and a balanced budget, the
political Importance. It materially en-
hances his prestige as leader In the fight
for reduced expenditures, exdupitable
taxes and ordered finances, all Of which
are ABSOLUTELY necessary 10 the welfare
cf the country, and through its EN-
phasis on the record OF the Democratic
iiI House !; e. Y puts the Democrats on the de-
"a runaway majority In the House Is
not inviting public esteem OF conh-
dence, says the Spokane Spokesman
evening News Independently, recogniz-
Ing That fhh prASifinsSt aHas syrf,a n,,sr
the head Of the Congress to the people
asserts that "at the moment he stands
ott, La comparison with the Congress,
like q voice crying In the wilderness
The Cleveland News (Republicanl feels
confident that mon partisan co-opera-
ton may be expected TO assert Itself
when this knotty problem Is finally
solved"
"a budget balanced with taxes un-
relieved by any economics Of operation
is not what the American people want"
AYERS the Providence journal llnde-
pendentl, while the Baltimore Sun
sindspendent Democratic, calls the M
iadictrnent, and the Yhiladslphia fnhssV Evee
ming Bulletin independent Repub-
iicahl Is convinced that "the sharp
criticisms, echo Judgments which the
wiser leaders Of Deniactacy have them
selves passed on the congressional per-
forf1ance" The Chicago Daily News
independently concludes that the House
economy bill was sthe net result OF an
effort In which politics played q larger
part than did patriotism" The Oak
land Tribune (Republican) points to
th, fact that there Is . feeling that
when the tax bill Is out OF the way, and