Milford chronicle., 1932-10-21
HOOVER ASKS NATTON
TO JUDGE HIS RECORD
In Speech At Cleveland He Urges Country To Judge
Parties Solely By Record, Not Pledges. Assails
Rival For Saying United States Caused World
Wide Slump.
Lists Twelve Measures Taken To Aid Nations Trade
Among Them Being Protection Of The American
Market For American Labor By The Maintenance
Of A Protective Tariff.

Mr.. Hoover turned to what he
called an accounting of his Ad-
ministration on wage and employ
ment questions.
The President outlined in detail
the following twelve measures and
policies as the record of his Ad-
ministratiOn in relation to wage and
salary earners:
First. Mobilization of national
and local relief agencies; appropri-
alton of $3O0,OOO,OOO for loans to
States, and distribution of Farm
Board wheat and cotton.
Second. Calling of a conference
of employers and labor to uphold
wages and buying power until the
cost of living had diminished"
Third. Use of public works to as
sist in the stabilization of employ
ment which by the end of this year
he said will total $2,400,000,000.
Fourth. Appropriation of $780,
100000 for construction of public
and private works of a reproductive
character which he asserted had al
ready resulted in starting works the
ultimate cost of which will be $4OO,-
900, 900.
Fifth. Application of shorter hours
to the Government service to spread
employment.
Cities Home Loan Banks
Sixth. Creation of a system of
home loan banks, the anticipation
of which, he said, has largely
stopped foreclosing on homes"
Seventh. Advocacy of high wages
as "the economic basis for the
country"
Eighth. Protection of the Ameri-
can market for American labor by
the maintenance of a protective tar
iff.
Ninth. Prohibition by Executive
order of all immigration except rel
atives of American residents.
Tenth. Preservation of the in
tegrity of the American dollar, lin
order that we might protect the
working people of the United
States"
Eleventh. Restoration of normal
jobs through the maintenance of
credit.
Twelfth. Efforts to improve
American markets by improving the
stability of other nations
and freeing the world from political
shocks, including a proposal for
reduction of ornaments, participa-
ion in the development of a world
conference, and opposition
. nf dnIafc
The President asserted in cOnnec-
ion with the $3OO,OOO,OO0 relief sec
ion of the Reconstruction Corpora
lion he had experienced great
with the Democratic
eaders to prevent this being made
/ pork-barrel operation rather than
BASED upon need" After outlining
he various steps taken, he added:
There should be no fear or ap- |
)rehension at any deserving Amer
can fireside that starvation or cold |
will creep within their doors to |
menace families and loved ones over |
he forthcoming winter.
81 know that there are eXcep- |
ions and that there is suffering |
which always arises in communities
where their organization is less eff
icient than it should be. Even so,
10 such record could be established
f the Nations unemployed were
traving and without shelter. Yet
ONE say that things could not be
worse. Had these actions not been
lken they would be thousand times
yorse."
Quoting directly from a proposal
y Governor Roosevelt ito set up in
ines of prosperity what might be
allied a nest egg to be used for
ublic works in time of depression"
he President said
''He advances this apparently as
brand-new idea. Now it will
oubtless surprise him to learn that
ne eggs have not only been laid
ut have hatched
HE either ignores or is ignorant
f the fact that as far back as 1922,
/ our unemployment conference of
nat year under any craftsmanship,
e developed the idea of making
Sc of public works to assist in the
.abilization of employment in times
depression ,and laid the founda-
on for its operation"
Mr.. Hoover also renewed his as
ertion that the relief bill intro
need against the last session by
peaker Garner, the Democratic
presidential nominee, calling
n $1,20O,000,000 in public works,
as "of typical pork-barrel charac-
r."
The Democratic candidate for vice $
still advocates that bill. [
lie proposes to introduce it again
the next session. He proposes $
as a part of the policies of the !
party. But, with the re- S
of the President of S
e United States, 1 propose to con- 4
lue my opposition to it," 6
Turning to the creation of the {
Ome Loan Bank System, Mr.. Hoo T
r said that if the Democratic d
0uSe nf Representative had acted t
ION the measure when it was first t
commended, 1--WE would have t
we'd hundreds of thousands of t
ople" from losing their homes il
rough inability to renew their il
lrtgages. He said the full bank n
stem would now be working by il
; end OF October. t