Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-05
'P|NCHOT ASSA|LS
| BOTH OLD PARTIES
Says concentrated Wealth"
Owns a Combination
in Washington.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Gov. Clifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania,
in a vitriolic speech delivered today at
a meeting called by the Central Labor
Union of Philadelphia, raising the ban
ner of Federal aid for unemployment,
urged the people to overthrow the rule
of the two old political parties.
Why do the people stand for it?"
was the catchword Of the Pennsylvania
Governors speech.
THE story is this: Concentrated
wealth owns and operates a combina-
ton or coalition of Republicans and
Democrats in Washington.
In the United States Senate, for
instance. there is no real difference be-
tween Democrats and Republicans. The
real difference is between those who
take orders from the big fellows and
those who serve the people.
mo Party Lines"
There are no party lines in Wash
lngton any more. The floor leader Of
The floor leader of the Democrats is
Robinson of Arkansas. 1t is admitted
that the Democratic leader of the So
called opposition goes to the White
House for orders more often than the
Republican leader of the administration
forces.
IF the Government of the United
States can afford billions to help the
rich, how can it refuse millions to save
the poor?"
The Governor said that during 40
years of close touch with affairs in
Washington he has never seen such
open and scandalous control of Gov
eminent by concentrated wealth as
when the standpat Democrats Joined
the standpat Republicans in beating the
Costigan-La Toilette relief bill"
For weeks and months 1t has been
rumored that Gov. Pinchot desired to
become the leader of the Progressive
forces in a fight for the Republican
presidential nomination. It has been
reported, too, that he might be willing
to lead a third party, as his old chief,
the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt, did
IN 1912: He has conferred in WASH
lngton frequently with members Of the
Progressive groups in Congress. But
it has never been disclosed that he re-
ceived much encouragement from them.
Seen as q Candidate.
His speech in Philadelphia today,
however, seems to go further in its
that he will lead a fight
against either the Republicans who are
bent on denomination of President
Hoover, or that he stands ready to lead
the Progressives of the country in an
effort to defeat both the old political
parties
IF the paDpSvIvovia Cxo,,aroo,- ,,,,dar
takes such a campaign he will make
relief of the unemployed by the Fed
eral Government a principal plank in
his platform. The Governor has re-
Gently come. out for the nomination of
Gen. Smedley D. Butler on the Repub-
lican senatorial ticket against Senator
James j. Davis. 49,.
In the present situation what Is
needed most of all is cooperation be-
tween the workers whether in town or
country" said Gov. Pinchot, whether
wage-earners or farmers cooperation
for the things that both must have.
Il stand for the cooperation of all
workers to put an end to the present
control of government by concentrated
wealth. I stand for going back to the
principles of the Declaration of In
dependence. stand for the rule of the
people, as it was established by WASH
ington, preserved by Lincoln and de-
Tended by Theodore Roosevelt"
"a Slap in the Face"
THE refusal to grant relief to suffer-
ing Americans is a slap in the face Of
the American people. 1t is a challenge
from the over-rich, drunk with their
political power. If you are the men I
think you are, you will use your votes
to take that power from them"
Gov. Pinchot said that ever since
last Summer he had fought for Federal
relief for unemployed.
II intend to continue that fight he
said. "I intend, also, to continue
fighting for a Federal bond issue of
$4,000, 100000. to be spent on public
works throughout the Nation that will
give men jobs. What we need is re-
lief for the workers and the farmers
and the plain people who are the back
bone OF the Nation and the salt Of the
earth"
He told of his effort to have the
Legislature pass measures
for unemployment relief and its failure
to do so. He declared that conditions
have grown worse since that.
Charges Political Engine"
Gov. Pinchot tackled the so-called
keystone Of the arch of President
Hooyer's relief program, the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation. He
said of it:
THE Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton is the most powerful political en-
CINE ever devised, with two billion dol
lars OF public money with which to tie
up the big fellows to the present adj
1t is worth remembering
that that money is given out in secret
executive session and that the Finance
does not have to tell who
gets that money. The provision which
would have made these records public
was killed. The big boys were taking
no chances.
rs there any representative Of labor
N the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration? Is there any representative Of
The farmers? Is there any representa-
tive of the plain people on the lst2
There is not.
. What is the immediate purpose Of
The magnate-controlled coalition in
If it had set out openly
to secure the denomination and re-
election Of Herbert Hoover, it would
nave done precisely what it has been
ioing."