The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
ROOSEVELT SPIKES ONE
 6. 0. P. CAMPAIGN GUN
Pay The Bonus, Yes-When There Is Money Enough
 In The Treasury.

of not being frank with the coun- try as to the real condition of the treasury, which he said faces aB- other staggering deficit despite the claim that the administration bal anced the budget.
 He said Melons estimates of re- ceipts and expenditures after 1929 constituted a gamble on an eco- homie miracle"
 T don't know what to call this kind of representation of that kind of fact" the governor said, "but the name certainly Is no candor."
 Roosevclts bonus statement said:
 Before any man enters my cab inet he must give me two-fold pledge of I) Absolute loyalty to the democratic platform and espe- cially to its economy plank; CD Complete cooperation with me looking to economy and reorgani- Zation in his department"
 AS Q part of this phase of the problem I note that former Presi- dent Coolidge is reported as hav- ing said in a speech in New York city:
 "'An early and timely word from the democratic candidate for pres ident that he would reject the pro- posal to increase the national debt by $2,300,000,000 to pay a bonus would have been a great encour- agement to business, reduced un- employment, and gua9nteed the intergrity of the. national credit. While he remained silent economic recovery is measurably impeded.'
 That charge is baseless and ab- surd. for the reason that last April my views on the subject were wide- ly published and have been subse- quently frequently quoted. I said:
 I do not see how, as 6 matter of political practical business sense. government running be- hind $2.000, 100000 annually can consider the anticipation of bonus payment until 1t has a balanced budget, not only on paper, but with q surplus of cash in the treasury
 No one, for political purposes or otherwise. has the right in thu absence of explicit statement froiG changed. They have not. So much for another effort by rcpub. lican leaders to preach an unwar. AaHsSa SOpPSA VI ACsAA eNhA pohAN " the American electorate"
 The bonus pronouncement was followed by the proposal to tax beer in order to avoid any increase in the present scale of taxes.
 "As soon as the democratic plat form pledge Is enacted into legis. lation modifying the Volstead act. source of new revenue amount ing to several hundred millions of dollars a year will be made avail able toward the balancing of the budget" he said. ,. T refer specifically to a federal through the sale of beer in those states and those states only which tax on beer, which would be raised by state law allow the sale Of beer"
 "At the same time I reiterate the simple language of the democratic platform which opposes the return of the saloon."
 The beef tax, coupled with hts plan to reorganlZe existing goy- ernment departments by abolish ing many of the innumerabie boards and commissions which over long period of years have grown up as excrescences on the regular system" is aimed at defi- nitc balancing of the budget. he
 The republican claims of bud. get balanced by the administration despite a hostile congress are mot based on facts," Roosevelt said.
 The budget Is not balanced and the whole job must be done over again in the next session of con- gress. Who is to blame for this new blunder? cannot answer that Question better than to refer you