Evening star., 1932-08-04
BORAH URGES DEBT
TALK WITH EUROPE
Bold Inclusion of ReparationS
as Well at Economic
Farley Advocated.
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r. the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, August 4.-Senatol
William E. Borah says he believes the
Governments insistence on barring
reparations and war debts from the
proposed international economic con-
ference will be certain to retard world
recovery from its business slump.
S.untly, the chairman of the Senate
Cn Relations Committee declared
opening up every question whose
ancestry goes back to the World War
in an address at the University of
Minnesota last night.
He likened elimination of the two
questions with presentation of Ham
1etless Hamlet" and then outlined the
terms of a trade proposing cancellation
of allied debts owing the United States
in return for a permanent policy Of
disarmament by European nations.
Against PiecemeaI Work.
Striking at limitation of conference
subject matter, Senator Borah said that
the existing international problems can
not be solved "by piecemeal work"
Il cannot agree that the United
States should be in part of the time and
out part of the time" he said. Il prefer
seeing the United States take firm
position and then go boldly forth to
its task"
THE conference should include a
study of the gold standard. What is
it that has put 81 nations Of the world
off the gold standard? 1t is reparations
and debts
Il will be glad to take part and see
the United States take part In any
world conference on these vital ques-
tions and vs. trust the representatives
of our country 81 protect its interests
from start to finish," the Senator said
! Wants Unemployment Solution.
But now it is said that We must
have an economic conference, but not
would you like to attend a playing Of
Hamlet with Hamset left out? I can
not see a solution y unemployment eX-
cept through solUsion Of the great
problems arising our eff the war;
Senator Borah t:%iled attention to
figures he said had 9een given him a
few hours before by Frank B. Kellogg,
former Secretary of State, who sat on
the stage. These showed, he said, that
Europe has more than 4,500,000 men in
its standing armies. Replying TO ques
tion, he said that dismissing these men
would turn them into productive chan
nelS.
Disarmament would result in reliev-
ing havily taxed European citizens and
return them to buyers CT American
goods, the Senator said in the address,
the first part of which was broadcast
hpc lon1iFol 70
about one-third Of what it was in 1929
and its fall accounts for many millions
Of this Nations unemployed, he said.
Answers Questions Freely.
When the part of his address which
was broadcast was completed, he
pushed a microphone aside and said,
s'Now we can talk freely"
For nearly half hour he replied to
questions from the audience. In reply
to one he asserted that if elected
President, the next day I would recog
niZe Russia adding ''and that's the
way would destroy Communism in
Russia"
There will not be any restoration of
confidence in this country until Amer
1ca is assured Europe will not become
5nvolved in another war" the Senator
predicted. Disarmament must be
brought about to restore confidence at
home and abroad. At present IS per
cent of the taxes of Europe are ex-
sorted for the purposes of war.
/ Plan Of Farm Relief.
"And when you look at the two
political platforms adopted by the
parties in Chicago-Jm m not discussing
politics now, but JUS common sense
x1r;11 Rr,l ~ wfY,o1 iNfa nF ac
surance to the farther. Therefore we
must find the remedy elsewhere, out
side those two parties, and so I am
presenting this to the American peo-
pie.
The farmer has been told he is
overproducing. 1t is not overproduc-
tion, ladies and gentlemen, but lower
consumption. We have in this world
today 100000 people who are hun
CRY, who want food, Snd so long as
these 70,0oo,000 are hungry it is not
a case of reproduction but under
consumption.
There is no reason on earth why
i've should not be able to end this de-
preston. If unwise policies have
caused the depression, then wise poll
cies will bring an end to the depres-
sion. The thing that gives n1e hope
is the conference on repa-ations at
Lausanne.
Presidency Not Discussed.
"At Lausanne, France and Germany,
She core of the dissention, came to
practical accord when France agreed
10 reduce reparations TO S7l4,000,0O0.
THAT agreement marked new era.
tFrom it should be seized the hope TO
go ahead, to dispose Of all Of these
problems, including the war debts, and
give prosperity a chance to return"
he said.
At no time during his address did
Senator Borah furnish any clue as to
the candidate he will support for Presi-
dent. He answered a queStioner who
led UP to this point directly by saying
that this is a non-political speech
where I want to talk freely and we
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