Evening star., 1932-10-27

Assurance from Franklin D. Rooee-
velt Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent, that he is opposed to payment OF
the soldier bonus before such time as
the finances Of the country are on
sound basis, with surplus in the
Treasury, is accepted in many quarters
as a satisfactory answer to the ques-
tions that have been asked. Some
critics would prefer a more comprehen-
stve utterance covering the principle OF
the bonus payment but differences OF
opinion on the subject are not along
party lines.
"His pronouncement," according to
the Gary Post Tribune independently 4,
"ought to remove whatever remaining
fear there has been over our national
finances. With the President. whoever
he may be, standing firmly against raids
on the Treasury and demanding ellml-
nation of expense, it is hardly conceiv-
able that new fear complex can sweep
over the country" The Chicago Daily
News dndepenGent) feels that the state
ment "is reassuring to friends OF finan-
cial stability and sound national credit,
since "the danger Of the bonus bill, with
a huge bond Issue or a flat-money
measure as companion, has been
source of apprehension and a serious
obstacle to industrial and commercial
recovery The Hartford Times Qnde-
pendent Democratic) holds that IF the
matter comes before Gov. Roosevelt as
President there Is no reason to doubt
that he will find himself in precisely
the same position that Mr.. Hoover did
in the last Congress, and will follow the
same course of action" and that the
logic of that position Is inescapable."
Though the utterance is belated, 1t
Is clear-cut and removes one worry that
has been disturbing the Nation" AYERS
the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader dndepen-
cent Republican,. while the Roanoke
Times (Democratic) calls it clear and
comprehensive" leaving no room for
doubt or misconstruction." The Salt
Lake Deseret News independently halls
it as putting to rest definitely any fear
that the governor would permit, II he
is elected, the passage of such bills as
Representative Patman Of Texas intro
duced," and the Appleton Post Crescent
(independent), observing that both can
didates have taken fortnight stand"
concludes, THAT almost puts the bonus
to Sleep" The Fort Worth STAR Tele-'
gram Independent Democratic) recog-,
nizes that "lnis attitude Is the one upon
which 80 per cent Of the press Of the
United States has been standing since
the subject became an acute issue, with
o distinct menace to the country's
finances"
Gov. Roosevelt" recalls the Schenec-
tady Gazette independent Democratic),
docs not express himself thus merely
in a campaign with election day at
hand; these are the words he used
months ago, before candidates had been
nominated" The youngstown Vindi-
Gator independent Democratic) says:
This ought to be final. It means moth
ing else than that the bonus cannot be
paid until the Government collects more
taxes than it spends" The Charlotte
Observer (independent Democratic) de-
clares that Roosevelt stands to veto
any cash bonus measure by the next
Congress, for the Treasury will not have
anything like q balanced budget then
nor for some time In the future" The
Louisville Courier journal dndepen-
dent) stateS: His declaration will
srieve the Hoover partisans, who have
now left in their arsenal for their at
tack on the Democratic nominee the
charge that he Is only q fourth cousin
Of Theodore Roosevelt and the wolf
cry that his election would stampede
the American, people pellmell over the