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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
SKIES ARE DARK AND
WEATHER IS CHILLY
AS TRAIN PULLS OUT
will Give Three Major Addresses
At Pittsburgh, st. Louis,
Baltimore
PLANS VISIT TO SOUTHLAND
Stops At Rochester and Buffalo
in Interest of Lehman
Candidacy Arranged

Roosevelt Special, Oct. 18.-(R)-
Smiling and waving his hand to a
small crowd Of well-wishers, standing
on rain-drenched railroad platform,
Governor Roosevelt, accompanied by
his daughter, Mrs. Curtis Dali, and
his son, James, and party Of 60 left
here at 9:35 a. m. (E. S. I'd for pres
1dential campaign trip of 5000 miles
through II states.
The presidential nominees wealth
er luck" deserted him at departure
Tuesday morning for Sone of the few
times in the four campaigns he has
toured, 1920, 1928, 1880, and 1882.
Those who have travelled with him
expected to find clear skies. "Roose-
Welt weather" A black sky and wind
blown rain greeted the candidate as
he boarded his special train, starting
an eight-day trip through the middle
west and south.
Three Major Speeches
Major speeches Of the trip will be
made at Pittsburgh, st. Louis and Bal
timore. Other addresses will be made
at Rochester. Buffalo, Wheeling, In
dianapolis, Springfield, ILL.,, Louisville,
Knoxville, Atlanta, Raleigh, North
Carolina and Richmond, Va.
Tuesday the governor was to speak
at Rochester and Buffalo in behalf of
the state ticket, headed by Lieut.. Gov.
Herbert H. Lehman, candidate for
governor.
The Roosevelt special is due tc
reach Pittsburgh Wednesday morning
at 0 o'clock. He will motor to Wheel
ing, w. Va, for an address before his
night speech at Pittsburgh.
From Pittsburgh, he will head for
Indianapolis, Springfield, ILL.,, and st.
Louis. Monday he was somewhat
concerned over reports from Spring
field that he had intended talking at
the tomb Of Abraham Lincoln in that
city.
II never intended talking at Lin
coins tomb" he said "Such reporst
are nothing but Republican propa-
ganda. I merely want to visit the
tomb because have never seen It,"
To Visit Health Center
From st. Louis, Roosevelt will jour-
ney across the border states of Ken
lucky and Tennessee to Atlanta and
make a side trip to Warm Springs,
Ga, the health center where he has
gone twice a year for the past several
years.
Before returning to New York City
Oct Is, Roosevelt will carry his
"Look, Listen and Learn" campaign
as he describes it. into South Caro-
lima, North Carolina, Virginia, and
Maryland. The last of his three ma
jor speeches of the trip will be at
Baltimore. The other two are set for
Pittsburgh and st. Louis.
Virtually all of those who made the
long swing with him last month will
accompany the candidate on this
trim.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
DEMOCRATS GAINED
in CALIFORNIA BUT
STILL TRAIL G. 0. P.
Registration Figures Show H.
539,560 Republicans and
1,147,414 Democrats
copyright, 1892, BY The Associat ted
PreSs)

PreSS)
San Francisco, Oct. 18.-P)-A
wave of Democratic registration thas
surged in for last springs presiden-
tial primary and swept on for the
August balloting has broken in full
force for the November election in
President Hoovers home state of Cali.
fornia, almost doubling as compared
with 1928 but remaining nearly AGO.
0O0> under the Republican total.
Registration figures gathered by
the Associated Press from all but one
OF the states So counties showed
Tuesday the following totals for the
two major parties:
HepuDlcan ............ 1889 500
Democratic ............ 1,l47,414
These figures represented an in
crease of 555,253 for the Democratic
party over the 1928 official registra-
ton and 5000 for the Republicans.
The state total of 2,847,655 compared
with 2,313,816 for 1928 and again set
a record. Every county gave an in
crease over the 1928 registration. that
of the 1880 general state election and
that of the May and August primaries
of this year.
While the Democratic tide was
sweeping in. an increasing number Of
heretofore Republican counties were
caught in the undertow, so that for
November nine counties show large.
Democratic registration than Repub-
lican.
In eight counties the Republicans
increased their registration over 1923.
1880 and the 1882 primaries.
AS compared with the 1928 presi-
Dental election, Democratic registra-
ton gained steadily this year. It was
255, 1921 or 43 per cent greater for the
May primary, 435 .496 or 1875 per cent
greater for the August balloting and
SIS, 252 or nearly "a per cent heavier
for November
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
WATCHES MURDER CASE

Minot, N. D., Oct. 18.-(P)-Charge
with the murder of three relatives of
Deputy Sheriff ]. B. McEown of
Minot, a relative by marriage of the
three slain persons is being held in
jail at Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, await
ing trial In superior court. The slain
persons were MIR. and Mrs. Joseph
Gagnon Of Greenville, Me-. brother
in-law and sister of Deputy Sheriff
McEown, and MIR. and Mrs. Gagnon's
grandchild, three-year- Carroll
Gagnon. Charged with the murder of
the three Is Roland Willer, 20, Gag
mons son-in-law, who entered a plea
Of not guilty when arraigned in court.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
WOMAN'S CONDITION SAME

Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 18.-(R)-The
condition Of Mrs. j. s. Wildes, who
suffered q bullet wound near the
heart Saturday was unchanged Tues
day, hospital attaches said. Her con-
dition Is critical. She was found by,
her husband on the floor of their
home with a revolver in her hand
when he returned from the yard at
the sound Of the shot, he said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
MITCHELL EDITOR
CLAIMS ROOSEVELT
HAS SPECIFIC PLAN
Declares Voluntary Domestic
Allotment Scheme Would
Help Farmers

Mitchell, s. D., Oct. 18.-(P)-W. r.
Ronald, director of the National
Progressive league, said in state
ment Tuesday that the recent farm
relief speech at Topeka Of Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Democratic presiden-
tial nominee, referred to a specific
program which would be carried out
through adoption of the voluntary
domestic allotment plan.
This plan, said Ronald, who is edi-
tor Of the Mitchell Evening Republi-
can, would bring annual distribution
of $550,000,O00 in tariff benefits to
producers of wheat, cotton and hogs
alone.
This program, he added, would "at
once assure the wheat farmer tariff
benefits of $3.50 annually for each
1000 bushels OF past average produc-
ton; the cotton farmer $10O yearly
for each 10 bales; and the hog pro-
Queer $3.50 for each 10000 pounds
marketed for slaughter. And it would
be done In such way as to provide
definite control Of production and in
crease farmer income by strengthen
ing open market prices"
Quotes From Magazine
Ronald quoted from Business
Week Magazine" as follows concern
ing Roosevelt's Topeka speech:
1T is understood that the Roose-
welt speech was drafted in close con-
sultation with important eastern in
dustrial and business interests which
have come to realize the crucial i'm
portance of a restoration of agricul-
tural purchasing power for business
recovery. So far from being indefi-
mite, the six specifications of a plan
OF farm relief laid down in the Roo
sevelt speech were a precise and ex-
plicit description of the domestic al.
lotment plan."
Support for this plan, Ronald as
serted, was bi-artisan, as evidenced
by its introduction into congress by
two Republicans, Senator Peter Nor
beck OF South Dakota and Represen-
tatlve Clifford Hope of Kansas. That
action followed q declaration in the
Republican national platform favor
ing legislation to balance aericul-
tural production against demand.
which he said was adopted by the
resolutions committee at the instance
OF advocates of the voluntary do
nestle allotment plan.
Compilations Are Cited
Ronald cited compilations he had
MADE to show that on approximate
present yields and domestic consump-
ton the allotment plan would bring.
through the intended tariff benefits.
for distribution to farmers on their
allotment the following totals:
Minnesota-Wheat $6,25O, 900: hogs
$4,000, 900; total $24,25O, 900.
North Dakota - Wheat $50. 900. 900:
hogs $4,000 900: total So, 5000 900.
South Dakota = Wheat $1,000, 900:
hogs $l3.500,000; total $22,500, 900.
Montana-Wheat 100000.
Taking up Roosevelt's plans, Ronald |
said the allotment plan would meet
al Of Roosevelt's specificat lions for the
relief Of agriculture, namely: Effec.
tive farm tariff, control of SURPRISES. !
limiting production, non-conflict with
laws, self financed, and
sound.
"Our plan" said Ronald, would |
make the tariff effective by collecting |
t as an excise tax on all OF the pro-
1uces processed for domestic human
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18

Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 18.-R)e
Another large assortment of used
clothing. approximately as much a.
was gathered week ago, was hauled
to q downtown storeroom Monday
night in the second American Legion
sponsored drive for warm clothing for
needy residents of Grand Forks. The
clothes was gathered by Legion men,
bers. assisted by Boy Scouts, and
trucks furnished by local business
firms were used for the hauling work.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
MINNESOTA ASKS AID

st. Paul, Oct. 18.-(R-A request
for $660,506 for direct relief work in
20 Minnesota counties up to Jan. /
was made to the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation Monday by Gov
ernor Floyd B. Olson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
s. D. SALESMAN KILLED

WATERFOWL, s. D.. Oct. l8.-(Re
T. A. Clareson. WATERFOWL salesman.
was killed Monday when his car
overturned. psnning him beneath,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
DENY GANDHI HAD STROKE

Poona, India, Oct. 18.-(P-Report
published in London saying Mahatma
Gandhi had suffered a paralytic
stroke were denied officially Tues
day. Gandhi was thoroughly fit
Monday night, the statement said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
State Department at
Work on insult Case

Washington, Oct l8.-(R-state de-
partment experts worked Tuesday on
technical details on the case Of SAM
uei insult. ST., Chicago utility opera
tor whom the authorities are eudeav-
oring to return to this country from
Greece on Illinois indictments charn.
ing larceny and emhexxlement
Charles A. Bellows and Andrew
Vlachos, assistant states attorneys
who arrived Friday to obtain the
necessary extradition documents frou
the department were awaiting 40
tional dispositions from Chicago W.T.
nesses. They expect to SAN toe
Athens next week.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18

Athens Charges Of Insult that Z
plan Is afoot to hdnap him and re-
turn him to Chicago were charac-
terized as absurd" Tuesday ~ L.
land B. Morris, Charge d.Afsakas e
the American legation hera
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results of already large expendi-
lures made as a stimulus to unemploy-
ment. The billion-dollar payments
voted for veterans year ago were in
tended to put money in circulation and
thus restore purchasing power. SINH
larly, expenditures for public works all
over the country have been urged on
the same ground.
The second school of thought argued
that the way out of the depression lay
in reduced expenditures. balanced BUD
gets and relief for the taxpayer. In
ether words, it was thought that In
creased purchasing power would come
through the revival of business itself
from the restoration of credit conf
dence through the example of balanced
budget from the Federal Government
down to the State and local govern
ments, and even to individual budgets.
Whether or not to continue borrowing
to meet operating deficits has been one
of the underlying credit problems OF
the country.
GRADUALLY the second school of
th0C<n nt has reached the ascendancy
ara fa%S public sentiment Is insisting
upon a reduction OF expenditures and
such a spreading of the tax burden as
will bring in the revenues with the
least possible injury to the economic
structure
What Must BE Done.
Here are the steps that may or may
not be taken. but which at present
seem to be esSent al to the working out
of a balanced budget not only this
year. but next year and the year after.
First, some reduction OF Federal
salaries and pay rolls from top TO bot
tom 1t has been Contended that this
would not yield very much revenue OF
economy. It is. however, OF vast i'm
portance as a gesture of cooperation.
Public opinion is growing insistent on
this point because so many people in
private industry have accepted cuts.
Second, an elimination of useless
activities Consolidation of bureaus
and reorganiza tions have been advo-
Gated for 10 years without avail. A
survey to this end can be made by
congressional economy committees, and
some of the work is now being done.
Third, curtailment of worthwhile
activities by declaring moratorium, so
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to speak. on the basis of half or
three quarters of the work now being
done. There are many governmental
operations which extend over a period
Of years, and it is possible for some OF
the work to be slowed down until better
times come
Fourth, a transfer to the States and
cities of those obligations for the care
OF citizens which properly belong to
local governments.
Fifth, definition of the Federal func-
ton so that all activities which do not
properly fall within the scope of the
Federal establishment may be trans
ferred to the States or municipalities
In many instances, when the transfer
Is attempted the States and cities will
cut down the activities and in other
instances will not engage in them at all.
Sixth, establishment of a congress
sional committee to act as a review or
examining body for the purpose of
developing efficiency and economy in
Government operations.
Skeptical of Treasury Figures.
Seventh, establishment of a joint
committee of Congress to study new
forms of taxation and the effects of
certain taxes. There is SO much
skepticism about Treasury figures, that
some disintereSted way of examining
actual income tax and other revenue
returns, Is necessary to guide Congress
IN handling taxes Early removal Of
burdensome taxes will only be feasible
when facts about the taxes are placed
IN the hands of competent committees
OF Congress itself The facts are avail
1nI fn, t1,,A ~, L. ,zrNf
avalled itself of the privilege.
Eighth, liquidation at the earliest
possible moment of Government assets
held In storage. The Federal Farm
Board has approximately S250O00,0 coo
worth of products which, however,
cannot be dumped now because of the
opposition from the agricultural dis
trlcts, where 1t is insisted that the sale
OF cotton and wheat would depreSS the
prices and force the closing of banks.
When the products are sold, either
abroad or elsewhere. the Treasury will
receive sizable income.
Ninth, development of a system of
business administration in all so-called
special enterprises Some of these
activities will be abolished but others
VIII always be maintained. In those
that are maintained it is necessary to
have system of charges so that the
public will pay for its service. Thus,
the Department of Commerce, which
today renders a great service to Ameri-
can business by obtaining credit in
formation and other valuable data
would receive much revenue If 1t made
a charge for such service. Many of
the publications of the Government are
sold, but a great many more could
be a source of revenue If a system for
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Of a particular expenditure, except in
very general sense. Sometimes expen-
ditures are made year in and year out
without an actual check as to whether
the original purpose has been fulfilled
or whether it is possible to accomplish
the original objective.
There is no governmental agency
which is able to make a fight against
useless activities, or rather unproduc-
tive activities of the Government. Con-
gress alone has the power to appro-
pirate money, and it is in the legisla-
tive bodies that the committees must
be set up to revise and examine gov
ernmental expenditures.
Up to Public Opinion.
Public opinion alone can compel
Congress to adopt such system OF
investigation of governmental expendi-
lures. 1t is a natural supplement to
the budget system While there is a
demand now for economy, when times
get better the chances are that ap-
preparations will increase again with
out much protest from the sidelineS.
Some permanent system of checking
expenditures and making them known,
so that the taxpayers can exercise a
check upon increased Government ex-
pense Is essential to the workings of
the Federal budget itself.
While the executive branch of the
Government and the Federal Budget
Bureau is doing a great deal of work
in this direction. nevertheless it is not
possible now for Government expenses
to be entirely free from bureaucracy
and political manipulation or for the
supervision to be entirely concentrated
in any one branch of the Government.
BY making it possible for the legisla-
tors to check the executive and for the
executive department to check itG own
activities as well, the taxpayer can be
assured that step, at least, will have
been made toward a balanced budget,
not only this year, but every year. and
when there is a surplus, such step
will assure gradual reduction of taxes.
But there can be no balanced budget
while there is a tendency to spend be-
yond the means of the Government. A
minority in Congress believes that this
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depression can be assisted only by bor-
rowing more money and spending more
money for public works and other pur-
poses. This same group insists that for
the Government to curtail expenditures
and eliminate bureaus means a consid-
cradle addition to the unemployment
of the country. Another group, par
ticularly. has insisted that if the Fed
eral Government cuts salaries it would
serve as an example to many private
concerns which have not done so.
Congress Determined to Cut.
The determination of the present
Congress, however, is to cut expenses,
balance the budget, find news ways of
taxation and restrain the minority
groups from increasing Government ex-
pense at least while the depression con-
tinueS. The prospects are that the
Federal budget Will not actually be bal
anced until the fiscal year beginning
July /, 1888, because the fiscal year
which begins July l of this year will
merely have balanced budget in the
sense that receipts and expenditures
will equal each other.
There will be no additional funds
provided as a sinking fund on public
debts. In other words, there will be no
increase in the net public debt. and
similarly there will be no progress made
toward a reduction of the public debt
until July l. 1888, when it is expected
that the new budget for that year will
carry at least half-billion dollars for
the cutting down of the Federal debt.
When that date will have arrived and
it is apparent that the taxes for the
new fiscal year beginning July ! next
are sufficiently productive to yield more
than the expected revenues, it is quite
possible that the present tax laws will
be retained as a safeguard throughout
the fiscal year, July, 1888, to July. 1884.
In other words, the present plan calls
for new taxes and for as long a period
as may be necessary TO keep the budget
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Government securities rise and fall
on the strength of Federal credit. If
the budget is balanced, Government
credit, is naturally strengthened.
Two Schools Of Thought.
When the depression first began, two
schools of thought arose-those that be-
lieved that by spending more money,
particularly on public works, and
by increasing the public debt,
namely borrowing huge sums through
the sale of bonds, business could
be restored quickly. This theory
has been very largely refuted by the
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ROOSEVELT INITIATED
INTO ORDER OF MOOSE

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Gov Frank
lin D. Roosevelt became member Of
the I,oyal Order of Moose. New York
Lodge Is. at a secret initiation cere-
mony yesterday.
Roosevelt, introduced by Magistrate
George M. Curtis as a kind and
thoughtful gentleman, absolutely fair,
square and on the level" paid tribute to
the order for its work in rehabilitating
underprivileged children at Mooseheart.
Ill, where trade schools and hospitals
are maintained
The Governor said the organizations
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the distribution of such publications
were installed.
This would eliminate waste in dis
tribution as well, for many free copies
are mailed where they are not likely
to be used. The Panama Canal is
supported by revenue from tolls. The
Post Office Department receives money
for carving the mails, the entire Post
ONCE Department can be put on
balanced budget basis if proper sys-
tenn of charges is made for the service
rendered to the public.
Politics Inevitable.
All these suggestions have been made
for the non-politicar point of view, but
undoubtedly politics would have to do
with their acceptance. Thus the ques-
ton of consolidating bureaus and
eliminating activities is one that affects
particular groups and organizations
which have sponsored the appropria-
tions that set up such activities. Each
of these bureaus and departments has
its friends in Congress. and it is not
usually possible to overcome their op-
position because of the tendency in
Congress of one group to link itself
with other groups and support par
ticuIar appropriation. The only way
that the public can ever offset such a
tendency is to insist upon comprehen-
sive knowledge about Government ex-
penditures.
The need for a reclassification of the
budget, description of
the way in which the money is spent
for particular items and an under
standable enumeration of Government
activities with the amount spent for
them would go a long way toward
making it possible for disinterested
persons, particularly students of Gov
ernment affairs, to know exactly what
the Government is doing with its
money. Similarly. taxpayers organiza-
tions are going to want such informa-
ton in the future so as to guide
them in their attitude toward govern
mental expenditures.
Since the Federal Government is not
organized like a private business and
does not have to make profit. there
Is no way to appraise the effectiveness
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means of keeping
expenditures below
receipts.
The problem has
become important
entirely apart from
from the question
of taxation. 1t has
become worldwide
in it's significance.
Peoples all over
the world are look
ing critically at
the Government of
the United States
with a S2,000,000,
900 deficit, the big
gest peace-time de-
ticiency in the his
tory Of the world
for any govern
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BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

To balance the budget two steps are
essential-frst, reduction of expendi-
lures. and, second, development of new
sources of revenue.
For nearly decade now the Federal
Government has accumulated surpluses
every year, so there has been no ques-
ton about balancing the budget Now,
however. with the pinch of the depres-
sion. income tax receipts have fallen
off and for the next three years at
least the attention of the whole coun-
try is going to be focused on WAYS and
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which made this age far superior TO
the good old days. when little was
done to aid handicapped children
Delegations from Moose lodges
throughout the metropolitan area and
from Albany attended the ceremony.
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How Shall We Balance Budget!
General Federal Pay Revision and Reorganization of
Bureaus Head Nine-Point Program Which
Seems Essential

IN this, the last OF q series of
~ article on balancing the budget,
Ddutd Laurence summarizes the pos
stble 1Ddys By Which economies can
be made and neW reUenueS deuel.
oped.
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balanced and yield substantial sur
plus.
(Copyright, i932)
CThis article concludes the series by
David Lawrence on Balancing the
Budget)