Evening star., 1932-10-12
PLATFORM EVASION
IS HIT BY BORAH
Senator Declares Both Presi.
Dental Candidates Are
Disregarding Pledges.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BURLEY, Idaho, October 12.-sena.
tor William E. Borah. Idaho Repub-
lican. says the most encouraging
event" in the present national political
campaign is the disregard By both
major party candidates for President
of their platforms lin important par
ticulars."
The chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee made the state
ment in an address last night at a
meeting arranged by service club.
He also advocated expansion of the
national currency, elimination of ex-
travagance in government and adjust
ment Of private debts to conform to
the change in money values.
Said the Senator:
Il say to you frankly that what I
Shall have to say in this campaign will
net be in harmony with either the
Democratic or Republican platform
adopted at Chicago. But in this re-
Spect I am neither exceptional nor
original. Beth candidates for the presi-
dency of the leading parties have in
important particulars Gisregarded their
platforms. After paving lip service to
these sterile declarations early in the
campaign they preceded to put them
aside. For this they are entitled to
high commentator. 1t is the most
encouraging event in the campaign" J"
World Markets Declared Destroyed.
Pointing to the necessity of settle
ment Of the great postwar problems of
the world Senator Borah referred to
the almost insane economic policies"
In the years since the war as constantly
increasing armament. attempts to COL
lect impossible reparations' and erec-
tlon of tariff walls which broke down
world trade
World markets have been destroyed" p"
he said, adding that until they are re-
stored I'VE cannot hope for rise in the
price of commodities.
The last 25 years have witnessed
such an increase of waste and extrav-
agance in government, from the lowest
unit of government to the highest, that
taxes are now literally destructive-to
own property is to invite ruin. The eX-
penditure of public money approaches
a national crime.
Il am going to discuss the situation
as 1 see it," he declared. Il shall not
permit myself to be embarrassed in the
least by party platforms or by the fact
that political campaign is now in
progress The views which I am to
express seem to me to be in the interest
of the people and in harmony with the
public good. That is my conception of
Republicans. In any event, il public
opinion can be organized around these
problems and how to deal with them,
have no fear that all political parties
will be found travelling in that direc-
ton
There are number of questions,
local and national which one might
well discuss But the great fundamental
problems. upon which all others de-
pend, are:
World markets have been destroyed
and the great problem is how to re-
store them.
The monetary systems of the world
have been broken up and demorallzed
and the problem is how to restore
them, and how to adapt them to pres
ent conditions. Until We do so, we
cannot hope for that confidence which
brings prosperity to business.
Men Working to Pay"
"Bv reason of adverse economic forces
and the change in money values, debts
have piled up, beginning with the farm
and ending with Government, until men
are no longer working with view TO
build, to construct, to develop. but to
pay, as it were. for dead horse.
"These are the problems for which
answer must be found
In discussing these matters. let me
saw 1 do not criticize the efforts which
have been made in the way OF ex-
tending loans and in extending credlt
by the Government, and In helplng IN
this way to steady the situation 10
arrest somewhat the trend of the de-
preston. But 1 do say that unless we
find a solution for the problems which
/ have stated, there is no ultimate belief
In the policies thus far pursued