Evening star., 1932-10-07
REED WILL CONFER
WITH ROOSEVELT.
New Yorker Charges G. o. P,
Is Using Pork Barrel
Tactics in Campaign.
Nv the ASeoriated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, New York, october T.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt is expected
to confer today with former Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri.
Mr.. Reed is coming here before head
ing into the Midwest, where he is ex-
pected to reply to President Hoover's
recent speech at Des Moines. The Gov
ernor himself replied to the speech
yesterday in radio address in which
he accused the Republicans of carrying
on a pork barrel" campaign in their
proposals for the farmers.
Mr. Roosevelt will go late today to
his home, at HYDE Park, for week end
of rest. He will then return here for
another week before starting his swing
into the Southern and border States.
In speech to luncheon meetings OF
the Roosevelt Business and Professional
Mems League in various parts of the
country. Mr.. Roosevelt yesterday after
noon said he was happy" to find that
President Hoover has come to agree
with me" that business recovery de-
perds upon the restoration of pros
perity to our agricultural interests, our
cattle interests, our mining interests
Pleased By Hoover Statement.
"This doctrine" Roosevelt said, II
have been preaching ever since the day
I was nominated, and I am happy
that the President finally has come to
agree with me on this point when he
says:
Every thinking citizen knows that
the farmer, the worker and the business
man are in the same boat, and must all
come ashore together
The Democratic candidate said he
was glad also that he thereby admits
that the farmer, the worker and the
business man are now all OF them very
much at sea-"
I'VE have had an excellent example
recently" said Mr.. Roosevelt, "of be-
lated promises addressed specifically to
a group in the hope that with some
new temporary eXpedient, suggested a
month before election, the minds OF
farmers may be turned away from the
grim fact Of consistently unfriendly
attitude on the part of the admlnlstra-
ton over many years
The Governor said this type of cam
paigning, which might be called a pork
barrel campaign, is not my notion OF
what the country needs in a time like
this"
He called for economic interchange"
with other nations and urged the regu-
lation and planning Ct industrial pro-
duction, saying:
Whenever income in any great group
in the population becomes SO dlspro-
portionate as to dry up purchasing
power within any one group the bal
ance of economic life IS thrown out OF
order 1t is proper concern OF the
Government to use wise measures OF
regulation such as will bring this pur-
chasing power back to normal"
Cites Reckless Statements
He said reckless statements from
Washington had much to do with the
crash that We have experienced" by
encouraging people to incur more debts
than they could safely carry.
ITO prevent such a recurrence Of un-
measured expansion of credit IS the
task Of craftsmanship in the next few
years" he said. This is not to say
that favor complete Government con-
troll over the use Of credit, but I do
propose the use of governmental assist
ance in bringing to the attention OF
producer and consumer alike such en-
lightened information as will enable
the people to protect themselves against
unWarranted and headlong plungeS into
excessive debt.
1T is up to the Government to main
tain its most sacred trust to guard the
welfare of its citizens. And such
trust requires the regulation of such
balance among productive processes as
will tend to stabilization of the struc-
ture of business.
That such a balance ought to be
maintained by cooperation within
business itself goes without saying. And
it is my hope that interference OF Gov
ernment to bring about such stabil1-
zation can be kept at minimum limit
ing itself perhaps to wise disSemina-
ton of information.
Gives Tariff Views.
Referring to the tariff, Mr.. Roosevelt
said
You and I today know the final
absurdity of a tariff so high that it
has prevented all outside nations from
purchasing American-made goods for
the very simple season that because of
our exclusive tariff they could not pay
us in goods, and cid not have the al
tentative of paying us in gold.
I'VE shall try to discover with each
country in turn the things which can
be exchanged with mutual benefit and
shall seek to further this exchange to
the best of our ability.
This economic interchange is the
most important item in any country'S
foreign policy.
Out of economic disputes arise the
irritations which lead to competitive
armament and are fruitful causes of
war. More realistic mutual arrange
mentS for trade, substituted for the
present system, in which each nation
attempts to exploit the markets of every
other, giving nothing in return. will do
more for the peace of the world and
will contribute more to supplement the
eventual reduction of armament bur-
dens. than airy other policy which
could be devised.
And at the same time it will make
possible the approach to national
economic policy at home which will
have as its central feature the fitting
of production programs to the actual
probabilities of consumption.
"At least. the issue will no longer
be confused by the impossible hopes of
selling in foreign markets which can
not now pay for cur products.
Would Aid Industries.
There will no longer be an excuse
for the oVerouilding of American in
dustries And they can begin the
process Of accommodation to markets
on which they can count, which has
been too long delayed"
Mr.. Roosevelt said there was a need
for greater assurance of security for
industrial workers and added that old
age, sickness and unemployment insur-
ance were minimum requirements. In
addition, he called for some system of
regularizing and planning for balance
among industries and for envisaging
production as national activity.
Business must think less of its own
profit and more for the national func-
tiar. IL performs" he said. Each unit
of it must think of itself as part of
greater whole-one piece in a large
design"
"rrhere Is M nanacea for Our eco