Evening star., 1932-05-14
tissues So Many Statements
He Keeps People Uncer-
tain," Speaker Says.
SEES 30-DAY SILENCE
AS KEY TO RECOVERY
President Should Not Have Dis
cussed Lindbergh Case, Demo
crat Holds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In stinging terms, Speaker Garner,
In his press conference today, assailed
President Hoover for issuing so many
statements, he keeps the people uncer-
tain about the future"
The Speaker said
The Presidents statements have
done more in the last six months to
freeze the confidence of the American
people than all other forces put to-
gether. About the time they begin to
get encouraged, he issues another dou-
ble-barreled statement ana gets them
unsettled again.
If he were to refuse to issue a state
ment for 80 days, would guarantee
things would thaw out"
Sees Loss of Confidence.
These contrary" statements, Garner
said, "in my opinion have made the
people lose confidence in not only his
judgment. but his patriotism, except
from selfish standpoint"
Asked if he thought the President
was campaigning" Garner replied:
"The statements at least indicate that
he wants to keep his name before the
people"
He has the idea of propaganda so
strongly in his mind that he can't even
let the Department Of Justice give out
statement that it is going to help
witnout signing it himself" Garner as
serted. He should never have issued
the statement yesterday about the Lind
bergh case. No President should"
In a new exhortation yesterday, Pres
ident Hoover called again for unity Of
effort and a "win-the-war" spirit to
overcome the national problems.
The imperative and immediate step
! is ito balance the budget, and am sure
the Government will stay at this job
until 1t is accomplished" he said.
| When our people recover from frozen
| confidence then our credit machinery
will begin to function once more on a
normal basis and there will be no need
to exercise the emergency powers al
ready vested in any of our governmental
! agencies or the further extensions We
are proposing for the Reconstruction
| Corporation"
"Timid CapitaF' MObilized.
He emphasized that on the lines laid
out for the proposed relief program, it
will not affect the budget or the tax
payer, constituting merely 'mobiliza-
ton of timid capital" for economic
recovery work.
The Presidents statement follows:
Our job in the Government is unity
of action to do our part in an un-
ceasing campaign to re-establish pub
lie confidence That is fundamental to
recovery. The imperative and immedi-
ate step is to balance the budget, and
l am sure the Government will stay
at this job until it is accomplished.
when our people recover from
frozen confidence, then our credit ma
chinery will begin to function once
more on a normal basis and there Will
be no need to exercise the emergency
powers already vested in any OF our
governmental agencies, or the further
extensions we are proposing for the
Reconstruction Corporation.
If by unity Of action, these extern
sions of powers are within the limits
I have proposed, they do not affect the
budget They do not constitute drain
on the taxpayer. They constitute tenn
porary mobilization of timid capital for
positive and definite purpose Of speed
ing the recovery of business, agricul-
ture and employment.
"I have, however, no taste for any
such emergency powers in the Govern
ment We are fighting the economic
consequences of overliquidation and un-
justified fear as to the future OF the
United States. The battle to set our eco
nomic machine in motion in this emer-
gency takes new forms and requires new
tactics from time to tine. We used
such emergency powers to win the war;
we can use them to fight the depression,
the misery and suffering from which
are equally great"