The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-04
BORAH Would Open
ALL SUBJECTS GOING
BACK TO WORLD WAR
Says U. S. Decision to Bar
Debts Discussion at Farley
Will Delay Recovery

Minneapolis, Aug. 4.-tlP-Senator
William E. Borah says he believes the
governments irsistence on barring
reparations and war debts from the
proposed international economic con-
recovery from it's business slump.
Bluntly, the chairman OF the senate
foreign relations committee declared
for opening up every question whose
ancestry goes back to the World War
in an address at the University Of
Minnesota Wednesday night.
He nkened elimination OF the two
questions with presentation Of u
"Hamletless Hamlet" and then odt-
lined the terms of a trade proposing
cancellation Of allied debts owing the
United States in return for perma-
nent policy OF disarmament by Euro
pean nations.
Striking at limitation OF conference
subject matter. Senator Borah said
that the existing international prob
lens canont be solved by piece-meal
work."
II cannot agree that the U. S
should be in part Of the time and Out
part of the time," he said. Il prefer
seeing the U. s. take a firm position
and then 60 boldly forth to It's task.
1.-THE conference should include
study Of the gold standard. What L
it that has put 81 nations Of the worlc
off the gold standard? 1t Is repara'
tons and debts.
Would Trust Representatives
II will be glad to take part ane
see the U. s. take part in any worle
conference on these vital question!
and will trust the representatives o.
our country to protect its interest,"
from start to finish" the senato
said.
Borah called attention to figures HI
said had been given him few hours
before by Frank B. Kellogg, former
secretary of state, who sat on TIT
stage. These showed, he said, tina
Europe has more than $500, 900 mer
in its standing armies. Replying to
question, he said that dismissing thes<
men would turn them into productive
channels.
Disarmament would result in re-
lieving heavily-taxed European citi
zens and return them to buyers o
American goods, the senator said II
the address. American foreign trad
has declined to about one-third o
what it was in 1929 and it's fall &C
counts for many millions Of this ma
tons unemployed. he said.
Would Recognize Russia
For nearly half hour he replied t.
questions from the audience. In re
Div to one he asserted that If electe'
president, 1.-The next day l woul'
recognize Russia" adding land that
the way would destroy communism
in Russia"
There will not be any restoration o
confidence in this country unit
America is assured Europe will no
become involved in another war;" tn
senator predicted. disarmament
must be brought about to restore con
fidencc at home and abroad. A
present IS per cent Of the taxes o
, Europe are extorted for the purpose
And when you look at the two poll
tical platforms adopted by the partie
in Chicago-I'm not discussing poll
: tics now, but just common sense
, you will find not single iota of as
surance to the farmer. Therefore W
must find the remedy elsewhere, out
side those two parties, and so ar
presenting this to the American PEG
pie.
1.-THE farmer has been told he
over producing. It is not over-pro
duction, ladies and gentlemen, bu
lower consumption. We have in thl
world today 100000 people who ar
: hungry, who want food, and so Ion
as these 100000 are hungry 1t
not a case Of production but un
der consumption."