Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-04-06
There can be no doubt any longer
that President Roosevelt Is going about

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Bobs Up penses with utmost
sincerity and serious
ness. How far he will. or can, 90
remains to be seen. of course. But
he has his subordinates at work in a
way that surely is destined to produce
results of considerable Importance.
But there are signs on the horizon
which seem to portend difficulties.
The President has begun to talk about
balancing the budget in ways that
have proved erroneous for other Pres
idents. He wants the budget of or
binary" expenses of the government
to be as small or smaller than the or,
binary receipts. As far as that pro
gram goes, 1t is not subject to COM
plant or criticism. But the Presi-
dent, at the same time, continues to
talk about bond issues for relief of
the destitute and bond issues for. re
forestation and perhaps some other
bonds also. lie contends that bond
issue for public construction. for ex-
ample, should not be considered a part
Of the national budget
So the old question again has arisen.
If there Is an expenditure of govern
ment money, raised By a bond issue.
Is II or Is 1t not properly part of
the budget? President Hoover argued
that 1t was. while he occupied the
White House. President Cleveland
held the same view Proposals 10 pay
for the Hoover construction program
with bond issue were characterized
In senate dehata4a year a ga n making
a dishonest budget since 1t was.
contemplated that the expense should
not be included In the budget.
President Roosevelt takes the posi-.
ton that the course he has proposed
places the bond issue In different
category. He considers that govern.
ment help for starving people Is an
emergency and that, for the reason
1t will not reeur each year. 1t should
not. be considered as an Ordinary ex-
pense Since 1t is not an ordinary ey-
nense. 1t can properly be excluded
from budgetary calculations.
There is argument on both sides Of
the question. Moreover, there Is GER
tainly need for extraordinary meas
ures under the stress Of the times
when hundreds OF thousands Of per
sons continue to live solely by charity.
1t should be recalled, however. that
one of the reasons why the bonds Of
good many foreign countries are no long
er held to be desirable as investments
In this country, Is because no one can
tell accurately what the financial status
Of those countries actually Is. Their bud
gets do not tell the full story. The
President says, respecting his pro-
posalS, that we should look the facts
In the face and that the expenditures
are justified Undoubtedly, his view
will prevail In congress, and there VIII
be quite an outpouring OF public
money In order to do as much as hui
manly can be done to relieve the dis
tressed
But from d political standpoint, the
program which he has sponsored Is
looked upon by many observers as
leading him into open spaces where
Republican fire can reach him. | have
heard considerable discussion among
Republicans to that effect. After all,
1t must be remembered, the Demo.
Gratis are the "ins'' and the Republic
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easier to attack than 1t Is to defend
In the great game OF politics.
The fear of war again sweeps Eu-
rope. The ghost Of "Mittel Europa
again arises. T he
War Scares treaty OF Versailles
Sweep Europe and the changes 1t
made In the political
structure Of Europe are almost, If not
quite, ready for revision.
Europe has had war scares since
the end of the World war. Most Of
them have been manufactured scares.
scares produced for given purpose
But the very Indebtedness Of the pres
ent fears constitutes the most dis.
turbing factor that the world has faced
since the armstice Of November II,
1918. 1t Is, indeed. no ordinary scare
that now peryades Europe
1t was only few short months ago,
certainly not longer than year ago,
that a general war In Europe was nc
credited as being wholly and positively
"unthinkable' Yet, suddenly such a
war as that has become "thinkable "
The challenge is to European states.
manshp, for the craftsmanship of the
continent Is weighed In the balance
In the last month"; we have seen
Ramsay Macdonald, the British prime
minister, rushing-yes. actually flying
from London to Rome, to Paris. &c
Geneva. He consulted with Mussolini
He met with Premier Daladler Ii
Paris. 0stensiby he talked about dis
armament In each instance. But II
Washington there Is some lifting Of
eyebrows about that Official WASH
ington accepts the reports that thu
subject was disarmament. But private
ly, more than one observer looks upor
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