Milford chronicle., 1934-01-19

urged all Republican leaders an
workers to make plans at once TO
success in every section of tn
State.
Among the other Republican lead
ers who attended the dinner wal
Mrs. Frank G. Tallman, NatiOna
Committeewoman.
Prior to introducing Governor
Buck, Senator Townsend declared
the primary cause of the meeting
was to arouse the interest of the
Republican party and to prepare
plans for the campaign. He said the
record of the Republican party In
the State has been an eventful one
and established a record OF conf
dence. He paid tribute tOethe women
workers and said that many of the
men could emulate them to their
own benefit.
Senator Hastings declared that the
States are not willing yet to give up
all of their rights to the rapidly in
creasing bureaucracies in Washing
ton. He did not believe present ex-
periments necessary to bring back
prosperity and happiness in the ma
tion. Monetary imitation. Senator
Hastings declared, cannot be avoid
ed unless the rapid increase of the
public debt is stopped.
Senator Hastings is chairman OF
the Republican national Senatorial
campaign committee which has for
its program the unifcation Of Re-
publican activities.
The keynote of Senator Hastings
address was the renewal of faith in
the ability of the Republican party
to restore to the nation the freedom
guaranteed by the Federal Consti-
tuition.
But before launching into his
speech, Senator Hastings extended
his sympathies to Governor Buck
for the trials you have experienced
in the recent special session of the
Legislature"
Pointing out that President ROose-
welt had pledged economy by con-
solidation and abolition of many
governmental agencies, Senator Has
tings said the President had instead
set up 80 new bureaus in Washing
ton and had added 22,603 persons TO
the executive civil service" during
the five months prior to December.
Great emphasis is placed upon
economy in comparatively small
things" Senator Hastings said, but
while strenuous efforts are being
made by the administration to stop
the drippings from the spigOt, we
find the bunghole wide open and the
public money flowing in all direc-
tiOns at the rate of 4 billion dollars
a month, and as the President looks
on he declares that the long sought
economic recovery is now an accom-
plished fact"
I'VE do not have to adopt the
present experiments" Senator Hast
ings said, ito bring prosperity and
happiness. Let us correct the abuses,
wherever they may be found, in our
present system. Let us return to the
principles of our Constitution. Let
us see to it that the distress Of an
economic depression does not lead
us to hope that living is to be made
so easy for us in the near future
that we shall not be compelled to
work.
Let us not be led to believe that
under some new social order our
debts will be cancelled and our chill
dren amply provided for. Instead Of
worshipping any such false god. let
us remember the lessons we learned
in our childhood that honesty. hard
work and economy are the essentials
for the successful life in America
and at the same time let us renew
our faith in the ability of the Re-
publican party to restore to the peO-
pie of the nation the freedom guar
anteed to them by the Federal Con-
stitutiOn."
Senator Hastings said he agreed
that Republicans in Congress should
do what they reasonably can to car
ry out any safe and sound policy of
a Democratic administration.
But" Senator Hastings added, ito
say that, because a man is President
and because of the desperate condi-
tiOn in which we find the country.
all persons everywhere should praise
and applaud what he is doing, re-
gardless of their individual opinion
is pure folly. For a member of Con-
gress to take such a position is
worse than folly; 1t is dishonest and
Senator Hastings admitted there
was some good in many of the ad-
experiments. n
who will say" he asked. ''fOr an 9
instance that there can be no good
in the employment of $4,000 young
men in the CCC, but, is everybody
satisfied that 1t is worth the cost of
more than $312.000.O00. each year? |
Who will say that the NRA has not
lone great service in many direc-
ions, such as eliminating child la
Dor from the sweat shop. increasing l
to some extent. and en-
to prevent unfair compe- (
ition and the like. but l am by no '
means certain that the harm it has '
lone and is doing is not very much {
sreater than the good"
"But as to experiments like these" {
Senator Hastings continued. land
many others which are definite poll
les Of the Administration, I am in
lined to look upon as less danger
'us than some others. We will be
'etter able a little later to evaluate
he experiments and make a more !
'ccurate division between credit and
lame"