The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-01
C.OF c. WANTS
FUND CONTROL
CEN RALLIED
Dictatorship Over U. S.
Budget Advocated
for Executive
NEW ARMY FORMED
Citizens Force Likened
To Storm Troops
Is Proposed
BY SEYMOUR WALDMAN
DAILY Worker Washington Bureaul

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 30
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, the highly organized
ganda and lobbying organ of
the leading bankers and industrial
lists, announced tonight that it will
start its steam roller to obtain "a
more active centralized administra-
tive control" of "all expenditures,
ordinary and emergency" for Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
This procurement has all the
earmarks of a plan to maneuver
the incoming Congress to give the
president not only greater authority
than he has now but sweeping con-
troll of many things besides the
purely budgetary. The chambers
declaration recalls its September
ultimatum which dictated Roose-
velt's first open turn to the right.
Proposals for sweeping reforms
in federal budgetary methods will
be advocated by the Chamber Of
Commerce Of the United States as
the result of referendum vote
just taken among its membership"
the big business announcement said.
The federal budgetary proposal ap-
proved advocates a more active
centralized administrative control of
expenditures by broadening the ex-
ecutive allotment system Of funds
so as to include all expenditures,
ordinary and emergency, and
strengthening it SO as to avoid the
necessity Of deficiency appropr.a-
tons and, when feasible, a reduce
ton of expenditures below appro-
priations."
Citizens Army" Advocates
What broadening the executive
allotment system of funds so as to
include all expenditure" means will
be appreciated when it is remem-
bered that the president has been
the sole arbiter of the S3,700, 100000
so-called Public Works funds,
nearly one-third of which was
shovelled into war preparations.
1t is extremely significant that
the Chamber Of Commerce, one of
the chief sponsors of the NRA. is
the same organization which has
been conducting nationwide propa-
ganda for iimitless war preparation
expenditures, no unemployment in
surance and skeleton Federal relief
to the destitute and unemployed.
Its role becomes even clearer when
it is remembered that it supplied
many N.R.A. figures, is the leader
of the present Roosevelt-big bust
ness wage-cutting drive and has
propagandized the country for what
it calls a Citizen Army"
This army would supplement
the strikebreaking activities of the
National Guard and the regular
army Hitler gave such an outfit
its historical name-Starm Troops.
Next Move by Eichberg
Tonight's Chamber of Commerce
decision is the latest development
in a series Of events characterized
by the unanimity of opinion and
action of the banking and business
fraternity and the White House
beginning with the Presidents Sept.
80 "fireside" radio talk. through his
love fest Speech (not broadcast
With the bankers. end up to
last weeks anti-lsbor provocateur
speeches by Donald Richberg.
Thu next move, in eli probability,
will be made by Richberg. Roose-
velt's closest advisor, ard chairman
of the Presidential Emergency Coun-
Gil. and Professor Raymond Moley,
former Assistant Secretary of State
and editor Of the Roosevelt organ,
the magazine To-day" which is
published by the multi millionaire
landlord Vincent Aseor.
Eoth Richberg and Moley are
billed as the keynote" speakers of
next weeks combined congress Of
industry and convention of the Ma
ticnal Association Of Manufacturers.
the notoricusly enti-labor outfit
which is formulating the precise
open shop and anti-strike mold in
which it expects to nlec2 the NR.A.
shortly after the latter's expiration
| next June.