Evening star., 1934-10-10
Does Money Talk


Chairman James A. Farley of the
Democratic National Committee, Sec
retary Wallace of the Department of
Agriculture and others high in the
Roosevelt administration feel hurt
when the Republicans charge that the
New Dealers are making political CAPT.
tai out of the huge expenditures of
Federal funds in the recovery program
They resent even more the harsh
suggestion that the Democrats are in
effect purchasing continued control
through the distribution of corn hog
checks, wheat, tobacco and cotton
checks to the farmers and checks of
various kinds to the unemployed. to
banks and industry. Mr.. Farley has
undertaken to laugh off the most re-
cent attack along these lines, made
by the commander Of the Republican
forces, Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of
the G. o. P. National Committee. Mr..
Farley's query. addressed to Mr..
Fletcher and the country in general,
was whether the Republican chairman
desired to have the election postponed
until all these payments could be made
or whether the payments should be
postponed until after the election, leav-
ing the destitute and the needy to wait
for money and food
book for candidates occurs this
significant language: The amount in
which each State participated in this
(P w. A. and other forms of emer-
gency relief is available by States at
Democratic national headquarters and
will be supplied on request" For
what purpose have these details of
expenditures of Federal funds been
gathered and made available TO
Democratic candidates for Congress? -?
No one would suggest that the figures
had been compiled and made ready
for these candidates SO that they
might be hushed up and not shouted
from the housetops in the campaign.
OF course, they were compiled and
made available so that the Democrats
might get the credit for these ex-
penditures: that they might show
to the voters what the Demo-
cratic administration had done for
them, how it Showered them with
cash. Obviously the Democrats are
asking the voters whether they wish
the spiggot to be turned of or the
/ flow to continue.
Emil Hurja, executive director OF
the Democratic National Committee,
is the custodian of all this valuable
information. The heads of the vari-
Gus recovery agencies spending Gov
ernment money have reported to him,
giving the totals and the ALLEGATIONS
to the various States. For example,
Secretary IckeS OF the Interior De-
partment and director of the P. w. A
has reported that of $1,000, 900, 900
P. w. A. funds 1866, 100000 had
been allocated in August. He showed
where this huge sum of money was
being expended and for what. Sec
retary Wallace reported that from
August, 1888, to June, 1884, rental
and benefit payments to farmers had
amounted to $311 ,000, 900 and that the
A. A A program called for a total
distribution Of $779, 100000 to wheat
cotton, corn-hog and tobacco growers
! The Farm Credit Administration had
made loans aggregating 81, 1,626, 466, 900
up to July 81 last, and the Federal
Land Banks and the land bank COM
missioner held total of 8G8 ,005 loans
amounting to $2,120,325, 900. The
Home Owners Loan Corporation had
made loans totaling 81 ,299, ,445. 900.
Each Democratic member of Con-
gress is able to tell the voters just how
much money has been distributed in
his district and State. The Democrats
know also to what industries and con-
Germs and banks Federal loans have
been made. Does any one believe that
all this information is not of value to
the campaigners? Republicans are
complaining bitterly because they have
difficulty in raising campaign funds.
Potential contributors, knowing that
their names must be made matter OF
record in the reports of the treasurer
of the Republican National Committee
to the clerk of the House and so be-
come public property, are afraid to
make contributions to the G. o. P, it
| is charged. If the Democrats are to
have the advantage of the expenditure
of huge public funds and the Republi-
cans are unable to raise funds from
private contributions, then, indeed, the
race seems one-sided this year. And
they say money talks"
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