Evening star., 1934-11-09
SHAMEFUL WASTE
IN FEDERAL FUNDS
CHARGED BY BORAH
Senator Demands lnveSti.
cation by President
or Congress.
POLITICS GOT CASH
AT TIMES, HE SAYS
Idahoan's Return From West Sig
nalized by Assertions Involving
Recovery Program Conditions.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Borah today demanded an
Investigation by President Roosevelt
or Congress of the administration OF
relief expenditures, asserting there
was shameless waste" in doing out
the funds.
The Idaho Republican independent
did not say so specifically, but implied
that relief money in many cases had
gone for political purposes.
There is one thing about this mat
ter OF expenditures for relief that
must have attention either from Con-
gress or the executive department,
Borah said on returning to Washing
ton from the West.
Expenditure Appalling.
"Every one wants to see those who
need relief get relief, but millions
never reached those who need it.
THE amount expended before it gets
to those in need is appalling. I have
had brought to my attention instances
in which the cost, or expense OF ad-
ministering fund was about half the
fund to be administered.
Now, the load is heavy enough fol
the taxpayers at best, but this shame
less waste, II not worse, will have tc
have an end, not only in the name
of the hungry and the needy, but ir
;v,fn Nf lonanNuo
Borah reiterated the Republican
party would have to reorganlze from
top to bottom.
The 100000 popular vote regis
tered by the Republicans, he said, in
dicated the party was not dead. Asked
if he would cooperate with a group
in attempting to rebuild, Borah said
II can imagine group I would CO.
operate with"
Interest in Cutting Race.
Borah expressed keen interest in the
Senate race between Senator Cutting,
New Mexico Republican Independent,
and the Democrat, Representative
Dennis Chavez.
IF Cutting has won we'll have a
jubilee anyway" the Idahoan said.
Borah had the following comment
on major subjects:
Bonus-"I favor canceling the inter-
est on the money borrowed on the
bonus certificates because find that
it is wiping out the most impoverished
veterans. He can't pay the interest
And I'm in favor of the forgotten
man"
Inflaticn-"I have never been In
favor of imitation, but favor relation
to bring the dollar back to the basis
upon which debts were contracted"
N. r. Al am not in favor o. ex-
tending it as is. Features such as
ending child labor ought to be pre-
served. Section IA collective bar
gaining), If it is to be anything except
a torment, will have to be rewritten
SO we will know what it means"
Antitrust Law.
Taking off the bride of the anti
trust laws has resulted in 402 corpo-
rations gaining 608 per cent net earn
ings in six months of this year"
Relief favor continuing spend
ing for those who need relief, but
discontinuance for those who dom
need it."
Public works-'I am not in favor
of extending it any further than II
can be successfully applied to relief
1t Is sound as far as providing work
is concerned, but so far as recovery
is concerned it has had very little
beneficial effect. You can't get any
real recovery by taking money out
of one mans pocket and putting II
in another"
Federal pay CUT am ready tc
restore the remaining 5 per cent TO-
morrow. but I would like to exempt
high salaries. The Is per cent cut
was dishonest and hypocritical from
the start in view of the admins
tration policy to increase purchasing
power.
Money in Campaign.
"I should think the way they have
been distributing money in this cam.
paign they would be willing to restore
the pay"
Housing-"I think the housing pro
gram will be a success"
Central bank-"I favor it. woule
have a Government owned and con
trolled bank which would be the soil
bank of issue. I would want to pre-
serve the Federal Reserve System.
Borah said he would continue tt
oppose New Deal measures he con
sidered unsound and favor others, ant
expressed the belief he would not b.
"any more lonesome" than before
despite the great Democratic gains il
the election.