Evening star., 1934-08-19
FARLEY APPLAUDS
HOUSING PROGRAM.
Tells 0kIahomanS 1t Will
Spur All Business-CritiCS
of "NeW Deal" Challenged.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, August 18.-
Postmaster General James A. Farley
today described the Federal Govern
ment's new housing program as the
thing we need now"
Every one, big business, bankers,
laborers, will get interested, because it
means jobs and sales OF materials"
said Farley.
big business and banks controlled
by big business just can't keep from
getting interested in the housing pro-
gram"
Farley told a Southwestern crowd
tonight that those who prate of the
loss of freedom" should be asked If
they are ready to bear the response
bility "if in some strange way the
entire effort for recovery" should be
abandoned.
Speaking at Fair Park, Farley took
cognizance of recent pronouncements
as to the dangers Of bureaucracy" and
declared:
Urges Spending Wisely.
mo one recognizes these dangers
more than I. But the way to prevent
the dangers of bureaucracy is not to
abolish the institutions or measures
that have been adopted to protect the
rights of the people, but to be sure
that in the administration of these
institutions every measure shall be
taken to make certain that a fair and
ADEQUATE service is given for the
money that is paid.
Certainly those who criticize bu-
reaucracies now are not advocating
the abolition of the measures that
have been taken to meet the necessl-
ties Of the last year and half.
Suppose President Roosevelt should
take this criticism to mean that all
of these recovery measures should be
Immediately suspended; suppose he
should abolish the N. r. A. with its
wage and hour control, destroy the
codes, return agriculture to the con-
ditions which existed before the ag-
ricultural adjustment act was passed,
discharge from the Government all
those who are administering relief,
tear down Muscle Shoals or turn it
over to the power companies, put the
banks on their own by withdrawing
all Government assistance from
them, abolish deposit guarantees, de-
stroy the c. w. A., shut down the
c. c. c. camps-refuse to exercise
any of the powers granted him under
the monetary actS-in other words,
70 back to the good old days of 1882.
would this mean freedom for the
people-freedom for the business man,
freedom for the farmer? Certainly
not real freedom!
Questions Industry, Cities.
"Are the rulers of industry prepared
to meet the problems occaSloned by
new millions of unemployed? Are
the banks ready to deal with their
depositors on such basis? Are the
cities of this country prepared to
carry on the public improvement that
the c. w. A. has already initiated?
Are private relief organizations ready
to save the 300, 900 boys in the c. c. G.
from the degradation of idleness to
which they would return?
THAT is a fair question for any
one to ask of those who prate of the
loss of freedom. Are they ready to
bear the responsibility that would be
imposed upon them if in some strange
way the entire effort for recovery that
has been attempted in the past year
and a half should be abandoned?"
Farley said the farmer "is rs per
cent better off now than he was on
March 1, 1933," and, speaking of the
rN.AaA9na Y-fv1 Ianlo yod TIi1yy
showed a marked upward tendency in
most cities.
Farley paid tribute to Oklahoma'S
Senators, Elmer Thomas and Thomas
p. Gore.