The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-10-17
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ported even that workers of this type
have replied to their employers re-
quests for honest labor: 'We don't
care. We can go back on relief"
1t is a tragedy. Unfortunately, it is
going TO be with us for some years TO
come and when I make that state
ment 1 do not mean in any way to
praise from those men and
women who, when they get a job, try
to do an honest days work for days
wage. Obviously, most of the Ameri-
lean people are of this latter type.
But l believe it cannot be refuted
that the American governments ex-
pertinent with the dole has created
several millions of new panhandlers.
President Roosevelt has introduced
an innovation into federal administra-
ton by making pub
See Expensive lie what amounts to
Year Ahead preliminary sum-
nation of federal
financial requirements. He ordered it
compiled and released for publication
at this early date, he said, in order
that the country may know what con-
fronts it in the way of expenditures
for the fiscal year beginning last July
1, and ending next June so.
A careful analysis of the summation
and the revision of estimates of ex-
penditures for the current fiscal year
rather indicates that it will be the
most expensive in New Deal history.
This is true despite Mr. Roosevelt's
declaration that a sharp up-swing in
business activity will result in
marked curtailment in relief eXpendi-
lures. The budget statement by the
President was regarded in the nation
al Capital as rather illusory. In fact,
some of Mr.. ROosevelt's own subor-
dinates entertained a fear that the
thing would be regarded as having a
political purpose. They felt that
there was no call for the action and
that it might logically result in pro-
viding New Deal opposition with new
which it can use in criti-
Ching waste and maladministration
particularly with respect to the relief
programs.
The summation shows that the ac-
tual deficit for the current year to
date is more than half again as large
as was the deficit on the correspond
ing day last year, despite the business
recovery about which Mr.. Roosevelt
lately has talked several times.
1t showed further that even under
the revised estimates submitted by the
expenditures for the cur
rent year will be S400, 100000 more
than last year and SG00,O0O0O0 more
than in the first year of the New Deal.
The President in his statement assert
ed that the deficit next June 80. will
be $500, 100000 less than the last fiscal
year, but if one digs into the mass of
figures it can be seen that this $780,
100000 has been simply transferred
to revised budget figures for the
works-relief program
On this basis then, some observers
persistently inquire where the SUBJ
stantial and sustained economy in
government has been effected either
by the administration or by the busi-
ness improvement. 1t is difficult to
answer. 1t is more difficult, in the
opinion of Chairman Henry P. Fletch-
er of the Republican national commit
tee, because of the frequent refer
ences which Mr.. Roosevelt made dur
ing his 1892 campaign to a program
OF enforced economy in government
Unless 1 miss my guess, Mr.. Roosevelt
will have much to answer for as a re-
suit of his frequent declarations dur
ing the 1892 campaign that the federal
government was running wild with the
taxpayers money.
Ever since the President began writ
ing the New Deal budgets. capital OBJ
servers have been awaiting the day
when, under the pressure of political
necessity or a sincere determination
on his part to carry out his political
promises, he would start squeezing
the excess out of those budgets.
think it is fair to say that there has
been an immense amount of water in
the government budgets under the
New Deal Equally, l think 1t is fair
TO say that there has been a tremen-
dous amount of waste. Thus, the time
has arrived when the
President must start to trim down
these costs if the national debt is not
to get clear out of bounds. AS a poll
tician of the keenest type. Mr.. Roose-
welt recognizes better, perhaps. than
anyone else that the American people
do not like to see debts piled up, debts
either private or public. Consequent
~, it is not an unsafe forecast to
make that Mr.. Roosevelt viii be turn
ing soon TO eurtailment of expendi-
lures.
1t has been interesting 20 compare
the budgets under the Hoover admin
istration with those by Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Hoover always was optimistic
about his budgets. In fact, they were
always smaller than an honest esti-
mate of requirements called for Mr..
Roosevelt has been as fiagrantly pes
simistic about his budgets as Mr..
Hoover was optimistic. The result.
of course, has been that the Roose-
welt budgets were extraordinarily
large and somewhat unjustified.
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