Evening star., 1935-07-19
Convention ''lnSuIted" by
"SubtIe Attack" Says
Statement.
EX-GOVERNOR HOLDS
NEW DEAL ON ROCKS
Buckley of Massachusetts, Only
One in Interviews to Com
mend Marylander.
BY the Associated Press.

of the Irish swirled around the head
of former Gov. Albert c. Ritchie to-
day after his most recent assault on
the New Deal. The banquet meeting
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. in
convention here, became an uproar
last night as Ritchie asserted In an
address the New Deal has not
worked"
One person alone of those who
voiced their opinions commended
Ritchie In what was regarded as his
notice he would be amenable to the
leadership of conservative Democrats.
That one was Thomas H. Buckley.
State auditor of Massachusetts and
national editor of The Hibernian. who
gripped the former Maryland Gov
ernor's hand and said:
I'VE in Massachusetts, know what
the administration is. 1t has treated
our State scandalously in the matter
of relief funds"
Others Against Richie.
But Representative Martin L. Swee-
ney, Democrat. of Ohio. former ma
tionai president of the Hibernians;
George Riley. California State presi-
dent, and George w. Harkins. also of
California. lined up against Ritchie.
Fifteen minutes after Ritchie spoke
Sweeney issued statement. in which
Riley and Harkins concurred, assert
ing the former Governor remarks
we're "an insult" to the convention
and "a subtle attack" on President
Roosevelt.
Ritchie had criticized governmental
expenditures, urged a balanced budg-
ct. a sound and stable currency"
and called for adherence TO the Con-
stitution.
Sweeney said he resented "the ex-
Governor of Maryland's cheap politi-
cal tactics in waging an attack upon
the administration and taking advan-
tage of the occasion when several
hundred men and women of Irish
birth and descent we're assembled to
listen to what they expected to be an
historical and scholarly address.
The New Deal has had its trial"
Ritchie said in his address THE
New Deal has not worked and it is on
the rocks"
After defending the Supreme Court
and the Constitution as Tong -estab-
lished principles which have
worked for a century and half and
will keep on working If we preserve
them" Ritchie outlined briefly the
course which he feels the United
States should take.
Matters for States.
1--WE do not want the Executive to
legislate and we do not want Congress
to regulate matters which apply wholly
within the individual State" he said.
I'VE do not want and We do not need
any constitutional amendment to scrap
these or any other fundamental insti-
tuition of our American system of
government and democracy.
Let us ." direct our attention
for the future to building upon the
basis of the Constitution and to plan
ming and thinking In conformity with
what the Constitution permits.
Il believe 1t is true that the min
istrations of governmental relief have
created what might be called a new
mentality on the part of the people
who receive it. Too many had rather
be on relief than at work.
I'VE should guard against this In
our future relief plans. The old, the
crippled. the blind, the handicapped,
the unemployed must be cared for.
I'VE should recognize that We cam
not spend our way back to recovery.
No nation ever has done that. 1 do
not deny that our national spending
has done appreciable good. -
Spending Must End.
But a nation cannot go on SPEND
ing indefinitely. 1t cannot spend
enough to bring about recovery. The
amount of employment is not sufficient
for that. The increased purchasing
power does not last long enough. Pay
day comes first.
1T is also true that we cannot go on
spending more than we take in. Bal
ancing the national budget may not
be a spectacular thing to talk about.
but it is an essential thing to do. In
Washington they have almost stopped
talking about it. and certainly they
are not attempting it.
so, a cardinal principle of the
future must be the balancing of the
budget.
Our tax policy should be sound
one. National expenditures have been
and are so vast that we must expect
high taxes for many years to come.
We will have to pay dearly for our
spree. The rich will be taxed more
heavily and SO will everybody else.
That cannot be avoided.
But the taxes should be levied with
a balanced budget in view. And to
the same end they should be accom-
panied by retrenchment in national
expenditures. With this as the basis.
the sooner the National Government
starts the process of paying for what
we have borrowed and what we owe
and what we must expend, the better
1t WILL De Tor eVeryDoQy.
For Stable Currency.
Finally, the country should be as
sured that our national currency is go
ing to be. sound and stable currency.
Let our future plans be builded
upon the rock of the Constitution. and
not upon theories of government which
the Constitution outlaws.
TO attain recovery. we must re-
store confidence In our governmental
methods and policies"
Il only question the practicability
and validity of many of their ideas as
applied to the american people.
Indeed, I consider that q public
Office is still public trust, even il In
large measure it has become brain
trust" .-.~.-..-.-..