The Washington times., 1935-05-14
PARTY PLEDGES
BROKEN, SAYS
TALMADGE

tulfillment OF the pledges OF Tue
Democratic platform and q re
turn to the Constitution"
His address, Which has met
NTH a tremendous response, IS
being published By The Washing
ton Times in four instruments.
The following paragraphs from
the Democratic party platform OF
July %, 1892. I want you to hear:
I'VE advocate an immediate
and drastic reduction Of govern
mental expenditures by abolish
ing useless commissions and Of
fees, consolidating departments
and bureaus. and eliminating
extravagance to accomplish q
saving Of not less than Is per
cent in the cost Of the Federal
Government, and we call upon
the Democratic party in the
States to make . zealOuS effort
to achieve q prOpOrtiOnate re-
suit"
Is this paragraph in keeping
with the increase of the cost OF
the Federal Government from
three billion dollars per annum
before the present Administration
to eight and one-half billion dol
lars per annum now? Is this para,
graph in keeping with the efforts
Of the Federal Administration now
to bulldoze the several States in
this Union into enacting laws in
creasing the cost of government
and increasing State taxes?
Cites Publicity Boards
Agani quoting from the Demo
cratic party platform Of July %,
1892:
eve condemn the improper
and excessive use Of money in
political activities"
Is this paragraph in keeping
with the So publicity boards main.
tanned now in Washington at the
expense of the taxpayers of this
country to bolster up the program
that they are trying to drive down
the Threats of American people?
There can be some excuse for
large private expenditures of
money in political activities.
There can be no excuse for the
taxpayers money being used by
officials to entrench themselves
In office.
The appropriation Of 1880
million dollars by Congress and
given to the President is the dark
est blot on the pages Of Ameri-
can history.
Quoting again from the Demo.
cratic party platform Of July %,
1882:
1--WE condemn the open and
covert resistance Of Administra-
ton officials to every effort
made by Congressional COM
1mittees to curtail the extrava-
CANT expenditures Of the Gov
eminent and to revoke IMPROVE
dent subsidies granted to IA
vOrite interests"
EXTRAVAGANZA ASSAILED
This particular paragraph has
been violated and reversed. We
now hear that the officials in
Washington demand that Con-
gresS shut its mouth about their
extravaganza. and appropriate to
them even more billions of dol
lars.
But what about this paragraph
Of our Democratic party plat
form Of .T1l1V % 1922.
1--WE condemn the extrava-
gance of the farm board, its
disastrous action, which made
the Government a Spectator
of farm products, and the un-
sound policy Of restricting agri-
cultural products to the de-
mand of domestic markets."
Not only has this paragraph Of
our platform been violated, but
they have gone on the most eX.
travagant expenditure of govern
ment money in speculation ever
recorded in American history.
We pillow up cotton seed here
In America. We import cotton
goods from foreign countries, and
cottonseed meal from far off
China. We burn wheat, restrict
corn and oat production here in
America and add on an excessive
processing tax. We import corn
and oats from South America, rye
from Poland and barley from
Czechoslovakia.
The violation of this paragraph
of our platform is not only killing
our foreign trade, but is giving
the foreigners our business.
BY violating this paragraph, we
have placed millions Of people on
the dole, and if we don't receive
the importations from abroad we
will have a famine here in Amer.
lea.
Who was the poet who spoke
these immortal words:
ooh, consistency, thou art a
jewel?"
ASKS END OF NRA
But listen again. Our same
Democratic party platform has
this paragraph:
eve believe that q party plat
form is a covenant with the peO-
pie to be faithfully kept by the
party when entrusted with
power, and that the people are
entitled to know in plan words
the terms Of the covenant to
which they are asked to sub
SCRIBE"