The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-29
Decreased Deficits Promised
by Executive; 10000
Hear Address.
SEEN AS SO KEYNOTE
Defends Administration in
Home City of Talmadge,
His Bitter Foe.
Complete text and
photos on Page s.
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press staff Correspondent

United Press STAFF Correspondent
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. %
President Roosevelt, in an in
direct but forceful reply to
New Deal critics, told 10000
persons today that lavish gov
eminent spending was over
and that the nation could
look forward with assurance
to a decreasing deficit"
Political observers took his speech
as an outline of his party's cam
paign stand m next years national
election, and therefore, as his most
important public utterance OF re-
cent months.
He spoke before a throng that
damned Grant Field, stadium OF
the Georgia School of Technology.
part of a home coming day cele-
bration arranged by the Georgia
congressional delegation in his
honor in which approximately ESQ.,
600 persons took part. Because ne
spoke in the capital of Gov. Eugene
Talmadge, one of the bitterest of his
critics and a possible rival for the
Democratic nomination, his speech
| took additional political significance.
While he mentioned no individ-
ual in his opposition by name, his
references to conditions when he
took office three years ago were
frequent and often pointed, and
their pointedness in reference to the
recent criticisms of his immediate
White House predecessor. Herbert
Hoover, was unacceptable. He devoted
some time to pointing out the inn
proved condition of farmers under
the New Deal Mr.. Talmadge has
been a leading critic of his agri-
cultural program.
Expects Decreasing Deficit
"As things stand today" he said.
land in the light of definite and
continuing economic improvement,
we have passed the peak of appro-
priationS: revenues, without the inn
position of new taxes, are increasing
and we can look forward with as
surance to a decreasing deficit.
The credit of the government Is
today higher than that of any other
great nation in the world, in spite
of attacks on that credit made by
those few individuals and organiZa-
tons which seek to dictate to the
Administration and to the Congress
/ how to run the national treasury
and how to let the needy starve."
His speech was all embracing, an
accounting of a stewardship since
March 1888, he pointed to
economic, social and agricultural
| gains.
He announced that on Wednesday
the government had transferred
1925. 900 parsons from the dole to
work relief and that the small re-
naming number have received
orders to report to work on projects
already under way or ready to start"
Relief Critics Are Assailed
This, he said, constituted sue
cessful realization of his work-re-
I lief program TO end this business
of relief" and had been accom-
/ plished although week after week
-. some individuals and some
! groups careless of the truth and
! regardless of scruple, have sought
/ to make people believe that this
/ program was hopeless failure and
/ that it could not possibly succeed"
Il can realize that gentlemen in
well-warmed and well-stocked clubs
will discourse on the expenses OF
government and the suffering that
/ they are going through because the
government is spending money for
work-relief." he said.
L wish l could take some of these
men out on the battle line of human
necessity and show them the facts
| that we in the government are fac
ing. If these more fortunate Amer
leans will come with me, l will noe
only show them the necessity for the
expenditures of this government. but
/ will show them. as well, the def
mite and beneficial results We have
attained with the dollars We spent.
Some of these gentlemen tell
me that a dole would be more eco
nomical than work relief. That Is
true. But the men who tell me that.
have, unfortunately, too little con-
tact with the true America TO realize
that in this business of relief We are
dealing with properly self-respecting
Americans to whom a mere dole
outrages every instinct of individual
independence.
Most Americans want to give
something for what they get.
That something, in this case honest
work, is the saving barrier between
them and moral diSintegration. We
propose TO build that barrier nigh"
Mr.. Roosevelt pointed out that
under the Hoover Administration
\ the government debt rose from a
little over II billions to Il billions