Evening star., 1935-05-02
BRITISH RECOVERY
CITED BY ALLEN
Kansas G. o. P. Leader Hits
Roosevelt Program in
c. of c. Address.

In a speech patiently aimed at the
Roosevelt administra ton. but which
did not mention it by name, Henry J..
Allen, Kansas Republican leader. last
night compared before the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States the
recovery programs of this country and
Great Britain, to the advantage of
the latter.
That Great Britain has attained a
recovery which. for the present, leads
the world. there can be no doubt. ="
said the erstwhile Governor and Sem
ator, who is friend of Herbert
Hoover. in an address at the chamber
banquet.
Great Britain has balanced her
budget, provided for her relief. ard
l.. seeing a substantial reduction in
her taxation. There is no indication
of anything of that sort in this coun-
try"
For the first time since President
Roosevelt took Office, the dinner. an
annual event held at the Auditorium,
had no word from the White House.
Cause Not Explained.
There was nothing to indicate
whether this was due to the lombard
ment to which the Roosevelt recovery
program has been subjected in the
chamber sessions or the fact that. as
one business leader said, Mr.. Roose-
welt had not been pressed at length
for message.
Three and half years ago Eng
in which we find ourselves at this
hour" Allen told the business men.
The Socialist government held a
large majority in Parliament, and
talked naively about the unimpor-
tance of an unbalanced budget. These
Socialist leaders answered the uneasy
objectors to an unbalanced budget
with superior scorn and then added
amendments making it still easier to
live of the Treasury without work.
"They increased the extravaganza
OF the relief program until Britain's s
credit broke. France began gold with
drawals, there was a flight from the
pound. and the abandonment of the
gold standard became an economic
and fiscal necessity.
Then the world saw the most en-
couraging transition in the history of
democracy. The British right and
center wheeled into line to protect the
credit of demoralized nation against
the further extravaganza of the radical
left wing. -
The new Nationalist government.
which came in three years and half
ago. had as it's first objective the bal
ancing of the budget. The budget was
balanced by the old-fashioned method
of economy and self-denial No new
leadership arose to tell them 1t could
be done by the magic of greater spend
ing"
Flexible British Tariff.
Coupled with this. Allen continued,
is the English tariff policy. "Once
tariff was an obscene word in England.
he amplified, today the tariff con-
sciousness is about where it was in
this country in the days of William
Mckinley and the steel plate industry.
The English tariff is the last word in
f1exibility. Its trading provisions are
not made subject to any favored ma
tion'S doctrine. 1t is trading tariff
for direct and immediate results upon
particular commodities. -
I'm addition to this, England has
been developing protected consumers
market. and the increase in her lighter
industries due to the sudden establish
ment of this policy has amazed Eng
land"
He cited as third cause for pros
perity there the housing activities.
THE chief comfort one brings away
from England" Allen said. "is the
realization that with problems in
nearly every respect similar to those
of ours. and with the same social
foundations, she has found her way
into clear light of common sense
and common democratic endeavor."