White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-08-08
Townsendites
Enthuse Over
Yakima Rally
DR.. Townsend, DR.. Urling
Address Big Gathering
Tuesday q

Stating that the government must
create circulation of money ASA me-
dunn of exchange for use, and that
this can best be accomplished through
the two hundred dollar per month old
age revolving pension plan, DR.. F. E.
Townsend, originator of the plan, spoke
to large crowd of eastern Wash
ington residents at Yakima Tuesday
evening.
DR.. Townsend's address was preceded
by an afternoon and evening program,
featured by the speeches of DR.. Serge
Urling, fiery Spokane orator. Highlights
of the speeches were compiled by the
Spokesman from notes taken by Frank
Hensley and w. j. Jenkins.
Declaring that he was introduced to
this state thirty-three years ago on
a bronco, and is now riding a Demo-
cratic jackass and expects to break
him, DR.. Urling, who will celebrate his
54th birthday at Bellingham Sunday
condemned in colorful terms the peo-
pie who are opposing the Townsend
plan. These people, he said, amount to
but five per cent of the population
of the country, adding that the pro-
fessors cannot understand the plan, as
their jobs depend upon that attitude;
that others are attempting to put the
stamp OF radicalism on it; and that
the country is in it's death throes be-
cause of present conditions.
Assailing the present administration
for it's alleged efforts to starve out the
people, DR.. Urling remarked that DEM
ocracy and the Democratic party are
in no way related, and that the adj
ministration did not take the MIRA be-
fore the supreme court before two
years had passed because they were
creating a ten billion dollar debt to be
on our children for five generations.
Tribute to Townsend
Turning to the Townsend plan and
it's originator, the speaker said that
there were three crises in American
history, each developing great leaders
Washington Lincoln, and Townsend,
who will be known as the greatest
leader. He characterized Townsend as
the great emancipation and paid tri-
butte to him as q modern Moses.
Following the browning of the Town
send queen for the fourth congress
sional district in the evening, Dr.
Townsend was introduced to the gath
ering by Ralph Higgins, who acted as
chairman of the meeting.
Philosophy of Plan
Wasting no time with formalities
DR.. Townsend, who at no time referred
to notes, said that he would give the
philosophy of his plan and then an
swer questions regarding it. "The army
Of unemployed is here to stay" he
said. There are from eight million
to ten million persons who will never
find work again"
This condition was attributed by DR..
Townsend to the breakdown Of bust
ness following the World war. "Our
ability to produce ran ahead OF our
ability to consume" he said. Machines
produced superabundance of articles
while human hands were laid idle.
Banking interests became panicked,
called in their loans and restricted
credit. This resulted in the closing Of
factories and unemployment OF men
and women. AS unemployment grew, the
ability to consume decreased, and made
conditions more critical"
There are eight million persons in
the elderly class, which has been con-
sidered useless or parasitic class, he
pointed out. Some of these manage to
hold a job and make living, while
others are in poverty and must depend
J upon private or public charity.
1--WE demand that the government
cause all over sixty years of age te
be registered and receive two hun
dred dollars per month in order tc
circulate money among the common
people and make it a medium of ex-
change for USE"
Eliminate Poverty
Compulsory spending of 5000 month
by eight million persons will stimu-
late business, create demand for pro.
ducts and make jobs for eight million
young persons now without oppor.
tunities to work, he declared Price.
will rise and the salaries of working
persons gain with the greater turnoveI
in business, doing away with poverty
The two per cent sales or transac
ton tax advocated would strike equal.
on the small man and capitalist, de-
pending on the turnover of their trans
actions. He said business of the wa
period amounting to 1900 billion dollar
would be doubled and trebled in tn
boom to Townsend business. Rea