Evening star., 1935-11-07
common SENSE"
URGED BY LAND0N
Kansas Governor Condemns
Government Experimental.
ton and Warns of Debt.
~ the Associated Press.

ton and Warns of Debt.
~ the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, November Gov.
ALI M. Landon of Kansas, Repub-
lican, who has been mentioned as
leading possible contender for MS
party's presidential nomination, as
verted last night the Nations greatest
need Is sound common sense admin
lstration."
He condemned experimentation In
government, urged a 'pay-as-you-go'
policy of government financing. and
warned that increasing public debt
burdens would hamper later genera
tions.
AN innovation may be backward
step" he said.
Addresses Chamber Of Commerce.
Landon and Gov. Harold G. Hoffmau
of New Jersey, also a Republican, ad-
dressed the Ohio Chamber of Com
merce. Hoffman attacked "cult Of
preachers, private and political, whose
text, whether they know it or not. Is
the destruction of America for the
benefit of other nations" :.
The Kansas Governor asserted 1T
Is the obligation of leadership to say
yes to some proposals and no to
others in manner that will not throw
the country into jitters."
He warned against fascist innova-
tions, citing foreign countries where
civil liberties have been yielded in re-
turn for economic security. without
gaining economic security"
The country is beginning to learn
that government cannot change its
style as easily and with as little
effect as men and women" said
Landon. LET us put experience, that
greatest teacher of all, back on our
governmental faculty.
The major task ahead, in the
main, Is not more laws or more pro-
grams, or more experimentation, but
sound common sense administration
Hopes for End of Relief.
Every right-thinking person sin
cerely desires to see the need for re-
lief to the unemployed speedily pass
away. Until that time comes 1t is
reasonable that the Government
exert its powers to prevent suffering.
There is no reason, however. why
We should not attempt to accomplish
this as far as possible on a pay-as-
you-go basis. Certainly an in
creasing public debt burden left by
us to our descendants will lessen the
ability of succeeding generations to
meet their emergencies"
Partial Text Of Speech.
The partial text of Gov. Landon's
speech follows:
The Chamber of Commerce is
worldwide institution, but think
of it as typically American. 1t is
the American spirit in action.
expressed by deeds, not words; I
believe that the instinct to stand
on our own feet is part of the
American character which in these
days of distress holds more SUBJ
stantial promise of our regenera-
ton in spirit and substance than
our physical resources, our great
productive capacities, and govern
mental plans combined.
have been asked to tell you
tonight something OF what we
have done in Kansas during the
past few years in the way Of eco
nomical and effective government.
We have tried, and I believe we
have, in a measure, succeeded by
observing some of the fundamental
homely teachings of experience. 49,
cd iv,
unusual it is only because the type
Of government which the citizen
has a right to expect has become
the unusual in day of theory
and experimentation. What. We
have done in Kansas is what
sensible family does in the face
Of reduced income. We have cut
out the frills We have maintained
essential services, but at minimum
cost. We have insisted that every
dollar buys more. not less, of
government We have tried to run
all departments of government on
business principles and by busi-
ness methods.
Says Government Unable
The surest way either an indi-
vidual or a State learns is by ex-
perience. We all admit that our
modern Industrial state is COM
plicated, and far from the simple
structure of our founding fathers.
But does the fact that we have
changed and grown make it wise
- bHv ~f 1,4
which the wisdom of our fore
fathers charted for us, not out
Of theories, but out of the stern
and bitter realities Of economics
and craftsmanship. The country
Is beginning to learn that govern
ment cannot change its style as
easily and with as little Ill effect
as men and women.
If the wind rips the roof of a
house out in our country, We don't
tear down the walls also, and
abandon the whole structure. We
put on q new and better roof
Strengthening those parts which
We have discovered to be weak.
Similarly, we must not abandon
what remains of our American in.
stitutions or jeopardize the re-
mainder Of our freedom simply be-
cause an economic storm has
devastated our Nation and shaken
confidence. Rather let us replace
what is destroyed. rebuild what is
torn away, and in so doing
strengthen our structure in every
way that experience can suggest.
That Is common sense, horse sense
as we say in Kansas. Let us be
certain that we are making only
those changes which are real i'm
provements-changes dictated not
by wishful theory, but by the stern
teachings of experience. Let US put
experience, that greatest teacher Of