The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-31


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note in recognizing that many American M. I'D
voters favor SOME of the aims of the New Nh
Deal Many of us do not want to go back M
, to the evils of the past So he makes it clear W
that get recovery and reform, too, with 49,
out any radical revolution overthrow of "a
the Constitution. - lW
The governor however, does not pull his -
punches when it comes to the evils of the New #I
Deal. His criticisms specific and scathing. IS
He attacks its weak spots as follows:
. "Haphazard" policies 49,
Shifting schemes Lewis Hany
Confusion" of plans.
"Waste"
"Hysteria"
.o Violation of the Constitution.
x Breaking platform pledges
He says
But do condemn half baked legislation, maadmnistra
on and the dangerous shortcuts permanent change at
tempted In the name of emergency"
This makes his position critic sufficiently clear
Next let US examine his economic ideas:
He stands for policies which business recovery
ing that the greatest reform that could have
Says Landon
Business recovery offers more promise of employment
than thousand wildcat schemes"
de stands for simple direct relief Too little of the money
we appropriate gets to the needy because of and
tsanship. The WPA means pork barrel" relief
Says Landon:
we need desperately cheaper simpler and more re.
sponsble relief administration throughout the Union"
He stands for unemployment the only final solution o
the relief problem saying:
Employment, not aid, is our larger problem"
Says Landon
"The cinching proof of the New Deals failure is that
almost out of work today there were
when it first set up shop in 1888"
He public finance first last all the
time.
Says Landon Political mistakes be corrected "bu if
unsound financial program coupled with them, the nation
faces destruction"
And he tells what he
I'VE exhausting capital on useless projects"
s. On money, he says little which is to be regretted But
he does say this:
There be revival of confidence in national credit
confidence in the soundness u the dollar.
balanced budget and homey housekeeping in Government
certainly do not go with juggling and
initiation.
The governors political philosophy is made clear
He stands for the light of experience rather than blind
And he stands for evolution instead of revOu
ton He knows that change does not always prog
ress He believes in the constitutional form Of government
of Orderly national existence, security, and in
divdual liberty
Very sensibly Governor Landon says that first job is
to rid Of the abuses Of the Roosevelt Administration He
dea however Of what his would be-
follows:
l. Enforcement of the Constitution
2 Direct relief, efficiently administered
g. Protection for old age.
4. national soil conservation program.
Protection in the shape of tariff equality for the farmers
g. and better civil and abolition of the spos
system.
7. research department to collect facts not admin
lister theories.
g. General economy and efficient government housekeeping
This program needs Qualification and development No
policies concerning money and labor" indicated The
meaning of the "od age plank is indefinite The tariff
plank is difficult and tickish.
On the whole, it good speech, and appeals to
middle class citizens who constitute the great majority of