Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

travagance to accomplish q saving
Of not less than IS per cent in the
cost of the Federal Government"
Well, now, what Is the fact?
No Offices were consolidated, no
bureaus were eliminated, but en-
the other hand the alphabet was
exhausted.
The creation Of new departments
and this Is sad news for the tax
payer-the cost, the ordinary cost,
what We refer to as housekeeping
cost, over and above all emergen-
cies-that ordinary housekeeping
cost of Government is greater to-
day than it has ever been in any
time In the history Of the Re-
public.
Another plank: 1--WE favor main
tenance of the national credit by
q Federal budget annually bal
anced on the basis of accurate
Federal estimate within revenue"
How can you balance a budget
If you insist upon spending more
money than you take in? Even the
increased revenue won't go to bal
ance the budget, because it Is
hooked before you receive 1t. What
Is worse than that?
We have borrowed. We owe
something. We have borrowed 80
that We have reached . new high
peak of Federal indebtedness for
all time
No Progress
To Show for Money.
Well, that wouldn't annoy me 50
very much ordinarily. When I
was Governor OF New York they
found a lot of fault with me because
I borrowed a lot Of money. That
wouldn't worry me If it solved our
problem and We were out of
trouble I would say, "Al right. let
'er CO." But the sin of 1t Is that
we have the Indebtedness and at
the enc Of three years We are just
where We started.
And the farmers and the farm
problem we still have with us. Now
here is something that I want to
say to the rank and file. There are
three classes Of people in this coun-
try-there is the poor and the rich,
and in between the two is what has
often been referred to as the great
backbone of America, that IS, the
plain fellow.
That is the fellow that makes
from 500 a month up to the man
who draws down five or six thou
sand dollars q year. Now, there Is
. great big army.
Forget the rich; they can't pay
this debt. If you took everything
they have away from them. they
couldn't pay it; they amt got
enough.
Now there is no use talking
about the poor; they viii never pay
1t, because they have got nothing.
This debt Is going to be paid BY
that great big middle class that we
refer to as the backbone and the
rank and file, and the sin Of 1t IS
they amt going to know that they
are paying 1t.
Indirect and Hidden
Taxation Foreseen.
It is going to come to them in
the form Of indirect and hidden
taxation. It will come to them In
the cost Of living, in the cost of
clothing. in the cost Of every activ-
ity that they enter into and, be-
cause it is not q direct tax, they
won't think they're paying it.
But take It from me, they are
eoipg to pay 1t.
Another plank: I'VE advocate
the extension Of Federal credit to
the States to provide unemploy-
ment relief where the diminishing
resources of the States make it i'm
possible for them to provide for
their needs"
That was pretty plain. That was
. recognition In the national con-
vention Of the rights Of the States.
But how was it interpreted?
The Federal Government took
over most Of the relief problems,
some Of them useful and most Of
them useless They started out to
prime the pump for industry in
order to absorb the ranks Of the
unemployed, and at the end Of
three years their employment af-
firmative policy Is absolutely moth.
ing better than the negative policy
Of the administration that pre-
coded It.
I'VE favor unemployment and
old age insurance under State
laws"
Now let me make myself per-
fectly clear 30 that no demagogue
Or crack-pot In the next week or
% will be able to say anything
about my attitude on this kind Of
legislAtion. am in favor Of 1t.
And I take my hat Oh to no man
In the United States on the ques-
ton Of legislation beneficial to the
poor. the weak, the sick, or the
afdicted, or women and children.
Because why7 I started out .
quarter Of century ago, when
! had very few followers in my
state, and during that period !
advocated. fought 1cr. introduced