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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31

Senator StelWer, FeIIoW ClIA-
Zens:
You have heard the eloquent
words of that stalwart states
man from our sister State of
Oregon, Senator Steiwer. You
have heard him convey to me
the official notification Of my
nomination by the Republican
party for the high office of
Vice President of the United
States. You have heard his
clear call to all citizens to join
in a crusade for sound govern
ment in America. You have
heard his friendly and flatter-
ing references to me.
It becomes my privilege and
my duty to accept this call to
service. I am deeply conscious
of the personal honor that has
been conferred on me by the
Republican party. I am deeply
conscious also Of the response
bility that rests on me to bear
this honor worthily. But I am,
above all, conscious Of the OPP
portunity for service.
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government efficiently and eco
nomically, it should be con-
demned and rejected by the
people.
This endless succession Of in
references and experiments
was inaugurated under the de-
ceptive slogan of a New Deal.
This policy of government by
guess, officially explained by
President Roosevelt as founded
on a philosophy of try-any-
thing-once, was initiated under
the title Of economic planning.
No one Of its proponents has
even been able to define the
New Deal or to explain what it
is aimed at or where it is GO
ing. No one of them has been
able to make clear what the
economic plan is.
1t began with a proposal for
a belt of trees in a territory
that nature had decided should
not have trees. 1t is ending
with the use of public funds to
conduct classes in tap dancing.
No one can explain the New
Deal, or economic planning,
but everyone knows what came
from it. The major measures
were the NRA, the AAA, the
PWA, the CWA, the WPA,
and devaluation Of the dollar.
Such measures are not new.
They were old in history be-
fore America was discovered.
They failed in Babylon and
Rome and England centuries
ago.
Not one Of these New Deal
measures is mentioned in the
1886 platform of the Demo
cratic party.
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to meet its responsibility for
the orderly, economical and i'm
partial administration Of the af-
fairs of the nation.
More than three years ago
t he present Administration
took command Of the American
Government. No adminiStra-
ton in the history of the ma
ton has had so glorious an
opportunity.
The country had already be-
gun to emerge from the bottom
pit of a grievous world depres-
sion, caused by a calamitous
World War.
A sore and wounded nation
needed pathetically a wise and
far seeing government. The
millions of stagnant enterprises
needed only the encouragement
of sensible Government policies
to take renewed life.
A stricken agriculture needed
only the encouragement Of
sound agricultural policies and
wise legislative assistance. The
timid beginnings of renewed in
vestment needed only the en-
enlargement of sound laws Of
banking and credit.
The spirit of American en-
terprise, discouraged by van.
ished markets and reduced con-
sumption, needed only the en-
enlargement of economy and
moderation and helpfulness in
government.
No administration in our his
tory since Lincoln's time has
had so grand an opportunity
to lend aid to a distressed
people.
The present Administration
in the winter of 1888 had just
one immediate responsibility to
meet. That responsibility was
to promote the little flame of
recovery that h a d begun to
burn in the summer of 1882,
before the blessings Of a New
Deal were even imagined.
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Began Work Early
In Michigan TOlDn

Even above and beyond my
profound appreciation of the
honor and the responsibility
that have been given me is my
appreciation of the opportunity
to serve not only my party,
but my country.
It is customary in acknow-
Judgments of this kind to avoid
personal reference.
Tonight, I am going to de-
part briefly from that custom.
! am a working man. / have
always worked. I began to
work as q small boy in a
small town in Michigan.
Throughout my life l have
followed one guiding prin-
ciple.
That principle was to do as
best I could the job that lay
before me. That principle car
ried me into life and work in
a fine New England town. It
took me into the service of my
country in two wars. 1t brought
me to my work and my home
in the great city Of Chicago,
the metropolis of a great State
in a great Middle West en-
nire.
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nizes that changing social and
economic conditions call for
increased Federal activities.
But it always insists that such
new activities shall be legal
lied by proper constitutional
amendment. 1t always will.
1t approves the horse-and-
buggy method of changing the
Constitutions, and it disap-
proves a philosophy that laughs
at the horse-and-buggy method
and wants to use only the
buggy whip.
1t condemns the abuse of
Federal power to invade local
rights. 1t does not believe in
putting a New Jersey pants
presser in Jail for charging
less than the amount dictated
by a board in Washington.
It disapproves government
of men instead of a govern
ment of law. 1t prefers a gov
eminent guided by constitu-
tions to a government guided
only by caprice.
The Republican platform Of
1886 lays down in simple Ian
guage the program Of Federal
regulation and legislation to
which it commits itself on
many issues. Where the spe-
cific program is not definitely
outlined the details will be
presented in the coming cam
paign.
On certain matters Governor
Landon made the issues clear
in his telegram to the Cleve-
land convention. In his &C.
ceptance speech one week ago
he presented specific policies
in reference to other impor-
tant issues.
Whatever concrete measures
the Republican party has in
mind will be presented to the
voters before election, not af-
ter. And whatever measures
the Republican administration
may urge upon Congress, not
one will flout the Constitution
Of the United States.
Not one will violate the OBJ
legation of contracts. Not one
will break a promise.
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'.NGtiOn at Mercy
Of ErperimenterS

I have already said this is
no ordinary campaign. On the
mere issue of efficiency in ad-
ministration the present Gov
eminent stands convicted Of
failure. But there is a larger
issue, an issue that goes to the
heart of American life. 1t is
the issue of the kind of eco
nomic system the American
people will live by.
For more than three years the
economic life of the country
has been at the mercy of a
crew of amateur experiment
ers, hacking at the vitals of
American industry, agriculture,
commerce and finance.
Driven by a fanatic impulse
to shape our economic struc-
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People Want Order
In Economic Life

As Al Smith has expressed
it, the American people do not
want a dictator, not even if
they could get a good one.
Here we have the issue that
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Glorious Opportunity
Missed By Foes

In every election the people
must decide whether they shall
say: "Well done, thou good
and faithful servant"
In this first and ordinary is
sue the present Administration
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Has Not Kept
Faith of Nation

1t has not kept faith with
the nation. 1t has not fulfilled
the duties of its stewardship.
On this one issue, that it has
not conducted the affairs Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-31
Hits RECOMMENDATION
Of Industry

The present Administration
had just one job to perform.
That job was to carry out a
program that would enable
American enterprise to put 12,-
100000 unemployed back at
work, 100000 men and
women workers who were the
unhappy and helpless victims
of world depression f o r
which this nation was not re-
sponsible.
The present Administration
had just one moral obligation
to keep. That obligation was
to fulfill the solemn promises
Of economy a d moderation
with which it lured the people
in the campaign of 1882.
How did it meet that respon-
sibility? How did 1t do that
job? How did it keep that
moral obligation?
From the day that it took
office it embarked on a series
of hysterical experiments on
the economic life of a burdened
people.
At a time when universal CO.
operation was a necessity it
initiated a campaign Of abuse
a n d vilification Of business
men. At time when the credit
of the country should have been
strengthened it inaugurated a
policy of credit adulteration
and currency experiment that
demoralized foreign trade and
frightened domestic finance.
1t set up a system of regi-
mentation of industry that re-
duced production and pre-
vented reemployment.
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ture to their fantastic designs,
they have usurped the powers
Of Congress, insulted the au-
thority Of the courts, invaded
the powers Of Congress and in
vaded the powers Of the States.
AS one experiment after an
other has ended in ignominious
failure or reputation by t he
courts, new experiments have
been attempted, from laws to
put producers Of potatoes in
Jail, to proposals to cut Flor
ida in two.
Driven to desperation by
failure, the present Admins
tration undertook to gamble
with fate.
Realizing that recovery was
inevitable, in time, it under
took to overcome the depress-
ing effects Of its experiments
by an artificial prosperity to
be created by the squandering
Of public funds.
1t is now a race between the
exhaustion of Federal credit
and the coming of natural re.
covery. It is a race between
initiation "a nd the revival of
normal business activity.
Major Experiments
Haze Failed
The fundamental issue is now
clear. We know the New Deal
means Federal control over To-
cal business, over local bank
credit, over local wages, over
local conditions Of work.
It leads to Federal regimen
tation Of the labor, the bust
ness and the home Of every
American citizen. It leads to
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pLACC-AAAAuS nhu pAVNuSOAOAA'
control by Federal authority.
It leads inevitably to the ex-
tinction Of the small business
man, to the end of free enter
prise in America.
There is no halfway house
in which American enterprise
can take shelter. The coercive
control of bank credit leads
unavoidably to control Of in
vestment, and that leads to
the end Of competitive indus
try and free enterprise.
The country must choose be-
tween the RECOMMENDATION of the
economic life of 130.0O0,000
people by politically appointed
Federal bureaucrats and the
continuance Of the American
system of free enterprise I'M
der a Government Of constitu-
tional powers.
It is not a question whether
Federal RECOMMENDATION Of the
economic life of a great nation
can be successful.
It is the verdict of history,
from Diocletian in Rome to
Mr.. Roosevelt in Washington,
that no one man can success
fully guide the course Of in
dustry for a great nation.
Experiments Ended
As Failures
ALI the major New Deal ex-
periments have ended in fail.
ure and economic loss. There
are known and true principles
of economic life. There are,
for that matter, competent
economists, if you will look for
them outside Of Washington.
There are limits to the abil-
ity of government to regiment
the economic life Of a people.
When it blindly passes these
limits, it does not encourage
industrial production; it de-
stroys it.
Such interference always en-
counters a drought or some
other force beyond the control
even of a New Dealer
There are limits beyond
which Federal RECOMMENDATION
should not go, even if it could
be efficient. When it passes
these limits it destroys per-
sonal initiative and individual
liberty. The American people
do not want Federal regimen
tation Of their economic ac-
Invites even if it could be
efficient and fair.
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PEOPLE WANT RECOVERY
NOTRHET0R|C, HE AYERS

CHICAGO, July 80 (U.S).-Col. Frank Kmor, IN Gc-
ceptmg the Republican vice presidential nomination here
tonight said:
Senator Sewer Fellow Citts found wanting 1t has failed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
Three-Minute Journeys

One Of the high spots Of Luxen1-
burg, and one beloved by artists,
is Echternach with its small wind
ing streets, quaint houses and its
famous dancing procession. II
you like quaint costumes and Gus
toms that match, then you should
enjoy Echternach. Then there
are Berdorf, Beaufort, ConSdorf,
and HoSingen, all different, yet all
strangely alike. The surround
ingS are lovely, the atmosphere
essentially peaceful and simple.
the people fiercely prideful OF
their own individuality and
nationality despite the fact that
Germany, Belgium and France
impinge on the frontiers Of Lux
emburg.
Larochette is a pretty district,
as is Dierkirch, the hospitable cen.
ter Of touring in the toy grand
duchy. Ettelbruck, the gate Of
the Luxembourg Ardennes, is really
lovely, tranquil and idyllic. From
there it is a short jump to MerSch.
a peaceful little town, nearby the
raviShingly beautiful valley Of the
Alzette with its fields Of roses and
its beflowered villages. The whole
Alzette district Is q veritable fairy.
land.
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Luxembourg

There Is scarcely q country
more easily reached than the
grand duchy Of Luxembourg. Yet.
it is astonishing to find so many
travellers quite familiar with
Europe, who have never thought
of crossing the frontier OF Bel
GUM, France or Germany into
the romantic little country.
Situated in the virtual center OF
Europe, it is possible to get to
Luxembourg in a few hours from
Amsterdam, Paris, Cologne or
BRUSSELS. In fact, it is so easy
of access that the traveller hardly
ever realizes that he has actually
crossed a frontier. For there are
none Of those worrying fomalitieS
that mark most boundaries, nor
are there annoying visits from the
customs. The Introduction to
Luxembourg is a pleasant prelude
to this toy grand duchy.
It is a pleasant surprise to find
that within the brief dimensions
Of Luxembourg there is an immense
variety Of scenery. To the north,
are the wild Ardennes with their
magnificent horizons with valleys
enclosed and severe or delicately
green and lovely.
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Marry-GO-ROund
Bv Helen ROIULG1ld

lposed Of women could easily
change that to Pay Wives Allow
anceS. Or Pay Women Alimony.
It would all depend on whether
the wives or the ex-wives pre-
dominated.
F. r. A., in the opinion Of the
average man, stands for Father
Eules Always, but it wouldn't take
long for a few logical femmes to
prove to him that it stands for
Father RuleS-ALMOST. Or that
F. H. A. does not mean Father
Has Attractions, but means
Femmes Hold Authority.
A. A. A. may vaguely stand for
Autonomy, AbSolutiSm and Au"
tocracy in the hay masculine
mind. But it might just as well
be translated as Additional At
tention on AnniverSarieS-and give
the women a break.
While the women are at 1t,
they might Just as well do things
thoroughly and add a few more
brand new codes for femmes. Such
as N. M. B.-No More Budgets.
Or N. B. A. o. H.-No Blondes
After Office Hours. And G. o. M.
Coli Only Monthly. And A. F.
K. H.-A Few Kisses on Holidays.
Copyright. 1895. BY King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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NEW CODES FOR FEMMES

NEW CODES FOB FEMMES
B. the time that all the current
codes" have been either o. KID,
discarded or declared unconSt1tu-
tional, the women of the country
may have found a way to use the
alphabet to their own advantage
and to establish few new codes
exclusively for femmes.
So few people know what the IN.
itials of the present codes stand
for that we could use practically
the same arrangement of letters
and they would mean just a.
much, and perhaps a little more
than they do now, to most Of us.
MIRA, for instance, n light
mean No Run Around. And that
would be q New Deal for thou
sands Of patient wives, who have
been keeping the home fires burn
ing for q chance for revolt fol
years.
C.C.C. might be interpreted to
stand for lots Of things, the most
vital and appropriate, at the
moment, being Come-acrosS,with
Christmas Cash. Or Christmas
Calls for a Check.
Lots Of men have always been
under the impression that P. w. A,
means Papa Wants Adventures
But Q good strong lobby com
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-03
Cut Government Costs
By James T. Williams, Jr.

city charter-0ne In 1927 and
the other in 1933-bOth of
which embOdy the council man.
ager form Of government. Most
cities now operating under cOun-
ell manager government pat
termed their charters after this
model charter.
"In 1908 one city was Oper-
ating under thsi type Of gov.
eminent.
"NOw about one city in every
five with populations between
10000 and $4,000, one in every
four between $4,000 and 10000,
and one in five of over 100000
operate under the council man.
ager plan"
In other words, 436 cities and
eight counties in the United
States start the New Year under
the council manager plan of gov.
eminent. There are council man.
ager cities in SO States Of the
Union. ..
ENCOURAGING
And of the 6,251 cities in the
United States with 1000 or more
inhabitants, 3,471, or SIS per cent,
may adopt the council manager
plan without obtaining a special
charter from the State legislature.
Those cities with the intelli-
gence to adopt the manager plan
Of government are getting better
government than those cities
which are still ruled by pork bar
rel politicians.
The city manager communities
are wasting less and the cost of
government is in consequence less
than where the ox-cart system of
county and local government still
robs and opp 5eS the people to
enrich their political masters.
The most encouraging thing
about the spread Of the council
manager plan since 1914 is the
fact that it is, as Mr.. Ridley
truly says, indicative of a new
attitude toward municipal af.
fairs and is q distinct recOgni-
ton of the demand for trained
executive ability which planning
and directing the intricate pro
gram of modern municipal ad,
miniStratiOn require"
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During the new year just be-
ginning the American people will
be compelled by their political
masters to spend more than fif-
teen thousand millions Of dollars
on government alone-Federal,
State and local government.
No other nation in the whole
world spends anything approach
ing this vast sum.
No other nation wastes so much.
And no other people in the
world is so long suffering, so un-
duly patient under such an un-
necessary affliction.
The new year brings the en-
couraging information that the
American people in the year just
ended have been giving more and
more attention to this whole
question of the cost AMI structure
Of government and the ways and
means Of raising the standard Of
government cost.
What Is even more encouraging
Is the progress toward better
local government in spite Of the
awful waste Of Federal funds and
the rapid rise in the number Of
Federal agencies in the last two
years.
GROWING LIST
The best evidence that an i'm.
provement in local government is
actually under way is to be found
in the growth of the city manager
movement.
Clarence E., Ridley, executive di.
rector Of the International Man,
ayers Association, is authority for
the statement that geographic
cally and functionally" the city
manager movement "is extending
its sphere of influence"
He says further:
fourteen COVER m n t a l
unitS-citieS, counties, villages
have this year (1935) been add
ed to the growing list Of those
aiming at q Capitalization Of
administrative authority, with
its hOped-fOr attendant munich
pal economies,
"ThiS is the largest number
to adopt the plan since 1881.
"Since 1915 the National Mu-
nicipal League has issued two
revised -ditions of the model
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WHAT TO WEAR?

The proposal for formal night
session to hear the President is
agitating the matter Of what
the well-dressed man will wear"
There isn't much precedent fol-
what may happen tonight twill
happen unless some irate member
Of the House succeeds in block
ing the plan).
President Wilson delivered his
war message to night session
but the overshadowing events
kept everybody's mind off the
question Of dress.
At the war session, with cav
airy troops drawn up on the Capt.
toll Plaza, the most noticeable
thing about the costuming of the
membership was the wearing OF
small American flags by all Of
the members.
Now the members are wonder
ing whether, if they meet, they
should don formal evening re
gala, the less formal dinner coat
or the ordinary congressional at
tire-the sack suit.
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tom and spoke shortly after noon.
But they realize also that the
decision to set another precedent
gives them a fine talking point
for the campaign.
Representative Hamilton Fish
and Henry P. Fletcher, chairman
of the Republican national com.
mittee, followed up the Presi'
dents announcement within a
few hours with their attacks, thus
getting the Republicans just
about as much, If not more, pub.
licity out Of the stunt than the
Democrats.
The verbal onslaughts Of these
two gentlemen are just the
merest whisper Of the roaring
that will be heard from now until
November.
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A NEW GIBRALTAR

east of Suex look for the
history Of the world to be made
in the next quarter Of . CEN
tury."
Such is the advice I get from
an adventurer who has spent his
life in the Orient, and which ]
pass along to those who might be
interested in the historical cycles
in which our civilization moves.
I have an idea Sir Samuel
Hoare was looking east Of Sue
when he concocted with Pierre
Laval the peace formula for ETH
opia which his British brethren
would not have. He wanted that
mess cleared up and cleared up
quickly.
Quite a lot Of hard-headed
BritonS were with him and they
curse for fools the sentimental
Liberals who cannot look beyond
the provinces of Ethiopia TO India
Australia and the Pacific.
BIDE THEIR TINE
eyes," said my friend from
Mandalay, there's China, with
the japanese going through with
their intentions, come hell or
high water.
"They might ave been
stopped four years ago, but Eng
land wasn't ready then. She was
more concerned with getting q
deal with them on the manufac-
ture of cotton and the markets
than she was in getting behind
Henry StimSOn and his OppOSl-
ton to the Manchurian grab.
81 don't think anything will
stop them now, especially while
MussOlini carries on in Ethiopia.
You have to give the japanese
credit for one thing, they bide
their time. They know too well
the old principle Of divide and
conquer.
"You heard what that Ameri.
can newspaper publisher said
about the Philippines that
they couldn't maintain their
independence in view Of Japan
ese infiltratiOn. OF course, the
FilipinOs hOwled him down.
But I'm not so sure that he isn't
correct in his conclusion that
they'll have to come back to
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REAL NEED

The Supreme Court will suffer
no loss Of dignity through the
appointment of one Of its attaches
to serve as "preSS contact mar"
No one knows anything about
the Court and its workings will
confuse the newly designated con-
tact man with the horde Of
publicity peddlers now so preva-
lent in Washington.
But the services Of the contact
man will be a boon to the news
paper men who cover the doings
of the august tribunal and proba-
bly, will make for a more salts
factory handling Of the Courts
news.
That it has plenty of news and
will have plenty more no one can
doubt.