Milford chronicle., 1936-09-25

Il making the following reply to th
hundreds Of kilograms and letter
! received BY me soliciting my vote /
favor Of, or against what is know
as the Economy Bill.
'The powers given by this bill {
the President are dangerous power
and all the more dangerous becaus
they are sought and given at a tim
of great public distress and excite
ment.
Every thoughtful person realize
the serious condition Of the finances
of the government. They realize al
So that drastic reductions must b,
made in order to balance the income
and expenditures. The administers
tion insisted that this is the only
way that it could be done. AS dan
! gerOus as l believe the legislation to
be to our form of government.
was unwilling to refuse to do that
which the administration insisted
was necessary to be done. For that
reason voted in favor of the bill.
at is my belief that the admins
tratiOn will be fair with the provis-
ions relative to pensions for veter-
ans and that, therefore, the estimat-
ed savings on veterans legislation
will be reduced by at least fifty per
cent"
Senator Hastings after receiving
an ovation brought laughter when
he said:
81 have come to the conclusion
could not any more have kept out of
this fight than Roosevelt can keep
his promises"
The Senator also brought laugh
ter when he said, they're telling all
sorts of stories about me, relative to
accepting the Republican nomination
for reelection. They say I was paid
to keep out of the race but l didn't |
get any money; they say I was paid |
to get in the race, but still l didn't |
get any money, and now they say
I'll be paid to get off the ticket and |
that If elected intend to resign"
However" he continued, when l
how desperate this New
Deal is to win in Delaware and the ?
nation, I understand these stories. 4
In order to win believe they would
take the shirt off your back and all
your clothes and leave you naked"
Another sally that caused laugh
ter, was: "SOme people say they
can't win without me and can't win
with me. don't know what the
dickens to do"
Explains Pension Vote
"I don't really know why the poor
people should be against me-" Mr..
hastings continued after saying he
lad been told several classes in
,luding the poor, the laboring class
IS, the war veterans and the railroad
nen opposed him. Lord knows l
AVE been in a class with the poor
or a good many years of my life"
Because l didn't shut my eyes and
10 everything they wanted me to do
own in Washington" the senator
aid he had been criticised by GER
ain groups. There is no reason why
he railroad men should be against
ne because l voted against the rail-
cad pension bill. I
81 voted against it because / said [
/ was unconstitutional and the Su- {
RENE Court said was right! (
1anted then and want now to do
verything that is fair and reason {
bic and for the best interests of all t
ne people and l think | was right e
] this case" g
Senator Hastings said in the case n
f the railroad pension bill there was 7
D much Juggling around" by ad- fl
leaders tacking on other b
ills, that it was impossible for him 81
, conscientiOusly vote for it, O
In defense of his having voted d
gainst the cash bonus bill Senator il
astings said he wanted to say mo S,
ian lives who has more sympathy m
)r the war veterans. had a nephew tt
illed who left a broken hearted G.
lother and have seen untold cases m
sorrow and misery coming out of a.
le war. If money would bring the G.
of boys back who died re
YER there and mend the broken it,
carts I would vote to give all the dc
illiOns in the world to the cause" hi
FaVOrS Aid To Disabled to
Senator Hastings said he stood co
illing to do all possible for the OF
sabled veteran and his family" He co
tinted out that the government had -
ted the veterans a full bonus to
paid off at maturity IN 1915 and nu
20 had provided them with a $1O,- Ia
0 life insurance policy and ap- oS
opriated millions for illness and ~
Mobilization. hu
Il say to every soldier, l am fight Otl
; so that when you are departed sta
I'M this earth that $4,000 in life Ha
iurance will be paid with ten
lusand honest American dollars
not with sixty cent dollars" the
re he pointed out that the RoOse- de,
t administration had devaluated hU
dollar to sixty cents. cei
Before this campaign is over" An
latOr Hastings said, Il propose to Ma
cuss frankly these same issues in sOT
ry part of Delaware and l tell you
en- the people come to know the 6.S
ole truth this shirt-tail crowd Pa.
Mt get 25 per cent of the vote" me
n introducing Mrs. Scranton, ocn
latOr Hastings said he was posi- jar
"the women of Pennsylvania see He
Ough Farley and the despicable sui
lgs he is STOPPING to do to win eeir
election in Pennsylvania. was tor
lzed at the recent nerve of Sen he
: Guffey of Pennsylvania in tell new
a Democratic State Convention are