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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21

Home sweet Home M wEAF.
Edward MacHugh IN WIZ, WIRE.
e;so-Know Your Music wFBM.
Along the Volga fCl.
Mystery Chef IN wEAF.
Iooay's Children tNl WIZ.
Edith Karen M WLw
Harry Reser's Or. WIRE
s:4S-David Harum NJ WIZ. WIRE.
Mountaineers tCl.
Betty Croker IN wEAF.
Livestock Reports WLW.
IN Maurice Brown (C) wFBM.
IL Happy Jack IN wEAF, WIRE
Honeymooners M WIZ.
Singing Neighbor WLW
1o:i5-Helen Trent lC).
Pete Mack, M wEAF. WIRE.
Jacob Tarshish (M) wLW.
Home Lighting WFBM.
l0:2o-Eroadway Mirror wFBM.
10:30-Mrs. Farrells Kitchen WFBM
Just Plain Bill (Cl.
Dance Band Revue WIRE.
Stumpus WLW
Betty Moore M WEAF.
Army Band IN WIZ.
10:45-Rich Mans Darling (C).
sweethearts of the Air (N) WEAF,
Broadway Cinderella wLw
II Voice of Experience (C) WFBM.
IL Gene Arnold (N) WEAF, WIRE.
Simpson Boys lN) WIZ.
Virginians WLW.
l1:15-Musical Reveries (C) WFBM
Honegboy and Sassafras IN WEAF,
Homespun CD WIZ.
Tom, Dick and Harry tM) WLW.
II :3o-Mary Marlin (C) WFBM
Farm, Home Hour WIRE.
Science Club IN WEAF
National Farm Hour M WIZ.
Livestock Reports WLW.
1l:45-Five Star Jones (Cl wFBM.
National Farm Hour IN WIZ,
WLW.
10 -Noon-Mary Bakers Album WFBM
LIZ Frank Dailey's Or. tCl.
Farm. Home Hour (ContinuedJ
News IN wEAF.
National Farm Hour (Continued)
IN WIZ, WLW.
12.1S-Hoosier Farm Circle WFBM
Mitchell Schuster's Or. (N) WEAF.
12:3o-Julian woodwortks Or. (C).
Kiwans Club M WEAF.
Dorsey and Daley (Cl.
Dot and Will (N) WIZ.
Barnes and Lawson WLW.
Inlaws WIRE
International Broadcast M WEAF.
I Radio Committee Awards fCl.
Radio Committee Awards M
WEAF WIRE. WIZ.
Nature Stories WLW.
Four-Part Fancy WFBM.
115-Shakespeare WLW.
News WFBM.
1so-school of the All, (C) wFBM..
Parents and Teachers IN WIZ.
Rosa Lee (N) WEAF. WIRE
l45-Don Pedro's IN WEAF WIRE.
Art Appreciation WLW.
. Afternoon Recess (C) WFBM
Forever Young (N) WEAF.
Rochester Civic Or. (N WIZ,
Molly Of Movies M, wLw.
2:1s-Ma Perkins (Nl wEAF, WLw
2:30-Student Federation (Cl WFBM.
Vic and Sads IN WEAF, WLW.
2:45-Gogo De1ys (cl wFBM
O'Neills tN) WEAF. WLW.
Cub Reporter WIRE.
9 Curtis Institute (Cl wFBM.
Womans Review IN WEAF WIRE,
Betty and Bob (Nl WIZ. WLW.
3:15-Backstage Wife IN WIZ, WIRE.
Mary Sothern tMl WLW.
S;So-How to Be Charming (N) WIZ,
WIRE.
Girl Alone IN wEAF.
Forever Young IN WLW.
Breasted Memorial (C) WFBM.
3:45-Tea Time Tunes WFBM.
Clyde Barrie (C).
Grandpa Burton IN WEAF.
News and Financial Notes WLW.
Manhatters (N) WIZ, WIRE.
A Tune (Continued) WFBM.
International Broadcast (C).
Concert Hour IN WEAF
Jackie Heller IN WIZ, WIRE.
Toy Band (M) WLW.
Wilderness Road (Cl WFBM.
Jack Armstrong WLW.
Harry Kogen's Or. (N) WIZ.
4:30-Indiana Central Program WFBM.
Jack Armstrong co.
Rose Room Melody WIRE.
Twin City Foursome (N) WEAF.
Singing Lady IN WIZ. WLW.
4:35-Willard Singers WIRE.
4:45-Goldbergs tC) WFBM
Top Hatters IN WEAF, WIRE.
Orphan Annie M WIZ, WLW.
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Best Short Waves
TUESDAY

LONDON-5 D. m Recital Of
French-Canadi dian Songs. esd, ass m.
BosTON-s p. m. Mixed Quartet.
W1XAL, 49.s m.
LONDON-6;lo .. m. Dance Music.
esd. ass m.
cital. FAC, 3o5 N.
BERLIN-7:so p. m. German Mas
tiers of Song. DIG. 4es M
SCHENECTADY D. m. Span
ish Musical Program. w2xAF. 514 m.
CARACAS-7:45 D. m. Venezuelan
Song Contest. YV2RC. SIT m.
LONDON-8:5o p. m. Talk. esd.
ass m.
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to air the announcement at
l tomorrow, with WIRE broad
casting 1t locally. Awards are
to be given to the best pro-
grams featuring serious and light
music, the outstanding nonmu-
steal series, the best children's
educational programs.
Wendell Hall, NBC-WJZ at Ills
each week day morning, has been
broadcasting since 1921, but not I'M
til last week did his two sons see
their daddy broadcast.
Not long ago their mother took
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-21
Psychologist, Feminine Lawyer,
Scheduled for Lectures Today,
Tomorrow Over Station WIRE
Founder of National Law Association;
Orchestra Also Entertans.
BY RALPH NORMAN

TALENT ordinarily available largest and weathiest
daily
Macdonald who pede NBCWEAFs Womans Radio
which WIRE through Friday
afternoon Joseph Jasrow psychologist discuss THE Psychic
Mystery
Women Lillian
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TUESDAY

4
Tea Time Tunes WFBE.
4 Medical Association M WEAF.
WIRE.
Chick Webb's Or. IN WIZ.
Wise Crackers M WLW.
Jimmy Farrell tCJ.
415-Jack Armstrong WLW.
Wilderness Road (CJ WFBM.
Albert Payson Terhune IN WIZ.
4:30-Jack Armstrong tC).
Dansante M WEAF, WIRE.
Singing Lady M WIZ, WLW.
Bohemians WFBM.
4:45-Orphan Annie M WIZ. WLW.
Goldbergs Co WFBM.
: -Benay Venuta (C) WFBM.
- News Flashes WIRE.
Flying Time IN WEAF.
News IN WIZ
Johnsons I'M WLW.
5:O5-Minute Men M WIZ.
5:15-Eohemians WFBM
News of Youth lC>.
Hymn Sing NJ WEAF. WIRE.
AniIna, Closeups M WIZ.
Jimmy Mattern WLW.
5:30-School Sketches WFBM.
News tC) IN WEAF. WIZ.
Pioneers WIRE.
Harry Richman WLW.
5:35-Basebal Resume tN) WEAF.
Frank and Flo IN WIZ.
Alexander Cores tC).
5:45-Andre Carbon WIRE.
Billy and Betty IN WEAF.
Lowell Thomas IN WIZ, WLW.
Renfrew (Cl WFBM.
c Len Riley WFBM
" Myrt and Marge tC).
Easy Aces IN WIZ, WIRE.
Amos m Andy (Nl WEAF. WLW.
6:15-Moneak Ensemble Co.
Tony Russell IN WIZ.
Edwin c. Hill lN) WEAF, WIRE.
Bring You LONELINESS WLW.
Ford Revue WFBM.
6:30-Kate Smith (C) WFBM.
Fred Huffsmith IN WEAF. WIRE.
Lum and Abner IN WIZ, WLW.
6;40-Dramatic Skis WIRE.
6:45-News WFBM
Boake Carter (C).
Jimmy Mattern WIRE
Your Government M WEAF.
Dorothy Lamour IN WIZ.
Time Turns Back I'M WLW.
r Lazy Dan (C) wFBM.
Leo Reismans Or. IN WEAF,
Crime Clues IN, WIZ, wLw.
7:30-Ken Murray (Cl wFBM.
Wayne Kings Or. (N) WEAF,
Edgar 4. Cues M WIZ, wLw.
Q Caravan tCl wFBM.
. Vox Pop IN WEAF WIRE.
Ben Bernie IN WIZ. wLw.
6.30-Warings Pennsylyanians (C)
WFBM
Fire Chief Program tN) WEAF,
WIRE, WLW
James A. Reed IN WIZ.
n Parties at Pickfair (Cl wFBM.
y Peace Campaign IN WIZ.
Eddie Bowling IN WEAF, WIRE.
Onl Serenade WLW
9:15-Bob Nolan's Or. WLW.
9:30-March of Time (C) WFBM
Rubinoff WIRE.
Jimmy Fiddler IN WEAF.
Uncolved Mysteries WLW.
Music America Sings M WIZ.
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Member stations and kiliocycles Of the
network are:
BC-wEAF-wEAF tSse). WIRE 140o).
wLw 1000. wTAM 1890. wMAQ ts'o)
and wsM $500.
NBC-wJZ-wJZ t6eo). WIRE tl4oo),
wLw 1000. wENR ts7o, WIS tsio).
WMAQ 6.0). and wSM $500.
BS-wABC-WABC 1907, WFBM
u230). wOwo (l160). and WBBM t5s0).
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WOMEN'S REVIEW BRINGS ACE TALEN
LOCAL AND NETWORK DIALS

Authorizations: N-National Broadcast
ing Co.i C--Columbia Broadcasting sys-
TEN; Mutual BroadcastinE Co.; Or
Orchestra.
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of American freedom. Also on the
program are to be Mrs. Franklin
ID. Roosevelt and several other
persons prominent in national af-
fairs. AT GAS (the speech
makers hour NBC-WJZ will air
a talk by Col. Theodore Roose-
welt, and CHS (WFBM) will give
time to Senator Robert r. Wagner
OF New York, who will discuss MS
housing bill which now is before
Congress.
With promised broadcasts of
television programs from the EN-
pire State building, New York
City. by RCA, delayed from May
! to the latter part of June, ex-
perimenters received a setback
more serious than technical diff
culties last week when one of the
staff, Harry f. Lawrence, was
killed. Current had been turned
off, but electricity remaining in
a condenser, an estimated 5000
volts, caused almost instant death.
He is televisions second victim. a
Britisher last year having met
similar fate.
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ID Ado FUTURES - Network
Al pro. ms are to change sun
day to l., light Saving Time,
coming to listeners here an hour
earlier than now. A number of
programs will change to entirely
different periods. CHS is to
make 10 broadcasts from the
Queen Mary during her maiden
voyage beginning May 81.
Andre Kostelanetz, directing
45-piece dance orchestra, is to be
heard on CHS beginning May /.
80. Freddie Rich has been signed
for Your Hit Parade on CHS
opening May 2. .. NBC networks
are to broadcast several sessions
of the Virginia State Choral Fes-
tival May and 2. Bryan Field,
Bob Trout and Hugh Conrad are
to be at the CHS microphone for
) the Kentucky Derby May 2.
vi Vic niA1CcllCIl SCdSOii, Vic LII
Edwin Frankie Goldman band con-
CertS in New York parks are to be
broadcast this summer by NBC.
n
Both broadcasters and listeners
are interested in the Women's
National Radio Committees an
nouncement tomorrow afternoon
of five programs judged best of
the season now ending. Both
CHS. NBC-WEAF and WIZ are
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When there is no listing for q station
at quarter and half-hours, its preceding
listed program Is on the air.
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WEDN ESDAY

A. M.
c Family Prayer (M) wLw.
6:1s-Morning Devotions WLW.
6:3o-Chuck Wagon WFBM.
Organ Reveile tC).
Pollock and Lawnhurst (N) WEAF.
Bill and Jane IN WIZ.
Rise and Shine WLW.
6:45-Devotions WIRE.
Marc Williams nv WEAF
Yoichi Hiraoka IN WIZ.
News Flashes WLW.
r EARLY Birds wFBM
Oleanders tCl.
News Flashes WIRE.
Spareribs IN WEAF.
Devotions IN WIZ.
Chandler Chats WLw.
7:15-On the Air Today (C).
News M WEAF
Betty Gould IN WIZ.
Dance RHYTHM WLW,
Reveille WIRE.
7:20-Bluebirds tC).
7:25-Consumers' Guide tC) (N) WEAF
7:30-Richard Maxwell co.
Cheerio IN WEAF. WLW.
Musical Clock WIRE
7:45-Fred Skinner tCl.
Landt Trio IN WIZ.
Q Dear Columbia &C. WFBM.
Q Musical Clock (Continued) WIRE.
Old DR.. Jim (N) WEAF.
Breakfast Club M WIZ.
Joe Emerson WLW
S:l5-Streamliners IN WEAF.
Getty Moore WLW.
8:30-Way Down East WLw.
Women's Place co. WFBM.
Tuneful Tick Tocks WIRE
8:45-News WFBM.
Montana Slim fC)
Organ Recital M WLW.
Around the Globe WIRE.
q -Rambles in Rhythm (C).
News IN WEAF, WIZ.
Kings Men WLW
Hollywood Highlights WIRE.
Globe continued WIRE.
9;05-Peace Campaign (N) WEAF.
Vic and SADIE M WIZ.
9;15-Bob and Rennie (C) WFBM.
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The Times is not responsible for in
aecuracies caused by last-minute pro-
gram changes by stations.
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9:45-Rep. Hope (N) wEAF.
Strange AS 1t Seems WIRE
Senator Wagner (C) WFBM.
Republican Dinner IN VIZ.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

And the American worker
faces today the possibility of
that ruinous rise in the cost
of living which comes from in
flation of currency and credit.
1t is a law of our social order
that a bureaucracy grows by
what it feeds upon. Once a
government starts on a career
of waste it finds itself unable
to stop. A government once
embarked on a policy of sub
sides and gifts must maintain
itself by further subsidies. For
a people faced with this situa-
tion there is only one answer,
and that is to install another
government.
The American people must
pay for their orgy of extrava-
gance. There has been much
talk about soaking the rich.
To the plain man, working hard
for a limited wage, soaking the
rich seems an easy arrange
ment for meeting the cost of
government. In practice it
does not work out that way.
There are laws of economics
and mathematics working here,
and these laws operate to
limit the soaking of the rich.
Beyond these limits, taxing the
rich destroys wealth anG CAPT
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Continued from Page u

Continued from Page IL
ernment bent upon squandering
the nations assets can offer no
prospect of human betterment.
The present Administration, he
added, lis too expensive a luxury
to continue four more years"
Conceding the capitalist system
is not devoid of defects, Candi'
date Knox defended it as having
given the American worker the
highest wages in all history. He
added:
"The man who would tear
down this marvellous system,
when there is no equally pro-
ductive system to replace it, is
an enemy of his country.
81 want to see in the future
a real Share-the-wealth develop
ment. 1 want to see an increaS-
ing share in the profits going
to the workers. 1 want to see
this come about. not by any
suicidal scheme of destruction
but by an extension of the own
ership of corporation shares by
the workers."
Colonel Knox was loudly ap-
plauded when he declared:
what the American people
got (frOm the Roosevelt admin
istratiOn) was three years Of
continuous economic vaudeville.
In the words of the theatrical
press agent, it has been stu
pendOuS and colossal. 1t has
been the most prolonged and
the most expensive amateur
hour in history. In November
the American people will give
all these performers the gong"
The vice presidential nominee
drew another outburst of enthusi-
asm from his listeners when he
charged:
This primrose path Of gov
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

1t was a long spree aud there
was lots Of breakage. And
our American people are now
aware of the size of that bill.
They want to make it as small
as possible. They do not want
to see it increased.
And that is the reason they
want change Of administra-
tion. AS the experiments of
1888 failed, the present Admin
istration became frenzied and
hysterical. 1t adopted the fatal
policy of pouring good money
after bad. Its policy finally
degenerated into a general pro-
gram of squandering its way
out of its difficulties.
Let's look briefly at some of
the aspects of this bill incurred
in the past three years, which
the people must pay. There is,
first of all, the Federal debt.
When the present Administra-
tion took office in March, 1888,
the Federal debt was 81 billion
dollars. Today it is more than
81 billion dollars. Three years
Of Federal activity have added
II billion dollars to the burden
of Federal debt.
That is $ll0 for every man,
woman, and child in the coun-
try. That new load has been
added to a debt of $3.50 al
ready outstanding. A baby
born today will start life with
a debt of $500 on his shoulders.
If this stupendous increase
in the burden of debt had been
forced by the failure of Gov
ernment revenues, it would
have been excusable. If the de-
preston had reduced Govern
ment revenues from taxation
to the vanishing point, it would
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Living Costs Up
= Years of Economic
Farce Hit BY Knox

ernmental Squandering leads
only to disaster. The steady
progress of natural recovery is
hampered by the burden of
taxes and ShadOwed by the fear
of initiation. The road of his
tory is Strewn with the wrecks
of nations engulfed by waste of
the peoples money"
He further pointed out that un
der the all-time high public debt
of $4,000 million dollars, a baby
born today must start life with
a debt of $3.50 on his shoulders.
Colonel Knox concluded with a
fervid plea which stirred his
hearers to a vociferous demonstra.
ton when he declared:
go out and fight to win
West Virginia for our cause in
November. But go out with the
understanding that the fight is
not only for the Republican
party, but for the whole nation"
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

tai, reducing investment, re-
ducing production, and reduc-
ing wages.
No administration before the
present Administration has so
paraded its love for the plain
people, especially around cleo
ton time. But the figures on
taxation do not confirm this
affection.
In the year 1880, under the
Republican administration, in
come taxes and corporation
taxes, which come generally
from the well-to-do, totalled
two and a half billion dollars,
while the taxes on consumers,
the hidden taxes paid by the
wages of the people, were less
than one and one-half billions.
In the year 1885, under the
present Administration, the in
come and corporation taxes
had fallen to less than one and
one-half billions, while the
taxes on consumers had
doubled to two and one-halt
billions. The share of the bur
den of taxes borne by the in
come of the people has risen
under the New Deal from 30
per cent to 60 per cent. Ny
authority for this statement is
the President of the United
States
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Profits for Workers

| want more than that. |
want to see in the future a
real share-the-wealth develop
ment in this land. | want to
see an increasing share in the
profits of this SYSTEM going
to the workers. | want to see
this come about, not by a
suicidal scheme of destruction,
but by an extension of the
ownership of corporation
shares by the workers.
Unseen and unnoticed, this
process has been going on a
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

grown from one-seventh to
more than One-fourth of the
nations income.
This primrose path of gov
ernmental squandering leads
only to disaster. The steady
progress of natural recovery is
hampered by the burden of
taxes and shadowed by the
fear of initiation. The road of
history is strewn with the
wrecks of nations engulfed by
waste of the peoples money.
The Roman republic col
lapsed under the weight of
taxes. The French revolution
was set alight by the rebellion
of an over-taxed people. The
American revolution was the
result of long-smoldering re-
sentiment of unjust taxation.
The money wages of the
American worker have risen
since 1882, from the progress
of natural recovery. But as his
money wages have risen, so has
the cost of living. The price
of the city workers food has
risen 20 per cent under the
New Deal. The cost of his
clothing has been increased IS
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
u. 5. Army Transport
Takes 1900 Recruits

NEW YORK.-The United
States Army transport Republic
has sailed from the Brooklyn Army
Base at Fifty-eighth Street, carry
ing 1900 recruits from New York
and other Eastern cities for ser
vice in the Panama Canal Zone
and the Hawaiian Islands. Brig.
Gen. Duncan K. Major, jr., for
merly in charge of CCC activities
for the War Department in Wash
ington and now en- route to assume
command of the Twenty-first In
fantry Brigade at Schofield Bar
racks, Hawaii. was among the Of
ficers sailing.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Taxes COnfiscdtOry

To many people, 1t seems a
just and feasible arrangement
to pay the expense Of govern
ment from taxation Of rich
and powerful corporations.
Here again there a"e limits
set by forces beyond The con-
troll of government. When cor
porations are taxed beyond
reasonable limits the burden
falls, not upon the stCckhold-
ers, but upon the general pub
lie. Confiscatory taxes on cor
porations results in the de-
struction of assets, and this
means higher costs for goods
and lower wages for the
workers.
Last year in New England,
the largest cotton mill in the
world closed down for good.
Seven thousand workers were
thrown out of work. There
were various causes of this un-
happy affair, but taxation was
a major element.
In our American society,
there should be no anUagoniSm
between the worker and the
stockholder. Our capitalist
system rests on the corpora
ton, large and small. This
capitalist system has grave de-
fects. There are inequalities
in it. But it has built the
greatest productivity in the
history of mankind. 1t has
given the American worker
the highest wages in all his
tory.
The man who would tear
down this marvellous system
when there is no equally pro
ductive system to replace it
is an enemy of his country.
| want to see our economic
system purged of its injustices.
| want to see it preserved for
its benefits.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

better housing. In another
ring, we have had Mr.. Wal
lace, in his famous disappear
ing act, in which he makes food
and clothes disappear before
the eyes of the people. In an
other ring we have had Mr..
Morgenthau, with his famous
juggling and balancing act, in
which he juggles the dollar
while trying to balance the
budget.
1t has been the most pro-
longed and most expensive
amateur hour in history. In
November, the American peo-
pie will give all these perform
erS the gong.
Ills Blamed on War
1t has been a grand show.
But the people have grown
tired of it. There are not
enough breathing spells be-
tween the acts. 1t costs too
much. The people have grown
nervous. watching the glitter
ing balls juggled in mid-air.
Too many have been broken.
Even the Democrats are walk
ing out on the show.
Some cynic has said that re-
publics are ungrateful. Another
has said that the people have
short memories. But the
American people do remember
the promises made to them in
1882. They were promised an
orderly and economical gov
ernment. For a time, they
we're led astray by the Pied
Pipers of economic expert
ment. In their distress they
approved economic quackery.
For a time, they were dazzled
by the pinwheels and the rock
cts of New Deal fireworks.
But they were nor fooled
permanently. They know now
the economic truths that put
to shame the extravagances of
the present Administration.
The past three years have
given the American people an
invaluable demonstration Of
elementary economic princi-
Piles. These truths may be
harsh, but they are valuable.
The lesson may be expensive,
but it is worth the cost.
One of the truths is that a
world depression cannot be
cured by economic tricks. De-
pressions grow out of morbid
and diseased conditions in our
economic system. TIE world
depression of our time was not
caused by the mistakes of
business men or financiers or
farmers. 1t was caused by the
dislocations of war, followed
by unnatural conditions in
trade and currencies.
Such situation cures itself
by wiping out the diseased
conditions. A political admin
istration that pretends to be
able to end a world depres-
sion by economic slcight-of-
hand is a hypocritical admin
istration or an ignorant ad-
ministration, and America does
not want either kind.
Debt StUpendOus
The reckless experiments
have ended in failure and dis
aster. The wreckage is all
about us. There remains only
TO clean up the wreckage and
pay the bill. 1t is large bill.
The Washington times., 1936-08-14

have been necessary to face
deficits to meet the costs of re-
lief and the ordinary expenses
of Government.
But there is no such excuse.
This weight of debt has come
from waste and extravaganza
and costly experimentation
above and beyond a cruel
pressure of taxation. Last year
the receipts from Federal taxa
ton were just under four mil
lion dollars, nearly half
billion more than they were in
t he abnormally prosperous
year of 1929.
While the national income
has been falling to the lowest
levels known for a generation,
the taxation of the people by
the National Government has
been steadily increasing. The
debt load of 'the people has
been increasing while they
paid current taxes higher than
they have ever borne except in
time of war.
Figures are dull things, but
the story of a nations down
fall can sometimes be told in
figures. In 1929, in the midst
of an unparalleled prosperity,
the nations income was so bill
lions of dollars. In that year
of plenty, the cost of govern
ment in America, Federal and
local, was II billion dollars.
Living Costs Up
Last year, the national in
come was about SO billion dol
lars, and the cost of govern
ment in the United States was
more than Is billions. In the
space of six years, the cost of
government in this country has
The Washington times., 1936-08-14
Costly Vaudeville

What the American people
got was three years Of con-
tinuous economic vaudeville.
It has been a grand show. In
the words of the theatrical
press agent, it has been stu
pendous and colossal.
In one ring we have had Mr..
Ickes. with his famous illusions
act, giving the people illusions
Of permanent public works and