Evening star., 1936-06-25

tecttve theory. The plank as it stands
represents & compromise"
World Court Declaration
Opposed by LAndon.
Fifth-In 1892 the Republicans
adopted declaration favoring the
United States joining the World Court
and boasted that Presidents Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover had urged that
course. The Cleveland platform pledges
that the United States shall not be-
come member Of the World Court.
Candidate Landon opposed the declar-
alton. Again quoting Mr.. White:.
Gov. Landon over the telephone this
morning asked that the abandonment
of the World Court be reconsidered.
His request was almost unanimously
rejected"
This bit Of convention history dis
closes that the Platform Committee
in the convention doubted whether
the candidate would carry out the
platform and that they sought to bind
him by the unusual charge made In
advance that If he failed to do so his
action would constitute breach of
private honor and Of faith.
It has been shown that the candi-
date Of the Republican party proposed
. platform declaration in favor of
reduced rates, which was rejected.
The Cleveland platform declares for
the repeal OF the reciprocal tariff law
and for an. embargo on live stock.
dairy and agricultural products.
Under the reciprocal tariff law
there have been negotiated various
trade agreements which have had the
effect Of stimulating our foreign COM
merce without materially interfering
with our domestic trade. To repeal
this law and impose embargoes will
virtually mean the end Of our foreign
commerce. American ships will rot at
their docks and our vessels will dis
appear from the seas. Under the Re-
publican policy surpluses will con-
tinue to pile up in the home market
to the ruin of American producers.
The Republican platform declares
for the immediate balancing of the
budget without additional taxes, bv
simply reducing expenditures. This
suggestion Is intended to attract tax
payers. No one close to the leadership
Of the Republican party regards the
proposition as practical in the imme.
date future. The Roosevelt admin.
lstration has balanced the budget ex-
cept as to extraordinary expenditures.
and the question is whether unem-
ployment relief expenditures shall be
discontinued in order to accomplish
what we all desire to be done as speed
lily as possible, namely, establish COM
plete balance between revenues and
Government expenses.
The last session Of the Congress,
with the approval of Republican men,
bers, authorized approximately $780,
000. 900 to be expended for flood con-
troll, the expenditure to be spread over
a period of years.
Balanced Budget Means
Termination Of Relief.
In addition, there have been a bill
lion and a half dollars appropriated
for work relief during the fiscal year
1887. These and other items keep the
budget out Of balance for the present.
To balance the budget promptly would
be to terminate at once all relief. Is
this desirable? Do the American peo-
pie wish to deny all assistance arom
the National Government to workers
who are out Of employment and who
cannot secure engagements from pri-
vate industry?
A comparison Of the income tax,
the excess profits tax, alcoholic liquor
and other miscellaneous internal rev.
enue, exclusive of the agricultural ad-
justment tax, for the first six months