Evening star., 1936-07-05
VANDENBERG FIRES
bLASTAT NEW DEAL
Charges "Vampire Bureauc-
raCy" Threatening Our
Rights and Economy.
ES the Associated Press.

ES the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. July A.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg opened
the Republican campaign in Michigan
today with the charge that vampire
bureaucracy" in Washington Is
threatening both our rights and our
economy"
Vandenberg predicted at an Inde-
pendence day rally that traditional
Democrats" would unite this year with
Republicans in fighting a common
enemy, the Roosevelt party. which
mocks the American system that was
proclaimed on our Fourth of July,
and which aims at collective society
controlled from Washington"
The end of States rights and Of
home rule is queer contribution to
masquerade in the purloined name OF
Jefferson's memory" the junior Sen
ator from Michigan said.
Hits at Platform.
Discussing the phraseology of the
Democratic platform, Vandenberg
said that "in announcing so-called
self-evident truths" the platform
builders entirely overlooked some of
the pertinent truths that are particu-
larly self-evident today"
For example, it is a self-evident
truth that when the Roosevelt party
promised in 1882 to reduce Goernment
proceeded instead to spend as much
in three years as the Government
spent in all the 124 years from Wash
ington to Wilson, it is convinced of
such gross deception and such wanton
disregard of its obligations that Moth
ing it now promises is worth more
than the scrap of paper upon which
the promise is written.
Points to Dangers.
1T is equally self-eyident that
we are headed either for taxation that
will sink every mothers son of us or
We are headed for initiation or repudia-
ton, or both, which will ultimately
wreck every savings account, every
life insurance policy and every other
thing of value possessed by any man,
woman or child under the flag" he
said.
Challenging the assertion he at
tributed to Frank Picard. Michigan
Democrat, who seconded President
Roosevelts nomination at Philadel-
phia, that "RooSevelt's economic pol
icies have been the stimulant that
put the States automobile industry
at thn hnod Of tho in ho
organized march to the return of a
permanent and stable prosperity, "
Vandenberg said:
IF it is meant that the outpour-
ing Of prodigal Federal funds, which
have yet to be repaid. temporarily
provided some purchasers for cars. it
may be partially true. But this has
nothing to do with a permanent and
stable prosperity any more than we
got real prosperity in the last dec
ade out of building up Europe's power
to buy our goods by lending billions
to Europe, which Europe never has
repaid.
Cites Auto Industry Program.
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our great Michigan automobile in
dustry has spectacularly and cour-
ageously led the recovery parade by
completely reversing the Roosevelt
economic creed. That creed calls
for higher prices and restricted pro-
duction =. Yet it has been
by reducing costs. while still increas-
ing wages and by producing better
product in greater volume at cheap
er price that the automobile industry
he's led the recovery parade.
Michigan is the living proof that
Roosevelt scarcity economics are false
and faulty. They must be abandoned
If America is to survive its present
hypodermic prosperity and gain the
r2turn of a permanent and stable
prosperity"
Vandenberg said he estimated that
5 per cent of all Federal taxes are
paid by Michigan residents and busi-
ness firms. He said he figured that
Michigan would have to contribute
Sl,0O0,000000 to pay its share of the
total funds appropriated by the last
Congress for various purposes.