Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26

as q legislator. and finally as Gov
ernor for eight long years, signed
more progressive legislation In the
interest of men, women and chill
dren than any man in the State
Of New York.
And the sin Of this whole thing.
and the part of it that worries me
and gives me concern, Is that this
haphazard hurry-up passage Of
legislation is never going to accom-
plish the purpose for which it was
designed. And bear this in mind.
Follow the platform: Under
Estate laws" here is another one:
I'VE promise the enactment OF
every constitutional measure that
will aid the farmers to receive for
their basic farm commodities prices
in excess Of cost"
Proposal to Have
A. A. A. for Each State.
Well, what is the use Of talking
about that? Promise every con-
stitutional measure" The Supreme
Court disposed Of that within the
last couple Of weeks, and according
to the papers the other day some
brilliant individual has conceived
the idea Of how to get around the
Constitution. We are going to
have 10 A. A. AS, one for each
State.
The day that the United States
Supreme Court decided that case
I left my Office to attend a meet
ing Of q board Of trustees Of .
hospital downtown that I am inter-
ested in, and as I stepped into the
taxicab the driver was reading the
extra: Supreme Court declares
A. A. A. unconstitutional"
We rode along for few minutes
and we got about three blocks from
my office and We got caught by
red light, and the taxi driver
turned around and looked at me
and said, Governor. amt there
any lawyers in Congress any
more?"-
Just then the light changed and
I was afraid to answer him for
fear I might disconcert him: But
I was already to say, Eyes, son.
but they don't function"
We have got another plank!
I'VE advocate strengthening and
impartial enforcement of the anti
trust laws" What happened?
Why, the N. r. A. just put .
gas bag on the antitrust laws
and put them fast asleep and no
body said anything about it. I
don't KNOW whether they are good
or whether they are bad, but I
know they didn't work.
Another one: I'VE promise the
removal OF government from all
fields Of private enterprise except
where necessary to develop public
works and national resources in the
common interest"
N. r A., q vast octopus set up
by Government, paralyzing big
business and choked little business
to death.
breathing Spell" Origin
The Prize Ring.
Did you read In the papers q
short time ago where somebody
said that business was going to
get q breathing spell? What Is
the meaning of that? And where
did that expression arise?
Ill tell you where 1t comes from.
It comes from the prize ring.
When TIE aggressor Is punching
the uead OF the other fellow he
suddenly takes compassion on him
and he gives him q breathing spell
before he delivers the knockout
wallop
Here is another one: I'VE con-
denim the open and covert resist
ance of administrative officials to
every effort made by congressional
committees to curtail the extrava-
giant expenditures Of Government
and improvident subsidies granted
to private interests" Now. just
between ourselves. do you know
any administrative oticer that has
tried 70 stop Congress from ap-
propriatins money Do you think
there fAs been any desire on the
part Of Congress to curtail appro.
priattons2
Why. not at all. The fact is that
Congress threw them right and
left-dicn t even tell what they
were tor, The truth, further. Is
that every administrative ofiicer
sought t. get all that he possibly
could IN order to expand the &C
Invites Of his own Office and throw
the money Of the people right and
left.
And as to subsidies-Why, never
1T any time In the history Of this
or any other country were there
80 many subsidies granted to prt-
vate groups, and on such huge
scale.
The fact Of the matter Is that
most Of the cases now pending be-
fore the United States Supreme
Court revolve around the point OF
whether or not 1t Is proper for
Congress to tax Ill the people %
nay subsidies to . particular group.
Heso . another one: we con.