Nogales international., 1936-06-13
Example Of Kerby And Some Other Thing!
prescott Courier)

WnIe Other asp1rants for office broadly have
been limiting that they are economically minded and
eectd to post of trust this year. will save all they
of public funds, Secretary of State Jams H. Kerby
has grabbed the bull by the and shown the voters
what he can do. He suddenly dismissed every empoye
of his office and set in to do the work himself and
according to late reports from the state capital able
to perform his duties efficiently and WE'LL with plenty
of time for lunch It is said that when he was asses
sor of Greenee county, he did the same thing never
botherng with assistants This late gesture of his as
suredly ought to gain him additional support from
the electorate if he didn't lop off expenses until
quite recently.
The example set by Kirby should be followed by
the rest Of the state and county officials in Arizona
There is reason why considerable money not be
saved by the in the offices functioning along
lines OF toll. It might become widespread urge for
economy and reach Washington, where great deal
Of good could be DONE Such reminder to the big
political guns could halt them in seeking to evade the
issues which leaders of both parties probably will at
tempt to do this year, as in previous campaigns
And like those of the state, national issues this
year are not simple things that be met by plain
yes-or-no answer. Each calls for definite, de-
tailed reply. explanation of underlying philosophy
fortnight that there can be no misunderstanding
It, And it is going to be very easy to seem to make
such answer without actually doing anything of the
kind
Consider, for instance, the much talked of mat
ter of balancing the federal budget candidate will
arise and declare flatly that he believes in balancing
the budget On the face of it, perfectly plain and
unmistakable stand. But who in heavens name does
not believe in balancing the budget? Unless the
speaker tells precisely how and when he aims to bal
ance the budget, he has expressed pious hope and
nothing more
Well, he will say. II favor balancing the budget
by reducing needless federal expenditures aboishng
unnecessary bureaus, and cutting down the army Of
federal employees" Again, that sounds very definite
but unless the speaker goes to cite chapter and
verse he has said nothing Of the slightest Importance
Ut course he believes in reducing needless ex-
pendltures and firing needless workers as Kerby has
done. Who doesn't? The point s which expenditures
does he consider needless? Which bureaus are "un-
necessary? Which departments are cluttered with SUI
perfluous employees, and how many Of them does he
propose to get rid Of?
Go on from there. A speaker will beat his breast
and declare that he stands for the expansion of Am
ericas foreign trade Fine; so does everyone He has
said any 2ing unle goes to show precisely how
he would expa1i it?
He will declare himself in favor of labors right
to the exercise Of collective bargaining; does that
mean anything unless he tells just how he would in
sure that right? He will dacaim for sound currency
does MS declaration mean anything unless he ex-
plains exactly when and how he would anchor the
currency to gold?
The point o all this is that "How?" is going to
be the al-mportant question of this campaign More
thar e7c~ before, it viii be necessary for the stump
speaker to answer t. Simply to say II favor" will
not be nearly enough
Fer the people generally want pretty much the
same things: economy in government, restoration of
property the el-d Of unemployment, balanced bud