Evening star., 1936-10-10
Landon Speech Promises Balanced Budget
Candidate Says Reckless Spending Will Wreck u Unless
StOpped.

There are the expenditures classi-
fed as relief.
Now the fact of the matter is
that since the N. r. A. was kicked
out there has been q substantial
recovery in this country. Yet in
spite of this, relief expenses keep
right on increasing.
At the present time we are SPEND
ing for so-called relief at the rate
of So, 500, ,0OO, 900 a year. or 81. .500,-
100000 more than in the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1884. And still. in
spite of all this spending. the ad-
ministration has not redeemed its
pledge to give every man on relief
q job.
Now obviously there Is something
wrong here. Everybody knows
what it is. A lot of the money
spent In the name of relief has
nothing to do with relief. And
lot of the money has been wasted.
Budget Can Be Balanced
II Waste Is Eliminated.
II am elected there will be an
end to this spending of relief funds
for other purposes. There will be
no more wholesale waste and ex-
travagance. And there will be
efficient administration OF our pub
lie affairs. That Is how the budget
can be balanced-how it can be
balanced without reducing by q
single dollar the necessary pay
ments to those actually in need.
The Federal Government has
become a vast sieve through which
taxpayers money is being poured
in constantly increasing volume.
Never in the history of govern
ment has there been such profii-
gate spending. Any one at all
familiar with what has been going
on could almost count on the
fingers of one hand foolish expert
ments the Government could cut
out and save at least a billion dol.
lars any time it wanted to.
What can ultimately be accom-
plished in the way Of reduction
it is impossible to determine, since
detailed figures are not available.
and future commitments are un-
revealed.
But I mean to balance the
budget. And I am not going to
take four years to do 1t. With q
reduction in Government expendi-
lures, I am convinced there will
be such a rebirth of confidence that
we will have q real recovery-the
kind of recovery that means re-
employment. That. in turn, will
not only reduce expenditures fur
ther, but will expand Government
income
Change in Administration
Essential to Relieve Burden.
If the family incomes OF this
country are to be relieved from
this intolerable burden-if the
specter of imitation and bank
ruptcy is to be set at rest. change
of administration is absolutely i'm
imperative.
Election-eve repentance will not
do. The give-me-another-chanc
plea will not serve. No matter how
sincere the good intentions Of the
present administration may be,
they can never be translated into
an effective program OF economy.
Cannot Start Economy
For Fear Of Angry Votes.
The reasons for this are OBJ.
vious, an administration which
starts a policy Of spending for
spending's sake, dares not stop
it. An administration which creates
a multitude of new ofiices, which
embarks on all manner Of new
ventures, which spends money to
keep itself in power, dares not
risk the angry votes that would
result from economy.
Today, our various governments,
Federal, State and local are taking,
through taxation, almost 20 per
cent Of the national income. One
fifth of the average income OF
every man, woman and child in
this country goes to the cost OF
government-$1 out of every IS.
This is altogether too much. But
even this is not the whole story.
In addition, they are spending
enormous sums obtained by bor-
rowing. When this borrowing Is
added to what Government taxes
from us in taxes, we find it Is
spending 80 per cent Of the ma
tional income, or $3.50 out of every
IS.
In the matter Of borrowing,
the Federal Government is the
outstanding offender. For every
dollar the Federal Government has
received since March. 1888. it has
spent 81.
Debts Must Be Paid
Out of Sweat Of Labors.
This Is an appalling situation.
It cannot be casually tossed aside
as the President attempted to do
at Pittsburgh last wesk-with the