The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-08
Governmental Expenditures On Decline Declares
President Roosevelt In Budget Message To Congress
Afiirms Balance Assured for 1888; Bust
ness Conditions Continually ImprOv-
ing; PayrOlls, Farm Prices Rising

has been restored and Industry
has been able 70 finance It's long
term requirements on q favorable
basis. The rights of labor are
being m materially advanced
through operation Of the Nation
al Labor Relations Act.
ESTIMATE FOR RELIEF
plan TO submit al a later date
an estimate Of appropriation for
additional relief for the fiscal
year 1888, which ! hope will not
exceed the amount Of $1,537, 123,-
900, previously mentioned. This
hope Is based on the assumption
that industry will cooperate In
employing men and women from
the relief rolls In larger numbers
than during the past year. Many
of those in charge OF industrial
management, recognizing their
obligation to the nation, have
furnished large measure of en-
ployment TO the jobless. Today,
while 1t Is true that in some Sec
tiOns Of the country certain types
of skilled workers are still seek
ing employment, IL Is neverthe-
less fact that the great major
ity Of those now receiving relief
below to the unskiIled group. 1t
is my conviction that IL every
employer or potential employer
will undertake during the next
six months to give employment to
persons now receiving government
help, the national budget can
thereafter be kept definitely in
balance. without such cOopera-
ton on the part of employers,
the question Of q balanced budget
for 1888 must Of necessity remain
an open one. for the very good
reason that this government does
not propose next year, any more
than during the past four years,
TO allow American families to
starye.
BALANCED BUDGET IN 1899
To continue the gains we are
making and 70 accomplish in the
1889 budget a complete balance
between receipts and expenditures
including debt reduction. we must
now lay the groundwork Of our
future fiscal policy.
While relief expenditures should
decline with greater re-emplOy-
ment, the normal growth Of the
country naturally reflects itself In
increased costs Of government.
Many Of the old functions and
duties of government naturally
cost more as the industrial and
agricultural activities to which
they are related expand in vol
umc. The cost Of new functions
and duties can be substantially
reduced only by curtailing the
function or the duty.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
propose shortly to submit TO
Congress a broad plan for placing
the executive branch of the gov
eminent on a sounder and more
responsible basis Of management.
The carrying out Of such a plan
will undoubtedly result In some
saving In expenditures; but 1t must
be remembered that what Is gen.
orally known as overhead repre-
sents only a small fraction Of total
expenditures in any large business,
government or private.
Expenditures must be planned
with view to the national needs;
and no expansion Of government
activities should jbe authorized I'M
less the necessity for such expan-
sion has been definitely deter
mined and funds are available to
dcfray the cost. In other words,
II new legislation imposes any
substantial increase In expendi-
lures either in the expansion Of
existing or the creation Of new
activities, 1t becomes a matter Of
sound policy simultaneously to
provide new revenue sufficient to
meet the additional cost. The sue
cess Of such policy can be as
sured only through the full and
friendly cooperation Of the Con-