Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1938-09-16
MAKE U. S. SAFE
FOR DEMOCRACY
KEYNOTER'SPLEA

reductions, he said, the bonded in
q debtedness OF the State had beer
cut from $11.OOO.OOO to 100000.
Attacks Heavy Spending
Analysing New Deal principles
> that will not work." Senator Town
send asked:
How long can the country go on
with the government collecting over
six billions in taxes, spending addi-
tional billions Of borrowed money,
with over 100000 unemployed,
and with the farmer receiving the
low price he is receiving for his
farm products?
81 ask again-how long can this
situation continue before there is a
complete breakdown
He declared today there is no real
difference between the ultimate OBJ
jectiNes OF a true Democrat and
Republican"
He said the word purge" has be-
GENE IAN accepted part of the New
Deal vocabulary" and Democrats
and Republicans alike must agree
in advance to become handmaidens
of the New Deal or they are no lon
ger accepted as desirable partici-
pants in the business of American
government.
Not Wanted By New Deal
Just where does that leave the
millions of Democrats who have kept
their party intact as a major politi-
cal organization those past so years ?
The New Deal not only does not
want them, but actually seeks to de-
strOy them.
IF the axiom applies to a candi-
date for office, it must by the same
token apply to the millions of Dem
ocrats who do not agree with the
unwholesome philosophers of the
New Deal
Either they slawwOw this wanton
destruction of American institutions
in every detail. or they are ostra-
cized from their party. They are
political eunuchs. or II you will, they
are 'purgeocrats.'
Reviews New Deal Ideas
The New Deal principles" he as
serted, are:
Recovery from depression by an
economy of scarcity.
spending our way into prosperity
on borrowed money.
Solving the problem of unemploy-
ment through quasi-charity instead
of Jobs at good wages and all the
while encouraging class hatred.
"Centralizing all power in the
hands of the federal government. OF
late considered to be the Chief Ex-
ecutive alone-regardless OF the
rights of the states or the safe
guards OF the Constitution"
Senator Townsend said he may
be called a Conservative and so
may you all. since am your spokes-
man. But if it means that we are
preserving and keeping intact our
American institutions - conserving
and preserving them from destruc-
tive influences. l welcome the term.
Delaware Republicans, he added,
can be called both liberal and pro-
gressive," but they are not liberal
II the term means acting impulsive
IA and without reason only to suffer
The dire consequences later"
Surveying results of the last five |
years, Senator Townsend said that l
despite collection of over $4,000. OOO,- J
700 in taxes last year. the national I
iebt Increased to $37 .539. 1856. 1853. an 6
Increase in five years of is billions t
# dollars"
JObIess Increase 80 Per Cent I
Last September, he continued. T. I
,13.O54 were unemployed, but on
Iune 80 the number was estimated ]
It 100000 an increase of so per h
ent.
The speaker said that last year {
re imported competitive farm pro-
ucts which displaced nearly twice '
s many acres as the government I
aid farmers to leave idle in its pro- t
ram of scarcity-in the year in b
which acreage reduction was the i
ighest" t
He added that where once we Il
elped to feed the world-now the a
rorld is helping to feed us-whHe s
re limit production" a
Senator Townsend asserted dur h
ne the six years Of New Deal waste. v
delaware has paid an excessive per n
anita percentage of the nations "
Ills" and cited an estimate the a
tate had paid $4,000 900 more to N
no fadaraI qnvernment in taxes than q
had received in benefits. e
He demanded that the fedTal 7
stop competing with o
rivate business. and asked for a re- S
i'm of relief to the states. to secure N
reduction in waste and to elimi- Ii
ate politics.
He termed the farm problem a H
larketing problem. not a produc- Of
on problem" 81