Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-09-24

| of considerable proportions. The
Roosevelt New Dealers have been
dining it into the ears Of the poor
and the not well-to-do for years that
through the New Deal they would
come to the more abundant life. Well,
it hasn't worked that way. The re-
lief rolls are bigger than they were in
1887 and getting bigger.
Furthermore, while many millions
OF people are relying today on the
Government pay rolls of one kind or
another for their livelihood-or the
main part of their financial support
there are many more millions who
still earn their living by the sweat of
their broWs in private employment.
These earners are paying the taxes
and the Federal taxes are heavier to-
day than they have ever been.
Diet Beginning to Pail.
Harry L. Hopkins has declared that
| 80 per cent of the people on relief are
| for President Roosevelt and his New
Deal and would vote for him and the
New Deal candidates. But is Mr.
Hopkins sure that they will continue to
be 90 per cent for President Roose-
welt and his New Deal? Relief, as a
steady diet. is beginning to pail.
The Republican National Committee
has recently put out pamphlet en-
titled Promise and Performance" 1t
undertakes to set side by side the
promises made by President Roosevelt
and New Dealers and the performance
or lack of performance. It is frank
ly a partisan document, intended for
use in the coming congressional cam
paign.
The Republican document deals par
| tcularly with this question OF relief.
1t also has a good deal to say about
| the taxes which are demanded of the
people by the Government. Discussing
| the measure of recovery in this Coun-
try as compared with recovery in other
great nations of the world. the docu-
| ment asserts that as of March. 1896,
| the United States ranked thirtieth. In
August, 1887 the United States ranked
eleventh-which was an advance in
| the right direction. But as of Febru-
airy, 1898 (the latest date for which
| figures were available). the United
States ranked seventeenth.
Status Compared With 1929.
| Recovery in the various countries
was compared with conditions of 1929
based on industrial production induces
| Conditions in 1929 were equal, in this
comparison, to 100. In February, 1888
| Finland stood first on the list in meas
ure OF recovery with plus 81. Japan
second with plus so. the United King
dom eighth with plus 10, Italy ninth
with plus 3, France fifteenth with
minus 20 and the United States seven
| tenth with minus "a.
| Across from these figures the Re-
President Roosevelt as follows: 1--WE
are coming back more soundly than
ever before because We are planning ii
that way. Don't let anybody tell you
differently Charleston, S. c., Octo-
Der %, 1880. Il am going to tell you
the story of our fight to beat dowr
the depression and win recovery. From
where I stand it looks as though the
game were pretty we'll in the bag
| pittsburgh, Pa. october l, 1886.
1t is such comparisons that are
making many of the voters wonder Il
after all they wish to continue the
New Dealers in office. The Republican
document, turning to the cost of relief
and the number of those receiving
relief has been tremendously high, not
for one or two years, but for six, ano
that the prospects are for still higher
figures. 1t takes its figures from the
daily statements of the Treasury ane
from the House hearings on emergency
relief, April, 1888. For the fiscal veal
1884 relief costs are given as S1,846,.
1884, 600; for 1885. $2,353 ,815, 900; fol
1896, $2,387, 100000; for 1887, s2,5O5,.
124, 900, and for 1888, 1898, 625, 900
The drop at the close of the fiscal veal
1888 (Which ended June 80 last) 81!
only temporary reversal" the docu
| ment saws and quotes Harry HOpkin.