Evening star., 1938-12-11
Fiscal Insanity End
Is Demanded by
Senator Byrd
Outlines 5-Point Program
Of Reorganization and
Purge Of Relief
BY the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Dec. Ex-senator Byrd,
Virginia Democrat, today demanded
an end to mine years of fiscal in
sanity" and declared he was con-
vinced the Roosevelt administration
could not be looked to for leadership
toward economy despite the tragic
failure" of its spending program.
. Just before outlining a flve-point
retrenchment program, which would
include q thorough-going Govern
Inent reorganization and purge"
Of the relief rolls, Senator Byrd de-
clared In a Nationwide radio ad-
dress delivered before the Massachu-
sets Federation Of Taxpayers As
sociation:
I'VE are facing perilous situa-
ton and what can be done about it?
Can we expect any leadership from
the present administration for econ
ony and retrenchment? AS one who
has fought for five years for prudent
spending at Washington, I say no.
"As Democrat say it with Sor-
row. as my party is in power but the
Republican party cannot escape re-
Sponsibility for their share in the
present orgy of spending. Mr..
Hoover added the first five billions
to the public debt, and majority Of
the Republican members in the Sem
ate have voted for the huge appro-
priation bills"
Doubts Third Term Effort.
= Senator Walsh, Democrat, Of
Massachusetts,, who demanded tax
reduction in every field of Govern
iinent," told newspapermen just be-
fore he addressed the taxpayers fed
eration he was convinced President
Roosevelt would not seek third
term despite pressure by his sup
porters.
" Senator Walsh asserted it was
highly important for both the Presi-
dent and the next Congress to in
still popular confidence that our eco
nomic system will be permitted un-
trammeled operation"
Senator Byrd was caustic in a
lengthy attack upon the Roosevelt
administration. Good government,
he said, would be vastly promoted If
the brain-trusters from Tugwell to
Corcoran would go home. and if
Congress resumed its constitutional
duty"
"A modern liberal" he asserted,
"is tested and Judged in proportion
Is to how liberal he is willing to be
With other peoples money"
Five-Point Program.
: Outlining his own program, the
Virginia Senator urged:
4 /. Reorganization of the Federal
Government for simplification, re-
trenchment and economy" (He
attacked the Presidents reorgani-
Sation bill as tending toward gov
ernment "by executive DEGREES" and
said he would introduce his own
bill)
! 2. Cancellation of the existing
authority of 80 Federal borrowing
Corporations which now have power
to add $8,0O0,000,000 to the public
debt ~
3. Reduction to minimum of ac-
tivities new to the Government, in
cluding "the Greenbelts. the tree
belts and other such dispensable
activities"
4. Transfer of part of the relief
burden to the local communities as
Z means of reform, coupled with "a
thorough, honest purge of relief
rolls, eliminating all undeserving,
and reducing relief costs by stop
ping all expenditures in excess of
providing for those in need"
"a 5, Conduct of the Government
within the ability of our people
TO pay with reasonable taxation"
as "one of the best assurances of
business prosperity"