The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01

dent last year, is more and more
in evidence at Washington now
both in the Presidents budget
recommendation and in the House
appropriation thus far voted. OF
course, only a comparatively few
appropriations have passed the
House this session to date. but in
the appropriations thus far voted,
the House seems inclined to cut
below the Budget estimates. Since
the Democrats are in the majority
they control the legislation and
must be responsible for it. There
are many conservative Democrats
who vie with the republicans in
cutting down appropriations.
Even though the present Budget
is. as the President said in his
message OF January 8, reduced in
all items save for national defense,
the Presidents humanitarian pro-
gram is still reflected in h S
recommendations For instance.
more money is suggested by the
President for next year than for
this in regard to the care Of de-
pendent children, for crippled chill
dren and for vocational rehabilita-
ton of disabled persons. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether Congress
will approviate as the President
through the Budget suggests. 1t
should not be forgotten that Con-
gress itself a year ago voted to in
crease the appropriations for these
three humanitarian purposes both
by increasing the Federal contri-
button and by raising the limit
which each state might receive.
Numerous letters fro Arizona
either request government aid for
certain hospitals or advise me re-
garding certain proposed health
measures. This question of ex-
banding our federal public health
program Is coming to the fore.
Special emphasis is now placed on
the need of additional hospitals,
especially in rural areas not now
adequately served. 1t seems that
the nation is confronted w t h
about the same question in regard
to disqualification, as it had in re-
gard to education when the CCC|
camps were established. A ques
ton is how to avoid duplication OF
educational effort. Another is how
much the Federal Governmept
ought to break new ground In
educational effort and to what ex-
tent it ought to use existing school
facilities, aiding them financially.
While strongly supporting CCCI
and a better and better educational
program in CCC camps, | have all
along favored giving relatively
more support to NYA and backing
the work of education in existing
high schools and colleges. Similar
ly in this health program, while l
want to make the federal support
as extensive as possible, especial
ly in caring for the transient sick,
would like to see existing hospl-
tails and health agencies supported
financially rather than establish
ing an entirey new set-up. Our
government is getting more and
more complex and we mustn't add
unnecessarily to its complexity.
In the House debates this week,
Eastern sound money men" again
attacked the governments "silver
policy" and gold policy" Although
| was present and heard that Con-
gressman John Taber said in clos
ing the debate on January 25,
did not at that inappropriate time
issue with him, for 1 find myself
opposing Mr.. Taber in regard toI
reclamation, in regard to National
Youth Administration, and so
many other matters that I hate to
clutter up the Record by attempt
ing to answer him and others on
every and all occasions. Let West
ern mining men be informed that
the party out of power seeks TO
do away with our legislation
favoring silver and that b e y
would like to restore the gold
standard, reducing the price OF
gold to s20.67, with all that such
implies. l am opposed to both OF
these moves, but it does not mean
that | am in entire accord with our
gold and silver policies of the past
seven years.
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