Evening star., 1948-09-19

group but has, been silent on Fed
eral aid
8. Public transmission of publicly
generated electric power. No rec
ord of statement on this.
1. Federal aid for schools, He has
sponsored large program for State
aid but has said nothing publicly
about Federal aid
5. Federal compulsory health in.
surance. He has come out against
''socialized medicine" and seems to
favor some undisclosed program
supervised by private physicians.
6. Repeal of Federal taxes on
oleomargarine. He signed legisla-
ton permitting State financed in-
stitutions in New York to use mar
graine instead of butter. He is a
dairy farmer
In his statements on publicly
owned low rental housing, MIR.
Dewey has not ruled out Federal
subsidies. His position on this fea-
ture in the Ellender- Wagner bill
is unknown although it was killed by
the Republican leaders of the House.
Statements on Housing
In speech In November, 1945,
he said:
I'VE have among US people who
think we should do nothing. They
say we ought to let the slow proc
ess of erosion and decline of prop-
erty continue. When it gets cheap
enough somebody will buy it and i'm
prove, it. y
There are those who say we
should do it by publicly financed
housing projects, built at the ex-
pense of all the people. These
would be operated as public COR
porations and they suggest very
simply that we need thousands OF
such projects as the solutions.
Il do not believe either system
will work 1t seems clear to me
that we must first develop a great
combination of all the investment
resources of our cities for the clear
ing of great. areas and the building
of large projects with private capi-
tai from insurance companies, banks
and individuals. Then this can be
combined with State housing where
1t can be most useful in adjoining
or marginal areas to protect the
larger projects" ...-
In his annual message to the State
Legislature this year, he said:
Public housing Is only a small
portion of the answer. For in
stance, subsidized housing Is low
cost to the tenant but high cost to
the economy. In any event there
is not enough money in all govern
ment to house all Our people In the
style they have right to hope for"
Following are the Republican cam
didaUe's views on the principal do
mestic issues before the country:
Labor Law and Prices
They (objectives of the law were
soberly conceived and carefully
thought out in order to enlarge ths
rights and privileges of all, the
working people of the nation With
such notifications as experience
may prove necessary, the act should
serve the people of the nation
WELL Quoted in Golfers maga-
zine, March, l948)
When the war ended the country
had three times as much money and
practically nothing to buy.
''At this point, instead of MAIN
tanning controls until peacetime pro-
duction could get started, the Tru-
man administration sabotaged war
time imitation control by abolishing
an essential part-wsge control
launching the -price-profit
spiral. Mr.. Truman has proposed
going back to the controls he
Abandoned. 1t won't work now any
better than it did before without
wage controls and they should not
be restored.
I'VE must adopt basic government
policies to halt the imitation OF the
money supply and to stimulate In
creased production.
I'VE must reduce Government
spending, restrain any further ex-
pansion of bank credit for specula-
tive or 'nonproductive purposes;
expand the sale of Government
savings bonds; sharply restrict con-
sumner credit; encourage other saw
inss by both business and individ-
uals; maintain a Government sur
plus and use it to retire BAN .ield
Government debt, and revise taxes
to provide increased incentives for
production and thrift while MAIN
tanning penalties upon luxury srend-
ing tAnswer to newspaper query,
April, I9481
Taxes
An outstanding problem of Gov
ernment today is: How can we
maintain and expand Governn1nltsf
services without bankruptaf1s the
country and the Government?
"We must finance Ne advances
of the future out of the savings
achieved by better management I
have advocated the following pro-
gram: /. Extend the benefit of the
community property law now en-
joyed by the people of 10 States to
those Of the entire nation: 2. mod
crate lowering Of all personal in.
come taxes; g. overhaul our COM
plicated tax laws and establish
consistent national policy that viii
maintain fun employment, rising
national income and asure US Of a
solvent nation
tColiier's magazine. March, l948.)
Compulsory, socialized medicine
ie - orod II napYaof ho drrae .