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man Paul M. Butler, $500 per-
sons were on hand. Another
party spokesman put the figure
sat 1900.
Before the speechmaking be-
gan. while faithful Democrats
ate pineapple supreme. vegetable
soup. roast prime ribs of beef
lice cream Democratic" and cof-
fee, an orchestra played State
songs.
Mr.. Stevenson reverted to hi:
old form of waspish humor anc
the pointed joke in speaking Of
the Republican administration
He told q story Of the Lone
Ranger when he was riding
across the country with Tonic
and was suddenly confronted
with 1000 Sioux Indians"
Quickly they wheeled around
and there behind the mwert
1000 Blackfeet." Mr.. Stevenson
related. They turned to the
right--onl yto see 5000 Ara.
paphoes coming toward them
And on the left they were cut
of by 1000 Apaches. The Lone
Ranger said to Tonic: 1T look;
bad for US. doesn't it?'
Tonic replied What do you
mean, us White Man.
."I q mseriously considering
incidentally, with the Repub-
licans behaving the way they
are about the budget. sending
that Lone Ranger story to Presi-
dent Eisenhower" Mr.. Stevenson
added.
Mr.. Stevenson drew sharp con-
,trasts between what he said were
Republican promises and Re-
publican performance. He said:
Then, the Republicans were
denouncing the Democratic in
fiation and now the cost Of liv-
ing is higher than at any time
In history.
"Then they were denouncinc
Democratic spending. but the Re-
publican President now blandly
promises the largest peacetme
budget in history.
Draws Contrasts
"Then they were denouncine
the costly Democratic farm pro-
grams. But price supports havt
cost the taxpayers in four Re-
publican years almost three times
what they cost under the DEM
ocrats in 20 years. And SIS bill
lion in farm surpluses under the
Democrats have now grown to
more than So billion.
II could go on and on. but still
more important is that social
growth in all directions has beer
followed by social stagnation In
all directions until our untitled
needs have reached the peri
point"
Mr.. Truman chided the adj
ministration because. on the
day President Eisenhower sent
his record breaking $71.8 billion
budget to Congress. Secretary
of the Treasury Humphrey said
Congress ought to cut It. He
said the President later agreed
With the Secretary.
Then I got completely con-
fused" he added. "One day the
President would say the Con-
sgress- ought to cut his budget
and then q week or so latel
he would say that If Congress
made any deep cuts it would
seriously impair great programs
Of vital Importance to the safety
and welfare Of the people"
Purpose to Shift Blame
Mr.. Truman charged there
was political method in thit
apparent madness" He said the
purpose was to shift from the
President to Congress the blame
for whatever happened.
He said on April 3 President
Eisenhower declared the budget
could not be cut as much as s.
billion and that on the SAINT
day Undersecretary Of tht
Treasury Burgess said 1t could
Subsequently. he went on, tn,
President told Congress q $1.'
billion cut would be possible
Mr.. Truman said the cuts
mentioned by Mr.. Eisenhowe
in a letter to Congress on Apri
10 were illusory-not really cut
at all.
Some" he said, ARE book
keeping tricks: some are tn
postponement Of actual need
that will have to 60 back int
the budget next year or the yea
after, and some are Just piou
hopes. It's mostly a proposition
Of robbing Peter to pay Pau
and that. in my opinion. Is n
way to reduce q budget.
But it may be a way Of put
ting Congress on the spot an
that is what 1t was intended Z
be.
This kind Of political bum
played with the budget, this sor
Of buck-passing. is creating al
atmosphere In which 1t may b
impossible for the Congress b
deal with the budget on an
rational basis"
The former President declares
the administrations tight none
policy and high interest rate
may bring on a great depression
This" he said, lis a reversiol
to the trickle- down theory tina
has guided the Republican Part,
from the time Of its inception
1t is q means of transferring in
come from the poor, who nee'
It. TO the rich. who don't. Tn
results are increasing malad
justments in our economy. will
danger signals rising higher Of
every land"
Gov. williams. who is alread
regarded as candidate for tn
Democratic presidential nomi