Show Here Here Are Governor Landon's Landon s Answers Answers' k- k To Qu Questions of oi Import to America 1 j Hers Her are Governor AI Alf M. M I. I Landon Lan Lan- Lan dons don Soni answers answer to The Salt Lake Telegrams Telegram's 10 questions submitted to five leading Republican presidential aspirants The series will wUl conclude con can dude clude J de Friday with the answers of ot Congressman James M. M WadsWorth Wads Wads- Worth korth rth Jr The questions and Governor Lano Lan Lan- dons o answers follow t Do 10 you favor balancing the JL 1 budget If U so 50 do you advocate advocate cate te reducing relief expenditures or increasing taxes If U by taxes what kind We VB should move toward balancing tho the budget as rapidly as JS possible Let us put relief on an efficient ba basis Bais is so 10 the mone money appropriated forth tor for It will serve Its proper purpose There aro are plenty of ot places where money aroney Is ie being wasted on needless experiments so that we can make the DIe required reductions re Should Should relief b be by direct 2 cash payments or as wages Should relief bo ho paid for and administered administered administered ad ad- ministered by th the federal government govern govern- In ment nt or by tho states or both r What the young youn people of ot Amer- Amer tea really need and e earnestly desire Js is not relief but opportunity The first thing that ought to be e done Is Isto Isto Isto to find out lout what tho the requirements actually arc are and what what Is wrong with tho present setup Let us have th the truth about it whatever It Is The people are entitled to know the facts tac about bout these enormous expenditures of their money Not that they begrudge begrudge begrudge be be- grudge what is necessary we must provide an honest and nd effective relief rOe rOe- re relief lief system administered so that the money will go to those who ne need d It Jt and ana deserve It free from political strings We Wo n need ed desperately a cheaper simple and more more responsible responsible sible bYe relief administration throughout through- through out cut our Union Federal financial aid was obviously obvious obvious- ly y yDe De necessary ary in our recent emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency but every community knows hest st how to care for its own The federal relief relic program has lacked the tho flexibility to meet local condi condi- In m many n cases case the way shay it I has Iran been carried out has denied denie aid to truly d deserving serving In other instances In- In stances atances It has encouraged too many to become chronic Indigents There Ther ere are re cruel ruel complications in the present pres pres- present ent program Two vo changes are im im- One Ono Is the decentralization tion of ot relief t. t The other calls alls for encouragement to the tho person who i is trying again to become sup self porting sup l How should the problem of ot 3 permanent un unemployment employ rn e n t tand and nd care of the aged aced and unemployed unemployed be bo handled We must first have a a. change In J attitude and politics that will give encouragement to the person who is trying dying again to become support self f lug ing g. g All AH this continuous experimenting experiment experiment- ing ng ng and piling up one uncertainty onto another nother keeps business upset a and nd holds back ur undertakings that t ouid bri bring g more jobs For more jobs is the only real solution to the relief problems Jobs that will allow people to keep their ir respect felt e and plan for their own their and t their chi chil- chil Arens ren's rens n s future There is YIo ho bo future m uV the relief roll Employment eo comes comes es front froM the com common D n convict doff tion that the American system of I j I ff I ti L f r. r r n rk t S f i. i I Governor Alfred Mossman Landon representative government Js is is se se- se cure Confidence is far more Important important important im im- Im- Im than the exploitation of a multiplicity of pretentious plans which do not wo work k S Solving this problem of unemployment and old and age pensions is both humane economic and we shall solve it in spite of ot our past neglect and recent re resent re- re sent cent well-intended well but utterly un unworkable workable hastily thrown together I makeshift legislation The obligation obligation obliga obliga- lion tion to protect old age lies straight before us A ADo Do you favor further devaluation devaluation de- de 4 valuation of the dollar valuation or stabilization at present gold content con con- con content tent tent Do you believe in any form of currency change currency currency Inflation inflation tion ion or credit in inflation atlon a a r return to the he gold standard the remon tim tim- ion tion of sliver silver or a n. managed currency currency cur cur- rency Not answered See footnote I C S 'S CDo Do Do y you f favor or any program ram f J i 4 whoso aim a is to eo control or 01 r working hours hours' or r a n. shorter short er cr work workweek rk week I 1 am m opposed to any program program aimed at the control of or wages for forI forI forI I feel this would be unfair to labor abor Our steady tendency has been to toward toward toward to- to ward sh shorter working hours and I believe this tendency will continue There should be government regulation regulation regulation regula regula- tion wherever regulation keeps opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op open and protects not hampers the people as a whole in inthe inthe inthe the exercise of M their rights Im I'm thinking of such things for example example example exam exam- as the protection of ot childhood and of ot women in industry workingmen's workingmen's working workingmen's mens men's compensation enforcement of sanitary conditions proper lighting and ventilation compulsory safety devices on machinery and reasonable reasonable reasonable reason reason- able working hours Now If It you will expand this definition to cover coverall coverall coverall all sorts of ot antisocial practice you will see ee what I am driving at f f Do you favor an an amendment 6 0 to the constitution aoth authorizing authorizing rl- rl ing the federal government to deal with economic and social problems national in scope or of limiting toe the courts as M to f their right Ight to declare de l laws n of c congress 3 unconstitutional T Not Nod No answered See footnote 1 k Do you favor modification 7 or or suspension of the antitrust antitrust antitrust anti anti- anti anti- trust laws Jaws to enable business men mento mento mento to g get t. t together r 8 a To agree on trade practices b To agree on labor relations e c To agree on control of production pr Cd d To at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to fix prices Not answered See footnote ON What is your remedy for tor forO forthe 8 O Otho tho the farmer Do you yon favor the tho curtailment of of production industrial industrial industrial in in- or agricultural I agree with Governor Ex-Governor Frank O. O Lowden that as long as we have havea a tariff on industrial and certain C firm farm rm products those producers of surplus farm crops are entitled to something that gives them its full equivalent on the domestic share of their production Are Arc you jou ou In favor of the polIcy policy policy pol- pol 9 icy of making reciprocal trade trado treaties to encourage foreign trade or reduce tariff walls nails The Tho tari tariff should be handled in such a manner as to protect both the American standard of living and the American market We should however attempt to reopen so so far faras faras as is possible while maintaining the above consideration these blocked channels of international trade Do you favor a policy of 10 public power development the tho continuance or expansion n of T TV TV TV V A and control of utilities through the tho utilities holding company act Not answered Se See footnote Not answered Landon explained because he had previously refused answers to some such questions asked by other newspaper men and writers and because his mind was still open oper about the exact answers |