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Iho&e Ihoe ho.e hoe hose & : . difllculties dWlcuIties difficulties a\\ a nsti a'l nlwlis ] } \ 'l l ' iy s hue hive huel1"a hivelwas hivelwnis | l\1"a l 1"a 1a lwas \ " ) s " vvill "Ill Ill gull forco force him himn to wlg wiggle wigglejuiini le | | utim wiggleutim llID ind 'lnd lnd and ' sprout Spl'OUt SplOUt ' additional mdltIonl1 ] ] gray gia gla ) tnewest 1 1ecst ? e\\cst e cst essest \ problem pl-obem pl obem - ] "orr orr worry " worolnj ln ins , ; poJU politi poJUthe politithe polltls ] | the 10\\ 10 10n ' lownbend 'lownsend lownsend \ n enc1 ol old u aoU age c pen.lon penlon pension pensionfel : . 1 ] Piomotcr- Piomotcr PLOmoteJ I'tomoter Itomoter Piomotcrof ' " ' ) , - , of tint th\t th t tltit ' \ fJ.nhlstlc fJnhlstlc fantastic fJ.nhlstlcale fantasticto fantasticyH\iQ fantasticyH iQ . ale \ to gaining sucli such i ' \ headssiy heJd headwiyven headssiyen " 'ly ly 'lyen ' | en .Tames Tames James . , Tnme AI'un A A\ \ ririev I'un Iun I'rrles Irrles ' ' ] ( , po lwtm'lster lwtmlster po'slnnster1 poslnnster1 . , ' t1i aster asterI ' | I ] , chairman chalrml1n ciiairmaIl of tlie the Dcmocr'ltic Dcmocrltic Deinocrntic Democnticai Dcmocr'lticI ' | I } committee commlttLe commlttce and chah clialimin chaiinvtn m\n m n ' \ of ofeV ofew ofE e\V e V ew \ w loik lock 101 ] . stite st\te st te state ' \ Democratic corn com cornIs comis cornI , Is curicntiv cllr1enth curiemtls reported to be deag de-- de de- deng de-ng de ng - - - | ng ag frowns froI1S fro\\ fro frogs \ I1S xis on liib his Ill : ' other otlierss otherwise " he ise slml smil smilce siniliicc ce cc " When "hen hen , Mr 1'11 111 ' ' larlcy I 1 nrlcy arley he begins lns to toorrled toorried toorried ? orrled orried , tlicre there Is cause , indeed forthe forthe for the other politicians pollt1cmns , big 'lnd lnd and 'lndto andto ' ind"to indto " to get worried ssorried " orrIe * ' The Tbe Hepubllc\ng Hepubllc ng Republicans Rcpubllcingire Hepubllcngre Republicansre ' \ re . concerned about th the lownsend e'tossnsend etossnsend e'tossnsendBut ' lownsendBut 10 " nsen l < lBut But it Is not quite as Important importante e Republicans nepubllcans us flS as it Is Js to the thecrnts thecrats thecrats crnts crats to tike t'l.e tl.e tle ' ] . a , > stind stand t'1nl1 t1nl1 ' on thend thead tlie the tlieend end nd ad pljn pJn plan ] because the tbe Democr'1t.s Democr1t.s Democr1ts Democrats Democr'1t.scontrol Democratscontrol ' . DemocntsI control of the nitionil n\Uon'll n Uon'll Uonll ' \ ' admin ndmln admln ndmlnon admlnon adminon on and ob\ ob obviously oblousl obsloush \ lousl . ) they the } ' ire 'Ire on the thehe thelie the.she theshe the.shey . heJ he lie y J 1 1battle heb1ttle bittle b1ttle battle being bcmg pressed lrecsed ) ; bv b\ b bs blIr \ l\Ir l Ir Mr lIrnd Mrad \ Mrlend nd ad and nnd his lils sitcllltes S'ltCtc5 SltCtc5 sitellites ' ] ) Is no sm'll1 smll1 small sm'll1n smalln smillu ' | n . n . Impossible Impocslbc Imporslble : ] ' is 'lS lS it is of opcra opera opcradoomed operadoomed operadoomed | doomed to ultlnnte uHlm'lte uHlmlte ultimate ' failure fnllure as asscheme asfescheme + , , sclleme scheme must definitely deGnltel definltel } be , It Itues itues itues | ues to c'CJY1nd cCJY1nd ewptnd c " ' pind In Its scope of po poInfluence poinfluence pollnflnence Influence and Ins h'ls hls his ' arrived arrhcd arrised at the thehcre thehere thewhcre | hcre here It 1t constitutes a n po\\cr po cr poser pocrust poserust \ powertiust ust be reckoned recI.oned recIoned . with bv by aUconvined alleonvlnced all aU H allH convinced convined eonvlnced ( that anyone'r anyone \'r 'r r \ who sho ' ho sill sillthe \ willie \ III IIIthe | the Townsend plan cannotrrIrIn cannotrrlving cannot riving rrlving rrIrIn : ; at the conclusion that It Itpar'lbe itparable itipanble | par'lbe parlbe parable ' ] to the fintasy f1ntasy fantasy of the thesIppl theslppt thesslppl | sIppl slppt bubble " 1hen W 1\ 1 \ \ hen the I.sls Isls Misss Misssubble Ml&slsbubble Mlslsbubble I.slsubble ! & : . } | ubble broke broI.e broIe . , not thous thousands nds but buts butpis s were disillusioned , if not ut utestroyed utestroyed utDestroyed estroyed , and nnd their economIcso economic 50 so glowingly gIO\\1OI gIO 1OI \ ' ; . ) pilnted p'1lnted p1lnted printed ' , , " was "as as com corn cornis cornE is \ wieckedTB \ lccl.ed lccled teeked . teekede e . e . e . eosnsend ownsend o\\nsend o nsend osnsend \ \ plin phn plan which contero contem conteroaywent contemayment contempayment aywent ayment of two t\\O t O tsso \ \ hundred doUJrsper dollarsM dollarsper dollars doUJrs dollarsper per month to the In IndIgent innsend innsend M nsend nsendcligent digcnt dIgent cligent Is one of those thosethms thosean thoseon ( an tilings thms things , ; that develops deeops deselops de\ de deselopst deselopslnsariibly \ eops eopsIDall'lblv ] ' t ( Invailiblv ID\all'lblv ID all'lblv alllblv lnsariibly \ ' in pCllod periods periodsoirie peiiodsoiric oll'lc olllc oirie ' distress It Is dIstinctly distinctlyct ct ot of hard hnrd timespeople timespeople times timesi i people are out of \ work \ ork and andl.resources andresources andresources l.resources lresources . resources ; \ when \ hen they the } arc are suf sufIhe sufhe sufhct Ihe ( he ) are a1\\ a1 a1'l aiwiis always \ \ 'l l ' s pi pic pie e } ) to 'lny lny 'lnyargument ' myargument my myargument , argument offei odciing offelmg ing them rel reI ref ef of efditlons ofditlons efBdltlous ditlons e\act e act enact e \ act even een esen e\ e \ en a greater greateroil greatertoll 0) 0 oil ) leading to crime On Onli Only ] a as as ars s ago tlie the chief chlcf of the secret"w secretlv secret secretV "w w " { \V V lv \ U II H Moron Mor-J.n MorJ.n Mor J.n Jn Moran - . , told me that It Itn.racterlstIc itaracteristic itBiaractenstic n.racterlstIc nracterlstIc aracteristic . of hard times thatelters thatesters tliat that tliateiters eiters elters esters of currency currcntj ' \ were ere more moredie moredie morejjdie somethingz die Innds 11'lDds 11lDds hinds ' \ will \ IB find somethln something somethingd : ; z somethingBid d the clever crook ss \ will \ 111 ill tnl.e tnle take tnl.ege takege takege . [ ge of ot the situition s1tu'ltlon s1tultlon situation ' While Whilene Whilene Whilene ne who lias has talked tnll.ed tnlled . \ with \ Ith Doctor Doctord Doctornd d recognizes recogD17eS recognises his sincerity , his hisde'ilre hisdesire hisdesire [ de'ilre deilre desire ' to accomplish uccompJsh ] relief reJef ] for forand forand for0 and indigent Jnclfgent populition popuhtlOn population , , I be be'Is beGIs bei'ls beils 'Is Is GIs ' an Indisputable fact that thatownsend'b thatownsend's thatCownsend'b thatCownsendb ownsend'b ownsendb ownsend's ownsends ' plan would not get getbase getbase getbase base except ecept eeeept ' : for the fact fntt thatntry tilnt that tilntntry thatntry ntry now has millions mtlhons of CIUo citio CIU- CIU citi- citi citi-o citi o - o are almost If not quite qUlte with witholat with1 with1iolnt iolnt oInt olat I am trying to make Is Isctor isetor Isctor ctor etor Ton Townsend's Townsends Tossnsend's Tossnsends nsend's nsends ' scheme . , Idle Idleat Idleat Idleiat at it is , has been put forwardf fOrardt fOr\\ard fOr ard forward \ \ t f the few times Umes In this n'ltlon's nltlons nition's nitions n'ltlon'shen nition'shen nition'svhen nitionsvhen ' ' $ hen It ht is possible posslbe ] to amass a aof aof aS of political Importance It ItIn Itin Itlla In times Urnes such as these that thatoud thatould thatwould oud ould ] pay . . attention .Ittentlon Ittentlon to It It Itdo Itdown Itdown do\\ do don down \ \ n and his org organisation organisationmble organizationnible nl7atlon nl7atlonymbe ymbe mble ] sometime in the future'Will futurelviI future future'wlll 'wlll wlll 'Will Will lviI ' ' } not happen until It hJSenty haseaty lus hJS has lusJnty enty eaty ; of gilef gllef grief , , until It h\5 h 5 his h5olllleal hisohitleal hisolltlcal ' \ olllleal ohitleal foitunes fortunes fOl tunes of countless countlessf countlessmen Jnty f men and nnd women \ who sshio 110 gues guess guesnd guessad guess1 ' ) nd ad ndlntH \ until \lntH lntH probably probablv ! it t has h.1S h1S . pro probJrden proharden probjrdcn , bJrden harden of t'l tl ti ti\ation ti ation t'l.atlOn ' \.atlOn .atlOn ation \ . upon this thishe thishe thisthe he like I1he of which never ne\er ne er neser \ has hasn hasE'n hasEn ' n beforei beforef before beforeforthcoming f forthcoming rthcomlng campaign campugn : , I bewill bewill be ' will see numerous political68 politicales polltlca political ] ea es , othem otherwise Ise sound In their ' . , alhrin aflJrln allirrn the validity of the thed thed theid d plan . , llicy 1hey 'lacy lacy ' , will ,111 111 sill commIt commites , es to Its support 5upport because po poaneuvers poaneuvers polaneuvcrs aneuvers \ will \ 1 ] force them Into IntoIUon intoltlon into'lllon intolllon ' IUon ltlon Some of them , probiblyi lrob'lblyIdn probablyian lrob'lbly lroblbly probably ) ' Idn ian < tn we now imagine Im.1glnc Im1glnc . , will wllI beto bf\ bf bA bfo bAo \ brIngIr o congress and thev they \ will Jll bring ! Ir ( ( < . headache to Uncle UncIe Sam 5am who whot \ whoot bo bot t the bill billend billend billSend end plan supporters In all a11 of ofr ofteeahments ofreachment'3 ofreachment3 r teeahments consllent1yf consistentlyf chmentCJ ' have consllent1y consistently consistently"t consistentlyt ' ) " f their proposition proposltlon propostlon ( from Its ItsU itsp itstts p U as $ side it is Ie ; susceptible slIsceptlble of ofcaus ofcause ofcause caus cause it is easy to point out outblessing outp p , bleSSing Itould it \ would \\ould ould be to have ha\e ha e lase \ d person recch receive receise e a mOl1thl mogthl monthitwo ; ) two hundred huudrcd dollirs dolhrs dollars from the theent theA theeat theent theent"ere A ent eat eatere . pic-is pic is picfs plc0 "ere ere " Is another ; side elde to the pic- pic plc- plc - ' 0 fs is basic Where Wh're Whre ( ' w \ will ill the gov- gov - - govSet govget Set get the money ? lowii&cnden lowiicnden 2ownbenden Ollbcnd 2ownbend O\\ O \ \ llbcnd llbcnden & en visionatlon visionation have figured out a n vIsion [ atlon ation scheme to raise the theof theof theof thee theey of money icquired lCCulred lequlred } but the they e ey -y y - fundafact { do not discus- discus dlsCU5'i dlsCU5i discuss discusis ' - . ! is the fundaact funda fundact P fundaP fact atlonthey taxationthey act ct that by lIy their ta taxation taxationey atlon they ey \ will ssIli 111 111flPIII + flPIII flppicclate Iepieclate e .In In < . te our iii n I- I i-wrency i wrency - 0 0urrency uponno upono upone Utrency urrency aud anl1 and will wlB load upon a01 .Iof aof o e are \ willing ssllling \ HUng to work fluch such f > uch .I I a . of taxation iaxatlon that t ( h'l hl hit ' t soon thel there e theicclaroor eclamor thereclamor clamor from three out of foul foul"PUlaUon foulPUlaUon foulOPulation foulopuiatlon " n"ll nll 11cnt iteat OPulation opuiatlon for somen Borne some sonic ] kind -n n - . ! of 11 it cnt eat " 1 > Piviaent payment 1) 1 ' ) Inent . ' The .rhe rhe . Ul end thpl1obVious thena thenobvious thpn thpl1 then a " Povlous obVious because Lecause after u'l ul al ala als 'l l ' a s . . . An All nothingAH gO\ gO gOernmcnt government government \ ernmcnt as IlS such produces produccs 110thln nothing : takenfrom tal.enfrom that It pivs P'ls piss P'l\ P'l Pl ' \ s out must be tal.en talen taken . from those \ wlio who \ ho producee produce e * . e . eIn . In idcerting adverting 'l l ' .ertIllg ertIllg . to the tile Townsend plan planas as I liave ha\e ha e hale \ done I , have attempted toA toset toset to toAr'nfAo Another Anotherncr A Ar'nfAo ArnfAo manARot/ier manARot ier manr.ofher r.ofher rofher r.ofherner . ' / . . sct set fort11 forth ln In n a man ner ncr what "hat hat shat " I believe Leheve to Problem toProblem lie be one of the oreit Breit Breitest . ; re'1t re1t re'1test ' thePresent theprcent _ , , . . est t dangers of the prc-ent prc ent present - , d"1 d1 dn day " , n'll11el nll11el mineb nimely ' , the absence of -lcar lcar dear clear oflcar ofdear ofclear < - thinking thlnl.lng thlnllng thlnkng . ( in planas tlie the lownsend 10wnsend plan , as in 1 imny In'lnv Inlnv iny ' other problems thit th'lt thlt that ' con coniront confront front the nation nntIon it 'lt lt it tlie the Individuals IndlJclllais ' moment mOIHt'nt mOIHtnt ' . , Indi Indl- Indl indi- - viduals Jclllais conclusons ; seem ceem prone to Jump at concl conclu slons , > Ions " without "lthont lthont ssithout 'l11\1\ 'l11 l11 1 ' ' \ \ conditions condltrons conditious imlvzing 'l11171ng inils7ing 71ng \ whnt stint \ hat condl condi trons tious nctunlli actually actllaJl me rte ind 1nll and ' without "lthout lthout " consid consld- consld consid- - er1l1 ering considering conslder1l1 is \ whnt \ hat lint the ultimate boIt beIt cnect cfiect effect is \ would \ ould bo be It seems ceems ; worth \ while hlle to eon consider < ; l1er ! an othel othet anotiiei anothel anothet nitiomi n'lUon'll nlUonll nitlonil ' ' problem problcm thoughof thouhof which whlcll , thouh though . ; of an economic natuie uatme and nnd less Jess sens\ sens scmsi ' \ sensitionnl senstIonal scmsitlonnl tIonal tlonnl in It its , > out\\ out outward outard \ \ ard nppcirance apPc'lrance apPclrance appearance ' . , Is ne\ ne neertheecs neserlieless Isnevertheless Isne Isneserlieless \ ertheecs } ] problemconccins problemCOncCll1 problemconceins ; very ren real ] Tills This problem COncCll1 conceins < ; our tl tnnsportatlon tiinsportatlon 'lnsportatlon lnsportatlon ' s system stem Shortly systemShortly stemShortly after President noosevcIt Roosevelt Roosevelttook noosevcIttool tool took . omcce ofllcc omcc ofllce we \\e e sae \ \ were deluged eluged eluged1th \ with \\1th 1th \ argu nrgument argument ment that amounted to propiganda prop'lganda proplganda ' fn fa fasoring favoring orlng soring \ gOelmncnt goseuument gov gO\ gO \ eminent elmncnt owncr ownership hlp of the thernllro'lds thernllroids thernllroids rnllro'lds rnllrolds rnllroids ' 1 'here here ' here \ was as a .1 1 . reaction reactionagmnst reactionagainst reactionagainst agmnst against this idei Ide1 idea , . , ' ihe 'lhe lhe Zlie reaction reactI.Jn reactIJn . was wasso wasso wasso so daredto strong tliat that few fe\\ fe foss fepoliticIans \ politicians dared to unloose lInooce ] ; tlieir theIr demigogcry dem'lgogcry demlgogcry demigogery ' in fa\ fa faor fasor fasorof favorof \ or orof of go goveinment goseinment , eillment on ownership ossnershlp lIershlp 1 let et , it Is Isperfectly isperfectly isperfectly perfectly evident th thit thrt It those \ who \ ho 1\ 1 Is 1or ' fivorperpetuating \ or orperpetuatIng orperpetuating perpetuatIng prh private prlsate ate enterpl enterprise enterpilse ise which whichIs whichis whichis Is always a1\\a\s a1 a s alssass \ \ \ more morc efficient eOlclent and ] less ess waste wate-- wate waste- wateful wasteftil wasteful ' ) - - ful ftil than my ' in 'In } government overnment are in dan dan- danger danger an- an angel - ger gel ' of being ] lulled u1lcd to sleep Crnc Crack Crackpots Crackpots ! . pots and misguided mlcgulded ; theorists in gre'1t gre1t greit grcitnumbers ' ' * ' numbcrs numbers |