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PoliticsSince Since the dim day when Amerl Amen Amerlca Amenca America ca a s first ftnt pork barrel was burst burstopen burstopen burstopen open politicians poUUclan . have legally or il II illegaUy IIlegally 11legally legaUy legally used federal funds to furthertheir further furthertheir furthertheir their personalends personal ends Pork barreling barrelingwas ! was simple and usually honest honestwhen , , : when it involved no more mor * than a aU aU aU U S sponsored .ponsored ponsored . post office oflice highway highwayor or bridg bridge * But since sine * 1933 1 33 the old old'ashloned oldtashloned oldfashioned 'ashloned ashloned tashloned ' pork barrel has been sup sup- supplanted supplanted supplanted - - planted by relief projects project . building buildingup up huge payrolls among unemployed unemployedpeople unemployedpeople unemployedpeople people who will cast their votes votesnot votesnot votesnot not necessarily for ( or the th * right manr man manbut man.but manbut . manrbut but tor for the man who will protect protec protecttheir protectheir protecttheir their jobs Three Thre * square meals aday aday a aappeal day have a far greater vote getting gettingappeal gettingappeal appeal than any miscellaneous mlscellane-oua mlscellane oua - fa favor favor favor vor a congressman could pull from fromthe fromthe fromthe the portc pork barrelIn barrelIn barrel barrelIn In an election year political politicalabuse politicalabuse politicalabuse abuse of relief funds becomes a par paramount paramount paramount amount danger Therefor Theretore Therefore * congressreceived congress congressreceIved congressreceived receIved no jolt when Texas Sen r HItWi : ! L _ SENATOR SlIl.PPARDRecommendatlon5 SIILPPAIIDRecommendations SHI.PPARD SHIPPARD SlIl.PPARD SlIlPPARD SIILPPAIID SHI.PPARDrc . . I /rc rc Recommendatlon5 Recommendations / { - - - - - - - - - mm nj njiu { iu ' i were ea51er eeier eeierMorris Morris Sheppard offered his com corn commlttee cornmittee cornmittec mlttee mittee s report on campaign expendltures expenditures expen expenitures dltures ditures itures Skipping lightly over the theroutine theroutine theroutine routine fact tact that some can calT carm palgns pafgns palgnscost pafgnscost palgnscost cost nothing while another ( that of ofOhIo ofOhio ofOhio OhIo s Robert Hubert P Taft Tart ) cost $159451 159451 $159 159 $ 0451 451 37 the committee outlined re resuits resuIts resuits suits of rel rei ef el ' politics inqu res r es in 18 188hltes 18stotes 18states 8hltes stotes Sample allegdti al1egdtl allegati nsKentucky nsKentucky ns nsKeatucky Keatucky Kentucky Gov Albert B ( Hap Happy Happy Happy py ) , Chandler collected about $70 70 $70000 70000 $ 000 from fro In state employees whose salanes sal salarles salaries arles aries came partly or wholly trom from tromfederal fromfederal fromfederal federal funds tunds Ills HIs liii successful successrul oppo oppo- opponent opponent opponent - - nent . . 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But when Governor Mon Montagu Montagu Montagu tagu Norman of or the Bank of Eng England England England land went to Berlin and when Prime PrimeMInister PrimeMinister PruneMinister MInister Neville Chamberlain visit visit- visited visited visited - - ed Italy each carried plans for sUm stan sUmulaUne stanulstlng stunulating ulaUne ulstlng British trade with the th * two twodictator twodictator twodictator dictator state states . Meanwhile Britain Britainhas Britainhas Britainhas has extended China credits of OI only only$2,500000 only2500000 Y $2,500 2500 $ $ , , , 000 compared with U S cred credIts credits credits Its of $25000000 25000000 $25000000Though $23 23 $ 000 000Though 000 000Though Though Britain may some Borne day be beforc8'd beforced kforced * forc8'd forc8d forced ' into a life We and-dealh and dealh and-death death - - - battle battlewith battlewith battiwith * with both Germany Gtrffiany ! and Italy she sheis shis * is . willing wllline to overlook this thill ponlbUity possibility ponlbUityfor possibilityfor possibilityfor for the sake of her foreign tradeThe trade tradeThe tradeThe The theory That every effort el'lort ellort ' mUlt must mUltbe mustbe mustbe be made mad * to keep ke p the bard hard pressed pressedGerman pressedGerman German and Italian buyers solvent solvent.otherwise solventotherwise , . otherwise British export to these thesenations thesenations thesenations nations will decline and debts owed owedBrlti.8h owedBritieh owedBrIUch Brlti.8h Brlti8h Britieh . commercial comtnerclal comtnencial interests will willnot willnot willnot not be paidWhite paid paidWhite White Hou HouseBefore House HouseBefore e Before Betore congress opened President PresidentRoosevelt PresIdentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt Roosevelt s . critics cdUcs believed beUeved beileved his rls ris rlstog rislog rising tog log enthusiasm for rearmament was wasmerely wasmerely wasmerely merely a cloak to focus focua yubllc public at- at attention attention at attention - - tention away front from last November s election defeat . . . By shouting for forlarger forlarger forlarger larger army navy appropriations appropriationsby by keeping silent as a sphynx sphynz on onevery onevery onevery every other subject . , the President Presidentwas Presidentwas Presidentwas was expected to build for himself a . astorm astorm storm shelter until untJI the torrent of ofcongressional ofcongressional ofcongressional congressional criticism crlUclsm had passed pused . . . But rearmament turned cut out te to be- be bea bea bea - a recognized national problem and andMr andMr andMr Mr Roosevelt turned out to be a asmarter asmarter asmarter smarter psychologist than his hi . crit crit- emit- emit critic emitid critics - - ic id ics . expected . . . It remained tor for bis his bisspeech hisspeech hisspeech speech on 00 the state of the Union to tosOWld tosound tsound * sOWld sound the keynote Its It . essejice essence The Theis TheU TheU U S is beset by threats from dIc die dIctator dietator dietator tator nations naUons , , therefore we must muat re- re nc- nc rearm ncarm re rearm - - arm and take sanctions sancUons against aggressors all ag allgres.ors aggressors gres.ors gresors gressors . But rearmament 1 is . also alsoan alsoan alsoan an internal proposition therefore we wemust weroust wemust must roust set let our oIir house in order and de- de do- do defend dofend de defend - - fend ourselves with social and eco eco- ceo- ceo economic ceonomic economic - - nomic reforms Some Som * reforms reform . al- al already already al already - - ready made ( social security farmlegislation farm farmleg farmlegislation leg legislation Isla tlon labor act act ) ) need ma ms machmlng mschining machining chmlng chining down Others ( governmen governrnen governmental governrnentel governmental tal tel reorganization transportation transporta.tlon transportatlon . ) are still to be made On spendIng It does not nut seem logical to me at atthe atthe atthe I the moment we seek to increase increaseproduction increaseproduction increaseproduction production and consumptit consumpti consumptli ! n for tor the the'federal thefederal thefederal 'federal federal ' . : government .tovernment tovernment to cor cot sider a adrastic adrastic adrastic drastic curtailmentCongress curtailmentCongress curtailment curtailmentCongress Congress did not need long to ng fig ngtire figore flglire tire ore out that If military rearmament rearmamentw w uld cost real resl money internal re- re Fe- Fe rearlT Fearms re ream - - am arlT arms ament would be even more ex cx expens cxpens expens pens ve ye When the budget budg t message messagewas messagewas messagewas was delivered their figures were werevt'rlfled wereverified wereverified vt'rlfled vtrlfled verified ' The President s a budget re requests requests requests quests $0 0 $8 8 $ $ 995000 095 995 000 000 The expected expectedIncome expectedincome expectedincome Income $5 5 $ 669 000 000 The net d'f df def d'fIclt deficit deficit ( ' Iclt icit tor for tie U e fiscal year $3328000000 3328000000 $3 3 $ $3328000 3328000 $ 326 000 000 By June 30 1B40 1940 lD4O when the theyear theyear theyear year ends in a burst of political politicalcampaigning politIcalcampaigning politicalcampaigning campaigning the admInistration administrationwill will therefor thererore therefore * have hav * a public debt of $44 44 $ 44 458JOOO 458.000 458000 455.000 455000 . . 000 to explainAs explain explam explainAs As congress dov dove * headlong intoits Into IntoIts IntoIts Its six IIIx seven or eight month task taskPresIdent taskPresident taskPresident PresIdent Roosevelt may have been beensurprised beensurprised beensurprised surprised to learn his initiating ut utterances utterances utternnce's utternnces terances ' w n rn > > n more public acclaimIn acclaim In Francf France " and Great Britain than |