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Show National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart (oT National Press Eulldlnr "Wanhlmto Lv "claM, ha,' -lie 'n toto. it Wn PP0iEy , turne3 loos,", lJ ' , I I refers .'-' message 1 1 1 . . A"d Aik, : much of , , J lll'ea close, White Uuli; d f:' taxes. The(r ,: and nn adJi; ,'"0 be usod s I i '! have been . ',' has enabled r ?, V to the 1J ,u" while tlieji eltlon, art so'e of his , j , lie statcmowi or a bel'er aOv; ,w sible before. tn only to oiiu tlon supporter. them of bel,t f destitute. t . blank check ; , g additional a:: ;imi, many mem!, a p.. use It before ny. prlation Is r, tie o I think tif.M d Mr. Itoosevelif " When Mr, ,vn, $4,880,000,()liO; f'K ponents thru ' "'" said that rn 000,000 for'n'p" hears obsen ' . tllllll pressed tlint ' ,, $4,88O,0OO,0(ii i '? ', Ball entirely po. Jir((l plus almost ' ,H beat Itself, ij (,a attempted k( just prehenslveai IM',V cons in oriel )( politics tins . , ated the retj ye ganlzatlon a: , agencies, It ! , ,1 inn a reaction to be o vast sum ol rp cause of di (,M cause of re-t ,, velt. L lier Washington. The President's latest lat-est message to congress, asking more than a bll-Thunder bll-Thunder uon ana a half In Over Relief new money to spend on relief as he sees fit has caused political thunder to rumble agaio. It has brought out in the open much of the undercurrent of gossip that has been going on about political racketeering rack-eteering with federal funds mid It has brought into sharp relief, just ahead of the spring campaigning, the fact that the federal government govern-ment has used something like $S,-000,000,000 $S,-000,000,000 under the guise of relief since President Roosevelt took ofiiee. Naturally, the situation Is Immersed Im-mersed in politics. All of the charges that were flung at Mr. Roosevelt during previous sessions of congress when he had requested that he be given, as he was given, blank checks on the treasury, have been revived. In addition, new accusations ac-cusations and disclosures of petty graft and political machinations have been dug up and flaunted in the face of the New Deal leaders. More and more of these are coming to the surface and there is no longer any question that throughout the relief organization there Is poll-tics. poll-tics. This is true notwithstanding the strongly worded statement by Mr. Roosevelt that polities was not to figure in the administration of relief In any way. All of this leads up to the conclusion conclu-sion that whenever the federal government gov-ernment horns In on administrative affairs of states, counties or municipalities, munici-palities, the organization becomes so extensive that it is Impossible for those at the top In Washington to know what goes on. It Is but another an-other way of saying that the federal fed-eral government ought to confine Itself to federal affairs, matters of national scope instead of attempting attempt-ing to supersede the local governments govern-ments in any function. Since we are heading into a campaign cam-paign In which Mr, Roosevelt is seeking re-el ec-Charge ec-Charge tion, his opposl-Waste opposl-Waste tion ls making much of two phases of the spending and relief situations. They are stressing the waste that they charge has permeated perme-ated every phase of the relief effort ef-fort in the last three years as well as the waste that has taken place in the countless alphabetical agencies that Mr. Roosevelt has Much Is V iis( ident's pro;- j Ih frui: Split on (llt Tax Plunl""" III! of the nature . ri but there ba Hi that bring tl pn;i fore. One it (I most Interest; rn that have arirl J are supposed i (' closest advli, ruond Alolej, V " tor, lately cr.N'i, most vigorous"" At the same directed here! tude of ProfO.f well. Profesti:ij a book calleief' cline" not so f'z' volume he s''va of capital bjk,i porate surpkOib vestment n 1 ' These two ?: i"u reconciled u two individffi close to Mr, -" '1 visory way e' ' velt entered : ": built up in the federal government. The relief machinery, Roosevelt opponents claim, has been converted convert-ed into a gigantic political machine, the chief object of which is to reelect re-elect Mr. Roosevelt. They claim as well that there has been created a bureaucracy that makes us, as individuals, responsible to a thousand thou-sand little dictators who act as prosecution, judge and jury over our every coming arid going. All of these are harsh accusations accusa-tions but there is enough evidence available now to make it appear that there is, at least, some truth upon which such charges can be based. Of course politicians will magnify mag-nify all phases of every subject which they discuss. The opposl-sition opposl-sition will make the crimes look heinous and the administration spokesmen will make everything look pure. Neither one is justified In going quite to the extent of the Indicated trend. It seems to me that voters ought not be fully con- vlnced by either side but that tney ought to examine the picture from the local viewpoint where the evidence evi-dence is first-hand. There are 3,071 counties in the United States. In nearly every one of them, there are More a Republican and Politics a Democratic county chairman. In many of the counties the Democratic Demo-cratic county chairmen are trying to use the WPA and its relief setup set-up for political advantage. In an equal number of counties Republican Repub-lican county chairmen are watching watch-ing for and reporting irregularities. irregulari-ties. There can be no doubt, therefore, there-fore, that the charges about relief re-lief being used politically will In crease in number as the campaign progresses if there is ground for Professor . (e tion, editorial yJ depression, I t.tl been stripped ( , of even the n t could have st surpluses as for corporati: ,ji f viction that t,.Hl is permitted g t, sees fit, It '.ra when our K f, into a tails".rf)! which we b.st The dicing these two C'owi of confusioi e I planners of ! A life," and C-; shs er things, ttfiat still has ' oocideL- Tb the charges. So, it is made to appear ap-pear that the local voters will have a complete picture of conditions upon which to base their judgment Two recent instances where important im-portant individuals have called attention at-tention to alleged corruption ana political maneuvering under guidance guid-ance of relief leaders serve to support sup-port the contention I have just advanced that the local communities commu-nities will have complete facts before be-fore them. I refer to the 'charges by Senator Holt, Democrat, of West Virginia, that the whole relief organization or-ganization In his state is honeycombed honey-combed with politics and the bitter bit-ter attack by Governor Pinchot, Pennsylvania Republican, nP0D what he called the manhandling of relief administration In the state ! In which he formerly was the chief I executive. KeHef Administrator me 1 . : heard ia0- tia speeches V ' t h true, as P- position, t;rt has "eeD c V things be"1'. ,f , tial orders In the Ttv the "ese".-Ku s program, ' has t. roll. All say: cate thai ;esn-will ;esn-will not o-iieih calling Pf to a"? tl;v on coni"D e ' effective j |
