The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1932, Page 3

On Democratic Platform Prohibition Referendum and Brazier Bill Also Recom- mended by Party . w Rockford, N. D., April 29.— (AP)—The full text of the platform adopted by the North Dakota State Hes te 2 convention Thursday fol- OWS: “Democrats of North Dakota in convention assembled reaffirm their confidence in the candidacy of the Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt for President of the United States and urge upon the delegates elected at the presidential primary on March 15, to use all honorable means at the national convention to be held at Chicago in June to bring about his nomination, believing as we do that his nomination and election will in- sure the realization of the long-de- § ferred hopes of the northwest for bringing agriculture on a parity with industry and at the same time lead the nation out of the economic chaos into which we have fallen. “The immortal Jefferson, founder of our party, truthfully said, “the power to tax is the power to destroy. The force of this utterance has been abundantly brought home to the peo- ple of our state and nation in recent years and months. In 1929, at the peak of our inflated prosperity, the total national income was estimated at $90,000,000,000 dollars. At that time the taxing units of the govern- ment—federal, state and local, were spending $14,000,000,000 dollars a year, or 15 per cent of the total in- come. Our national income in 1931 dropped to $53,000,000,000 dollars and it is conservatively estimated that in 1932 it may fall as low as $35,000,000,000 dollars. In the mean- time, under Republican rule, govern- mental expenses have remained prac- tically the same. This means, con- cretely expressed, that in this year 1932, about two fifths, or 40 per cent of what each man, woman, and child, earl or earns in America will turned over to support govern- mental activities and government of- ficials. No less an authority than Melvin A. Traylor, president of the First National Bank of Chicago, has estimated that if governmental ac- tivities grow at the same rate for the next 20 years, there will in 1950 be one person on some government payroll for each taxpayer to support. ‘We assert that it is more dodging of the issue on the part of our state and national government to say that most of this burden is imposed by local authority. Government Should Lead “We contend that it is the first duty of our national and state gov- ernments to lead in matters of finan- cial and economic stability. We de- liberately charge that the Repub- lican administrations at both Wash- ington and Bismarck have complete- ly failed to show any example to the subordinate units in the matter of re- ducing governmental costs. On the contrary with sign posts on every hand warning of approaching bank- ruptecy during the past four years they have gone ahead creating and expanding governmental activities, providing at the expense of the tax- payer more jobs for political hench- en. ee interpret the avalanche of Democratic votes cast in North Da- kota in March and the growth of the taxpayer associations in the state since the close of the 1931 legisla- ture has a direct challenge and ap- peal to the Democratic party of North Dakota to assume leadership in this crisis. “We have accepted that challenge and here and now pledge the Demo- cratic party of North Dakota, if elected, to make a tax reduction its first order of business. Specifically, we pledge our party to an immedi- ate and definite program of not less than a 20 per cent reduction below the total of direct appropriations made by the state legislature and ap- proved by the governor in 1931. We will indicate by citation of a few specific instances the manner in which such reduction will be made, without impairing governmental ef- ficiency. ., Stand For Repeal Program ‘As a party we stand for a repeal program coupled with a promise to oppose the passage of any laws un- less the urgency and need therefore is plainly apparent. We favor the repeal of the pub- licity pamphlet law which costs the taxpayers thousands of dollars each time it comes into operation and serves no useful purpose. “We favor the repeal of the law creating the motor vehicle depart- ment at Bismarck to operate wien, for two years the last legislature ap- propriated $146,000.00. This work should be handled by the several counties through some county officer with practically no additional ex- penses to such officer and with greater convenience to the public. The tremendous amount of money expended by the state highway com- mission must attract the immediate attention of any honest effort to reduce taxes. A halt should be im- mediately calleti here both in the matter of new construction and for reducing the cost of engineering and the army of unnecessary supervisors and inspectors. “About 47 bureaus and commis- sions are in operation in North Da- kota, many of which should be abolished completely and the work of many more should be consolidated under as few as possible heads with a saving of hi ls of thousands of dollars to the taxpayers and at the same time furnish greater efficiency in the operation of the government. “Boards. and commissions, both state and national, have flourished like the proverbial bay-tree, until to- day practically every phase of hu- man endeavor and initiative is hedg- ed about with restrictions and regu- lation, hgards of inspectors, all poli- tical henchmen, travel up and down the country at public expense seeking whom they may regulate. We be- lieve that an aroused electorate in November will demonstrate beyond question that governments do not primarily exist for the purpose ‘of creating jobs at pesite expense for political ward-heelers. Point to Appropriations “We call attention to the approp- riations: of the last ‘legislature of $90,000 dollars for the office of at- torney general of the state. of this $90,000 dollars, $26,000 is for salaries for four assistant attorneys general and $20,000 dollars for special assist- ants. In addition to this our state. pays a special fee in many instances for other special legal work. “We favor an attorney general’s s office that will take care of all the ‘state’s business without the employ- ment of special counsel. “We further direct attention to the tremendous ‘increase in recent years, of appropriations for the office of land commissioner as showing an- other instance of reckless increase in the use of the taxpayers money in established departments. Another example can be found in the transfer of the gasoline tax collection work from the office of the state auditor to that of the state tax commissioner involving the pant me) of another new bureau at an additional cost of about $20,000. We further emphat- ically question the value of the pres- ent storage inspection law depart- ment and challenge the administra- tion to point out to the public what practical value is being returned to the farmers for the appropriations of 28,500. “We further call attention to the desirability ef the abolition of the office of secretary to the industrial commissioner on the grounds that the records of the few meetings held during the year for this commission can well be handled by the office of the secretary to the governor. Must Maintain Schools “The Democratic party has always been the champion of common school education facilities for every child in the land, believing as we do that only through a wide diffusion of knowledge can a democracy per- sist and properly function as a form of government, we assert that the common schools of our state must be maintained at the highest point of efficiency in keeping with the state’s economic resources, “We further insist and declare it to be the policy of our party that the administration in our common schools is to be completely divorced from the influence of ‘political ex- pediency. We further believe that our higher institutions of learning should receive all reasonable encour- agement, but we feel it the duty of our state government in times of eco- nomic stress like these to sharply limit expenditures by eliminating all non-essentials in curriculum and un- necessary duplication for work. We pledge our party, if elected to power, to immediately take steps in this di- rection. We further declare adher- ance to a strict policy of non-politi- cal administration of all our state institutions, educational, penal, and charitable, so that those entrusted with the direction of these institu- tions may not be forced to constantly work in an atmosphere of insecurity and espionage such as exists at the present time. To show the danger of the tendency we need only refer to the fact that at the present time all five members of the state board of administration are active political partisans of one political faction of the state. We believe the voters will remedy this in part in November and we repledge the efforts of our party to assist in remedying it completely in proper legislation in the next ses- sion, Nepotism “We pledge the Democratic party, Tax Reduction Big Plank HOW THE STATES VOTED IN THE LITERARY DIGEST POLL FIRST FIGURE, WET SECOND FIGURE, DRY Here you see the results of the Literary Digest poll on prohibition, one of t he greatest unofficial expressions of public opinion ever recorded in this country. Seventy-three voters in the poll out of 100 favored repeal of the 18th amendment. (shaded), Kansas and North Carolina, gave a majority for continuance. 68 out of 64,790 ballots. Nevada headed the wet column with 88 per cent of its vote wet. The Literary Digest, having collected the figures, has given them to the public for the discussion they seem certain to evoke. HURT DURING PICTURE. FILMING permitted such exploitation of agri- culture that agriculture is in great financial distress. This state, be- ing essentially an agricultural state, is experiencing that distress to the point where'to collect taxes to sup- port the bare necessities of govern- ment would cast an exceedingly heavy burden on the citizenry whose income has been reduced almost to the vanishing point. This condition has existed for a number of years. But in spite of that, those having control of our governmental affairs have persisted in maintaining an elaborate governmental organization, in permitting projects beyond our means to the point where the tax burden on our people has become con- fiscatory. Would Eliminate Bureaus “Now as never before can we ap- preciate the precept of Thomas Jef- ferson that ‘that government which governs best governs last, and the Democratic party pledges itself, if placed in control of the affairs of this state, to make every effort to eliminate all unnecessary functions of government, to discharge all in- spectors, regulators and supervisors who are not absolutely necessary to a reasonable functioning of our state government and to reorganize and consolidate indispensible commis- sions, boards, and bureaus, if there be any, so as to make them worth their cost. In view also of the de- pression in the agricultural state we approve of the efforts of looking to- ward the reduction of taxes so as to if elected, to immediately discontinue }bring taxes within the ability of the the practice of nepotism employed in the state departments and institu- tions. “In these days of general unem- ployment it is manifestly unfair that whole families should be on the state payroll while heads of families fully capable of holding such positions are seeking Red Cross relief to maintain themselves. North Dakota Materials and Labor “In the construction of the new state capitol we urge upon the capi- tol commission the importance of us- ing North Dakota materials where- ever possible and the employment of North Dakota labor at a fair wage scale. “The evil of tax-exempt. secur- ities, we believe, must be apparent to all. We therefore oppose any further issuance of such securities either by the state or the national government. Farm Relief “We recognize restoration of the buying power of. agriculture as es- sential to the return of prosperity. This can be brought about only by agricultural rehabilitation. We there- fore favor legislation for the re- financing of agriculture by providing for long term farm loans at low rates of interest. “Some such as the principle ex- pressed in senate bill number 1197, which is now pending before con- gress. “We recommend to the next legis- lative assembly that such legislation be enacted as may be necessary to expedite the liquidation of the as- sets of closed banks and we call at- tention of the public to the fact that under our present inefficient system we have still, under the process of liquidation, banks which have been closed nine and 10 years. “We consider the short selling of any commodity to depress prices a vicious piaetice which should be pro- hibited by law. Prohibition “We favor a referendum on na- tional prohibition to the end that the peeple of the nation might express themselves at a time when there is no‘other political question and-when party politics are not involved. we are unalterably Spponed to the re- turn of the open saloon. “The subservience of the republi- can party to organized industry has taxpayers to pay.” Gray Funeral Rites Are Held Near Wing Funeral services were held near Wing Wednesday for Miss Bessie M. Gray, 68-year-old Burleigh county woman. Death was caused by a cere- bral hemorrhage. Services were held at the farm home of Mrs. J. G. Tess, a sister, Rev. Fred Christ, Wilton, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hubbell, Mrs. George Anderson, and Benjamin Heintzman of Wing made up a quartet which sang at the services. Interment was in the Wing ceme- tery. Miss Gray was born in Ontario in 1864, coming to Iowa with her. parents as a child of seven. She was educat- ed in the schools of that state. She came to North Dakota to take up a homestead and remained in the state until about 10 years ago when she returned to Iowa. Last June she returned to Burleigh county to make her home with Mrs. Tees. Miss Gray was a school teacher and @ nurse and spent many years in North Dakota practicing her profes- sions. She was a member of the Methodist church. Besides her sister, she leaves & brother, Dan, of Bemidji, Minn., and several nephews and nieces. Issues Warning to Livestock Raisers A warning to farmers to be'on the lookout for livestock infected with hoof and mouth disease was issued Thursday by the federal government though Dr. W. F. Crewe, state veteri- narian. An outbreak of the disease was re- ported to Crewe from adjacent hoy ranches near Buena, Park, Calif. Fed- eral authorities wish to guard against the possibility of any of the. infected animals finding their way.into North Dakota. - Don't let this get away. Free inner tube with G & J Big Six and Super Stalwart. 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Pittenger in the Eighth, and August Andresen in the Third. The resolution favoring a prohibi- tion referendum was almost unani- mously adopted at the Eighth district meeting in Duluth; the First district at Rochester advocated resubmission of the amendment to the people by a 48 to 42; and the Faribault meeting of the Third district approved a similar measure. ‘The gatherings selected delegates to the party’s national convention at Chicago. Two of the district meetings —the Fifth, at Minneapolis, and the Ninth, at Detroit Lakes, indorsed their delegates for Hoover, while the others were uninstructed. W. H. Newton, secretary to President Hoover, is an instructed delegate from the Fifth district. The district delegates and seven at large to be selected by a state Re- publican convention here Saturday, are expected to abide by action of the state convention, which is expected to ask Minnesota's delegation of 25 to back Hoover at Chicago. Another district—the Fourth— adopted a prohibition referendum res- olution at its meeting here March 19. As a result at least four districts will favor prohibition action at the state convention. Railroad Announces New Train Schedule Official confirmation of changes in Northern Pacific passenger service schedules was received by local rail- road officials Friday. The new schedules will take effect May 1. Trains affected will be No. 3, which will arrive at 5:48 p. m. and leave at 5:53 p. m. under the new schedules and No. 4, which. will arrive at 11:37 &. m, and leave at 11:47 a. m. Under existing regulations No. 3 ar- rives at 7:22-p. m. and No, 4 is due at 12:38 p. m. ty No change will be made in the schedules of trains Nos. 1 and 2, VALUABLE PROCESS, New York.—Since the beginning of the art of hardening steel, science has been seeking a way to harden the softer and . weaker metals to give them the strength of steel. The Amer- ican Institute of Mining and Metal- lurgical Engineers reports that Dr. Paul Merica tells of a hardening proc- ess for copper, lead, nickel, zinc, alum- inum and tin. It is known as age: hardening, and consists of heat treat- ment.and hardening as the metals grow older. i LESS WORK MADE BY THE MAKERS OF IVORY SOAP Ox rue HOU balls up, leaves no scum, softens water. RES. U.S, PAT. OFF. YDOL COMPED FE SEHOLD SOAP THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1932 Twenty-six voted How States Voted in Literary Digest Prohibition Poll for continuation. Only two states Kansas’ dry majority was 397 out of 84,120 ballots; that of North Carolina People’s Forum Bditor’a Note.—The comes letters on ou! ta ot ine ests. right to delete such pi 1) rte letter be "conform to tale policy. onto him several jobs carrying fat salaries. Why would it not ter and fairer to employ one man at a resided in the city for years and have noticed that the same people are fav- ored with the handout jobs each time, even down to the jurymen. Why should two or three members of one family pull down fat salaries from the state, county or city when other tax- Payers get nothing. In line with the “taxpayers associa- tion’s” request we would ask that the city employees be listed plainly from the president of the city down to the dog catcher and the salaries of each and where one man fills different po- sitions, that they be named with amount of salaries for each position held. If this is done taxpayers can see and “| understand why they are paying high Associated Press Photo Lina Basquette, dancer and film actress, was Injured when she fell from a horse during the filming of a western picture in Hollywood. Auranium ore, recently named Clarkeite, has been discovered near Spruce, N. C. 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