Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1936, Page 5

» » « John Galliher of Leesburg as an able BYRD SEES STATE SAFE FOR PARTY Delegation to Congress to Be Solidly Democratic, He Believes. This is the jourth of a series of stories on Virginia politics. . BY WILL P. KENNEDY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., October 10— “Information that has come to me| from all parts of the State shows that | the Democratic ticket will be elected by a satisfactory majority,” said Sen- | ator Harry C. Byrd today, following a i conference with J. Murray Hooker of | Stuart, the State chairman. | “Senator Glass will be re-elected General expenses .. Contingent and miscellan: Repayment of P. W. A. loan.. Pree Public Library ___ Gasoline tax fund items. Street and road improvements Collection and disposal of refu: Playgrounds Electrical departme Public schools, maintenance and operation| Buildings and grounds Metropolitan Police Policemen and firemen’s relief fund.. Fire Department .. Health Department Courts . __._ Public Welfare Militls . ... __ Anacostia River and Flats. National Capital Parks ___ Natlonal Capital Park and Plan. Com: | National Zoological Park | Water service ... eous expenses. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 11, 1936—PART ONE. Summary of District Estimates. for 1938 Budget, Avpraoriation. Gept heads Part 1 jon. [t ) CoL.”S) (Col._3) Approved by Commissioners Totals (Col._4)__|_(Col. 5 __|_(Col. & $2,043,470 280,117 | 1,000,000 547,840 2,437,880 299,600 1,042,283 $2,415,220 5,841 1,000,000 695,802 3,953,280 394,600 1,938,083 1,675,960 278,800 1,139,776 12,033,619 5,492,000 4,112,835 1,060,000 3,639,980 1,117,492 1,510,525 11,405,853 80,800 250,000 1,172,552 352,500 263,700 1.921,140 204,300 988,300 10,927,460 1,567,500 3,690,580 1,025,000 2,474,120 507,970 1,831,120 8,121.350 42,780 50,000 | 908,410 337,500 225,000 1,675,970 $2,075,360 264,537 | 1,000,000 519,040 3,103,280 279,600 1,227,700 1,450,360 | 205,580 995,740 11,121,250 3,735,505 1,060,000 2,382,620 497,330 1,319,040 8,122,410 42,780 50,000 1,904,640 $224,680 42,120 36,000 | 685,000 100,000 | 476,000 $2,300,040 ‘ $256,570 307,257 27,140 1,000,000 555,040 7,200 1,010,740 11,121,250 2,144,000 3,824,315 1,060,000 2,536,970 747,330 1,344,840 8,758,117 47,180 150,000 | 965,026 351,000 235,150 1,904,840 15,000 2,144,000 120,810 154,350 250,000 25,800 635,707 5,000 100,000 | 636,767 5,000 100,000 56,616 13,500 10,150 228,670 and the Virginia delegation in Con- gress will be solidly Democratic.” Political leaders from all the dis- tricts have been consulting with the | Senator, and are pleased with the outlook. Some of them, however, ex- pect that Roosevelt will receive less new voters. Roosevelt 203,979 votes, Hoover and scattering 4,000. This majority of nearly 115,000 was extraordinarily heavy. The counties gave Roosevelt 144,796 to 64,093 for Hoover. while the cities gave Roosevelt 59.183 against 25544 for Hoover. A more normal vote was in 1924, when the Democrats | cast 139,717 votes for President and the Republicans 72,902, with the Inde- | pendent Republican candidate getting | 10.369. The activity of the Young Demo- erats is expected greatly to strengthen the party vote this year, with Horace ' H. Edwards in charge at the State headquarters in Richmond, and Mrs. | assistant. Senator Byrd is going to the State i headquarters to make a radio speech Tuesday night for the Democratic party. He will emphasize that Lan- don has been promising more spend- ing, “generous” reliet and a social welfare program even beyond the New Deal. He will not eulogize what| Roosevelt has done, but point out| that Landon does not offer any con- | structive substitute to correct the evils | of the New Deal. He will advise the | voters of Virginia who are being in- | vited to register a protest against the | New Deal and Roosevelt by voting for Landon that the wise thing Totals *Decrease. The table shows comparisons, by% between the appropria- ! tions made for the fiscal year, the budget requests of the District de- than a normal majority, even in view | partment heads and the sums recom- of the extraordinary effort to register mended to the Budget Bureau by the In 1932 Virginia gave | Ccmmissioners, { major items, (Continued From First Page.) had sought a budget of $1,117,000, or more than double that appropriated ‘This was cut to $747,- Included in the secondary por- tion of the budget is an item of $250.- 000 for construction of one new health Dr. Ruhland had asked twice He proposed for this year. 330. center. that, for two buildings. a program of five, to be built over a { period of years. Requests from many departments | for increases in staff to permit estab- lishment of the suggested “standard ! hours” of work for Government em- ployes were cast aside, Maj. Donovan | said, because of the financial prob- lem. and the difference be- | 89,637 | tween the Commissioners’ budget and | | the appropriations for this year. Budget Traces 20 Years' History. Maj. Donovan traced the history of | the District’s finances over the past 20 years, showing that the city now faces its worst financial crisis. | He showed that whereas substantive law still calls for payment by the is for | United States of 40 per cent of Dis- 843,613,910 Column 1 lists the appropriations by Congress for this year. In Column 2 are the original estimates of depart- ment executives. The next three col- umns show the proposals of the Com= missioners for the next fiscal year. Column 3 lists the items placed in the primary budget, which carries funds only for maintenance and for com- $58,220,358 | $42,805,308 | $5,089,707 | $47,895,015 | $4,281,105 pleting improvements to be started this year. Column 4 carries new improve- ment items sought by the Commis- sloners. Column 5 shows the totals of the two parts of the Commissioners’ budget. Column 6 shows the increases (and one decrease) proposed in the 1938 estimates as compared with 1937 appropriations. cost of maintaining and developing the Nation's Capital.” Maj. Donovan found that demands for service and the needs for improve- | ment and expansion of operations which have piled up during the past years of economy set up a bar against any appreciable savings which might be effected in the cost of operating | the District government. When the Commissioners called for the department estimates they insist- | ed that all requests for funds be held | as close as possible to absolute necessi- | ties, but measured by essential needs. Consider Cut in Costs. “In some quarters the suggestion | has been made that the District’s pres- | ent financial difficulty should be met ! by reducing the cost of the govern- ment,” said Maj. Donovan. “The Commissioners, while in conference with department heads, and during | their preparation of the budget, gave | most serious consideration to this matter. “They found that in most of the services there existed justifications for more personnel and maintenance money than it was possible to allow. For example, the school authorities, 182,976,575 (covering the years 1903 to 1936) and the unpaid intangible personal taxes amounted to $1,038.- 835 (covering the fiscal years 1918 to 1936), a total for both of $4,015,410. Just what part of these taxes will ever be collecjed is problematical. In the opinion of the collector of taxes,-as stated to the committee ap- pointed by the Commissioners to study the matter of delinquent taxes and kindred matters, probably not more than $500,000 of the $4,000,000 of un- paid personal property taxes is now collectible.” Prqsident (Continued From Pirst Page.) pile up surpluses and drive down prices. Earlier he had asserted that the Farm Board was the best the Re-| publican leadership could offer as a solution to the farmer’s plight. for extravagant futility.” The Republican Smoot-Hawley tar- iff, he continued, finished the job The | board, he said, “set an all-time high | to Omaha, He was on the platform tonight. . In coming out flatly for Norris, the President, in effect, turned his back on a Democratic candidate for the office, former Representative Terry Carpenter. Robert G. Simmons, for- mer Representative, is the Republican senatorial candidate in the three-way fight. A tremendous ovation greeted the President when his open car rolled into the Coliseum, and again when he stepped up to the microphone. Coll- suem attendants said the hall had seats for 12,000 persons. The crowd jammed into the aisles and over- flowed. The long route to the Coliseum took the President through downtown streets banked with people who shoute ed him on his way. Dressed in & gray suit with chalk stripes, the President stood on a purple and white stage and spoke from a flag-draped stand. A band struck up the “Star Spangled Banner” and then, with the howling crowd keeping time with handclaps. roared a bit later into “Happy Days Are Here Again.” Welcoming Addresses. James C. Quigley, Democratic State chairman, presented Gov. R. L. Coch- ran of Nebraska, who introduced Mayor Dan Butler of Omaha to ex- tend the city’s welcome to the Chief Executive. Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, widow of the late former Senator from Nebraska, had to wave for quiet several times before she could intro- duce the President. A roar of ap- plause greeted Mr. Roosevelt’s refer- ence to Norris at the outset. The President said his own seven- sentence record of aid to farmers could be expanded by every man and woman on a farm “in terms of the recovery that has come to each of them in the last three and a half years.” This was the record he outlined: 1. Raised farmers’ net annual in- come by $3,500,000,000. 2. Saved thousands of homes and | farms from foreclosure and reduced | farmers’ debts. | 3. Started recovering the farmers'| foreign markets. | 4. Restored national income and | prepared for a steady, long-time ex- sight. I've enjoyed every minute of | erine Kennedy Brown, national com- pansion of the farmers’ home market. | 5. Ended a policy of immediate glut | and eventual waste and laid the basis for permanent plenty. | 6. Begun to get the farmer a fair | share in comforts, advantages. wider interests and deeper satisfaction | “which go to make the good life for | himself and for his children.” 7. Rushed immediate and direct re- | lief to farmers and stockmen struck | by drought, | “There is the record,” he said. “The | farmer and the farmer's family can measure, for themselves, the vast dif- middle of a street in front of the im- | of the credit that may be due to other pressive $10,000,000 State house. Afterward, he drove back to his spe- cial train for a run to Omaha, where he was slated to deliver tonight a|administration, State and national, each in its sphere, to see to it that our natural resources are conserved major address on agriculture. ‘The President called attention to this motto carved over the entrance of the Nebraska capitol: “The salvation of the State is watchfulness in the citizen.” Then he added: “Read, learn, mark and inwardly digest, separating the wheat from the chaff of a national campaign. 1 believe the American people know how to separste the wheat from the chaff, and thav's why I'm confider.t of their verdict on the 3d day nf November.” i As he had done in morning appear- ances on the back platform of his train as it came through Iowa, the Chief Executive asserted here the Government made a “good invest- ment” by borrowing a net of $8,000,- 000,000 during his administration and increasing national income by $22,- 000,000,000 annually, . Landon (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) one-man government after the Euro- pean fashion.” The Governor con=- tended the New Deal “kind” of gov- ernment leads to regimentation, and regimentation to “a strait-jacket on business and labor and agriculture, with all its blighting effects.” Arriving at 1:25 pm. (Eastern standard time) the Kansan made a brief rear-platform talk and drove directly to the huge Ohio State Sta- dium, taking a seat in a box on the 50-yard line. With more than 71,000 others, Landon watched Pitt and the Buckeyes battle three scoreless peri- | ods before Stebbins of Pitt raced 34 yards for the winning touchdown. | Tie askew, Landon followed the | plays closely, jumping up with thme‘ around him at exciting moments. During the half he was introduced ovp; the loud-speaking system and said: “This huge crowd is a thrilling this game between two great teams.” Before returning to his hotel, where the dinner was held, the Governor visit- | ed the Ohio State Chapter of Phi Gam- ma D=lta, his college fraternity. Those | within reported that he jokingly took upper classmen to task because the chapter did not have a better scho= lastic record, paused before a pic- ture of Calvin Coolidge, also a Phi Gam, and remarked “He's a fine fel- low” on seeing a photograph of New- | ton D. Baker, Secretary of War in the | Woodrow Wilson cabinet. In discussing conservation, Landon administrations for what they did for conservation,” he said. insist that it is the business of every by wise use. “Our soils must be looked after, our forests renewed, our wild life pro- tected, our waters controlled and the other resources of the earth intelli- gently handled. * ¢ =, “I will insist upon the fullest and most helpfu! co-operation with the States. I do not mean to allow over- lapping and conflicting duties of many agencies to hamper the vastly impor- tant conservation work of the National Government, * * *, | “To the thousands of millions of Americans who are yet to come—we of today owe a debt which we cannot discharge except by firm adherence to ‘Theodore Roosevelt’s policy of conser- vation of natural resources.” Campaigning from his rear plat- form and rallying party workers to what he termed “the battle of our century,” Landon made two addresses in Cincinnati and talked at Hamil- ton, Middletown, Dayton, Springfield and London. He relaxed here in his eight-day tour of Ohio, Michigan, Ili- nois and Indiana for an afternoon of foot ball. The Kansan saw the Ohio State | eleven battle Pittsburgh. Issues Beyond Party Lines. “The issues in this campaign are | “But I must are “fighting the threats to 6ur Amer- ican system of Government and life.” The New Deal “sold” Minnesota Democrats “down the river” ' when their candidates “deserted” by with- drawing in favor of the Farmer-Labor ticket. This was “a last desperate effort * * * to auction their votes to stave off defeat for the national ma- chine” and “not the only State in which this same sort of sordid bartere ing has taken place.” The New Deal “is trying to poison the mind of the public with a came paign of vicious misrepresentation™ through “the most powerful propa- ganda machine ever assembled on American soil.” In “the most cock-eyed campaign ever seen,” Landon declared there is an administration “effort to give the impression” that the Republican nome inee has dodged question. the prohibition If You Suffer With Kidney Trouble You can restore kidneys to normal functioning by following the health resort method at home. Mountain Valley Mineral Water direct from famous Hot Arkansas. for over 30 years. 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Major points stressed by Landon in his Ohio campaign: | The election presents a choice—"as | vital as any that has presented itself since the Civil War"—between “the American system of Government and one that is alien to everything this country ever before has known.” In| this “battle of our century” the Re-| publican party is the “rallying point” | |for “Abraham Lincoln Republicans | and Thomas Jefferson Democrats” who ! LET’S GO TO SWANEE! That's What PHIL O'BRIEN And His Swanes “Swingepaters’ Ladies, 55c; Men, 15¢ Largest Danes Flsor In Town i | contend there is an existing shortage to | trict expenses, the Federal payment | " .0po" 600 teachers in the public | d with their party and then to stand with ATy | has been steadily reduced in the past | B ference between the desperation which said that “since Theodore Roosevelts DY, robingf thed arsues of his Slask | day, it has become a habit for each « January session. fight within the party for improve- ments. He will quote some of Lan- don’s campaign promises in an effort | to show how heavy an expenditure | would be entailed, and how they do | not square with pledges of econnmy.t and challenge these promises as mf insincere effort to get votes. This speech will make plain to the | people of Virginia that Senator Byrd | the realty tax rate from $1.70 to $1.50, port last Winter of the Commission- | * does not intend to apologize for his | brought the total loss in revenues, in- | ers' Tax Revenue Committee to sup- debris. After 12 years in which he has | = | port the point. This showed the main- | been harassed and weighted down | | tenance and operation expenses in by the burdens of each succeeding | vigorous opposition in the Senate to | New Deal policies, and that he will | continue to make his fight, no matter | who is elected. during the campaign or after the election. He is devoting most of his | time to studies looking toward re- organization of the administrative branch of the Government as chair- man of a special committee which is to réport to the Senate ‘early in-the His chief concern now is for econ- | against $5.000.000 for this year, & |10 years, while the District budget | mounted. For instance, in 1932 the Federal payment was $9.500.000 as loss of $4,500,000. | Reductions in assessments on real | slump in values, and a reduction in cluding the cuts in the Federal pay ment to $8,200,000 since 1932. | understaffed. schools; the Police Department proved | its case for more men, and nearly all | of the institutions under the Board of Public Welfare are shown to be; It has not been s- | sible to allow any money for mext! year to establish standard hours of | | estate, made because of the depression | japor in certain municipal services.” He quoted at length from the re- chance for a foreign market.” The Democratic administration, the Pres- ident contended, had to clear away the “debris of 12 years of failure” and meet the problem of a “defeatist” at- titude. Ground Cleared of “Debris.” “Tonight,” he said, “you know that the ground has been cleared of that The fiscal year 1938 will start with | the past 16 years had increased at| day, the farmer at last has begun to year, he reported. His attitude and 'a revenue deficit of $1,064,000, to be | the rate of about 3.6 per cent per actions will be in no way changed | carried over from the present fiscal | year,’the increase between 1920 and This becomes a ! 1936 being $21.065.000. All but $3,000,- | morrow. * * ¢ first charge against the 1938 collec- | 000 of this increase was in school, wel- tions. The probable general fund rev- enues next year, computed on a con- tinuation of the $1.50 realty tax rate and a Federal payment of only $5,000,~ 000, are estimated at $36,350,000. But, Maj. Donovan explained, this is re- duced at once to $34,776,000 by caring fare, police, fire, general expenses and | is self-supporting. ‘Therefore, the committee decided, omy and efficiency in the Federal for this year’s deficit and other items. Because of the need of these services, | Government as he reorganized the the practicability of any large savings get into the clear, so that he can begin again to take thought for to- | The President came to Omaha on his campaign special from Lincoln. | water items. The Water Department Senator Norris, who supported Roose- velt in 1932 and is now for his re- election, rode the special train with any worthwhile decrease in operation | the Chief Executive as it came across costs would have to come from cuts in | from Iowa, and stayed on from Lincoln the other departments listed above. | President Roosevelt told a large crowd | was their's in 1933 and the recovery which is their's in 1936.” SPENDING FOR “GOOD CAUSE.” President Says 3,500,000 Families Faced Starvation. | LINCOLN, Nebr., October 10— n Nebraska's capital today money ex- | pended during his administration to “keep 3,500,000 families from starv-, ing” was spent in a good cause, and expressed confidence at the outcome of the November election. He also said, “There never has been and never will be a Federal tax on farms or homes as long as I have any- | thing to do about it.” | Mr. Roosevelt opened his Nebraska | campaign before & throng, estimated | by State officials at 40,000, clustered | around a flag-bedecked stand in the’ succeeding administration to redis- cover the conservation policy.” “I have no desire to take one jot HEIL OIL BURNERS DEPENDABLE 1 ECONOMICAL GUARANTEED Wm. KING & SON Established 1835 100 YEARS OF SERVICE 1151 16th Street District 8223 - P S e e e o e e S~ S~ S e~ S~ =~ =g~ S~ e~ e ol 3 935 FSt. sy I 027 l t ll mnm'\ / g e WEDDING RINGS $1.70 Rate Held Necessary. “To meet part 1 of the budget (the mere maintenance section) with a was seriously doubted by the budget officer. $2,309,756 Realty Tax Unpaid. State government when he was Gov- ernor. His main interest is reduc- tion of Government expenses. He 12 will promise the Virginia voters to continue his activity along this line. Federal payment of only $5,000,000, using present revenue sources,” Maj. Donovan said, “would require a tax rate slightly in excess of $1.70, and|. this rate would not provide one dollar On the questions of inability of the | District to collect delinquent taxes, | Maj. Donovan said: “On June 30, 1936, the unpaid real | ; ‘-_é estate taxes amounted to $2,309,756, | f and of this amount $1,712,064 related | | a to the fiscal year closing on that date. | lP toward any part of the estimates car- . UNION PARTY TICKET PROTESTS OVERRULED i ried in part 2 of the budget (for cap- |ital improvements and expansion of | services). To provide funds for the entire budget would mean a tax rate | Of this latter amount, should the ex- | } | perience of the fiscal year 1935 con= tinue, there will remain unpaid by SIDNEY WESTnc “ New York Deputy Secretary of State Expects to Carry Fight to Court. B the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., October 10— Bponsors of the Union party ticket hurdled one obstacle today in their efforts to get on the November 3 bal- lot and try for a goal which has eluded four “third parties” since the turn of the century—the capture of . New York's 47 electoral votes. Secretary of State Edward J. Flynn overruled objections to peti- tions nominating electors for Repre- sentative William Lemke, Republican, of North Dakota, and Thomas C. O'Brien of Boston, nominees for President and Vice President in- dorsed by Rev. Charles E. Coughlin. Miss Grace M. Reavy, deputy sec- retary of State, said she expected ob- Jectors to the Union ticket to carry to the courts their attempts to have the group debarred from the ballot. William E. Drislane and Dr. O. A. Brenenstuhl, Albany Democrats, who charged in their formal protest that the Union party's entrance into the | Empire State campaign was “at the instance of the Republican State Committee,” did not reveal their gurther plans. 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For all the fiscal years prior to 1936 (1878 | to 1935, inclusive), the unpaid real | estate taxes amount to $597,000, an | average of about $10,000 per yéar for that entire period. “On June 30, 1936, the unpaid tan- gible personal taxes amounted to | to advocate any increase in that rate, or to recommend legisiation providing other sources of revenue, at least until such time as the pending fiscal study shall have been completed and the | amount of the Federal pdyment de- | termined. | Must Have More Money. “With this information before them, | the Commissioners will then be pre- | pared to decide what, if any, addi- tional taxes should be raised by tne District. The outstanding and im- portant fact in this report is that the | District must have more money. The days of large unappropriated surpluses apparently have passed. 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