Democrat and Chronicle from Rochester, New York (2024)

KOCHESTEK DEMOCRAT AM) CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 29. 1934 GOP Platform Raps "Expediency" as Guiding Principle of Government REPUBLICANS TREAD SOFTLY ON UTEITIES LIBERTY ENDED BY DEMOCRATIC RULE, IS CLAIM ernor, t'nder our executive budget system it is his duty to see tha'. the state income i enough to meet it expense. Relief, public work and aoclal and agricultural welfare legislation which impose new expense on the state government I necessarily bumpered by thi huire deficit.

Tlxtravagant Democratic promise should he read with thl fact tn mind The deficit must come first. We therefore pledge our-selves tn rigid econotnl In our state government and to the restoration of a balanced budget We favor changes In the tax vs-tem to distribtit th tx burden more fairly than at present and in such a wav us tn relieve homes farms and real estate generally of the disproportionate and crushing tax burden they now bear. New York City Sixteen year of Tammany mal- dministration has brought New York City to Ihe verge of bankruptcy and general collapse Last November the voter turned out the Democratic Partv machine and installed a Fusion administration. The Republican Party may rightfully claim the major portion of the credit for the usion victory, because it instituted and Vigorously supported the N'ew York City investigation, whirh uncovered the corruption and extravagrance of the Democratic regimp and forced Mayor Walker to resign in order to escape removal. The Republican Partv endorsed and loyally supported the Fusion candidates for offices In the city election, re.

gardles of the partv affiliation of the candidates and furnished more votes for the Fusion cause than all other political groups combined The Republican Partv ha given Housing Act; and legislation prohibiting Increase in mortgage interest rat during th emergency period. The Republlcn Partv In thl tate I also responsible for a broad program for the benetlt of holder of guaranteed mortgage participation certificate and mortgage. On of th chief olwlaclca to tha restoration of these mortgage participation cee'tocate nd mortgage wa th lack of a market for ale of real estate. Thl wa aggravated by law which prevented such sale on foreclosures unless the real estate market. The Republican Party alao sponsored and obtained the passage of bill empowering bank and insurance coin-panic to lend money to holder of guaranteed mortgage participation certificates who were in financial distress It also ponored nd obtained the pnag of leglilation to restore th market for real estata ale by speeding up reorganization Under the Schackno Act.

The Superintfndtmt of Inuranc. appointee of the Democratic Governor. I under official charge of incompetence and mismanagement tn hi upervision of th mortgage eompanie Th Governor eppolnted a Moreland Act Commissioner lo investigate hi fitne to continue In office. Mortgage cer-tiflcte holder hav lost confldenra In hi adminltratinn on account of these charge' Notwithstanding thes facta, lie Governor fall to act. He hs failed to publih ny findings by th Moreland Act Commissioner.

By hi fallur to ct he becomes responsible for the prespnt chaotic condition in th dministration of th lfalr of th mortgage companle and cause untold suffering to the holder of these certificates We pledge ourselves to reorganize the Insurance Department under a competent, vigorou and fearle through. We believe that radical foiepa are being stimulated and encouraged winch may soon be beyond control. So variable is tha a'titude of the government that It Is impossible to determine from day to day whether It alms at rornmuni.sm, dictatorship or con. servatism. Kvents the world over Indicate that recuperative forces are gaining the upper hand Were It not for the Ill-considered and unpredictable actions of our government, we are convinced that the American people would already be enjoying a iarge measure of recovery, as In Canada.

We believe that thl country I too large. Its elements too diverse, Its industries too complex, its traditions loo individualistic, it dislike of regimentation and centralization of authority ton deeply rooied, to tolerate the dictatorship of In New Deal, once its implication and Inevitable consequences are realized. Our people are still re.idy to pay the price of liberty. They must have the help of the government in this emergency, but they do not propose to sell their birthright of freedom for a men of promises. We are confident that necessary reforms can be adopted to prevent past abuses, which we recognize and deplore.

These reforms can be within the framework of existing institutions, and without, throttling the energies and destroying the courage and initiative which have made this nation great, and which will lift it again from the deep valley in which it now struggle to ihe hills whence comet our light. Pledged to Support We pledge ourselves to support! 1 The American traditional constitutional form of government, under which the citizen is sovereign and individual liberties secure from oppression, as contrasted With the fniru.i conception of a supreme st-e: -exef'iing absolute authority over a nation of subjects. )-A return to the self-balancing competitive system of political economy, which preserves initiative and reward enterprise. Industry and thrift of the individual citizen. O-The strengthening of the law ag.nnst monopolies so as to preserve competition, without which our svstem of privale initiative cannot function successfully, and must inevitably degenerate into siate capitalism, ocialism, or communism.

1 The principle of collective bar-, gaining, the voluntary zafinri nl worners inio and their right to be represented by men of thetr own choosing Government must protect these rights, and thPte must bp no coercion in making this cuoice, nor any a'fempt to Impose governmental management of industry. countie of fair representation for many vpr. County Reform We shall upport econd passag by th Legulatur nd adoption bv tha people of th proposed con-liltutional amendment which give power to the voter of the varloti upstate countie to abolish ueeles county offices, consolidate overlapping offices, and transfer function In the Interest of economy and modern government, and which alo provide for the consolidation and abolition of county office In the fiv countie within Neiv York Clt. Direct Primaries Hundred of thousand of dollar of the taxpayers' money ar wasted regularly on primary election In which there ar no contest and which therefore serve no useful purpose. We hall continu tn upport amendment to the election law to provide that no primary election be held by political parties where there are no contesting petition to till, and that where auch conteta do occur the primaries be limited to the election district and the office or nn-ty position affected.

Such a hill ha been defeated bv the Democratic Party tor three successive years. Socio Welfare We shall continue to nipport the. late-wnie vstem of old relief, under which many peranna 70 years of age or older are now re-back taxes and ascmnt wer paid The Republican Party ponored a bill to reeve this situation. It was at first vetoed by the Democratic Governor but repassed at the recent extraordinary session and Is today one nf the most constructive aula In the restoration of ceiving substantial financial assistance from the state. Tha Republican Party thi year iponsorod a new law to llbertillz tn old ge relief evatem snd to upplement the original law.

Th Republican Party also ponsored legilation lo extend the orial welfare activities of the tal by providing for star aupervisinn of maternity home. nd upported appropriation lor a new bov' training school, for a new hospital, and for better d-minltrntion of vetern relief. We pledge oureelvea to complete at the earliest possible date all needed Institution and taiilitie for tha state' chrage, nd specifically to provide Immediately a new hospital for the Insane and adequate quarter to remedy overcrowding and to meet the anticipated increase in inmate. We favor reorgntzitInn of the State Housing Hoard under a sing!" head, its transfer to the Department of Weliare, it releas from political control, the limit-tinn ot it function to planning for low-rent houses, elimination of slum and stimulation of th building indiilry, and th early transfer of It dminiatrativ function in New Yetrk City to th City Hoiiing Authority. We condemn all practice that tend tn deny to our colored cm.

of elala and nation equality of opportunity nd the full protection guranteed to Them bv th Constitution of the United State and the Stat of New York, and reaffirm our pledge of sympathetic interest and co-operation in their struggle upward. Justice and Lau) Reform Th Republican Partv pledge etion In place of promise in providing lnexpeniva nd pepdy administration of justice. hava upported th establishment of a judicial council, the establishment of a Liw Revision Commission to prepare almpliried and modernized statute, and the rbllshment of a poor man court for prompt nd inexpensive trials of case Ing not more than Spent. ca! we promise that if the responsibility is given us. we shall set up emergency machinery to bring ail court calendars up to date, so that the new judicial procedure may given a fair atart.

urge a militant and aggre. aive campaign to rid our communi tie of organized crime. We con-riemn the failure of the Democratic attorney general to prose-cute lawbreakers, gangster nd racketeer in spite of large ddi-tional appropriation by the Legi-lfure for this purpose. We fvor stricter reguletiona of the manufacture, h1 and distribution of firearm. Parole of Criminals We condemn th failure nf th Democratic administration for th randlnu lxttv which Ml chr-cterued it dminisrrtion of th parole law We favor the reorganization of the Parole Boxrd on nonpolitical bi We condemn the release of criminal without adequate aupervisinn and the reckless extension of the parol system without adequat aufeguard.

Public Utilities Th Republican partv will continue lo eupport a thorough, force-ful, financed, impartial and nonpolitual invet gvition of the structure of pubiic utility com-panle In this sta'e. nf their rates, nf their alleged influence, and of the recocnired shortcomings of the Public Service Commission disgraceful row- exactly th authors intended, thus effectively and indefinitely postponing charier rev ision. In one section of the community the present Governor pose a a conservative banker trained In corporate management and financing. In others he seeks to create Ihe Imptension I hat he. is fundamentally opposed to all the methods and principles of great corporations, and that, subscribe wholeheartedly to Ihe most radical objective of the new deal.

No better evidenre of the weakness of the present Democratic administration could be found than their failure to purchase a site for a new state hospital for Ihe insane in the metropolitan section The Governor lias frequently voiced hi deep Interest In these afflicted people and hi distress at their over-dortde-d Condition but when he faced local opposition in buying land for a new hospital, he "was unwilling to proceed Hi timidity overcame hi interest in the insane. An appropriation for the site was made in and the site has not vet heen acquired, piaclicallv at the end of his entire administration. Are these the acts of a strong. Independent, fearless, financially wise and humanitarian slate administration? We believe that th voters of this great slate will deride that they are not. and that the day has gone by when weakness will he allowed to masquerade as strength In contrast with thi Democratic record, we pledge ourselves to support In this state the following program Unemployment I'nemployment relief is the most pressing problem confronting tpe state a well as the nation The need for emeigcncv relief will continue for a long time, and we must abandon the pleasing delusion that our difficulties will he over In a month, or even a year.

We cannot continue on a makeshift basis. The state must determine what It ran afford to do, what responsibilities it must assume for its subdivisions, and what assistance can be expected from the federal authorities We condemn the present lack of adequate plan to meet this problem. Ve deplore the constant shifting and changing of relief programs and the lack of consistency, co-ordination and forceful direction in the administration of relief which Is evidenced by an unemployment crisis at least once a month. The relief authorities of tha state and It do not know from day to day what to expert. Thrv do not know when their fund will give nut.

They do not know how many famine "they can provide for on home relief, how many men they can keep on work relief, how many white collar workers ranbe maintained nr how much will he available for materials anrl equipment H'f deplore the employment of skilled labor for only a few day a month with intervening week of complete idleness and the consequent breakdown of morale and production on construction project The relief program has been in a constant state of rhan since It Inception. The continuance of thi condition la bound to cause financial collapse, demoialization nf workers, wide and desprved resentment, and in the end, merited contempt of government. We favor the adoption of a definite relief program for the whole of the next calendar and fiscal vears, involving the co-operation of the federal, iate and local government, to assure productive work and the necessities of life to the unemployed and the needy. advocate the passage at the coming election, of the proposed bond Issue for the relief of distress and unemployment, but we regard this bond issue as a totally inadequate and unscientific approach to the problem. As applied to the state and its sub-divisions a well as the nation, we favor public works in preference to work relief, and productive work Tt in preference to home relief.

We are opposed to the mockery of made work. We bei.eve that taxpayers not receiving relief are entitled to see their money used to produce results of permanent value to the community. We favor the advance planning of all relief In the same way that a war college maps out a program of mobilization, attack and defense. We favor annual appropriation bv the state and Its subdivision ufflcient ums to prepare in advance plan nd contract specifications for needed future pubiic works the project to be listed in the order of Importance nd location, and classified a to the equipment, labor nd material to be made. We disapprove anv attempt to e-tahhsh public works reserve of actual cash no matter how safeguarded, because the pressure, to use such funds for current needs in time of prosperity will be too grMt 'o resist.

favor the Immediate revival of th state' grade crossing elimi-nstion program for which l-tfiO was authorized bv th peo- fce hy rons'it'itional amendment l'l'JS. and HOT. Of this xmount am as vet unissued. This huge sum has been King idle and unproductive throughout the depression, and is the greatest potential reservoir of public works in this state We condemn the state administration for its fviilure to stimulate this program. which would mean so much in employment of labor, purchase of ma'e-nais and the p'iming of the industrial pump.

We favor the reorganization of the t-. grade noising administrative machinery aa to place responsibility solv on tha Department of Public Works the existing Citv Grade Crossing Commission nd the Bord of Kstima'e and Apportionment of the city of New Yorn, and to eliminate the Public Service Department a a factor In theie proceedings. Th removal of thes crossing a purely administrative problem Identical with highway construction and does not require the intervention of any or regulatory gency. We favor Inimed'ale preparation of dPsign and specification for th elimination of i dangerous railroad grad crossings throughout the t'e. State Finances The official report nf th stste rorrptrolle: shows s'a'e dehrii as of Julv 1 of 13.

or P-proxims'elv per cent of the io'a! appropriations for the current fiscal er and indicates that the a'atp will hve the largest deficit In it history the end of the current vear This deficit la not due to extraordinary expenses for unemployment relief, because, those expenses have been linancel out nf bond Issues -not, out of txe. It i a dctlcit'in paving for the ordinary running expense of the state government Tn re- ponsihiiitv for the deficit lie squaie.v with the Democratic Gov nd state nolllicinn-in-chlcf. The political and economical embarrassment of the ilale administration are apparent. It attempts to dissociate itself from It Tammany allie at all times excepting at lata elections. It Is pious In the off years, llovernor Lehman last vear refused to he counted in the iilv election In New York; nt the.

Inmt time his secretary of atate, who is allowed to aharnt himarll almost entirely from bis oliicial state duties so as not to jnterlere with his real joh as boss of Ihe Bronx, wa permitted by the (iov-etnor to support an independent candidate against Kualon and the regular Democratic nominee In New York Cily. The same Governor is now, when he need the votes, supporting Tammany and attempting to wreck the Fusion administration bv injecting into It a Tammany comptroller, lie is running as a candidate for governor on the new deal as his bible, end at the ame time being nominated by a former governor whose bitter opposition to every fundamental aspect and purpose of the new deal is nntori-AH. -The only principle the present state administration the principle of expediency. It aims to he all things to all men. politically and economically.

No better evidence can he found or the weakness nf Ihe present governor than his handling of the mortg'ige scandal. Almost 3(1 year ago the Republican Party in this stale launched the Armstrong leg-Islatlve investigation of the Insurance scandal. Charles Kvana Hughes conducted the investigation and wrote Ihe report which exposed the rottenness under the snrlaie and offered the remedies. An efficient insurance department was et up by Hughes as Governor and there was written into the statutes at his suggestion the so-called Moreland Act under which a governor has full power to investigate the activities of anv state department at a moment notice. Now another great scandal has developed Intimately Involving: the Insurance Department Itself.

Has Governor Lehman followed in the foolateps of Governor Hughes'' Has cleaned up the mesa? Ha he relentlessly icarleasly and independently exposed the facts? Has he shown cold and grim indifference to pressure from those who have ruined and betrayed the hundreds of thousand of helples trusting investors supposedly protected by the state? Has he cast out the weak and incompetent state officials who were paid to protect these people? Has he used the Moreland Act Hughe int'-nded it to be used, to expose relentlessly Pnd to reform speedily and draati-callv? He has not. He ha de. liherHtclv whit.cvvnshed the mortgage scandal and attempted to sprinkle colognp on it. Instead of reorganizing the Insurance Department he hss attempted to violate thp provisions of the statp constitution so as to create what is in effect another Insurance Department with more political commis- sicners, patronage and irresponsibility. Record on Finances The record of the state administration on finances is a further illustration of weaknes.

timidity and evasion. The present Governor has taken th view that tha State may be prosperous even I hough Its (ubdivisinna are bankrupt He hs persisted in the belief that if the market for state securities is good. It doe not matter whether there Is any market for municipal securities or not. He contents himself with blaming all of the trouble of the municipalities on past local improvidence, although the expenditures or the state have Increased as rapidly a the average of the municipalities. He ha refused to face the problem ot relief as a whole una ha insisted that It is largely the problem of the federal government and the municipalities.

He and his predecessor have dodged the Issue of relief financing, and postponed a decision on the major question Involved bv recommending successive inadequate state bond issues to be submitted to popular vote. He has declined seriously to consider adequate taxes to pay tor state and local relief without piling up debt. Even If we except hi limitation of state responsibility and his selfish disregard of the problem of municipalities his ciaitns of financial good msnagement cannot be sustained in submitting his n-nual budget for the present fiscal year he stated that it was a privilege to present a pleasant picture and that nothing In his public lite had given him greater pleasure than To be able to recommend, the discontinuance after June :0, 19M a' the 1 per cent Emergency Sales Tax and the 1 per cent Kmercenrv Personal income Tax and to amend the Personal Income ia. on income for eo as to provide full personal exemptions These recommendation wpre obviously made with an eye to the coming election. In view of the continuance of the depression and the urgent need for moneys for relief and other purposes thpre was no reason whatever to suppose these ree ommendatlnn represented soiinu nnanung.

A a matter of rii.i. on the very iy that fl cil vear ended and the repeal of the pme-gencv Income and sales taxes hetatne e'fecfue the llovernor was forced to annoume that theie was a state deticit that the taxes should not have been re-p, aied and that they would have to be restored or others added. Similarly, with reference to the budget for the public schools th Governor a cut of over J13 OotMl in the school bud- fet. lie refused to recommend the nl I amount required, and at-tempted to pas the buck to the legislature to enact a law rutting down allotments and payments. Thi the legislstur refused to do and It ws necessary to bring th subject up (gain at th extraordinary aession.

On ths occasion the Governor reversed himself nd recomended th full amount, but in violation of tha specific, provisions of the executive budget provision of the tRt constitution, end the of courage, he ev aded the responsibility and asked the legislature to find the money. The governor favors reapportionment but has rn4 no real effort to bring it shout. Neither has he done anvthiog to corvrnl the Tsrrtmanv element in the legislature so as to bring about tp accep'ame of resonahl plan. As to county i ion and charter reform In New Yotk fit it would hot have bpen npcessarv to wait for an pvtraurdinaty session for affirmative action if the Governor had made the slightest effort to control the member of his own partv at. the rrgu ar session.

At th Isst regular session the Governor permitted his party to write Into th c'v charter hill a membership which he knew could nut possibly agree, and which nibsequently broke up in a 14 Points in Program Of Administration Condemned Thr platfoim ad-'t'tfd by Iht Xciv York Mole Kffulunn 1'nrly in cmr.cnlwn 'THE time has come under our federal snd state constitutions snd laws to takp stnrk nf the condition of the t'ninn snd of th Stat After 18 moinhii of unlimited m'hontv. unparalleled public cooperation, and unhampered dipni-lion of resource on a war time basis, the federal administration has made Its first accounting to the people, explaining ami defending its objective in meeting a (treat economic crisis, and submits Vo public analysis lt clairna of prnvrress. Our government can be ur ess-f ii 1 1 operated only on party linen, under conditions which insure that the pany in power shall aivvavs be uhject 'to the constant, unremitting and healthy criticism bv the paitv in opposition, of every major policy and act. This is a basic American principle, almost completely lost sight of by the present frdenil administration which ha attempted to stamp out effective criticism and public discussion by the use of the powers of government itself and bv every other means known to those exercising oirtnrial authority'. The task of the opposition party has been enormously increased bv an "almost complete absence of definite goal and fixed principle on the part of 'he administration.

For the first time in American politics a partv In power has adopted expediency as its only Eluding piinciple. it has sold the day to serve the hour, li has announced In effect that It ha no definite objectives, that it will trv anything, 'hat no tradition, no economic law. no dictate n( experience no proven limitation of government enterprise and no reio'ded achievement of private enterprise shall be allowed to with every experiment on orti noo peopie which inav be suggested bv partisanship, by ir-re-pcns'hle 'enthusiasts, by aca-denuc experts or bv demagogues. The experiments are so numerous and are imposed and abandoned with such ainiumg rapidity, that as soon as aim is taken at one, target, it is removed and another is substituted. Political expediency as a major principle did not originate with the New Deal allhougn it is new in this country to a party in power.

It was invented bv foreign politicians centuries ago. It bred tha Wot Id War. which. In turn, produced the present economic crisis. Expediency, coupled with dictatorship and the extension of govern-mental activity into all fields or private enterprise and the extinction nf Individual initiative, end liberty.

Condition of Union What of the condition of tha union? We find the adoption of a o-ralled planned and controlled ernnomv. imposed by an all-power-fill usurping central government, exercising arbitrary authority and direction over the economic life of tb nation and of the individual citizen: a ballyhoo dictatorship aet up over industry and lat.nr. our American constitutional (mm government undermined and fried our economic system ln-ripted and paralysed: a huge 'bureaucracy created, not on the basis of elticiency and service but debauched from the outset by the pons system; a debased currency, a revival of the free silver fallacy; a monetary policy based neither upon principle nor upon conviction, reduction in the value of all savings- repudiation by our government of its solemn obligations; a budget unbalanced on such a scale as to threaten the national credit Industry torn by strife, embittered relations between employer and employe; the anti-trut law emasculated and monopolies 7j an agricultural policy aimed at the regimentation or the American farmer which nature has reduced to a mockery; industrial production fallen to less than It was a year ago, prospects for recovery becoming more and more dim sm'e of rosy predictions and promises, the durable goods industries, with a heavy mil of unemployed, atsgnant; the reservoir of private rspital dammed up; enterprise based on frugality, saving and penalized, frightened and linen into hiding or abroad; a peak in destitution; incompetent hrcction of public works and the collapse of civil works one niMi in me of our working population on a government pavro.1 and st of tliese on a dcnioiaii.ing do, Pewiidemient. fear and despair on evetv hand. Hadost demagogic and extravagant promise to every group and element in the country, except the thrifty.

While giving full iredit to the administration for those measures which have been helpful and collar motive, we condemn. 1 The undermining of the Amer. can form of government and the disruption of our economic avstem. 2 -The destruction of state and local rights and re sponaiblll- tles, O-A planned and controlled scones nmy of ilten conception. Imposed and administered by an all-powerful dictatorship.

4 -The Invasion of the field of private initiative bv the government, and manipulation bj inexperienced men. The setting up of a huge, in-rompetent arrogant and uncontrollable bureaucracy, ii -The debauching of the civil service of cattle, hogs and crops on academic theories contrary to natural laws and forces. 8- fostering of monopolies, destruction of competition and fixing of prices hy the government, (l Impairment and threatened de-' struction of private business, and saving! through government cmopetitlon. -1 Profligate waste of the peo-J pie's money without thought of the day of reckoning. H-A monetary policy which by tti uncertainty destroys confidence and dnea up tha pring of credit.

It) A fiscal policy which looka not to tha morrow. rO Tha attempt to rdstribut wealth by destroying It. -Ill-conceived. irreeponiibla and frequently contradictory experiment in doren of field far beyond tha proper domain of government. Above all.

w-e condemn the ad. ministration for attemnting to recast our entire govprnmcn'l and economic vstem a th vcrv hot. om of a depression, thus hindering recovery, pro'ong'ng unemptoy-trnt and Inviting fl.satr However high-minded their purpose, we have nr, faith In their methods or in tneir capacity to carry them MM Plank Advanced Despite Macy Fight For Major Issue Continued from Fage On ice to programi which are obviously dietaateful If not positively terrifying to him. Bound to Federal Vhel "He haa bound the state to tha wheel of the federal chatlot driven by th potmaatr-general, who 11 at one the dlpener of federal and tat patronage, and national and atate polltlcian-ln-chlef," Governor Lehman' "wakna" Is condemned ln the handling of tha titled mortgage tltuatlon througn the Insurance department. Oeorg Van Schaick of Rochester, appointed by Lehman, head thla department.

"He has deliberately whitewashed the mortgage scandal," the platform aays, "and attempted to sprinkle cologne on it. Instead of reorganizing the insurance department, he has attempted to violate pro-visions of the State Constitution su a to reate what Is In effect another Insurance departnr.snt wlih more political commissioners, patronage and Irresponsibility." The Republicans launch general condemnation of Rooae-veltlan national policies and specifically condemn them on It different counts. Those Include a "debauching" of the civil service, the setting up of a huge bureaucracy snd an alleged "profligate waste of tha people's money without thought of the d.iy of reckoning. Claims Recovery lelayed "Were It not," ays the platform, "for the Ill-considered and unpredictable actions of our government, we are convinced that the American people already would be enjoying a large measure o.f recovery, as In Canada." The platform lays down 15 different policies of a federal ut national nature which it pledges the Republican party to support. Most important ts a promise for "the prompt reorganization of the entire national banking system so as to eliminate disclosed abuses and weaknesses and ultimately to assure a strong, well-managed, unified system, with branch banking permitted ln carefully defined economic areas." In a definite aeries of planks dealing with problems which are matters of state concern, the platform favors a definite relief program for the whole of the next calendar and fiscal years, Involving the co-operation of federal, and local governments.

Passage of the $40,000,000 relief bond Issue at th coming election is uiged, but it is declared this it-sue is "totally Inadequate and an uncientific approach to the Th platform hammers tha state administration on fiscal matters, praises tha Republicans and criticizes the Democrats for the handling of the New Tork City situation, favors a system of atat employment reserves to be set up "by Industries or otherwise1 and lifts various Republican-supported pleasure already pasted and deemed to be tn the Interest of labor. Among other matters considered are education, reapportionment of congressional and legislative districts, county government reorgat-Izatlon, direct primaries, social welfare and the administration of Justice and criminal law reform. It condemns th "scandalous laxity" which has characterized, so it ia charged, the Democratic administration handling of the parol law. Hill Support Utility roh On the public utility situation, the platform promises continued support of impartial Investigation on th structure of public utilitlss in this state and pledges support of the State Power Authority "whose purpoe It Is to safeguard the Interest of New York State 'n the St. Lawrence River power development and to create hydroelectric power at low prlca for the citizens and Industries ef our state." "But we condemn," says the platform, "the present commissioners of the authority for failure In the last four years to maks definite progress ar.d for the expenditure of large appropriations without reeult." Lawa for "tronger and safer banka" ar akd.

Ths platform declared for: "Th establiahment at th earliest practicable date of a gold bullion 'ndrd. with gold payable on demand, either domestic or export. Co-operation with other nations for worldwide stabilization of currencies." No action was taken on tha platform at the day seialon of the convention. A plank not Included ln It was verbally Inserted by iir. Tsber.

It read: "We condemn the fallur of fha federal government to proceed with the construction of tie Barge Canal from end to end." Captain Praised For Saving Ship Port Colborn. Ont, Sept. 24 Clever navigating by Cpt Robert Wilson was credited today with saving the 410-foot freighter Saekadoc of th Peterson Steamship Line and its crew of 31 from sinking in a heavy storm on Lake Erie Eleven hours overdue, tha freighter, Hating badly to port and her deck almost awash, reach4 th harbor her early today. wholehearted and aggressive support to the legislative program of the Fusion government of New cover They York Citv. have sponsored and supported bills to effect re.

organization of tne city government so that it mav be honestly and efficiently administered for the people as a whole, Instead of for political district leaders. This program of legislation Included bills to develop the city park and playground avstem; to liberalize the a'tmmisrration of unemployment relief funds and allow cash payments to be mad to the unemployed: to protect the city' uh-way contracts, to reorganize the city criminal courts in the interest of speedy administration of Justice; to establish a poor man court; to require tire-trap tenements to be renovated or destroyed; to faciltate construction of sewage disposal plant and other public wonts; to place the unsound pension system on a Bound business bams; tn protect voter against dishonest counting of election returns; to modernize thp city school svstem; and to promote a ium clearance program by th e-iablishmetit of a municipal houj-ing authority. We pledge contniued Bupporf to thi program ncj lo nil the other regressive legislation requested Mayor LaGuardia and hi associates, and further pledge th full and loval support of the Re-publican Party to the Fusion cause at this and criming elections, when and wherever we ran he helpful, including the election of Hon, Jo. eph D. McGoldnck aa comptroller.

The Democratic Partv opposed, hampered and ltempted to sabotage the New York City investigation It opposed Fusion nd i now attempting to regain control of the city treasury nu galn to destroy the city credit by electing a Tammany comptroller. The Democratic Party ha used every means, fair and foul, to hlork or emasculate constructive measure to bat-ncp the budget nd improve the credit nf New Y'ork City, It hs no program of It own to benefit tne city and it contribution consists in harassing and destroying Fusion and th force of decent government. Specificsilv, we reaffirm our land in favor nf the proposed con-atitutional change permitting abolition or consolidation of tne useless county ottnes which the Democratic Party has shielded and protected for generation in New York City. Labor The Republican members of the Legislature pledge their continued support of a comprehensive program for the betterment of labor. Among the measurps sponsored by them this year were hill to place 11 private fee-charging employment agencies under State regulation; to prohibit the so-called "kick-back racket; to protect workers in making assignment of their futur wage: to regulte nd restrict industrial homework; to provide shorter hours on all local and J'ate public works performed by contract, to etabiuh minimum wage protection for ail workmen, mechanic and laborer employed on public works, to strengthen th prevailinc-rate-ot-w-ages' section of the Labor Law.

and to liberalize the disability provisions of the Workmen a Compensation Lw' We condemn the "Vei-low Dog1' Contract as against public polity. Th Republican Party pledge Itself tn support dequ-e appropriation for tha Deprtmenf of Labor, and to improvement in the administration of the Workmen Compensation Law so as to insur itmrediaip hearing and prompt payment of awaitis. We lavor a system of atat pmpiovmcnt reserves tf, set up by industries cr otherwise supported bv from employer and demploye. nd main-t a it on an unquestionably solvent basis, the funds to be invested snd administered by th ale. We believe, however, that no insurance system can possibly meet the problems of a prolonged depression sur a the present one, but that thei problem must be met bv th ipecial meaiure herein outlined.

Education Over th oppoiitlon of th Democratic Par-y the regular eision of the Legislature thi year, th Repubilcn rr'v forced adequat for for the support of th common schools in order to enhl local comrr.ini'ips to mainta.n their huC'eis and th same time to prevent sn mTeas in the ral ptt taxp for educational purpose. The Repiihlnan Tarty will continue tn uphold a modern, pro-griyp wenfinancpd system of pubic education, free from political domination. Reapportionment We hll cnnflnu our effort toward a fair reapportionment nf the congressional and legislative districts of the itate. which Internal dissension amongst Tammany Democrat ha fr biocked. Thi ha deprived teveral on from Fordham Law School, and tate proudly that in worked her way through.

A charter member of th Women National Republican Club, and for 11 year a member of I's board of governor and corresponding ecretary, Mis Couch i committed to Republirar.iam. Ph I a member of the bojird nf triee of the village of Grand V.cw, where tha live with bar two lister. Agriculture We demand equal tretment from th federal government for New York farmers and western (arm-er. Th citizen of New York Slat ar huge 'jontrlhu-tion to Ihe Agriculture Adjustment Admlnltratlon for the relief nf agriculture In other ectlon of th country while our own farm-era are In urgent need of alt-ance and are receiving In return a minute fraction of what they pay. We condemn Governor Lehman for failure to present the Just cltm nf New York farmer who hav been grossly discriminated gaint In fiicrl allotment.

A larg proportion of the total farm incoma of a number of western and outh-ern state come directly from th federal government, where lea thn on per cent of th farm Income itf New York Slate i ome from thi ource The fund In question re funds nf all the peopi- jney should nitriouiea qolbly. Tn guard ag.nnat malnutrition nf children and to aid dairy farmer of th state, th Republican Pany ha upported a ttewio campaign to increase milk conception. It ha also secured the allication nf Jl.lVOOOO of relief bond isu money tor th distribution of fre milk to undernouruhed children, bablea nd nursing mothers, through nubile and other fre chool nd gentie. Farmer in thi tt ar di-tressed because the Surplus Relief Corporation, under the Agricultural Adiustrnent Administration, buy farm product in area operating? under marketing agreement and then transports these product Into New York State Many of these relief food eupplie could be purchased locally and we insist that these food aupplie purchaaed locally far a practicable. favor more aggressive measure to protect th New Yorlc milk hd.

favor an adequately financed and competently directed tudy of the cnt of dltributlon of milk, and th support by th sure of all necessary meisure to Insur a fair return to the farmer and a fair price to the consumer. favor reviion of our ta v-tem to bring relief to farm real estate, fvor adequate appropriations for road. We reaffirm our upport of leg. Islation both federl nd rt, permitting frmr lo ct coT.ec. lively in the marketing of their product through farmer-owned and operated associations.

We favor ssitnce bv the atat to develop the poultrv industry. Vs favor appropriation for th complete elimination of tubercular cattle before 1M and for th eradication of mastiti nd of other dairy rattle disease. favor rn development nf public regionel market to facili. tat the distribution of food prod, uct nd to oring bout greater efficiency distribution. We favor adequate upport for agricultural research and duration.

Parks, Conservation piedg full tupport to th completion and impartial manage, ment of the rt park and park. wy vstm, th opening of the Forest Preserve to inrreesed recreation! use with proper restrtcttone. and the ro-prdin'on of tt nd local park, playground and parkway facilities Tn promote fishing and shooting nd Insure the proper use nd development of the wild life of the state, we favor as permanent policy that all the moneys derived from fishing and hunting licenses be ernpovd for the propagation and protection of nh and game. Highvwys favor further extension and Improvement of th atat highway nd road system a prim necessity of modrn lif, and the bst possibi means of comrtir.g unemployment, condemn the unfair and ducrlminatory distribution of federal highway fund under which thl atate reciv les than half nf what It I entitled to on the basis of tts population nd trffic requirement. We favor th extension of th tt highway.

hotileyrd nd parkway system ino nd through cities sn that the bottle-necks leading Into snd out of population centers my be eiiminr Our motorists ar. now rontriouting Vo fxai orl nnuslly tn th state In the form of gsso'tn fx nd motor vehicle rg st ration fees, A uhtntil part of this sum is dtvertsd to othpr than highway' purpose The federl govrrnmpnt has provided that, states which divert highway money in this way shall not receive their full hr of federal aid. New York hss sacrificed a larg prt of it federl allotment on thi account. pledge ottrseive tn th gradual restoration of the fee to highway purpose. Terms of Office We favor a four-year trm for Governor and otfcr at; officer, and a two-year trm for Aaaero-blymta a wil a Senator.

Conclusion We favor th Improvement of th existing machinery of th tat nd lta aub-divitiont and extension of ex.a'.lrg activitie to keep pace with modern conditlona nd enlightened demand, rather than th Invasion br th government of fields properly pre-empted by private enterprise. Few present tt nd municipal are conduced with the proper degree of fores. ght. intelligence and economy. We heiiev ir th Im- rrnvement nd logtral extension of heap services before attempting to replace private businea by (overt--meat bureaucracy.

In the present emergency .) sound measures for relief, so that none may he desti'ute. Public works project to be freed from de-lav, red tape and the paralyzing hand nf federal bureaucracy, so mat tney win employ men ana stimulate private industry instead of accumulating nitper records and official alibis. Relief work to be organized on a productive basis and not as a mere excuse for loafing Home leiief to be provided only as a last resort here productive work is impossible. -The prevention of the draining of national credit into speculative channel during boom times. The prompt reorganization of the entire national hanking system so a to eliminate disclosed abuses and weaknesses and ultimately to assure a strong, well-managed, unified system, wilh brunch banking permitted in care-fitliy-dellned economic, areas.

S-The strengthening of the Fed-pri Reserve System and the freeing of It from the present political domination, as opposed to repeating our early mistakes with a govcriimeiit-ow ned central bank and a government-controlled credit system -The establishment at the earll-z est practicable dalp of a gold bullion standard, with gold pavahle on demand, either domestic or export Co-op ration with other nations for worldwide stabilization of currencies. -J a -While giving investor all 1 necessary protection, and discouraging gambling such modifications of existing laws as will free capital and savings now dammed up and the flow of credit essential to business recovery. Stimu'a'inn of the so-called heavy industries which are today resDonmble for the bu.k of unemployment. 1s)-Agrlcultural recovery bv de-- termined efforts to regain lost foreign markets; bv the stimulation nf industrial recovery, and the restoration of the domestic market for agricultural products; bv ironing out price inequalities between agricultural and Industrial products; bv helping in every way possible the American farmer to develop his co-operative associations through which he mav rontroi production and quality and assure fair pru es bv the development of new industrial uses for agricultural pinducts bv sound measures to relieve unbearable debt burdens. IO -The termination of the pres-ent frightful waste, and early return to a balanced budget.

U. A national tax system based on ability to pay. with weaih bearing the chief hurden. but not distorted deliberately to destroy or exile working capital, cripple private initiative or discourage saving Regulation by law. anfoned bv tha court to prevent unfair competition and th exploitation of the weak bv the strong within the limit of our traditional form of government and economic lystem.

On State Issues The Republican psny of New York State has made its attitude on national problems clear and as a guioe to those running lor federal olhce and to vol-rs We shall now be specific in nur stand and our pledges on st1 Issues. The Stat of New York hss been without a constructive piogiam to ntpet the present emergency, ihe liemoiratic party has attempted bv a 1 1 1 1 1 1 propaganda to create the Impression that the present, s'ale administration Is strong. Independent and fearless of personal consequences in facing Issues, that it is a model of financial genius and humanitarianism. These claims canont survive even casual analysis Investigation a very' different portrait emerges the portrait of a timid, (autiou nd worried rovernment, attempting to maintain position whun re wholly Irreconciliable. ducking and dodging Uaues applying to every act tha test of personal and fioitlcal expediency, and demand-ng a guaranty of Immunity tomorrow for what 1 don today.

The fact that the preient atat administration may be well tnten-tioned but I weak It has attempted to be conservative at home and at the iimi time to follow radical leadership at Washington. It I merely a tail to the federal kite. Th purpose of the present Governor has been to take every possible advantage of political asstst- nce from Washmg'nn nd to render lip service to program which rp ohvioiis'v distas'efiii If not posiivcy terrifying to him. He has hound the state to the wheel of the fedprai chariot driven bv th pot ma -(ter-erneral. who ts 1 on'-e liie riispensrr of federal and state patronage, and national further pledge our support of ail sound remedial legislation pro- rosed a result of urh investig-ion, and the irrimedia'e removal of any officeholder who ha betrayed th public Intereit.

For over 10 ver thre Demo-crtic governor hv failed to mk th Public Service Commi-mn an effeativ regulatory body. favor th reorganization of th nd Judicial pro. cedurs in rate rases to limint delay and expense nd to inura ftur rate to consumer. pledge upport nf th tt Power Authority, whoa purpose i to safeguard th Interest of New York S'te In the St. Lawrence River power development and to ere hvdro-electric power low price for the citizen nd Industrie of our 'e but we condemn th present enm rniasinner of the authority for failure In rh sst four yes-s to rrK.

dhnf prngr.s find for the pxpenditure of targe ppropnation rhout result. Banks We favor law providing for stronger nd safer hunk in addi-rlon ro granting emergency power to the Governor nd tn Sttp Banking Bnrd hv supported measures to allow depositor to receive full advantage of the federal legislation as to bank deposit Insurance and savings and man association wnd the broadened power nf tha Federl Reserve Bank. have advocated and obtained th passage of law to trenrthen atat bank bv allowing branch banking, and to make bank affiliate ub1er.t to tat uprvnlon and examination favor extension and of these law. Mortgage Relief Th Republican Prty ha up-ported an orderly constructive program for th reitef of home owner. Thi program included a moratorium during th emergency period on foreclosure for failur't to pay principal; abolition of deficiency judgment during the merreney period unless the horn owner receives fa.r value for hi home: legislaion to speed up applications for loan under Ihe Federal Home Owners' Lon Act; legislation to help home owners to malt application under Federal Organizer of First Woman's Republican Club In State Nominated by GOP for Congress whlta and an lnfectloua amile, Mii Couch iurprl at her nomination.

She hsa never held an elective public office, although ha figure In mo! of the ta' convention for th last yar. helping Secretary Li favette B. n.eajion with tabulation Cnurh bn tn Jff it(, Arthur Tnmpkln of the Supreme Court, for th 23 jrcari. She Di a graduate with hem- Organizer of th fimt women' Republican club in the la Mi T. Couch of Grand View-nn-Hudion, Republican candidate for Corgressman-at-large, th.

etoh tn 1P15 a w.ek afer women were enfranchised, and Miaa Couch wa its prrident ln year. Trim, bobbed hair atreaked with.

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