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Bailey’s Record in Congress Sonic folks have* had an idea Ilia! he op- posed everythin# ilia! came up for con¬ sideration. hut the facts are that lie sup¬ ported a hits majority of the Adiuinislra- I ion's measures. K»/ l. S. SlWIOIt J. w. IE aim: Y Til К nation of Congres-. which be- «ни in I lit- form of ii *|terinl scs- -ion XovoiiiImt 1Д. I OUT. having cinli'il, it iiinv l<«' of interest to sub¬ mit n record of my vole» on iiu|wr- unit measure*. I supporicd the following meas¬ ures: I. Tin- ( 'oiniiiodity Credit Act. 2. The Farm Loan Act provi line the rate of four ]и-г cent interest, ami -il.taincl the President"* veto of the three and one-half per cent. The president informed the Congress that a lower nit*' would com the Treasury several million* of dollar#. .4. The Agricultural Appropria¬ tion* Act carrying about a billion dollars, including thebe' и 1,000,0(10 for Soil Conservation and Domestic Al¬ lotment. and 000, 000 for Fed¬ eral crop insurance, and *2.’»,OOO,00o for Farm Tenancy, and $11.000.000 for forest road- and trails. I. The Aviation Act creating the Civil Air Authority. The New Bankruptcy Act. tl. The Independent Ollircs Act, -arrving *:t21»,tKW,000 for Social Se¬ curity Board; *10,000,000 for tin? Tennessee Valley Authority; *f»1>.- tMNl.tNKt for the Veteran* Administra¬ tion; *11,000,000 for Rural Fleet rili- cation. 7. The New Civilian Conservation Corps Act. S. The I’ure Food, Drug and Cos¬ metics Act. У. The Flood Control Ad. which al.o iucluded the prevention of water imitation. 10. The Housing Act. 1 1. The Maritime Act. U. The New Recoil -t ruction Fi- uaiice Cor|Kiration Recovery I»au Act. I<‘5. The World War Widow- Act. and the Pension Act for veterans of thf Spanish- American W ar. 14. The x.-« Bmm Ad. In addition to these, 1 supported 6 all the Departmental Rill* according («• the Pre-ideut's Rinlget recommen¬ dations, and also voted to confirm all appointment- I'oconuuendcd hy the President. !<• the iiumher of several thousand. except one. I did not support the following acts: I. The Agricultural Adjustment Act, because I am opposed to the principle of compulsory control. The Appropriation* for Relief. I n -on use I thought they were too large. I am willing to make generous pro¬ vision for tin* iiucuiploVcd, hut thi* provision must he consistent with tin- capacity of the country to raise the money. I nut not in favor <>f pump priming because I think it a failure. I think the balancing of the budget would do far more to -timiilate busi¬ ness than any amount **f borrowed money to !«• paid by our children, if paid at all. Moreover, I cannot favor the present policy of paying WPA w*rkers over *00.00 a month in New York and other states, and paying them only *.*11.00 a month in North • 'nrolina. ■'L I voted against the Wage and Hour Rill. 1. The S|«rM Provision of a bil¬ lion dollar addition to the Navy. I voted for the regular Navy appro, print ion carrying *.rw0.t loo.non. Д. The Anti-Lynching Hill. The Reorganization of the Gov¬ ernment. Approved Many Measures The foregoing i> set forth as my record in the *|Mwial session un*l the regular session for the information of the people of North f'arolinn. It will -h**w a very large preponderance of affirmative voles and will surprise those who have been misled by dispo- •itiou to empha-ize my negative votes. In all matters, 1 may faithfully sav that I voted conscientiously in the exorcise of the best judgment of which I was capable, after investigating the facts ami the needs and taking every¬ thing into consideration. 1 may close with one statement in the nature of n parable. On the day the President was inaugurated the second time, there was a young man in a building here who went up to the lop of the building to look down upon the Inaugural Parade. There was a parapet wall on the roof. He leaped over it and did not come to a stop un¬ til he hit the ground -ix -lories below. He was killed. He leaped without looking. I have tried to look ahead an I see the implication,, of bills laid down before us. The Congress appropriated between twelve and thirteen billion dollars. Taxes «ill he not more than six bil¬ lion dollars. This means we will add, in the cotir-e of the coming year, abont .-ix billion dollars to a National debt which now amount.- to thirty- seven billion dollars, and the per cap¬ ita public debt of the American peo¬ ple. all told, i- likely to he somewhere around *i00.00 for each man. wom¬ an and child. It i* my judgment that this implies „ great burden upon work¬ er* and farmer* an I upon the children who are t** eome after us. I am for economy, retrenchment and a bal¬ anced budget. I have never known a government or a man to succeed by continually running into debt. I know it is easy for a Government to contract debt, but I know it is ju.t a- bard for a government to pay it* debts as it is for a man to pay hi*, for the truth is they are paid by men. This i* not new doctrine. Thomas Jef¬ ferson warned us that public expendi¬ tures and high debt- were burden*, tir-t of all, upon labor, meaning labor on fariii*. labor in industries and all other labor. I think common sense will tell our |*eoplc this is true. We are in full sight of the end of borrowing money to ..|*eud. and we ought to pre¬ pare for it.