Snort Courteous

Politics does not allow any New Dealer to love a possible Republican candidate for President. Nor does it allow WPAdministrator Harry Hopkins, still struggling to fulfill the President's promise to end the Federal dole,* to love Governors who do not relieve him of relief. Last week a newshawk asked Mr. Hopkins how Governor Alfred Mossman Landon of Kansas was doing his part.

"The Governor of Kansas," snorted Mr. Hopkins, "has never put up a thin dime for the unemployed in Kansas. The Governor has never made an effort. Of course some cities and counties in Kansas have done well but the State has not done anything. The last thing I knew about the Governor he was trying to get money out of me to keep his schools open." "

But," suggested another newshawk, "Kansas' budget has been balanced."

"They have taken it out of the hides of the people. . . . Wait till Landon runs for President. We've got a complete file on him."

Kansas officials promptly pointed out that in fiscal 1933-34-35 the Federal Government had paid 69% of Kansas' relief bill although it paid more than 75% of the relief bill in 27 States, that although most of Kansas' contributions to relief expenses had been made through counties and municipalities, the State Government had contributed $215,000 in the last six months.

* In connection with turning the dole back to the States, Mr. Hopkins undertook to have 3,500,000 unemployed on work relief by Nov. 1, a date since postponed to Dec. 1. Last week the original deadline was reached and the latest figures issued by WPA (as of Oct. 26) showed that only 1,543,000 had so far been put on work relief.

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