The Gazette

BRICKER'S FAKE ECONOMY

When Martin L. Davey was Governor of Ohio, he never once made a false statement about State finances, or any other public matter.
His official statements were never challenged, because he was meticulously careful to get the exact facts, and to state them accurately.
Compare this attitude of moral regard for the truth with the falsehoods resorted to by the present hypocritical Governor.
Mr. Bricker has made repeated and extravagant claims about alleged economy. What are the facts as shown by the official records of the Auditor of State?
1. The present State administration received, in tax revenues, $30,000,000.00 more in 1939, than the Davey administration received in 1938, due almost entirely to better business conditions. They had $30,000,000.00 more of the taxpayer's money to spend.
2. These same official records show that the present administration actually spent $23,000,000.00 more in 1939, than was spent by the Davey administration in 1938. False claims cannot change the cold facts.
3. These official records show that the Bricker administration spent approximately $1,000,000.00 more for salaries and wages in 1939, than the Davey administration spent in 1938.
The claims of the present administration are sheer falsehoods. All they did was to clean out the experienced employees, and hire a flock of new political workers.
If the present Governor fails to establish his fake claims to economy, and he cannot do so, there is nothing left of his administration except "ripper" legislation, cruelty to all the poor people, a flood of broken promises, and a weak administration of sham and deceit.
What has Governor Bricker done for the people of Ohio in nearly two years? Try to answer this question to yourself. His claims of economy are false. His "ripper" legislation smelled to high Heaven. For a year and a half, he dreamed of the White House, and neglected state business.
Davey adopted the slogan, "No new Taxes," and lived up to it. Davey balanced his budget every year, and had several million cash balance. But, best of all, Davey brought about tax reduction of $72,000,000.00 from 1935 to 1940.
Bricker has been inhuman and selfish, contemptuous of the needs and rights of the people, and persistently untruthful about state finances. He presents today the pitiful spectacle of a sanctimonious hypocrite, from whose cringing form the mask has been torn.
The administration of Martin L. Davey was rigidly honest in the handling of public business. More than this, Davey is intellectually honest.
RESTORE THE GOVERNMENT OF OHIO TO THE PLANE OF STRAIGHT-SHOOTING, COURAGE AND INTELLECTUAL HONESTY.
Vote for Martin L. Davey FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO Election, Tuesday, Nov. 5 DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE J. Freer Bittinger, Chairman Columbus, O. DAVEY ON RADIO Monday Evening at 7:15-State Hook-up