New Deal robbing American farmer, Landon tells Iowa corn growers (Evening Star, Sept. 24, 1936, p. 4)

New Deal Robbing American Farmer, He Tells Iowa Corn Growers. Sy the Associated Press. ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL EN ROBTE TO MINNEAPOLIS, Septem ber 24.--Gov. Alt M. Landon, speeding to Minnesota lor a new thrust at New Deal farm policies, told Iowa corn growers today a "program of scarcity" Was "robbing the American farmer not Only of his former export markets, but even of his home market," At Minneapolis tonight the Republi can nominee for President in a formal address will follow up his Des Moines exposition of Republican farm pro posals with an amplified criticism of the administration's reciprocal trade treaties. To crowds along the route today the Republican candidate said "the real function of the Government is to help the farmer produce and to finance carry-over crops "for years of short age." Distressed by Empty Cribs. At Nevada. Iowa. Gov. Landon said he had been distressed by the sight of "empty cribs and granaries." due "in part" to the drought, and added: "But another reason for your empty Porn cribs--and don't forget this--is the program of scarcity of a year ago. There are always some years of plenty, or of surplus but we are equally certain to have some years of shortage. Had the farmers of Xpwa and every other agricultural State been allowed to produce as long experience dictated, they would have been better prepared to meet the tragedy of this year. "The effects of this scarcity pro gram go far beyond this year. They fiTe robbing the American farmer no{ only of his former export markets, but even of his home market. For proof, I turn to the report of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics, released only last Saturday. It states that 2?* million bushels of Argentine corn reached this country lpst week, and about 2 million bushels were on the way. That is a sample of the way the present administ^p tion has aided you farmers of the best corn producing area on earth. lianas lor rrouuciion. "Our party stands for production, not destruction. It is for co-operation Vith the farmer, not coercion. "If our democracy is to survive, that is the only way." The Republican nominee, leaving Des Moines at 9:30 am. (Central standard time), will deliver his second major speech of his mldwestern jrwing at Minneapolis at 8:30 p.m. Aides said it would be an amplification ef the party platform tariff stand and his previous criticisms of the adminis tration's tariff agreements. Continuing his drive through the farm belt, Landon planned eight stops, four in northern Iowa and four in Minnesota, before reaching Minneapo lis at 5:15 p.m. Commended Widely. Aides said Landon had received a la rge number of telegrams commend ing his farm speech. Senator Charles L. McNary, ranking Republican mem ber of the Senate Agricultural Com mittee and co-author of the McNary Haugen bill, telegraphed: "A splendid and satisfying exposi tion of the farm problem. Success." In two busy days here, Landon pre sented his farm program to the Na tion, conferred with Iowa leaders and George N. Peek, former New Deal A. A. A. administrator, and compli mented President IJoosevelt's Secreta ry of Agriculture, Henry A. Wallace, as having done "some good things." Wallace will reply in a radio ad dress Friday night to Landon's farm speech, in which he hit administra tion tariff policies and promised that if elected "our farmers will receive an American, and not a foreign, price lor their products." After his conference with the nom inee. Peek told newsmen his support would depend upon Landon's Min neapolis speech, and that he "prob ably" would give his views "early next week" in a radio interview with William Hard, commentator for the Republican National Committee. 9 AUTO IS ROBBED Wayne Jurmo of Detroit told police thieves broke into his automobile yes terday and stole clothing valued at $250. He said his car was parked at New Jersey and Louisiana avenues. Theft of $50 in cash from a cafe at 722 Seventeenth street yesterday was reported by Johanna Sorenson. The thief used a duplicate key, she told police. Roosevelt-Landon Talks Chief Executive Stresses Governor Asks True Value of Press in Liberalism in Forum Campaign. Speech. E* the Aseoiiated PreM. HYDE PARK. N. Y„ September 24 Following Is the text of President Roosevelt's address last night In the New York Herald Tribune'* Radio Forum. Anything that makes for tolerance of opinion and contributes to the general education of our people In the issues of governmental policy Is of vast value. Therefore I like the forum idea. May we have more of them and cover the country with them. It is not likey that such a brief ex pression of a point of view as is pos sible on such an occasion as this will persuade the convinced political parti san to change his or her position, but it may start sucE people to thinking and convey the idea that prejudice is a rather weak substitute for logic in determining the questions that are of such vital consequence to our country as a whole and to each Individual citizen thereof. It is natural, I suppose, in a cam paign year for advocates and adver saries of any policy, or process ol government to relapse Into exagger ation and lnvgjtive. and so becloud tha controversy as to make it possible for the future of the country to be determined in rancor and temper In stead of by calm deliberation and clear thinking. Sees Press As An Aid. I don't know that there 1s any actual remedy for this state of affairs but I believe it is within the powei j and the province of the press to makt whatever Improvement is possible. do not think that anybody objects U I a statement of opinion or an argu ment, either pro or con, being pul forth in the editorial pages, provide* the editorials do not contain mis j statements of fact. That, unless 1 entirely misunderstand newspapei psychology is what the newspapei editorial columns are for. I do not believe--and I do not thlni S any disagreement is possible on thii subject--that a journal's news col umns ought to be tampered with either by coloring the news or bj leaving out news. The news is th< commodity that is marketed to th< whole people. I may be accused of idealism wher I suggest that a Republican reader o a Democratic newspaper is entitlec to all the news that appertains to hii segment of the political landscape anc j that a Democratic reader of a Re publican newspaper should not be fee exclusively on a Republican diet. Ant II would apply the same idealism tt the headlines. Forbidden In Some Countries. The forum idea, conducted im partially, is an indication of the ob jective which most fair-minded peo pie seek. I cannot help but contras a nation which more and more i i encouraging any friendly discussioi on all manner of public problem j with those countries which unfortu i nately have made public discussioi difficult if not impossible. In the welter of passion which 1 apparently still inseparable from ou; political campaigns, you and I hea about the liberty of the press--regi mentation of the press against th Government and regimentation of th press by the Government. It is doubtful if the United State ever had an administration sinci I the days when Washington was ac j cu^ed of despotism and aspiration, i to kingship that had the slightest de i sire to muzzle anybody. The un i checked virulence of assaults on al most every administration since th< beginning of our history in itself i. best proof of that statement. An old friend of mine who. al though a successful man of affairs ii New York, has led a somewhat nar row existence, asked me the othe; j day if it W'as true, as many of hi, friends had told him, that three quarters of all the money spent fo: j relief of the needy unemployed lr these past few years had gone foi overhead and only one-quarter to thi needy unemployed themselves. Urges Personal Discovery. He asked me further if it was true as he had been told by his friends that all our bank deposits were inse cure and our insurance policies worth less. I wrote him that it would b< best for him to look up the answei himself. I suggested that he attenc your forum yesterday and today. 1 hope he has been with you. The time may come when the poli cies of the Nation wall be determinec with a serenity and logic that am serious business problem is decider among the directors of the business but I must reluctantly confess thal we have not reached that day. I wish I might have attended th< forum in person. If I had been with you I might have been moved to takr part in the discussion.. My part, ir By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 24.--'The text of the message sent by Oov. Alt M. Landon read before the Herald Tribune Forum on Current Problems last night follows: Your chairman very kindly Invited me to speak to you today, personally or by radio. To my great regret other engagements in Iowa and Minnesota have prevented my accepting the invi tation. I would like, however, to give you my greetings and to say a word in tribute to those whose work and co operation have made possible the suc cess of the New York Herald Tribune Forum. In these troubled days, when estab lished systems of government are being overthrown in many nations of the world and when our own traditions are being questioned, the women of Amer ica are faced with great responsibili ties. These they are meeting, as they have always met them. They must help in making the great national de cisions that affect so vitally not only their own welfare, but the welfare of their children. A high degree of public understand ing of the meaning of our constitu tional right to freedom of religion, freedom of education, freedom of speach and a free press Is essential to the continuation «f true liberalism. Within the past few years the number of countries In which these rights exist have grown fewer and fewer. This trend is directly opposed to the progress of true liberalism. With the tide toward race prejudice and abso lutelsm abroad in the world, it is im portant that we jealously guard our freedom in these respects. A democracy cannot liv* In the dark. Only tyran»y and absoluteism can proceed under the shadow of the censor. This must never be forgotten. The delegates to yoyr Herald Tri bune Forum are a representative and public-spirited group of Americans. You have the practical experience In family budget-making and know the right and wrong of national budget making. You have the generosity and warmth of heart to see that the slclc, the aged, the needy and the unemployed are cared for. Stress Extravagance. In talking to you tonight I shall stress briefly two points on which I feel deeply. The first is the issue of waste and extravagance. When the New Deal was originated ostensibly i to meet an emergency, all Americans were glad to co-operate. We were ready to excuse mistakes due to urgent haste and necessary experl mentation. What we cannot excuse today is the fact that waste and extravagance and the reckless experi mentation then Initiated have been j fastened upon Washington as the t habitual thrlftlessness of a prodigal i Government of ever-expanding bu j reaucrats. We Republicans are glad to express our sympatny witn many of the aims i of the present administration. It is when we reach the ways and means, the hard, practical details; the prob lems of day-by-day administration, the practical results, the housekeep ing, if you will, that we Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, part company with the New Deal. In this world there can be no escape from the hard facts of arithmetic i and experience. Tells Course if Elected. As prosperity under the pressure of natural economic forces gradually returns, the revenues of the Govem ment luckily go up. But. so still do the expenses of the Government. That is the most damning fact about the present administration. The costs are traveling in the wrong direction. Unless they are reversed, we can never balance the budget or reduce taxes. Both these are essential to our national stability and prosperity. If I am elected, I shall reverse that trend immediately without injury to the legitimate functions of Govern ment or injustice to the needy and unemployed. I am thinking not only of the heavy burden of the still-climbing direct and hidden taxes. I am thinking not only of the perils of the financial stability of the Nation--and of each of Us--In this spendthrift policy. I j am thinking quite as much of the coming generations--of your children and mine--who will have to pay the bills for this generation. Is this fair? The other aspect of the New Deal that case, would at least have been tempered by good humor, an effort to develop the facts and a desire to present constructive remedies for cur rent Ills. I send to you my compli ments and good wishes. ESTATE OF LONG SET AT W Inventory Filed--$60,586 in Cash and $57,000 in insurance Listed. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS. September 24.-- The late Huey P. Long. United 8tates Senator and builder of Louisiana'* most powerful political machine, left an estate valued at $153,585.52. An inventory filed in Civil District Court yesterday showed approximately three-fourths of the estate was made up of cash and insurance. Mast of the cash, which amounted to $60,586.82, was in a balance at an Alexandria, La., bank under the name of "Huey P. Long, attorney for the State of Louisiana, tax reclamation." As counsel for the State Long Instituted many suits seeking col lection of taxes he charged were owing by large and small corporations. He received fees for his services. To this three children, Rose, Russell and Palmer Reed, was left $30,499.97 in insurance. Payable to the estate was insurance valued at $27,919.98. The next largest item was the late Senator's law library, valued at $20, 000 and now held Intact at Baton Rouge. Real estate possessions were listed at $7,795.75. Including a $4,945.75 equity in the Long home on Audubon boulevard here. The inventory listed an $18.05425 mortgage against the Audubon property. The community property of the estate aggregated $123,085.55, of which $100,045 was located in Orleans Parish, $20,190 in East Baton Rouge' Parish and $2,850 in Caddo Parish. Under Louisiana law the widow shares one-half of the community property and the children the other half. that I would stress Is the narrow .nationalism In Its planned economy. I do not believe this narrowness of outlook 1s good economics. Nor does it make for social justice or higher standards of life. You women of America love your country and you want it to go forward as America, free from foreign entanglement and trUe to its great past. Yet, you care as deeply for world peace. You are therefore, against the narrow type of nationalism that would plan the economic forces and direct the lives of the people of this country. America cannot exist safely and self-contained without foreign trade or any re sponsibly abroad. I know that such narrow national ism tends to convert the nations of the world into armed ramps. The Ideals of the present administration are fair to listen to. But when the President turned his back on the London economic conference in 1833, he set back the cause of peace by many years. 1 am for that economic co-operation with other nations, which will fully protect America's interest. 1 pledge practical support for the peaceful settlement of international disputes through arbitration and negotiation. Signed. ALFRED M. LANDON. ROOSEVELT URGES MR THINKING" Speaks on New York Forum Program as Landon As sails "Waste." By ths Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 24.--An appeal' by President Roosevelt for "clear thinking" In determining the future of the country and an attack by Oov. Alf M. Landon on what he termed "waste and extravagance" of the New Deal were written into the record of the Herald-Tribune Forum on Current Problems today. The President, speaking from his Hyde Park, N. Y., home last night, said the forum might start political partisans thinking and "convey the idea that prejudice la a rather weak substitute for logic In determining the questions that are of such vital con sequence to our country as a whole and to each Individual cltlaen thereof." Landon In his statement--read by Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr„ Eastern Republican campaign man ager-lashed out at the "narrow na tionalism in Its (the administration's) planned economy." Uphold Press Freedom. Both candidates upheld freedom of the press. "Freedom of speech and a free press is essential to the continuation of true liberalism,'* Landon's state ment said. Mr. Roosevelt appealed for direct handling of news--"the commodity that Is marketed to the whole people" --and said he did not believe "a Journal's news columns ought to be tampered with, either by coloring news or leaving out news." *'In the welter of passion which ap parently Is still Inseparable from our political campaigns," Mr. Roosevelt said, "you and I hear about the liberty of the press--regimentation of the press agslnst the Government and regimentation of the press by the Gov ernment. Hoover Voices Views. "It is doubtful If the United States ever had an administration since the days when Washington was accused of despotism and aspirations to kingship that had the slightest desire to muscle anybody. The unchecked virulence of assaults on almost every administra tion since the beginning of our history In itself is best proof of that state* ment." Former President Hoover. In another forum address, advocated local rather than Federal administration of relief and charged that Federal administra tion had led to greed, labor shortages in Industry, a "numb dependency" of relief recipients and resentment. In stead of sympathy, toward the unem ployed. During his administration, he said, relief was handled locally and "no one starved." and there were no charges of politics, waste or corrup tion. Today, Instead of sympathy for the unemployed and the destitute, there Is growing resentment," he asserted. Seven Candidates Speak. The former President was one of a score of speakers, including seven presidential candidates and two cab inet members, who addressed the forum. A short time before Hoover spoke, Democratic Chairman James A. Parley and Republican Chairman John Hamilton addressed the forum. Meet ing for the first time since the cam paign started, they sat side by side on the platform and chatted amiably before they spoke. Later each con gratulated the other on his speech and they left together to pose for pictures. Parley, discussing the Democratic platform, declared the Roosevelt ad ministration had adhered strictly tc the 1932 platform "except where changing conditions rendered It im perative to alter the details." He said Oov. Landon has proposed a program which "would mean turn ing over to a very limited class in this country the power for good oi evil over the lives and fortunes oi all our people." nimiiug iiieg riguvrm, Hamilton emphasized a clause ol the Republican platform which de clared that "the acceptance of the nomination tendered by this conven tion carries with It as a matter ol private honor and public faith ar undertaking by each candidate to b< true to the principles and program herein set forth." "It is perfectly true,** he said a another point, "that the Republlcat platform has not the unified literar; style that marks the platform draftee by Mr. Roosevelt and ratified at th< Philadelphia convention. The Re publican platform, being the produc of many minds, bears necessarily th< marks of argument, of persuasion ant compromise. If these be defects thej are the same defects which the demo cratic form of government has in con trast to an autocratic form of govern ment." Other speakers on the program in cluded Norman Thomas, Socialis presidential candidate: Earl Browder Communist presidential candidate John W. Aiken, Socialist Labor pres: dential candidate; D. Leigh Colvin Prohibition party presidential nominee William Lemke, Union party presl dential nominee; Aubrey Williams deputy works progress administrator Arthur A. Ballantine, Undersecretary of the Treasury In the Hoover adminis tration; Frances Marlon Law, former president of the American Bankers' Association; Frances Perkins, Secre tary of Labor; Henry A. Wallace, Sec retary of Agriculture; Charles P. Taft, lawyer and labor conciliator, and Theodore Christianson, Congressman and former Governor of Minnesota. Thomas and Browder condemned the Hearst newspapers and the "re actionary camp" for characterizing the Roosevelt administration as so cialistic and communistic. Browder Cites "Issue." Declaring the fundamental Issue of the campaign from the Communist viewpoint Is "the choice between prog ress or reaction, democracy or Fas cism," Browder said: "The two poles of this re-crystalli* 1 satlon of our political life are, on the reactionary side, the forces gathered around Landon and Knox--Hears!, the Liberty League, the Jeffersonian Democrats, and Wall Street; on the progressive side, all the mass organi zations of the people which are mov ing in the direction of a new party, a Parmer-Labor party. "Roosevelt and the Democratic party do not represent either of these sides in the basic realignment. Roose velt tries to take the middle-of-the road course, tries to staisfy both side* In an lrreconciliable struggle, and therefore satisfies neither." 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