The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1932, Page 1

/ A e i} | | " Harding kitchen. North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper ESTABLISHED 1873 WILL OFFER REPORT TO FULL COMMITTEE LATER IN SESSION Recommendations Against Debt Cancellation, World Court Are Adopted BONUS PAYMENT APPROVED Declaration Condemning Hoo- ver’s Use of Troops Re- sults in Argument fi? Auditorium, Portland. Ore., Sept.) 14.—()—Resolutions favoring repeal of the national prohibition laws and the 18th amendment were recom- mended unanimously by the sub- committee on legislation at the Amer- ican Legion national convention here Wednesday. This unanimous report will be submitted to the full resolutions com- mittee later in the day. Resolutions denouncing cancella- tion of European war debts and op- posing adherence of the U. S. to the world court were renorted favorably by the foreign relations committee eg adopted by acclamation. . A resolution asking “full and im- mediate payment” of the bonus was approved by a vote of 21 to 9 in the resolutions committee. The committee was not yet ready to report the controversial B. E. F. eviction declaration which would censure President Hoover for using ers from Washington. Chicago was selected as the 1933 convention city, | ‘The bonus resolution will come be- fore the convention with the en- dorsement of the majority of the leg- islative committee, but committeemen said the majority opposed the resolu- tion censuring the president for the use of troops i: ousting the B. E. F. from Washington: While the committees debated, Le- gionnaires learned of an anonymous! letter telling of plans of a “red” or-| ganization to bomb the reviewing stand where Secretary of War Pa- trick J. Hurley and other officials sat during Tuesday’s parade. In reveal- ing receipt of the note, federal and military authorities, who refused to permit use of their names, said the stands were guarded all Monday night and the secret service detail assigned to Secretary Hurley was doubled. Expect No Debate Contradicting the announcement of determined opponents of the bonus payment, national headquar- ters said no debate is expected, on that resolution. Sam Reynolds, Ne- braska’s candidate for national com- mander, has promised to lead what, he admits is a losing fight on the floor against bonus sentiment in an effort to effect a compromise, Delay in reporting by the resolu- tions committee was the result of a one-man fight for the resolution crit- icizing the president. George Brown, mittee, refused to be swayed from his determination to force a floor debate on the B. E, F. after an hour's debate in executive session of the committee Tuesday night. The result will likely be two min- ority reports, one by Reynolds on the bonus, and the other by Brown on the B. E. F. The legislative sub-committee of the resolutions group was called into a caucus at the same time the conven- tion resumed to try to formulate a stand on the liquor question, George W. Malone of Nevada ap- peared to have the largest block of Pledged votes of any of the dozen or more candidates for national com- mander. Departure Tuesday of Secretary Hurley, who reached Portland Sunday night, closed a three-day period in which the chief of the army was al- ternately booed and applauded as he appeared at various Legion functions. In each case his appearance provoked heckling but later gave way to cheers as “boos” were lost in gathering ap- use, Federal prohibition officers con- tinued their drive against speak- easles and liquor stores in Portland, Tuesday night raiding a place in which more than 4,500 quarts of beer, 300 quarts of wine and some whiskey was confiscated. Sterling Woman Is Critically Burned Despite frantic efforts of her daughter and neighbors to extinguish her flaming: clothes, Mrs. George Harding of Stefag was critically burned Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred when a gasoline stove caught fire in the kitchen of her home and ignited the cloth of her dress. Her clothing quickly‘became a mass of flames and she was badly burned Emma, came to her aid by rolling’her screams and those of her daughter, Emma, came to he raid by rolling her. on the ground and throwing water on her clothes. Neighbors put out the fire in. the Emme was burned about the hands while attempting to aid her mother. Mrs. Harding brought to Bis- tident.. He nding id &t noon Wednesday that her condition {s critical. troops in evicting the bonus march-! | al THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE °° 0.P. | | e: e Opens for G. PATRICK J. HURLEY | Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley, Legion national convention, will open the Republican campaign in the mid- dlewest with a speech at Huron, 8. D. i WASHBURN PLANNING JUBILEE FETE FOR ‘COUNTY STOCK SHOW Celebration Will Mark 50th An- niversary of Both City and County (Tribune Special Service) Washburn, N. D., Sept. 14.—Pre- parations for Washburn’s 50th anni- jVersary celebration are swinging into their final. phase. The celebration will take place Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24 and will mark the completion of the first half century for Washburn and McLean county. In connection with the celebration the annual McLean county stock show will be conducted. A genuine home- {coming festival will be held. Invita- tions have been sent far and wide and it is expected that hundreds of form- { | return for the occasion. | Each evening a big historical pa- | geant of town and county will be pre- ; sented in a natural amphitheater near the-bank of the Missouri river. There will be 400 characters. The scenes will be illuminated bysa battery of powerful searchlights. There will be | Singing from choruses and _ soloists. ; The action will be accompanied by a \military band. The scenes will be announced by a voice electrically amplified. There will be covered { wagons, splendid horses and cowboy stunts. Taylor First Settler The first settler in this region was and became an authority on Indian life on the plains. He wrote several books on the general subject of prairie life, which proved more popu- lar than was expected, with the result that they soon were out of print. For years the books have been listed with collectors at $35 and $65 per copy. Two of these out-of-print books, “Frontier and Indian Life” and ‘Kaleidoscopic Lives,” have been re- published in one volume and are be- ing distributed as an appropriate fea- ture of the celebration, The celebration committee, of which G. A. ee chairman, a ar- ranged a Program for two- day celebration. Beginning at 11 o'clock Friday morning a monster par- ade will id its way through the streets of Washburn. At 12:30 there will be an old settlers’ picnic at As- sons. Beginning at 1:30 there will be @ concert in which four bands will participate. During the aNXernoon the stock show and stock judging will be in progress. Christianson To Speak Starting at 2:30 there will be ad- dresses by prominent men. The supreme court. At 4 o'clock there will be.a baseball game between the Beu- lah and McLean County All-Stars’. At 7:15 will occur the first Huron Prepares to Hear Hurley Speech jalternately booed and cheered at the! | Joseph. Taylor, who built a cabin an Pennsylvania member of the com-; | American Legion Drum Corps Refuses to Turn Out For War Secretary SMELL POLITICAL MOUSE! Will Not Give Even Tacit Sup- port to Hoover Attitude on By GEORGE D. MANN | Huron, 8. D., Sept. 14.—Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley will come direct from the American Legion con- vention at Portland, where his recep- tion was far from cordial, into the |corn belt, to open President Hoover's campaign in this disturbed section. Before the grand stand at South Dakota's state fair, he will try to con- |vince farmers that the Republican \party has made good on its promises jto agriculture. He arrives here Thurs- jday for an afternoon appearance. The booing of Hurley by bonus advocates and keen interest taken in political "discussion this year are expected to attract record-breaking crowds. George W. Wright, secretary of the state fair board, had announced that the Huron American Legion drum corps would appear at a Hurley dem- onstration but officers of two drum corps have decided that it is better not to appear. The appearance of Secretary Hur- ley at Huron is being arranged under | political auspices and the attitude of the American Legion is considered quite significant. Its officers would willingly greet Hurley in a non-politi- cal capacity, but as reflecting Hoover policies toward the bonus issue, Hur- ley’s visit assumes to them a differ- jent significance. | “The Legion drum corps officers have decided definitely that it would |be in the best interests of the organ- |jzation the corps represents if it did | not appear, J. F. Snyder, president of the Legion corps, told the press. Mrs. Snyder, who is president of jthe Auxillary drum corps, said that the wonien’s organization would not appear either, explaining that “such action would be best all around. Is Favorite Spot Huron has been a favorite place | for Republicans to start the political ball rolling through the corn belt, | more disturbed now by the farmers’ er residents of town and county will! revolt than during the days of! ; Populism: Not so many’ miles away i (Continued on page two) be pre-4 AUGUST REDUCED CROP PROSPECTS | Drought in Early Part of Month i to Cut Bushelage, Sta- i tistician Says A further reduction in North Da- |kota’s crop production is indicated by the Sept. 1 condition of fields, accord- ing to a report issued Wednesday by Ben Kienholz, fede'e: agricultural statistician located at Fargo. | The reduction was caused by the; prolonged drought which did not end until well after the middle of August, the statistician reported. Temperatures were above normal, coupled with hot, drying winds which {forced crops to an early maturity. The Red River valley suffered more from this condition than any other section. Grasshoppers did considerable dam- age to late crops, such as corn, flax and potatoes. Some potato fields were completely stripped and flax was greatly damaged, bolls being cut pas free from the plants. Though the corn crop was not se- verely damaged by the insects, much of the silk was eaten, preventing Proper pollination. Kienholz characterized late planted crops as “very poor” on the whole. Estimated production of various crops and last year’s production (in bushels were listed by Kienholz as 1932 1931 + 28,728,000 21,442,000 28,350,000 11,127,000 80,849,000 21,590,000 Bonus Issue H DOWN LAST STRETCH: IN POPULARITY RACE Alice Lee Remains in Front o| Field With 214,700-Vote Advantage CONTEST ENDS THURSDAY) Betty Mackin and Luella Tollef- son Ahead in Contests Outside of City | Alice Lee remained ahead of the field in the thrilling Bismarck mer- chants’ popularity race Tuesday eve- ning, 214,7000 votes in front of Cath- erine Andrist, as five contestants with more than a million votes each sprang into an exciting sprint down the final stretch. Miss Lee had a total of 1,501,900 votes when tabulations were conduct- ed at 5 p.m. Tuesday. On her heels were Miss Andrist. 1,287,200; Ruby Jacobson, 1,254,300; Ernestine Carufel, 1,191,400; and Frances Slattery, 1. 148,400... All reside in Bismarck. With all the leaders apparently “hoarding” large quantities of votes to dump into ballot boxes in their last efforts for victory Thursday, speculation was rife as to who would be able to muster the largest bundle fof ballots on the closing day. Alice Marsh and Veronica Werst- lein, both of the Capital City, were in sixth and seventh places with 225,500 and 176,900 vote: both appeared out of the running, barring tremendous polls in their be- half the last two days. Betty Mackin Ahead Tuesday's totals found Betty Mac- kin leading Dorothy Seitz 59,600 to 45,000 in the battle for Mandan hon- ors, while Luella Tollefson, Menoken, led Esther Watson, McKenzie, for honors in the Bismarck trade terri- tory exclusive of the Capital City and Mandan. - Miss Tollefson's total was 224,800 compared to 178,100 for Miss Watson. ;, The winner of the grand race will become “Miss Bismarck” and will re- jside the grand winner, the individual winners in the Bismarck, Mandan and Bismarck trade territory races will receive free trips to Chicago. | Thus, if two Bismarck young womeg | {head the field in the grand race when the contest is over, the leader will go to Miami and the second-place victor will be one of the three to go to Chi- cago. i Balloting will end at midnight! Thursday. in boxes throughout the business district during the day as long as the} stores in which they are located re-: main open. Ballots may be deposited | in the evening at the Tribune of-/ fice. For the convenience of late) voters, the Tribune office will re- main open until midnight. Must Be in on Time Positively no votes will be accepted | after the closing time. Ballots must (Continued on page two) 10 CHOOSE CAPITOL, PROGRAM DATE SOON Committee to Confer With Gov- ernor Shafer; Building Work at Standstill A definite date for the laying of the : cornerstone of North Dakota’s new) capitol building will be announced ing to Fred L. Conklin, member of the! capitol building commission. The date, expected to be sometime in October, will be selected by a com- mittee of Bismarck persons who will be called together by Governor! George F. Shafer. Selection of the date in the next day or two will be desirable so that Plans for the program may proceed. Governor Shafer was expected to call the committee together Wednes- ed afternoon or Thursday, Conklin Excavation work for the new struc: | ture was completed officially at 10:30; a. m. Wednesday, according to 8. F. Lambert, co-contractor for digging operations, Lambert said steam shovels and all Other equipment used in excavation [LEADERS SPRINTING {LEAGUE COMMITTEE | respectively, but) ceive a free trip to Miami, Fla. Out-/ Ballots may be deposited | }; within the next day or two, accord-; Li showing |v heat, of the historical pageant. The Man-/ ASSASSIN IS EXECUTED */Ship Reports Seeing | Sioux City Pickets nity New York-Rome Plane|- Valentia, Ireland, Sept. 14—(P)—| Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 14.- The more than 400 mi Ireland. Hay figures in tons we! ‘American @ non-stop flight from New York | ballots. ISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1932. Roosevelt Pro Legion poses Farm Plan Sub-Committee Unanimous for R epeal WILL DENY HOOVER SUPPORT IN STATE terest of Group in State Issues Alone AIMED AT ERICKSON PLEA Makes No Direct Reference to Kidder County Man's Dec- laration, However The political machinery of the Nonpartisan League will operate for Republican state candidates alone and will not be tossed into the presi- Roosevelt, John Nystul, Fargo, Non- partisan state chairman, said in a statement received here Wednesday. sues as separate and apart from na- tional issues and will confine its ac- tivities to supporting candidacies of North Dakotans who seek the sup- port of the voters of the state this fall, This includes not only those who are candidates on the Repub- ican ballot for state offices but Re- publican candidates for the national senate and congress. Although it made no direct refer- ence to the statement issued Satur- day by O. E. Erickson, Kidder coun- ty, chairman of the Nonpartisan- |controlled Republican state central committee, the Nystul statement was plainly intended as an antidote to that announcement, which declared support for the Hoover-Curtis na- tional ticket. Nystul's statement follows: “In view of recent developments it ap- pears advisable to re-state the posi- tion of the Nonpartisan League with regard to some issues. “The Nonpartisan League executive committee will make a vigorous cam- paign in support of the election of | candidates appearing on the ticket | indorsed by the Nonpartisan conven- tion last winter. This is the primary object of the Nonpartisan League and the executive committee will ad- dential candidacies of President Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt. We are taking no sides in that fssue. tee is concerned, members of the Nonpartisan League may and un- doubtedly will follow their individual Preferences in voting for president, | but no statement for or against either presidential candidate will be issued y this committee and any state- ment which has been or may be made in support of either candidate should not be interpreted as having the indorsement of the executive committee.” The statement was regarded as of director of the Nonpartisan political machinery which is controlled by the executive committee under the Non-| partisan League by-laws, Aeronautics Expert Inspecting Airport A federal aeronautical expert was| in Bismarck Wednesday gathering information which will be used in determining the route for the pro-/ posed airmail service from the Twin Cities to Seattle. He was Marshall C. Hoppin, of the geronautical branch of the Depart-/! ment of Commerce. Hoppin is mak- ing a tour of the proposed route from Seattle to Minneapolis, already | having made surveys at Wenatchee and Spokane, Wash.; Coeur d'Alene. Idaho; Missoula, Helena, Butter, vingston, Bozeman, Billings. Miles City and Glendive, Mont.; and Dick- inson and Bismarck, From here he expected to go to Jamestown. Hoppin said his survey, which is| concerned principally with ground | facilities, will be reported confidenti- | ally upon his return to Washington. similar He said he conducted a The three routes under considera- tion are across northern North Da- kita, across the southtrn part of the 45,783,000 18,276,000 | work during the last month have been. 39,029,000 18,482,000} moved from Capitol Hill to enable + 4,620,000 3,521,000] work of a different type to proceed. 10,400,000 8,436,000} Work on the structure was at a HB standstill Wednesday, however, since 1932 1931 _) concrete work cannot be started until 1,417,000 1,097,000} after the arrival of reinforcing steel, 1,529,000 808,000/ expected here this weekend. To Continue Strike station here reported|a vote of nearly 2 to 1, farmers from | New York. ). | Wednesday the steamship France had wirelessed sighting an airplane bound Towa, Nebraska, and South Dakota at Tuesday night voted to continue picketing on the main “The master of the France said the | highw leading to the city, Only ship was 8 monoplane with an alumi- Taninsen ip tad "Parvicicotae ti hee num hull and a yellow wing.. Pre- tual picketing since the ft holiday: Nurse” foorement begin were. allowed eo eat ‘was 346 for continuance The position given was a littlejand against picketing. The re- southwest of Cape| turns were with the 3,000" farmers ‘who toa Japanese Newspaper Says U. S. ‘Arrogant’ Tokyo, Sept. 14.—()—The = per Hukumin resummed its attack Wednesday on United States officials and on the of ‘several business and in Japan by the National City bank of “The attitude of the ernment on the affair,” it said in an editorial, “must be as ex- Ths wat ce aapeniee Biwis ies blame for Une ruffling of Japansos: American relations. “Unless the United States Legg etal Mig gov- Nystul Statement Reaffirms In-| From Village dential fight between Hoover and) The Nonpartisan executive com-) mittee, Nystul said, regards state is-; here to it with regard to the presi-| “So far as the executive commit-! j more than usual importance because ; Nystul, Nonpartisan campaign man-/ ager in June and again this fall, is/ {by Usher L. Burdick, Fargo, president | ganize, if you will join hands with | relief of railroads, banks and insur- Victims Are Later Dumped From Speeding Car Three Miles ESTIMATE LOOT AT $1,000 Raid Recalls Recent Robbery of Hunter Institution By Bandit Quartet Hatton, N. D., Sept. 14—(4)—Em- | Phasizing their demands with pistol | shots, two unmasked bandits robbed the Merchants National Bank here (Of about $1,000 at 11:39 a. m. Wed- ‘ nesday, forced bank workers into; their waiting car and escaped. The car raced southward out of |town while the robbers forced Her- bert Nash, bank cashier, to stand on the running board to shield the! driver from possible pursuers’ bul-| lets. In the back seat with a second) bandit was the bank president, Carl Anderson while Garven Olson sat by/ the driver. Three miles south of Hatton on highway 18 the pair dumped the three bankers out of the speeding machine and whirled southward in a cloud of dust. The two are driving an cight-cylinder Chrysler sedan! bearing Minnesota license _plates| B 118-918. The car is a dark blue color. | The robbery was the second within | @ 50-mile radius in two weeks. Four bandits, two of them women, who sprayed the streets with ma-| |chine gun bullets, escaped after robbing the Bank of Hunter of { $1,109.25. As the bandit car swerved} ; down the streets of Hunter with a {hail of bullets blazing from the gun. one of the bullets nicked Walter Smerud. a Hunter citizen. H. H. Carr fired four times at the fleeing machine. Hunter is about 49 miles south of Hatton. Both are on the Casselton- Hatton branch of the Great Northern railroad. A possibility exists that the same gang which robbed the Hunter bank was at work Wednesday. Both cars {bore Minnesota licenses and two men {were involved in each stickup. GALL FOR FARMERS - TOHOLD PRODUCTS ISSUED BY BURDICK State Chief of Holiday Associa- tion Issues State-Wide Appeal Wednesday A call to farmers of the state to or- ganize so thoroughly in holding their Products “that picketing shall be un- necessary” was issued here Wednesday of the North Dakota Farmers Holiday association. “If you will unite, if you will or- the farmers in Iowa and elsewhere,” Burdick said, “you will see your ob- Ject obtained in 60 days. “Either congress will reconvene and) pass appropriate legislation and es- tablish an American market for Amer- icans, or the president of the United States will declare an embargo on foreign products and through the farm board set a price on domestical- ly-consumed produce.” Burdick called for volunteer work- on to “organize every township in the state. “As president of your organization, and with the unanimous approval of the executive committee,” Burdick said, “I call upon every available every township so thoroughly organiz- ed and so united that picketing shall be unnecessary. Thoroughly organiz- ed and firmly united, the farmers will win a battle that will be remembered for a century.” Situation Is Desperate Burdick described the farmers’ con- dition as “not only alarming, but desperate.” ‘The congress adjourned,” he said, ‘after appropriating billions for the ance companies, leaving the American farmer helpless before a world mar- ket that is not giving a price sufficient to pay the cost of harvesting and threshing his crops. “Congress, well knowing that every country in Europe has, by law, se- cured @ price for farm products—in | Outlines Farm Plan | Be decheezcrbelidietwr Mrlbercit clashes prohibition’s influence as an day's primary ballots. tions they saw veteran office-holders | ate. Senator Ellison D. Smith, four- former Senator Cole L. Blease. dicated the renomination of all in- cumbents in the house of represent- atives. Representatives Jesse P. Wol- cott and Seymour H. Person, Repub- ination over Louis E. Cramton and Grant M. Hudson, former members and once leading prohibitionists in| the house. | Huey P. Long, Representative John H. Overton was victorious in win- ning the Democratic senatorial nom- ination in Louisiana from Senator Edwin B. Broussard. Long's slate led throughout most of the state. mary found Senator Wesley L. Jones, sponsor of the Jones “five and ten” prohibition enforcement law, holding & narrow lead for renomination in} 1 the Republican primary. He was op- posed by Adam Beeler, repeal can- farmers to set up an organization in | didat counting slow. Barnett into a slight lead over Alva Baker Will Mobilize |,.7 U.S. Welfare Workers Three Kidnaped in Hatton Bank Holdup ° FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT POLITICAL LEADERS SCANRETURNS FROM PRIMARY ELECTIONS Prohibition’s Influence Is Mat- ter of Interest to Party Chieftains (By The Associated Press) Eager for signs of November trends, political leaders scanned re- sults of eight state primaries Wed- nesday, watched Georgia Democrats go to the polls, and pondered still Monday's Democratic victory Maine's off-season election. | In the absence of inter-party issue was receiving attention from Party chieftains in checking Tues- In other sec- | fighting to hold their jobs. In the east, Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire and Sena- tor Porter Dale of Vermont were re- named by Republicans for the sen- term veteran, again was named by Democrats in South Carolina over Michigan’s incomplete returns in- licans, apparently had won renom- Long Slate Wins With the backing of Senator Early returns in Washington's pri- te. The vote was heavy and Colorado Democrats put John T. «Continued on page two) ini self. ‘sought and does not now seek such The Weather Somewhat unsettled tonight TToureday: align warmer sock PRICE FIVE CENTS SIX-POINT PROGRAM OUTLINED IN TALK AT TOPEKA, KANSAS Supports ‘Specifications Upon Which Agricultural Lead- ers Agree’ —____ ASKS BENEFIT OF TARIFF Would Increase Farm income But Put Bar on Increased Production Topeka, Kas. Sept. 14. = claring that the present sanunlieres tion and the two previous adminis- trations in all of which President Hoover was an important member, “Failed utterly to understand the farm problem as a national whole, or to plan for its relief,” Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking Wed- nesday in the heart of the “farm belt,” proposed a six-fold relief Pro- gram. He called for a “definite policy o: giving those who have lost. tithe the farms, now held by institutions Senne one from the governmental neies, the preferential opportuni! of getting their property back.” id The Democratic presidential nom- inee spoke from the steps of the state ‘capitol, where a few weeks ago Vice President Charles Curtis accepted the nomination for a retention of his of- fice. Near at hand, as he enunciated his agricultural doctrine, sat Roose- Velt’s “teammate,” Speaker John N. Garner of Texas, the Democratic vice presidential aspirant. Roosevelt's speech here was the first prepared address of his 8,900-mile swing through the west, which began on Monday night when he left Albany. Leading up to his six-point Plan, the Democratic nomine declared: “I want now to state what seems to me the specifications upon which most of the reasonable leaders of ag- riculture have agreed. and to express here and now my whole-hearted ac- cord with these specifications.” Outlines Specifications The specifications were: “First—The iplan must provide for the producer of staple surplus com- {modities, such as wheat, cotton, corn (in the form of hogs), and tobacco, tariff benefit over world prices which is equivalent to the benefit given by the tariff to industrial products. This ifferential benefit must be so applied hat the increase in farm income, Purchasing and debt paying Power will not stimulate further production. “Second—The plan must finance it- Agriculture has at no time access to the public treasury as was Provided by the futile and costly at- tempts at price stabilization by the federal farm board. It seeks only equality of opportunity with tariff- Protected industry. “Third—It must not make use of any mechanism which would ; cause our European customers to retaliate on the grounds of dumping. It must be based upon making the tariff ef- fective and direct in its operation, “Fourth—It must make use of ex- isting agencies and so far as possible be decentralized in its administration so that the chief responsibility for its operation will rest with the locality rather than with newly-created pueauarae machinery in Washing- n. “Fifth—It must operate as nearly as possible on a cooperative basis and its effect must be to enhance and strengthen the cooperative movement. It should, moreover, be constituted so that it can be withdrawn whenever the emergency has passed, and nor- mal foreign markets have been rees- tablished. “Sixth—The plan must be, inso- far as possible, voluntary. I like the idea that the plan should not be put into operation unless it has the sup- port of a reasonable proportion of the producers of the exportable com- modity to which it is to apply. It that the must be 50