The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1936, Page 3

Relief Spending Turns Towns Against F.D.R., Frazier H unt Learns Beneficiaries Regarded Likely to Give Roosevelt Indiana, Illinois; Townsendites Focus on Gaining Political barometers are Illinois and Strength in Congress Frasier Hunt, “Listening Wo the era alt” on ble coeat-lo-conit tour of America, visits these two states, cocks a reportorial ear as persons in all walks of life air their political sentiments, and then faithfully and impar- tially reports his findings in this third of six articles written for The Tribune, ‘ it, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) a z By FRAZIER HUNT > (Copyright The township supervisor and I sat on the running board ; of my car in a little village in east-central Illinois an: talked , of relief and WPA work. He was a Landon man and was not the least shy in his criticisms of the present administration. “There are exactly 1,844 people in this township—and 824 in this village,” he explained. at the rate of $15.61 per family i “Altogether there are 425 fam- relief that comes through me— in summer and $21.50 in winter. There are also 159 other reraities on s on WPA work relief, who get paid 50 cents\ per hour for 24 hours week—or $12 8 week. tn very special cases a boy over 18 can get in $16 worth of work ‘each month even if his father is on WPA. “Eliminating, say, 8 of these part- time workers from this 159 gives us 151 plus 49, or 200 families, out of a grand total of 425, living either on direct county relief or on WPA work. ‘That’s just a little under 50 per cent —and this is one of the richest town- i ships in one of the richest counties 4 in one of the richest states of the y union.” ay I asked how these reliefers and | ‘WPA workers would vote. “Most of } 4 ; i | ilies. Of these 49 are on direct them will vote for Roosevelt, al- though they kick now because they don’t get more handed out to them,” he answered. “They no longer suffer from humiliation. They figure now that they’ve got help coming to them. They take it as a matter of course. ‘They figure that no matter who is ; betel president, they'll get taken care of.” Tide Against Roosevelt Now that’s one side of how the rbteeta (in this same village $20, is being spent on a township pred sands of small towners have returned to their ancient spiritual home with- in the Republican party. They will vote for Landon. Four years many of them voted for Roosevelt — Republicans Here in the heart of the midwest small town in the midwest is going| Minneopa Asparagus ,Tips, square { to vote. I went to a furniture dealer in this same village. He didn’t bother is to mince his words the least bit. He said: “People are going to rise up against Roosevelt. We're frightened of the power that he is getting. And I think {t's nothing short of a crime the way he has squandered money to bring up an indolent class. Look what's happening in this community right here. Almost half the people, are on relief of some kind or other. ‘They're actually insolent about it. “Many of them are living better than they ever have in their whole worthless lives. It has put a premium on shiftlessness and indolence. And their votes are making almost a dic- tator out of Roosevelt. I tell you it’s pete to stop. The people have got to Here was the turning of Main ‘Street—of the small town—against eres that is a phenomenon of the past. six weeks. Living close to ‘he oor of relief and WPA work £ carbonated drink at the .29c Libby’s Red Cut Beets, No. 2 tin... 1 1c Mother’s Shell Macaroni, ORANGE- Natural fresh True natural c¢ © Catch yourself an ice-cold bottle of this refreshing nearest stand today! The cost is only one buffalo nickel. You'll know the grand new Orange-Crush on sight by its natural fresh juice coler— by the big Krinkly bottle it comes in. r : And when you taste it? With the first sip you'll know you've found the natural answer to summer heat. The is nothing short of miraculous! way that fresh orange juice taste quenches your thirst | No fooling! You're missing something if you don’t back at summer. It’s the _ No advance i in price... give the new Orange-Crush a chance to help you hit most delicious, most invigorat- ing, most generally all-around splendid drink that ever refreshed a thirsty throat. school athletic field), tens of thou-, less strong for Roosevelt than he once was, One intelligent county farm To explained it to me in these words: “The majority of farmers un- der 40 years old still are for Roose- velt. ‘They are strongly behind the new soil conservation program. They feel it is their program and that they must work together and make their Political power felt.. But older men are not 80 progressive. In this state most of them are old Republicans| and they will not change thir beliefs. But Roosevelt, though he has lost strength with the farmers, still should eae en I wT talked @t length with two broth- ers who each farm half-sections of rich Ulinois corn land — with crops Gamaged but not ruined by the drouth. Both had been brought up voted four years ago for Roosevelt and I don’t see any reason why I should not vote for him again.” The other said: “Well, I don’t know. Roosevelt is spending too much money. I think I'll vote for Landon, but I haven’t made up my mind for sure. I’m strong for this soil conser- vation program. Maybe I'll go for Roosevelt.” Failures Back New Deal Just over the Illinois line, in the @ grain elevator owner had this to say: “A good many people are afraid that Roosevelt wants to be a dictator. But the main thing to remember is that about 95 per cent of the people are more or less failures, and they want help. Lots of them look to Roosevelt to give it to them in some way or the other. I'm going to vote ago| for Landon, but I honestly don’t see much chance ofshis carrying any of these ‘states around here.” In the city of Danville, with its 45,- 000 people, a Townsendite had this to We aie GROCERY FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES | Grocery Specials Aug. 19 to Aug. 25 Sunsweet Large Prunes, 1b, box.. LOC Peas, NovZ tin 16 Derby Steak Sauce, 8-or. bottle ...... 13c 8-oz. jar .. Bred Spred, Pure Preserves, 3-pound CRUSH JUICE a IVOr lor THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19, 1936 the farmer apparently has become : “People outside don’t have any idea of the strength of the Townsend movement around here. Why, every little town in this part of the country has a club and’ there are literally thousands of us. This year we're g0- ing to concentrate on our ct al candidates and not bother so much with the national issues. We're all strong for the Doc but most of us are {going to vote for the man we like best for president. Maybe four years from now we'll have our own candidate.” In Chicage a labor leader in a) too, south-side craft union said this to : “Fully 80 per cent of the vote emanating from Chicago factories will go to Roosevelt. He'll carry this Wards NUGUST SALES FOR THE HOME Featuring The Greatest Values In Years! From Coast To Coast Millions Are city by a big majority and the whole | half-hundred comments. Two-thirds state by 400,000.” Political Expert A political writer gave me this as| had had political experience had the his conclusion: ‘In 1928 Hoover car-| figure of 100,000 in: their minds as ried the state by some 450,000. In '32/ Roosevelt's probable majority. Roosevelt reversed the decision and| I take no responsibility for er won the state by almost exactly the| figure. But I have no hesitancy in same number. 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