Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1936, Page 4

LARDON SSALS * STARGTY POLC New Deal Robbing American =" Farmer, He Tells lowa Corn Growers. By the Associated Press. ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL EN RO®TE TO MINNEAPOLIS, Septem- ber 24 —Gov, Alf M. Landon, speeding to Minnesota for a new thrust at New Deal farm policies, told Iowa cora 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- ean 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 admidistration’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 shori- age.’ f Distressed by Empty Cribs. At Nevada. Jowa, Gov. Landon sald 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 €orn 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. Iowa 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 are robbing the American farmer not only of his former export markets, but even of his home market. Por proof, I turn to the report of the United | Had the farmers of | : _THE EVENING STAR, WASHIN Roosevelt-Landop' Talks | hief Executive Stresses Value of Press in Campaign. Py the Assoziated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y., September 24— Following is the text of President Roosevelt's address last night in the New York Herald Tribune's 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 such 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 of government to relapse into exagger- ation and invggtive, and so becloud the controversy as to make it possible 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 is any actual remedy for this state of affairs, but I believe it is within the power and the province of the press to make | whatever improvement is possible. I do not think that anybody objects to | a statement of opinion or an argu- ment, either pro or con, being put forth in the editorial pages, provided the editorials do not contain mis- statements of fact. That, unless I | entirely misunderstand newspaper | psychology is what the newspaper | editorial columns are for. 1 do not believe—and I do not think for the future of the country to be | States Bureau of Agricultural Eco-|any disagreement is possible on this nomics, released only last Saturday.|subject—that a journal's news col- It states that 2% million bushels of | umns ought to be tampered with, Argentine corn reached this country | either by coloring the news or by last week. and about 2 million bushels | leaving out news. The were on the way. That is a sample | commodity that is marketed to the aof the way the present ndmlmstg-;whole people. tion has aided you farmers of the best | I may be accused of idealism when corn producing area on earth. I suggest that a Republican reader of Stands for Production. a Democratic newspaper is entitled news is the | Governor Asks Tru Liberalism in Forum Speech. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 24.—The text of the message sent by Gov. Alf 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. World Curbing Liberalism. A high degree of public understand- ing of the meaning of our commu; tional right to freedom of religion, freedom of education, freedom of speach and a free press is essential to the continuation ef true liberalism. Within the past few years the number |of countries in whickh tnese 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- | luteism abroad in the world, it is im- portant that we jealously guard our freedom in these respects. A democracy cannot live in the dark. Only tyransy and absoluteism can proceed under the shadow of the censor. This must never be forgotten. 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 | i sick, the aged, the needy and the ;unemployed are cared for. ‘The delegates to yoyr Herald Tri- | half. ESTATE OF LONG 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 States Senator and builder of Louisiana’s 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. Most 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 & $4,945.75 equity in the Long home on Audubon boulevard here. The inventory listed an $18,054.25 mortgage against the Audubon property. The community property of the | estate aggregated $123,085.55, of which |$100,045 was located in Orleans | lPlrlsh, $20,190 in East Baton Rouge'| ! Parish and $2,850 in Caddo Parish. Under Louisiana law the widow | shares one-half of the community praperty and the children the other | that I would stress is the narrow Fnlllonlll.sm in its planned economy. I do not belleve this narrowness of outlook is 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 Americs Stress Extravagance. | In talking to you tonight I shall| free from foreign entanglement a trlie to its great past. Yet, you care D. | —and said he did not believe “Our party stands for production, not destruction. It is for co-operation with 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 midwestern swing at Minneapolis at 8:30 p.m. to all the news that appertains to his segment of the political landscape and { that a Democratic reader of a Re- | publican newspaper should not be fed | exclusively on a Republican diet. And !TI would apply the same idealism to the headlines. Forbidden in Some Countries. | The forum idea, conducted im- partially, is an indication of the ob- | stress briefly two points on which I as deeply for world peace. You are | feel deeply. The first is the issue of | therefore, against the narrow type | Aides said it would be an amplification | jective which most fair-minded peo- of the party platform tariff stand and | ple seek. I cannot help but contrast his previous criticisms of the adminis- |8 nation which more and more is $ration’s tariff agreements. ‘,encouragtng any friendly discussion Continuing his drive through the on all manner of public problems farm belt, Landon planned eight stops, | With those countries which unfortu- four in northern Iowa and four in | nately have made public discussion Minnesota, before reaching Minneapo- Bs at 5:15 p.m. i Commended Widely. ! Aides said Landon had received a Iarge 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- eented 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 Roosevelt's Secreta- | TV of Agrict having done ture, Henry A. Wallace, as 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 for their products.” After his conference with the nom- inee, Peck 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. 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 im cash from a cafe at 722 Seventeenth street yesterday was reported by Johanna Sorenson. The thief used a duplicate key, she told police. NEMBER PEOERAL DEPOSIT INSURANGE GORPORATION = difficult if not impossible. In the welter of passion which is apparently still inseparable from our | political campaigns, you and I hear | about the liberty of the press—regi- mentation of the press against the Government and regimentation of the press by the Government. It is doubtful if the United States | ever had an administration since | the days when Washington was ac- | cuged of despotism and aspirations | to kingship that had the slightest de- | sire to muzzle anybody. The un- | checked virulence of assaults on al- most every administration since the | beginning of our history in itself is best proof of that statement An old friend of mine who, al- though a successful man of affairs in New York, has led a somewhat nar- row existence, asked me the other jday if it was true, as many of his | friends had told him, that three- | quarters of all the money spent for | relief of the needy unemployed in these past few years had gone for overhead and only one-quarter to the needy unemployed themselves. Urges Personal Discovery. 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 be best for him to look up the answer himself. I suggested that he attend your' forum yesterday and today. I hope he has been with you. The time may come when the poli- cies of the Nation will be determined with a serenity and logic that any serious business problem is decided among the directors of the business, but I must reluctantly confess that we have not reached that day. I wish I might have attended the forum in person. If I had been with you I might have been moved to take part in the discussion., My part, in (figtember i} tax paying month, when additional funds may be required for taxes, interest on trusts, insurance, re- pairs, or other obligations. If 30, we will be pleased to tell you of our vagious loan plans—some requiring only your signature—and all with pro- vision for repayment in convenient monthly amounts. - MORRIS PLAN BANK " OF WASHINGTON The bk for the Sedividual! 1408 H STREET,N. W. | waste and extravagance. When the | New Deal was originated ostensibly to meet an emergency, all Americans were glad to co-operate. We were ready to excuse mistakes due to | urgent haste and necessary experi- mentation. today is the fact that waste and extravagance and the reckless experi- mentation then initiated have been fastened upon Washington as the { habitual thriftlessness of a prodigal Government of ever-expanding bu- | reaucrats. We Republicans are glad to express |our sympathy with many of the aims |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 | and experience. Tells Course if Elected. As prosperity under the pressure of natural economic forces gradually What we cannot excuse | | 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- | sponsibiliy abroad. I know that such narrow national- | |ism tends to convert the nations of | the world into armed camps. The ideals of the present administration are fair to listen to. But when the | President turned his back on the London economic conference in 1933, | he set back the cause of peace by | many years. I 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 internatiofial disputes through arbitration and negotiation. | Signed, [ ALFRED M. LANDON, | { s B | i returns, the revenues of the Govern-| | se fwd . ’ | ment luckily go up. But, so still do ' a J the expenses of the Government. | That is the most damning fact about | He asked me further if it was true, | the present administration. 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| | 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 devilop the facts and a desire to present constructive remedies for cur- rent ills. I send to you my compli- ments and goed wishes. 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Ask about our Etcheralt style. EASTMAN AOrtu STORES... 607-14TH STREET N. W, RODSEVELT URGES SCLEAR THNKINE" Speaks on New York Forum Program as Landon As- sails “Waste.” By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 24.—An appeal: by President Roosevelt for “clear thinking” in determining the future of the country and an attack by Gov. 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, sald the forum might start political partisans thinking and ‘“convey the idea that prejudice is a rather weak substitute for logic in determining the questions that are of such vital con- sequence to our country as & whole and to each individual citizen thereot.” Landon in his statement—read Representative Joseph W. Martin, jr., Eastern Republican campaign man- ager—Ilashed out at the “narrow na- tionalism in its (the administration’s) planned economy.” Upheld Press Freedom. Both candidates upheld freedom of the press. “Preedom 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” e 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 against 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 muzzle 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 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1936. than Federal administration of relief and charged that Federal administra- tion had led to greed, labor shortages in industry, & “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 ;h-nu of politics, waste or corrup- lon, ‘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 & score of speakers, including seven presidential candidates and two cab- inet members, who addressed the forum. 5 A short time before Hoover spoke, Democratic Chairman James A. Farley and Republican Chairman John Hamiiton 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. Farley, discussing the Democratic platform, declared the Roosevelt ad- ministration had adhered strictly to the 1932 platform “except where changing conditions rendered it im- perative to alter the details.” He sald Gov. Landon has proposed & program which “would mean turn- ing over to a very limited class in this country the power for good or evil over the lives and fortunes of all our people.” Hamilton Cites Platform, Hamilton emphasized a clause of the Republican platform which de- clared that “the acceptance of the nomination tendered by this conven- tion carries with it as a matter of private honor and public faith an| undertaking by each candidate to be | true to the principles and program hereimr set forth.” “It is perfectly true” he said at| another point, “that the Republican | platform has not the unified literary | style that marks the platform drafted | by Mr. Roosevelt and ratified at the | Philadelphia convention. The Re- publican platform, being the product | of many minds, bears necessarily the | marks of argument, of persuasion and | compromise. If these be defects they | 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, Socialist presidential candidate; Earl Browder, Communist presidential candidat John W. Aiken, Socialist Labor pres: dential candidate; D. Leigh Colvin, Prohibition party presidential nomines; William Lemke, Union party presi- | dential nominee; Aubrey Williams, deputy works progress administrato Friday Night—7 to 9 ONLY 2-HOUR Made to Sell for $79 This Moderne Genuine Walnut Suite you have never been offered and never again will it +be possible to offer such an outstanding value for so little. On sale only from 7 to 9 Friday night. Open TUESDAY and FRIDAY Till 9 P.M. Other Davs Till 6 P.M. IN RAIN OR SHINE Fine Apparel for Gentlemen 1341 F STREET N.W. 1245-47 Wisconsin Ave. SPECIAL Georgetown, D. C. 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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- clem,” Browder said: g “The two poles of this re-crystallie zation of our political life are, on the reactionary side, the forces gathered around Landon and Knox—Hearst, the Liberty League, the Jeffersonian Democrats, and Wall Street; on the progressive side, all the mass organie zations of the people which are mov- ing in the direction of a new party, & Farmer-Labor party. “Roosevelt and - the Democratic party do not represent either of these sides in the basic realignment. Roosee velt tries to take the middle-of-the« road course, tries to staisfy both sides in an f{rreconciliable struggle, and therefore satisfles neither.” ‘Thomas declared early in his speech, “I hereby acquit Mr. Roosevelt of bee ing a Soclalist.” SINGE (B88 PREPARED PAINT What has the Summer done to your house? Time to investi- gate! 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