Evening star., 1924-05-19
THOMPSON BELIEVES
IN PEACE PROGRAM
La Follette's Favorite for Third
Party Nomination Says World
Cooperation Needed.
UPHoLDs PROHIBITION LAW
Favors Tariff Adjustment to En-
courage Trade With Europe.
BY EDGAR MELS.

Il believe in the league of nations,
I believe in league of nations-I
believe in any league, or body, which
will minimize the possibility of war
and bring peace and prosperity to
the world" said Huston Thompson,
who, as told exclusively in The Star
yesterday, is the La Toilette favorite
for the vice presidential nomination
on both the Democratic and the third
party tickets. According to inforna- =
tion from the La Toilette camp, every
effort is to be made to have the
chairman of the Federal Trade Com
mission nominated in New York by
the Democrats; then, to have him in
dorsed by the third party in July.
In order that, if the election should
he thrown into the Congress, the Sen
ate could name him Vice President.
There being no President-elect in
that eventuality, Thompson would
automatically become chief magls-
trate.
II am for an adjustment of our
tariff in such way as Will put
Europe in position where She can
begin to buy our surplus, instead OF
us toward her own or other mar
kets," said Mr.. Thompson who was
amazed at the sentiments aScrlned 10
Senator La Toilette. Mr.. ThompSoi, !,
declared emphatically that ne hau
never heard any such statement from
the Senator, nor did he know any
hing about the matter until he saw
it in The Star.
Large Mental Horizon.
THOMPSON is IL big man, two and a
half inches above six feet. lie Is
broad of shoulders, strong or race
large blue eyes look squarely INTO
yours. His strong jaw is indicative
of will power and character. HIS
mental horizon is large. He does not
sidestep issues. There is that about
the man which attracts and inspires
confidence. His record in the Depart
ment of Justice and in the trade COM
mission stamp him as an able and
fearless man.
1.-The great, vital issue now before
the American people is a cooperative
sense. BY that l mean co-operation
in the upbuilding of the nation, OF
commerce, of business, and, above all,
cooperation in the enforcement OF
son. The time is coming when CO.
operation will be the only weapon
with which the ultimate consumer
can match the trusts and Illegal COM
binations, if we cannot keep compe
tition alive. That is why l believe
that the doctrines and teachings OF
cooperation should be spread abroad
Cooperation Is Urged.
I'VE need cooperation desperately
in the matter of our farmers They
are in need of the right kind of help.
BY that l do not mean the lending Of
money which they will have to repay
thus getting more deeply into debt.
I believe the farm situation to be the
most important national question be-
fore the people. Last year 1,000. 600
human beings left our farms, going
to the cities and towns.
Our government is and will be
inefficient until we agree upon a
remedy for this depopulation of our
farmS-the most important domestic
problem before us today. l believe
that d partial cure for this condition,
if not remedy, may be attained if we
can make it possible for the farmer,
through the government, backed by
public opinion, to be free from paying
tolls to the unnecessary middleman as
the farmer takes his products from
the farm to the market place. 1t
should be and is possible to drive out
of buyers who, acting in concert, stand
by when the farmer offers his goods
for sale until the price is dropped to
the lowest possible point.
"Co-OperatiOn Is Solution
1.-The vital question is how to handle
the situation. If the government
authorizes farm loan of say $780,
100000, then may not at the same