The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-25
IOWA GOVERNOR
VOICES DEMAND
FOR FARM AID
Past U. S. Policy Given
Blame for Plight of
Agriculture.
BY FOSTER EATON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

> MACklNAC 1SlIAND, MlCll,
July 26-An appeal for Government
assistance in lifting the American
: farmer out of economic chaos was
sounded today by Governor John
Hammill of Iowa, who spoke before
9 the nineteenth annual conference
Of Governors, in session here.
Hammill pointed out that ma
, tional and State governments are
largely responsible through past
2 policies for the present state OF ag-
riculture.
Direct financial assistance is not
asked, Hammill stated, but only the
] helpful cooperation of the Govern
nent in the plans which the far
mers themselves are willing to work
out.
Strikes Hopeful Note
s4. Hammill struck hopeful note In
Iauding the farm relief bill which
passed the last session of Con
gress, indicating, indirectly at least,
that much of the farm ailments
may be relieved if the Government
will carry out the terms of that
bill.
Hammill, whose home State of
Iowa is considered by many to be
the State hardest hit by agricultu-
raj depression, pointed out that the
farmers did not ask the Govern
ment for money, but under the
4..... 80 4Lo hill fL,o1y cow thrA1lph
Congress last session the farmers
themselves would meet the costs OF
their program by contributions col
). lected from each marketed unit OF
the crop so dealt with.
Hammill pointed to the "free
land" policy of the Government
few decades ago as being one OF
the contributing factors to the pres
ent inflated production of the
farms.
Farm Plant Expanded
He said also the government had
encouraged excessive production
during the period of the recent
World War, and this had assisted in
developing IAN agricultural plant
far greater in it's capacity to pro-
duce the essential basic crops than
is required by our domestic mar
ket."
He cited the Governments pro-
gram of RECKLESS reclamation,
aimed to add new acres and new
producers to our present productive
total"
st say" said Hammill, "that ma
tional policies such as these have
expanded our farm plant and that,
therefore, it is national response
bility to meet the situation thus Gre
ated so that the farmers alone will
not be called upon to bear the full
consequences"
Nineteen Governors Attend
Two of the Governors, Ralph o.
Brewster of Maine and John H.
Trumbull of Connecticut, made the
trip from Detroit in an airplane,
placed at their disposal by Maj.
Thomas G. Lanphier, commandant
of Selfridge field, Mount Clemens,
Mich.
The nineteen Governors so far
registered include: Fred w. Green,
Michigan; Len Small, Illinois; Bibb
Graves, Alabama; John H. Trubull,
Connecticut; John E. Martineau,
Arkansas; Ralph o. Brewster,
Maine; Robert P. Robinson, Della
ware; Albert G. Ritchie, Maryland;
I John w. Martin, Florida; Ed Jack
/. son, Indiana; John Hammill, Iowa;
B Ben S. Paulen, Kansas; Adam Nc
Mullen, Nebraska; Huntley N.
!. Spaulding, New Hampshire; John
S. Fisher, Pennsylvania; John G.
Richards, South Carolina; George
H. Dern, Utah; John E. Weeks, Yer
mont: Frank G. Emerson, Wyoming,
and Lieutenant Governor Norman
S. Case, Rhode Island.
McMulIen Is Speaker
Brewster Of Maine is chairman of
the conference.
n Governor Adam McMullen of Ne
braska supported the stand of Gov
( ernor Hammill of Iowa regarding
Z farm relief. He said:
I, cit is only through the same ma
& tional policies that have contributed
SO much to the upbuilding of the
l. industrial East that agriculture can
be saved. The time has arrived for
4 the adoption of a positive program
4 for agriculture"