Evening star., 1927-06-12
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

win the West. That is his objective
during the next three months. Who'll.
ly irrespective Of his intentions re-
garding another term in the White
House. Most authorities, Republican
and Democratic alike, are convinced
that Mr.. Coolidge's 1928 plans will be
largely determined by his experiences
and impressions In the agricultural
region.
In other words, politicians believe
that the President will run. or not
run, for renominaion and reelection,
he finds the farming country friendly
or hostile. Coolidge supporters. con-
fdent of the Presidents political
shrewdness, are persuaded that he
will find ways and means Of pacifying
the Corn Belt and other sections now
openly anti-administration. II the
President fails in his efforts, the opin-
ion is hazarded that the result will be
OF paramount influence upon his de.
cisions, and that these will be adverse
to a second campaign for the White
House.
Invading 'Emeny Land"
Mr.. Coolidge. in pitching his Sum.
mer tent in South Dakota. Is fully
aware that ne is invading "enemy
1t goes without saying
that the President and the First Lady
of the Land will be heartily welcomed
In the Black Hills and wherever else
they show themselves in the great
open spaces. The greetings Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge will receive are likely
to be as cordial and genuine as any
that would be showered upon them
In their own New England. South
Dakota is particularly proud to be
able to entertain them. and the State
will spread itself to make their so.
journ memorable.
But the Debated and depressed farm.
ers of the Northwest, If their respon.
sible spokesme7i in Washington are to
be believed demand and expect more
from President Coolidge than the mere
favor of his presence in their midst.
In short, they will look for deeds, not
words or smiles, from the Coolidge ad.
mi -.istration during the next year.
They will particularly require more
favorable White House treatment of
the farming Vests appeals for IRE.
lief'' than has hitherto-the West con-
tends-emanated from executive quar-.
tsrs. If President Coolidge's attitude
toward agricultural relief programs
remains substantially that which ha
assumed in his veto of the McNary-
Haugen bill. then, farm spokesmen de-
clare, the Middle West Summer White
House will turn out to have been a
house of cards and one which will
eventually tumble down upon the pres
ent leader of the Republican party.
Better Understanding.
These statements are made on the
of men who were instru-
West this year. Their purpose was to
show him to the agricultural belt and
show the agricultural belt to him.
Their hope is that the wealth Of first
hand information to be .thered there
w undermine what they call some Of
the Presidents prejudices and misa D.
prehensions.
On the other hand, the Western
leaders who brought about Mr.. Cool.
idge'S Summer plans are of the opin.
ion that, once the trans.Mississipp
country gets to know the President,
intimate and frequent con-
facts, it on it's own part will scrap
some OF the prejudices and misappre-
tensions it has cherished about Calvin
Coolidge. But all through Western
statesmen's discussion of the Presi
dents 1927 vacation there runs the
positive assertion that the vacation
will not have been worth taking un.
less it is followed, next Autumn and
Winter, by a Coolidge agricultural
policy wholly different from any
hitherto espoused.
Since the administration courted
farm disfavor by vetoing the McNary-
Haugen bill in the teeth of it's ap.
proval by both House and Senate.
President Coolidge has aroused rural
wrath in another direction. His re-
organization of the Federal Farm
Loan Board Sin Wall Streets inter
est" as farm organization leaders put
it. has kicked up a row among them
almost as bitter as the one the Nc.
Nary -Haugen episode caused. Plans
are in progress to prevent the con-
firmation of the co-called Treasury
clique" which,, agriculturists allege,
has superseded the farmer minded
group hitherto in control of the farm
credit system.
Mellon Gets Blame.
The corn, wheat and cattle country
held Secretary Mellon largely respohsi.
BILE for the administrations anti.
McNary-Haugen M policy. and now it
sees Mr.. Mellon in malign domination
of the Federal agency which admins
ters $4,000, 100000 of farm loans. Edi-
tors of leading agricultural journals
have said to this writer that the Fed
eral Farm Loan Board shake-up is as
full of political dynamite for Mr.. Cool
idge as his relief bill veto is.
Another thing regarding which the
minds of Coolidge leaders are quite
pIpnr ic fhof ID Jo ~
sentiment is on the march throughout
the agricultural West. The Lowden
has ceased to be theoretical
and Is in process of actual organiza-
tion in 8 or 10 different States. It's
is in Iowa, Gov. Lowdens s
native State. Gov. Hammill of Iowa,
who called at the White House in
a day or two ago. declared
after leaving President Coolidge that
the Hawkeye State would undoubt-
edly be for Lowden in 1928 if the farm
situation is not taken care Of"
The same point of view found even
more drastic expression at the confer
ence of 81 farm organizations from
the corn-belt States, held at Des
Moines on May II and 1S. The Des
Moines meeting was presided over by
Hirth Of Missouri. one of the
spearheads of. the successful McNary-
Haugen drive on Capitol Hill last Win.
ter. The conference odopted some un-
vigorous resolutions. They
struck straight at President Coolidge
and his alleged partiality to financial
and industrial interests as against
those of agriculture
Resolutions Vigorous.
The spirit which permeated the
Des Moines agricultural council of
war is reflected in the following
typical resolutions:
IF there are those who believe that
the demand for q square deal for
at the hands of the Ma
tion has become less insistent, the
assembling of the SEVENTEEN Con-
gress will most effectively disabuse
their minds in this respect.
while we will carefully examine
the terms of any new measure that
may be proposed, under no circum-
stances will we give our Endorsement
IN HinI~