The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-19
HOOVER WILL PUSH
THESEAWAY PLANS
Iowa Governor Says North.
west Farmers Have Con-
fidence in Nominee
CHEERED In TWIN CITIES
IOwans Are Told That Farm
Aid Could Be In No Better
Hands Than HOOver's

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Minneapolis, July 18-While
Herbert Hoover, republican pres
identiai candidate, was passing
through Iowa today, comforting
with party leaders, and the Iowa
republican convention prepared
to indorse him, political analysts in
the Twin Cities today interpreted
Mr.. Hoover's views as placing
waterway development in a prom
inent place in the farm relief pro-
gram.
Passing through St. Paul, Mr..
Hoover said transportation is an
important angle of the farm prob
lem. Remarking that his position
is well known on waterway de-
velopment, Mr.. Hoover refrained
from discussing what he would
say in his acceptance speech, but
left definite impression that he
would make waterways an import
ant issue.
Because Mr.. Hoover's strong
views on the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence waterway are we'll
known, as we'll as his advocacy of
river development, the reaction
here to his project would be kept
in the front in the campaign, as
against the Smith-New York pro-
gram for an All-American route.
He expects to have further con-
ferences on issues before his &C
ceptance speech next month, Mr..
Hoover said.
Mr.. Hoover made definite
pledge before leaving Superior
that he would work for early COM
pletion of the Great Lakes-St. Law
renee waterway, according to an
Associated Press dispatch today.
He told Duluth newspaper pub
fishers that the waterway would be
an accomplished fact in four
years.
Omaha, July 18-A prediction
that Herbert Hoover will offer
a plan of farm relief more practi-
cal and intelligent than any here
tofore advanced was made today
by Governor John Hammill of
Iowa after conference with the
presidential candidate
aboard the special train.
This is the message which the
governor said he would take to the
state convention today
at DesMoines, to which city he is
to fly by airplane from Council
Bluffs, to address the state po-
litical gathering.
After half an hours conference
with Hoover during ride between
Missouri Valley and Council Bluffs
Governor Hammill declared that
the farmer has in Hoover "a real
champion"
"When his final explanation of
his platform is made it will chal-
lenge the admiration of all those
that is specific" he said. ''Mr.
Hoover is going to make farm re-
lief the first principle of his ai-
He regards it both
as moral and positive obligation
of the party and of himself. He
recognizes that there is problem
and that it is an obligation upon
the whole people.
"The farmers are going to have
faith in Hoover and in his pro-
gram"
The governor conceded that the
fee had been definitely
thrown into the discard, but he
declared emphatically that the
farm leaders of Iowa were sur
no principle and cause,
but were agreed that there was
more ways than one by which the
agricultural problem could be
solved.
Finally the governor predicted
that Iowa would 60 for Hoover by
a majority of at least 100000. At
ter his conference with the can
didate, Governor Hammjll issued
this statement on the action OF
the corn belt committee recently
in commencing the democratic ag-
ricultural plank and condemning
the republican farm plank:
"The corn belt committe which
met in Des Moines, composed
largely of democratic leaders, pass
ed a series of resolutions from
which it appears they believed the
democratic party, Governor Smith
and Mr.. Raskob Chairman of the
national. connmittee)
have promised them the equaliza-
ton fee legislation.
sit is important to the people
of Iowa to know whether the corn
belt committee has any assurance
from Governor Smith or Mr.. Ras-
kob upon which to base their ac-
ton.
"The corn belt committee, Mr..
Smith and Mr.. Raskob owe it to
the people of Iowa to clear up this
question"