The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-12
M'NARY-
FARM PLAN is
HIT IN KEYNOTE
FesS PropoundS Coolidge
Doctrines in Address
to Convention.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent
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CONVENTION HALL, KANSAS
CITY, June 12-The McNary-
Haugen theory of farm relief was
denounced as measure which
would only defer the day of reckon
ing, in the keynote speech of Sen
ator Fess of Ohio to the opening
session of the Republican national
convention today.
In the face of agitation in farm
organizations for a party platform
plank pledged to the program
vetoed by President Coolidge, Tess
propounded Coolidge farm doctrines
to the convention.
ITO be substantial and effective, -
he said, the machinery of control
must be farmer owned, farmer-or-
ganized and farmer operated, rather
than operated by bureau from
Washington.
Must Be Constructive
Sound relief will avoid artificial
stimulus such as Government price
fixing or Government buying and
selling. All relief measures to be
of permanent value must be con-
structive and grounded in economic
principles underlying production
and consumption"
Tess said he believed the real
solution lies in development OF eX-
ten5ive and efficient cooperative
marketing and lowering Of trans
portation costs. There can be no
doubt, he added, about the sincere
desire of the party to deal intelli-
gently with the problem.
Tess devoted about one-siXth of
his keynote to an analysis of the
farm problem. The speech traced
the economic accomplishments of
the administration in detail and
closed with a striking eulogy of
President Coolidge as "the greatest
personal and political fore Elm the
world today"
by the greatest majority ever
given in the history of elections the
Republican party under the leader
ship Of Warren c. Harding was
called to the task of restoration,
and at once grappled with the peace
problems quite as difficult as those
of war.
THE manner in which the
problems have been handled, first
SO well begun by the administration
of our beloved and late lamented
Warren G. Harding, and then by
that of Coolidge, is too well known
to call for further comment"
Problems Solved
All our people have some knowl-
edge of the number, and most Of
them some idea Of the complication,
Of these problems. Very few will
deny the complete success in the
effort of solution.
Measured by those tests, the rec
ord of history is challenged to pre-
sent a leadership with superior bril-
liancy and a higher rank in states
nanship than that of our present
eminent leader.
In a comparatively short period
we are passed from war confusion
to peace contentment; from eco
nonlic disorders to sound principles
of progress; from a period of gen.
eral prostration to one of substan-
tial prosperity in which all basic
industries are on sound economic
foundations.
This remarkable record in admin
istration reflects type of political
leadership at the head of the Gov
eminent rarely experienced in this
or any other country.
Judgments Are Decisive
"I once said, and I now repeat
my statement. Few are his words
decisive his judgments. His COM
prehension Of problems is broad, his
vision clear, and his action dautless.
His conception of public duty fore
stalls the employment of mere po-
1itical expediency. He spurns the
arts Of the demagogue, and
strengthens the passion of public
rectitude. He is more concerned in
directing the public mind in proper
channels than in following public
clamor based upon propaganda.
His sympathy for those in mis-
fortune prevents his yielding to I'M
sound remedies which in the END
must only add to the suffering. He
yields not to threats, nor is he per-
suaded by cajolery.
"Ee aspires to render personal
favors, but never at the expense of
public welfare. His evident desire
to do justice to all classes stitmu-
1ates public confidence. He shields
no wrong, nor denies no right. His
sense of fairness provokes support
and disarms attack.
after five years and seven
months of leadership in our Ma
ton, he leaves Office by his own
fat, which appears to be final and
so is interpreted by many of his
friends, in spite of the fact that his
nomination and election would be
a foregone conclusion did he no.;
forbid.
"This hold upon the confidence of
the American people of every name,
class and creed, without regard to
partisan feeling, makes Calvin
Coolidge the greatest personal and
political force in the world today