Evening star., 1928-05-30
DEBATE ON FARMER
/ MARCH IS WAGED
Three Factions Argue on Ad-
vantage of Proposed Con-
vention Trek.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, May 30.-Proposals
TO send a large delegation of farmers
10 the Republican national convention
here in the interests of farm relief to-
day found three factions in the field
one for. me against and one receptive.
Organizers of the movement con-
tinued to contend that failure of the
McNary-Haugen bill furnished a con-
crete basis on which to mobilize the
farmers and that many would come
here in June. Those opposed generally
believed the dirt farmers" lacked def
mite opinions or relief measures. Kan
sas Citians including convention ar
rangement committeeman, favored the
movement or any other project that
would bring more visitors here.
From Indiana, Illinois and other Mid
die Western States came reports Of or
ganized efforts 10 recruit farmers for
the convention trek. On the heels of
an announcement by Ralph Snyder,
president of the Kansas @arm Bureau
Federation, that he had sent out letters
urging representation for his organiza-
tion at Kansas City came an opinion
from John VeSecky, head of the CO.
operative wheat marketing organization
OF that State. that the farmers there
would not take the movement seriously.
Calls Attention to Crops.
Former Gov. Henry ]. Allen Of Kan
sas, A. L. Nichols. Topeka, magazine
editor Of the Capper farm publications.
and Carl Williams, editor of the Okla
homa Farmer-Stockman aligned them
selves with Vesecky.
Pointing out that farmers of the
Southwest would be busy harvesting
grain during June. Mr. Allen said:
The greatest danger of this adver-
ttsed revolt as see it is to the revolt
ers. June is harvest month in Kansas
and the regular farmers, usually short
Of help, are busily engaged in putting
away 100000. 900 -bushel wheat crop
They are likely to post lookouts along
the line Of the proposed march to grab
out OF the ranks any able e-bodied farm
help and force them into the fields,
where a real work for farm relief will
be IN progress. In this way some of our
best known farm relievers are likely to
turn up On the Kansas wheat fields.
AS q matter of fact, the farmers of
Kansas recognize this movement as pol
ftics. II is too obviously an effort TO
organize political demonstration at
Kansas City by the same gentlemen
who have carried on a political demon
stration IN Washington all Winter and
who sacrificed constructive farm legis-
latlon IN order to keep alive a political
Issue against the administration.
Claim Kansans Not interested.
Mr.. Nichols said he would be greatly
surprised" II the movement is taken
seriously by Kansas farmers. The
wheat farmers Of Kansas are not inter-
eSted N any proposed march Of 100 600
on Kansas City and do not think the
farmers OF Colorado or Nebraska will
DO any marching, either
Mr. Williams, Democrat. who re-
Gently served on q board appointed by
President Coolidge to investigate an
Orient railroad wage dispute, said sur
veys OF the Southwest indicated some
farm politicians viii be at Kansas City,
but not many farmers."
Actual surveys in the Southwest
1now mat farmers are by no means a
Unit n their opinions about farm relief
1eg1slasaon, he said. Less than 90
per cent have been definitely In favor
o. the MeEary-Haugen bill About so
per cent would gladly accept any form
O1 farm relief legislation. while more
tnan 70 per cent have no confidence in
any form of legislation whatever
Robert u. Chambers, local manager
q the presidential campaign Of former
Gov. Frank o. Lowden Of Illinois. pre-
dlcsed that as many as 100 900 farmers
would come here. He said his estimate
vas hased on reports received here and
~ the Chicago LoEden headquarters
% plans o. Iowa. Illinois and indiana
farmers % come here.
Baldwin Letter.
In letter TO Illinois delegates 70 the
convention. made public al Chicago
CnaTseS n. Baldwin, secretary Of the
New York State Agricultural Society.
said that the demand for farm aid was
spreading 70 the East. His letter said
that farmers Of that State were eytr1c-
Ing strong sentiment that agriculture
being given "cold shoulder al
washington" Although not TO any per-
cepsf5le extent interested IN the Nc
Rsry-Hsugen bill, he expressed the
opinion that IL the Republican party q
70 make an appeal To the rural vote II
nanss nominate o candidate sympathetic
70 agriculture