Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
ROBINSON GIVES
CAMPAIGN VIEWS
Rrkansan Insists Democrats
Must Avoid Wet Issue
Next Year.
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Democratic party must go to the
bat on economic issues In the coming
7 national campaign in the opinion OF
! Senator Joseph T. Robinson OF Ar
kansas, Democratic leader Of the Senate
and the party's vice presidential candi-
date in 1928.
Il have not changed my mind one
iota," said Senator Robinson, who has
just returned from Arkansas, at the
Capitol today. His comment was made
in reply to question regarding the
prohibition issue. At the time of the
meeting of the Democratic National
Committee in Washington last March
Senator Robinson vigorously criticized a
proposal Of Chairman John j. Raskob
that the National Committee should
recommend to the next national con-
vention a party platform plank declar-
ing for home rule" in the matter Of
liquor trafic control.
Campaigned as Dry.
Senator Robinson campaigned last
year for reelection to the Senate as a
dry. Undoubtedly he will have the sup
port of the Arkansas delegation at the
Democratic National Convention next
year for the presidential nomination.
He may become the rallying post for
the dryS in that convention. He is not
agitating the wet and dry issue. but is
insisting that his party makes its cam
paign next year on economic issues
rather than on the wet issue
The outlook for Democratic success
at the polls next year is exceedingly
bright" said the Arkansas Senator.
Crop Prospects Good.
Discussing conditions in his home
State, which was severely hit by the
drought last year, Senator Robinson said
that the prospects for good crops seem
TO be excellent and that the farmers
were in better frame of mind and
working hard. He added. however, that
economic conditions generally were still
far from good.
The Arkansas farmers have made
good use of the loan provisions con-
tanned in the relief bills put through
sby Congress at its last session, Senator
Robinson said. He himself as Demo-
cratic leader of the Senate and as SEN
ator from Arkansas took the lead In
the effort to hberalize these loan pro-
visions and to have them incluEe loans
for the purchase Of food and other ne
cessities as well as for feed and for use
In operating the farms. Senator Rob-
tnson was largely successful in his de-
msnd for such liberalization of the
loan provisions.
Opposes Pledge on Wheat.
Commenting on the wheat conference
of the exporting wheat nations now in
session at London. Senator Robinson
expressed the opinion that the delega-
tons, including the American deIega-
ton, could not pledge this country to a
limitation either Of the export of wheat
or the production of wheat In the
United States. Congress, he said, would
not stand for any such agreement If it
were entered into in connection with
wheat or any other commodity produced
IN this country.
The Arkansas Senator said he pre-
sumed numerous measures for the re-
lief of agriculture would be presented
at the next session of Congress. He add
ed, however, that he did not believe
that any panacea for the farmers ILLS
had been worked out. The whole field
of farm relief would require attention,
he said.