Evening star., 1934-07-15
NEW DEAL BATTLE
RACES IN TEXAS
ConnaIIy Seen Likely to Win
Coming Contest as RoOSe-
welt Supporter.
special Dispatch 10 The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
AUSTIN, Tex, July 14.-The coun-
try's attention is focused upon the
approaching senatorial primary in the
Lone Star State, where a battle royal
is being waged to test the popularity
of the new 6eal and determine
whether the Roosevelt recovery pro-
gram is to be vindicated.
Senator Tom Connally, outstanding
new deal Senator, whom the Presi-
dent has tacitly indicated is his
choice is engaged in a spirited contest
with the youthful Joe Bailey. Repre-
sentative at large, serving his first
term, who has opposed the President
on several of his major measures and
is now Stumping his State against
some Of the new deal policies and
taking his opponent to task for his
support Of others.
Bailey has challenged Connally to
joint debate, but the Senator has de-
clined to be drawn into controversial
questions and is confning himself to
unequivocal support of the President
and the new deal. The Representa-
tive asserts that the Senator has re-
fused to answer his challenge or dis
cuSS the issues, whereas the Senator S
friends say there is no issue except
Connally and the support of the new
deal and the return of a good man to
the Senate. Thus the fight RACES.
The result in Texas will carry con-
siderable significance. If the Literary
Digest's final poll is to be taken as a
trend. This shows that of the IL
States reporting the highest average
in support of the new deal, Texas is
fifth, or very near the top.
New Deal Benefits.
A few figures are Illuminating to
stress the fact that Texas has every
reason to be satisfied with the results
of the new deal A total allotment
of $245,l25, ,040 has been made for
various projects and benefits to that
State, and of this large sum, some
thing over a hundred million dollars
have actually been paid. In the mat
ter of adjustment of cotton contracts
alone, under the new deals A. A. A b,
Texas gets one-third of the total bene-
fit payments that are being made to
cotton growers of the South. Under
the 1888 program the cotton farmers
of Texas were paid S43 ,3I5,00O, and
in addition option payments of SIS
OO0,0OO making a total payment for
the year 1888 cotton program of
$50 900 900.
In 1884 the A. A. A. has $50 1000
contracts in Texas and payments es-
timated at $40 900, 900 will be made to
adjust these contracts. Up to July 8,
1884, Texas cotton farmers had re-
ceived $8557 900 in benefit payments
The wheat farmers of Texas have
already received approximately S4,-
000,0 900 in wheat payments.
Under the new deals public works
program Texas gets $46,085, ,458 on
968 Federal projects, and S50,l38, Asst
on 253 non-Federal projects in that
State, including river and harbor
projects along the Gulf Coast under
the United States Army engineers,
others along the Rio Grande under
the International Boundary Commits
sion between United States and Mex
leo. the rectihcation of the lower Rio
Grande and the rectification of the
Ria Grande in the FL PaSo and Juarez
Valley.
These are some of the outstanding
examples of Texas projects. Another
is the important Nogales food con-
troll project. Under the quartermaster
general Of the Army. Texas is getting
at her Army posts new barracks, fly
ins fields. hsngars, officers quarters
and other benefits, all supported by
the P. w. A.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey has
about 1872 projects in Texas, such as
triangulation and tide surveys, and
the Public Roads Administration has
$50 road projects there, under the
Federal aid highway system, and
these projects sponsored by the new
deal are scattered throughout the
State
II was to be expected that tue pio-
neer State of Texas, the home of
the adventurous Travis and Bowie and
Crockett. would join hands with the