Evening star., 1935-06-11

tract that washington might choose
to write. He promised program that
would bring about parity between
the price Of the things the farmer buys
and those which he sells. But, unfor-
tunately, such increases in crop prices
as were brought about by his restric-
we measures, abetted by the drought,
were nullified by the increase In the
price of the things which the farmer
has to buy, because of price fixing he
encouraged under the now defunct
N. r. A."
In a slow drawI Mrs Simmons, the
Missouri farm woman. with an excep-
tional sense of humor. stirred the con-
ference to wild mirth and cheers. It
was her articles attacking the A. A. A.
in the Saturday Evening Post that
brought her into the limelight.
Mrs. Simmons told the conference
that she and her family had come
from generations Of Southern Demo-
Gratis"
I'VE are in position both peculiar
and pathetic" she said. I'VE must
believe that either this administration
Is not democratic or we have been
mistaken all our lives.
EITHER way, we have no party. AS
q kinsman of mine recently said: I
didn't leave the Democratic party, it
left me-"
UnilateraI Contract Opposed.
Mrs. Simmons said that clause 9 OF
the corn-hog contract of 1884 put out
by the A. A. A. demanded that the
signor agree to comply with such rul-
ings as the Secretary Of Agriculture
had heretofore made and that he
made thereafter. She said she never
found a farmer who realized what this
clause meant.
MY husband" she said, said he
would not sign any contract that
bound him and did not as much bind
the other party to 1t, and that it was
just another tax scheme, which we all
knew it was, and Is, but is far worse
than anything we have ever known,
because it collects the farmers liberty
along with processing taxes. The de.
sire to rule us, to dominate American
farmers, runs rampant and vicious
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Mrs Simmons said she resented be-
ing called "a high and mighty liar"
by President Roosevelt In his speech
to the farmers who marched" on
Washington recently. The recent wheat
program referendum conducted by the
A. A. A, described by Secretary Wal
lace as q mandate" to continue the
program, showed. she said, that only
is per cent of all the wheat growers
in the country had participated.
Her answer to Democratic questions
as to what she would do If she did not
like the New Deal program was:
Lower taxes, lower interest rates,
and to be let alsne, to do the best we
can"
New Deal Indicted.
The conference last night adopted
an indictment of President Roosevelt
and the New Deal. This was the first
report of its Resolutions Committee,
submitted by the chairman, e. 4.
Hayes Of Illinois, former national COM
mander of the American Legion.
The 1S points in declaration OF
grievances" adopted by the Republican
Grass Roots" Convention last night
in skeleton form follow:
/. Violation Of pledge to reduce cost
Of government.
2. Increase of 100, 900 in Federal pay
roll, rather than reduction.
3. Failure to- stop borrowing; fall
ure to balance budget.
4. Failure to keep Government out
of business.
S. Failure to maintain sound cur
rency.
8. Congress reduced to . group Of
time servers.
7. Disregard Of States rights.
8. Subjection Of people to arbitrary
dictates.
9. Congress forced to appropriate
$4,000 900 900 to be used by the Presi-
dent for secret purposes"
10. Secret control Of $4,000, 900 .000
given to Secretary Of Treasury.
IL. Destruction Of food; importation
Of supplies.
IL. Millions spent on acreage re-
duction; more millions on reclama-
ton.
10. Surrender Of home markets to
foreign nations.
IL. Destruction of free competition;
creation of mcnopolies.
Is. Attempted control of CONNER
cial banking.
16. Attempt to control larger mass
Of wealth than ever before concen-
trated in one man.
II. Use Of power to put political
pressure on hungry and needy.
13. Desire for centralized power AND
distaste for Constitution.
RoRAH SPEECH ISSTyED.