Evening star., 1935-05-15

Past Suffering Recalled.
Encouraged by the friendly attitude
Of his hearers, President Roosevelt
continued:
you remember, and I remember,
that not so long ago the poor had less
food to eat and less clothing to wear,
and that was at a time when you
practically had to give away your
products. Then the surpluSeS were
greater, and yet the poor were poorer
than they are today, when you farm
ers are getting a reasonable, although
still insufficient, price.
"It is your duty and mine to con-
tinue to educate the people Of this
country to the fact that adjustment
means not only adjustment down.
ward, but adjustment upward.
1T Is high time for us to repeat on
every occasion that we have not
wastefully destroyed food in any
form"
Eager to see everybody, the farmers
at the end of the talk set up cry
for "the lady of the house"
Fetch out the lady Of the house"
they called.
President Roosevelt turned back to
explain Mrs. Roosevelt was in Hyde
Park.
Speech Widely Praised.
The hearers, many Of whom had
Travelled $500 miles IN hopes they
might see the President, were full of
praise this morning for his speech.
"Hes the only fellow we ever had
In thar (the White House, that ever
gave the farmer any consideration"
said Loss Starnes, cotton planter
from Smith County, Tex.
"Yas. sub, he's going to do this job
right" spoke up Thomas D. Harlan
of Marlin, Tex. who sat on sofa in
a hotel room crowded with dozens Of
farmers waiting for railroad official
to adjust their tickets.
During Republican administrations
we rubbed all the cloth of our coat
sleeves running close around corners
looking for prosperity" said Harlan.
But old Roosevelt, he's fine, and
he's going to keep his job as far as
the South is concerned"
A picked group from the $500 to-
day laid plans for a new Nationwide
farm organization to act in unision
with sectional lines wiped away.
I'VE have several national farm
groups now, but they don't work to-
gether," they said.
Hastings Reply Sharp.
In sharp reply to President Roose-
velts speech to the farmers Senator
Hastings, Republican, of Delaware,
asserted today "the President invites
criticism and then shows that he
can't take it,"
Hastings said that four times in
yesterdays speech the President
spoke sarcastically Of those who have
criticized the A. A. A. program as
the high and mighty
He described them as persons with
special axes to grind" the Della
ware Senator continued. He spoke
of them as lying about the kind of q
farm program under which this Nation
is operating today He warned his
audience not to be led astray by the
solemn admonftions and specious lies
of those who in the past profited most
when your distress was greatest
HE spoke of the crocodile tears
shed by the professional mourners of
an old and obsolete order"
Hastings said critics of the New Deal
heretofore have been called Tories"
and TRAITORS" and added "but now
we are called liars and everybody
understands just what that means and
1t comes with little dignity from man
dent of the United States"
1.-THE Presidents speech reminds me
of the small town bully, who boldly
and courageously calls his opponents
foul names when he has his own crowd
about him to protect him." Hastings
concluded.
Lewis Lauds President.
Not long after Hastings had issued
his statement, Senator Lewis, Demo-
crat, of Illinois, took the floor in the
Senate and congratulated President
Roosevelt on having found 1t agree
able to use the commanding words" in
referring to those whom Lewis de-
clared have been misrepresenting con-
ditions during the past two years.
1.-The President may not have been
as polite as on ordinary occasions"
Senator Lewis declared, but the short
and ugly word was the appropriate
one in describing these misrepresenta-
tions."
Some in overalls, some in mail
order Sunday best and some in busi-
ness suits, the tanned farmers idled
in hotel lobbies and paraded the
pevements this morning. Scores Of
sightseeing buses prepared to take
them around the town.
Many made plans to stay until the
end of the week, although most got
ready to leave for home tonight.
Will Get Moneys Worth.
"We're going to stick around. We
got to look this town over for while
yet" laughed B. j. Wilson, Smith
County, Tex. "It cost us a lot Of
money to get up here, and we might
as well get something out of it."
In the sweltering auditorium Of
Constitution Hall, the tobacco-chew-
ing agriculturists all day yesterday
Ioosed loud yippees. sang songs and
cheered "for the folks back home" at
the opening Of radio program. A
parade of speakers, headed by Secre-
tary Wallace and A. A. A. Chief
Chester Davis, assured them the ad-
tustment program was here to stay.