The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-28
AAA IS LAUDED
AS ROOSEVELT
DEF|ES CRITICS
President Cites Huge Gain
in. Farmers Income in
Nebraska Talk.
DEFENDS MONEY POLICY
Holds Aid Expression of
Rights Guaranteed by
Constitution.
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
limited Press staff Corresnondent

FREMONT, Neb., Sept. 28.-The
New Deals agricultural and none
tary policies this afternoon were
hailed by President Roosevelt as
combined effective agencies that
have put the American farmer back
on the road to prosperity.
The chief executive at the same
time nit back boldly at his critics
who have been using the Constitu-
ton as an argument in their behalf,
by asserting L like to think that
agricultural adjustment is an ex-
preston, in concrete form, of the
human rights of those farmer pa
triotS who stood on the bridge at
Concord, when they proclaimed the
Declaration of Independence, and
when they perpetuated that ideal
by the adoption of the Constitu-
ton"
In vigorous defense of expert
mentation as embraced by the the
Agricultural Adjustment Act, Mr.
Roosevelt pointed out that Il eXpe-
rience the extreme pleasure of rec
ognizing that the cooperative ef-
forts in which the farmers them
selves, the Congress and my Admin
iStration have engaged, have borne
good fruit
Speaks in Simple Language
The Presidents views, set forth in
simple language, we're delivered as
he faced an audience of Nebraska
farmers who drove in for miles to
catch a glimpse of him and to hear
him speak.
Proudly eXclaiming that recovery
efforts along monetary lines had
closed the gap between what the
farmer had to sell and what ne had
to buy, he pledged a continuation OF
his broad program to retain those
gains.
Three years ago." he said, 81 did
not promise the millennium for agri-
culture, but I did promise that !
should attempt to meet that intol-
cradle situation in every way that
human effort and ingenuity made
possible I said that 1 should do
my best, and that if my efforts
proved unsuccessful, I should tell
the country frankly and try some
thing else. But that was not neceG-
Sary.
Condition, Not Theory, Met
II was not meeting a theory" he
said. Il was meeting a condition
Foremost among the efforts of my
Administration when we came into
office were practical means to I'M
prove the situation on the farms OF
the country.
Il recognized in March, 1888, thai
efforts to improve agriculture SHOULD
of necessity be tWofold We shOulC
attempt first to lift the Immediate
burdens by raising farm prices anc
by tightening the burden of debt
Second, pledged myself to long
term efforts extending beyond Che5e
immediate emergency measures tC
stabilize American agriculture by
longterm planning"
In approaching the question Of
better prices for farm products Mr.
Roosevelt explained that he moved
on two fronts, first ito free oul
monetary system of bondage to g
sufficient extent to permit money
to serve the people rather than tC
force people to serve money"
DeflatiOn Argument Ignored
81 deliberately chose" he ex-
planned, ito disregard those who
said that before a balance could be
produced in our economic life al
most universal bankruptcy would be
necessary through deflation.
Il held" he continued, las I now
hold, that the appropriate measure;
to take were rather to improve
prices. particularly in farm commod-
tiles to such an extent that the
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