The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-06
RECOMMENDATION OF Farmers Still
Aim Of New Deal, According
To Analysis Of Wallace Sub
stitute for the AAA.

"Face saving" rather than "soil saw
ing" is the underlying motive behind
the new administration farm bill, as
that bill was analysed by Stanley F.
Morse, executive vice president of the
Farmers Independence Council Of
America, in speech delivered over the
Columbia Broadcasting System. He
referred to the bill hastily trown to-
gether by the hand-picked group OF
farm leaders, summoned to Wash
ington by Secretary Wallace for con-
ference with himself, Professor Tug
we'll, Chester Davis and other great
minds of the defunct AAA. 1t is the
identical bill Senator Smith of South
Carolina, chairman of the Senate Ag-
riculture Committee, refused to spon-
sor and introduce, because he regarded
it as unsound; the same bill which the
committee quickly repudiated after a
brief study of it's provisions. The new
administration program, Mr.. Morse
declared, had been drafted "to re-
lieve the suffering farmers of their
troubles-and their votes"
Questioning the ability of Secretary
Wallace's hired-men, the professional
farmers of the farmers" or political
demagogues to insure economic equal
ity to American farms, Mr.. Morse de-
clared there was "no sense in spend
ing millions of federal funds, disrupt
ing our economic system and risking
our freedom to try out a huge exper-
iment" which has never succeeded be-
fore. He protested against turning
control of the country over to the ten
der mercies of gang of dictatorial
bureaucrats to demonstrate, that a
gigantic, theoretical panacea will not
work" He further objected to "allow-
ing a bunch of downy-faced theorists
to experiment with fancifuf schemes"
which may wreck our government.
A series of experiments by other
governments, according to the speaker,
had proven conclusively that govern
mental devices to aid agriculture have
not worked. He cited the English rub
Der control scheme, the Chadborune
sugar plan and the destruction of &c.
100000 bags of Brazilian coffee to
increase prices. Cali ended with lower
prices and greater SURPRISES" said the
speaker, who also stressed the manner
in which AAA control of the Ameri-
can cotton industry had largely turned
the American foreign market over to
newly developed foreign competitors.
In spite of these examples, he declared
that certain farm leaders, govern
ment experts" and Congressman are
bent in "going ahead with their farm
plan cure-alls anyway"
"These men," said Mr.. Morse, care
ignorant, incompetent or misleading, "
and he found them guilty on all three
counts. "Why, them" he asked, "should
they be so anxious to promise the far
mers an easy way out of their trou-
bles?" and answering his own ques-
ton, said:
cit must be that they are playing
our farmers for suckers again. First
the politicians want to capture the
farm vote by utilizing the rural Tam
many-like machine of $4,000 pait
farm committeeman in the principa
agricultural towns, counties and states
Second, is the purpose to use the AAA
to regiment us farmers as a definite
step towards communizing the entire
country. Third, is the horde of tax.
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