The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-13

ing dust-bowl trip will be q ence with Governor Landol The President has . big surprise up his sleeve. It is c speotaeu~ lar ''show beat" journey down the Mississippi river on one Of the vessels of the governments inland water fleet.
 Accompanied by three or four members of his cabinet, oonservas ton experts, and Q large entour- age of reporters and camera men, the President plans to steam down the river and make numerous stops on the way.
 ITINERARY-The trip will start At Minneapolis and 60 As far south as MemprlB, Tenn. Among Che cltels tO be visited will bo s. Louis, Cairo, 1ll., Dubuque, Iowa, and La Crosse, Wis. lt ls also possible that from Mems phls Che President may retrace hls steps Co Cairo and 90 up the Ohio for stops At Louisville, Gin. olnnAtl and Pittsburgh.
 Enroute the President will in. vite state end local officials to accompany him. At the various stops he will hold conferences and ''say few words" to the assem- bled populace.
 Timid
 Somebody asked Harold Tckes if he had made any bets on the cleo. ton. Here IS his answer:
 "H never bet I have never made but one election predlc. ton, and I was 90 covered wlth confusion after the results were known that III never make ans other.
 "My fault was that ! had completely underestlmatcd the majority we won by."
 Straw Ballots
 The democratic campaign high command is preparing c blast against election polls.
 The straw ballots have been getting in the New Dealers hair. They assert most of them are loaded against the regime, that real purpose is not to obtain an accurate sample of public senti. ment but to propagandiSe against the administration.
 A group of statlsticianS have been checking up on various i1as tlonal and local polls, and their findings will shortly Do unloosed in 0 nationwide radio speech by 0 top.rung New Dealer.
 Farm Journal Row
 ono poll that will come in for c vigorous drubhing Is tho one conducted by The Farm Journal. This B on old publication that last spring was bought by jo. seph N. Pew, of Philadelphia, multl.millionaire head of the Sun oil company, and one of the Big Three" republican bosses of Penn. sylvania.
 In the announcemen of the first returns of It's poll, Tho Farm Journal credited Governor Landon with receiving 64.7 per cent of the rural vote aS against 46 per cent for Roosevelt.
 But the New Dealers soy that c close study of the farm papers figures revealed these diScreditlng facts:
 THAT tho poll covers only S2 states, although this was not stated In It's announcement.
 THAT only three southern states were boiled while seven
 other sure.flre southern demo"
 cratic staets were not.
 THAT while the poll was fan-
 3ared as Q farmers ballot, ace
 tuaily few farmers Wero polled.
 For example: Texas with 60i,-
 0l7 farms showed returns from only i66 growers while New
 York with i77o2S farmers was listed with 3,o40 votes. Also, Minnesota with 203,So2 farms
 was recorded with only l,340 votes, Missouri with 278,4b4
 farms e,7oi votes, Iowa with
 22i, ,O00 farms 2,67T votes, and
 Arkansas with 2SS,b00 farms
 only 02 votes.
 NOTE-A bill was introduced in the House in the closing weeks of the last session calling for on in. Vestigation of straw ballots. 1t got nowhere, was shelved in commit" tee.
 Animal Lovers
 Henry Wallace still has tho little pigs around his neck.
 He admits privately that noth- ing has brought him more trouble, In these three long years, than the AAA pig .slaughtering program. He has been reientlessiy pursued in oil parts of the country, by peo. pie who can't seem to got over the heartache they feel for the litle pigs.
 He though the matetr was past and 9orgotten until the other day when he was speaking in Chicago. After his main speech, he asked # there were any questions. A lady bobbed up In the back of the hall and called out In on offended tone, "EEOw about the lltl0 plgs2"
 Henry is afraid c lot of people are going to VOTE FOR THE LITTLE PIGS, AND AGAINST ROOSEVELT.
 Storm Signals
 There are signs that pr. Fran. els Townsend is encountering stiff resistance to his plan to stampede his oldster followers into the camp OFF THE RECORD