The Washington times., 1938-10-10
Didn't Get Along

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THOSE who are capable OF
Il describing official motives
authoritatively offer this inner
version of the latest New Deal
reorganization:
The AAA section has been
functioning as a separate en-
tity up to now. 1t is full OF
fresh-blown New Dealers who do
not get along too well with the
Old Liners in the Department
of Agriculture. These latter are
experienced hold-overs from old
Republican and Democratic
Administrations and have been
known to Snicker behind their
hands at some of the mistakes
committed by said fresh-blown
AAA-erS.
A revision of leadership was
necessary, they say, to weld both
organizations into one slightly
SCARED family under Mr.. Wal
lace's parental rule. Now there
will be hearty cooperation and
efficient service-they hope.
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Evidence of Confusion
A LESS AUTHORITATIVE but
"A perhaps more revealing ex-
PLANTATION may be found in the
complaints now reaching con-
gressional desks from farmers.
These say AAA county agents
tell them to do one thing, which
has on certain occasions turned
out to be wrong, while D. OF A.
agents have told them other
things, which also seem to be
Just as bad.
For instance, a Georgia Sen
ator's office has received evil
dence that an AAA county agent
has come around to a Georgia
farmer and found his cotton
acreage was three acres over.
The farmer was required to
plough up those three acres, but
later official information indi-
Gated this was not necessary.
At the recent conference OF
Southern cotton Senators, a
South Carolina farmer submit
ted evidence he had been mlSled
as to the subsidy.
It can be proved also that a
Middle West farmer was told
upon apparent official authority
he would get $130 for complying
with the farm program. but he
got only $40.
On the basis of this evidence,
no one is objecting to Mr.. wal
lace switching personnel.
FARMERS UNION will next
Il week set up headquarters
here to lobby more ardently for
the McAdoo-Eicher price-fixing
bill. It will be in charge OF
E. E. Kennedy, former secretary
of the union, who did the heavy
inside job in Congress last ses-
sion for the same measure.
Farley Isn't FOoling
DEMOCRATIC magnateS are
IL becoming a lot more con-
fident about the elections next
month. When General Farley
says he expects the Republicans
to gain only Is seats in the
House, he is not fooling.
Behind his prediction is a
private report to him from the
Congressional Campaign Com
mittee showing how many seats
were won by Democrats two
years ago by SIS per cent Of the
total vote or less. These are the
seats which can be switched by
q 8 per cent change Of vote'
which some Of the polls have
suggested is about all that can
be expected.
The report shows so seats in
this category, not all Of which
the Republicans have a chance
to carry. That of Democratic
Representative Lea in the First
California District, for example,
is already won as he has both
Republican and Democratic
nominations.
The Expected Turnover
DY AN \LYZING the Situat ION
ID in each Of these so districts,
and also in the A districts which
Republican Congressman won by
SIS per cent of the vote or less last
time, the Democratic magnates
have come to the conclusion that
Is is q good round figure to ex-
press the logical turnover ex-
pected in an off-year-which is
all they expect.
1t will appear to non-partiSans
to be true that Republican re-
surgence will be ind ated in
whatever degree their gains go
beyond IS.