Evening star., 1938-10-17
WALLACE POLICY
IS ISSUE IN IOWA
New Deal Is on Defensive
in Race, What With Corn
Priced at 30 Cents.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN
Star Staff Correspondent.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Star STAFF Correspondent.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 17.-"Dc
you like the Wallace-New Deal farm
program, or don't you like it?"
That's the main issue in Iowa, the
heart of the corn belt, in the political
campaign now getting well under way
The issue is particularly personal tc
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agri-
culture and adviser to President
Roosevelt on the farmers problems
Wallace halls from Iowa. It's his home
and the home of Wallace's Farmer
and Iowa Homestead, widely circulated
farm weekly Both Wallace and the
weekly, which was started by his
father, are going the whole hog in this
campaign. Wallace is making three
speeches in the State today and to-
morrow, all broadcast. in Des Moines
Council Bluffs and Waterloo.
Wallace and the New Dealers this
ear are on the defensive. The price
# corn is down to 80 cents on the
arm, and the farmers, who hoped for
more, are sore as DOLLS.
May Reach II Cents.
Wallace and his supporters are
husily telling the farmers that because
Of the corn-loan feature of the latest
agricultural act, the farmer who par
ticipated in the corn crop control pro-
gram this year can realize as much as
81 cents bushel, to which may be
added another 10 cents for compliance
with the administrations soil con-
servation program, a tolal of 81 cents
Further, he says, this price may be as
high as II cents, if the corn crop
turns out to be somewhat less than had
been expected.
This is all very we'll for the farmers
"ho participated in the program. The
farmers on the outside, and they range
from 30 to so per cent in varying 10
calities, feel differently, They see
their neighbors getting 81 cents while
they get 80 The Republican scouts
and some more impartial observers, say
the participants are way of the
New Deal reservation.
The Wallace program supporters, on
the other hand insist that the Iowa
farmers understand their mistake was
in not participating; also that they un-
derstand prices of corn would have
been far lower had there been no crop
curtailment program at all.
The Wallace planners predict conf
dently that the net result will be a
great increase in the number Of farm
ers participating next year. Also they
point out that while the price OF corn
is dom this year, it is by no means at
the low figure 10 or - cents-which
prevailed in 1882 when the Republicans
were last in control.
One thing that helps the New
Dealers here is the fact that live stock
prices both cattle and hogs, have
not fallen anything ike the price
of corn. The corn is fed in great
part to live stock. so the farmers
continue to get better prices for their
corn, via the live stock, than appear on
the surface. That is true of the feed
ers-but not of the farmers who sell
their corn.
Wldpptu up III Il4tS Sll USE AZ o'NA eAA>
Wallace crop control program are the
elections of Governor, United States
Senator and the nine members of the
House of Repre3crt tativc5, not to men
ton the other St9te officers.
The Republic IS have a conserva-
tive ticket IN til ficld-for Governor
end Senator at least. George A. Will
-, iol yonr,iroo NJ
former Senator L. J. Dickinson, the
senatorial nominee. 1t is the same
ticket the G. O. P. put forward in 1886
the same ticket that was licked. 1t
it not rated a strong ticket. In fact
Republican leaders we're amazed when
Dickinson won the nomination for the
Senate again, over Representative
Thurston, regarded as far more pro-
gressive. But Dickinson won with q
wide margin. which has led the cam
paign managers to believe the State is
turning strongly to the conservative
side.
Democrats Worried.
The Democrats. on the other hand
regard the Republican ticket as q
SPECIAL dlSDenSatlOn 10 lnem, tneN are
worried enough as it is, in this State
Of Iowa. But had Thurston been the
nominee they might have been ready
TO throw up the sponge. Speaking
privately, the Democratic leaders admit
that the races for Senator and Gov
ernor are extremely close-although
they say they believe their candidates
will win--Senator Guy NJ Gillette foI
the Senate and Gov. N G. Kraschel
to succeed himself.
President Roosevelt, admittedly
popular in Iowa, is not running this
ear. There is no coat-tail toboggan
therefore Gov Kraschels administra-
ton is under attack. He made labor
angry when he ordered out the Ma
tional Guard in the Maytag strike al
Newton. Senator Gillette was hero
when he won the Democratic primary
last spring over the New Deals can
Gidate Representative Wearin, but
time has lessened the glamour of that
victory.
Furthermore. the Democratic margin