The people's voice., 1940-01-10
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rectly have a bearing on the supply OF
said products, or which may have
tendency to depress farm prices, and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that we
believe it against the public interest
to repose in a single authority the
responsibility for effectuating recipro-
cal trade agreements and that the
public interest will be best served by
requirement that all proposed re-
ciprocal trade treaties be subject to
the review and approval of the United
| States Senate, and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies
of this resolution are directed to be
placed in the hands of the senators
and congressman of the states OF
, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota,
and Wisconsin and of the Northwest
Farmers Union Legislative Commit
tee, and that copy hereof be sent
to Secretary Wallace, Secretary Hull,
and to the committee in Washington
which has been holdings hearings on
the Argentina trade agreement.
The transfer of control of the Farm
Credit Administration to the secre-
tary of agriculture was ordered as
early as last June by the president.
The presidents proposal of transfer
of this authority was heartily ap-
proved by the Farmers Union because
the organization felt that for too long,
the administration of the Farm Credit
Administration had been in the hands
of men, possessing no other viewpoint
than that of bankers bent on absolute
security and safety of loans as the
first consideration with the welfare OF
unfortunate farmers entering into the
picture very slightly The attitude
of the Farmers Union on the proposed
transfer of control to the Department
of Agriculture was clearly set forth
in a resolution adopted by the Ma
tional convention of the organization,
urging the action without delay, upon
the president.
Evidently, some republican or other
anti-administration propaganda agen-
cies found attractive bait in the Kip
linger phantasy. The Cut Bank Pho
neer Press in it's editorial column
shortly after that used the fallacy as
the basis of an attack on Mr..
Thatcher The editor of the Cut
Bank Pioneer Press is also national
committeeman for the republican
party in Montana, and as such, un-
doubtedly receives all the ''informa-
tion" reflecting on the administration,
though it is improbable that because
of the cost of the Kiplinger service
any country weekly would be sub
scriber. The obvious inference is
that the Kiplinger service is working
closely with the propaganda bureau OF
the republican national committee.
This being the case, the Kiplinger
service should be deprecated in value
considerably as an unprejudiced, fac
tual news-g gathering agency.
The editor of the Cut Bank Pioneer
Press cautions the Farmers Union to
keep an eye on Thatcher" For Mr..
Whetstone's information and to quiet
his deep concern for the welfare OF
the Farmers Union, it may be stated
that the Farmers Union membership
have had implicit confidence in the
integrity of Mr.. Thatcher for many
years and that confidence has never
been violated any more than it was
in the case under discussion.
The apparent effort to create
schism in the confidence in its leader
ship by the membership of the Farm
ers Union and thereby weaken the
of the organization as
political force, is trick, hoary with
age, but still effective. In the case
Of a venal, so-called news gathering
agency functioning in the political