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deputy OPA administrator, and
Robert Goodwin of the War Man.
power Commission.
Fuel Administrator Ickes was
scheduled to address the conference
this afternoon but Cancelled it be-
cause of coal strike developments.
Former Ambassador Joseph E.
Davies, who recently returned from
a special mission to Russia, will
deliver his first address since
reaching this country.
43 States Represented.
Forty-three of the States are rep
resented at the conference meeting,
either by their governors or by high
ranking officials. 1t is expected that
81 governors of States will take part
in the meetings. Twelve have been
assigned places on the program and
the others will participate in the
discussions to follow
After being welcomed by Gov.
Bricker of Ohio, the conference
heard its chairman, Gov. O'Conor Of
Maryland, who stressed the i'm
portance of the contribution made
to the war effort by the State gov
ernments Then followed addresses
by Gov. Warren, Republican, of Cali
fornia: Gov. Dewey, Republican, of
New York, and Gov. Arnall, Demo-
crat, OF Georgia.
Gov. O'Conor emphasized the work
of the State governments in the Or
ganization and operation of State
defense councils, the creation of
selective service boards, the estab-
lishment of the processes for ra-
tioning-all part of the war effort
He said it had been proved beyond
a doubt that the States are capable
of administering programs essential
to the war effort.
Cites Need of State Powers.
"The proof is at hand" he con-
tinued, that there is no need to de-
part from our original constitu-
tional setup whereunder the States
and Federal governments, as inde-
pendent sovereignties. are expected
to discharge responsibilities, when
necessary, jointly for the walfare of
the people The States must be pre-
served in the full plenitude of their
powers"
The Maryland Governor, as did
others, struck blow for States
rights and attacked remote CEN
tralized Government. He said that
if the central Government under
takes to handle all matters affecting
every phase of the life of the Ma
ton, it becomes unwieldy and too
cumbersome.
Gov. Dewey talked of the farm
problems of New York, including
the shortage of manpower. To deal
with the manpower shortage, he
said, program already worked out
by a group Of farm leaders in the
State had been put into effective
action.
I'VE did not retire to an ivory
tower" said Gov. Dewey, ito invent
something new and different. We
did not reject the program already
worked out by people who knew the
problem, just because they knew it.
We simply gave funds and legal
authority to translate into action
the program which arose from
among the farmers themselves"
Training Courses Set Up.
Gov. Dewey said that training
courses had been set up for New
York farm workers. Congress. he
said, had flash Of true wisdom"
and transferred the Federal funds
for farm manpower away from
Washington to The land grant COL
leges of the country.
"One Of our happy discoveries in
this progress" he said has been
that the most effective way to avoid
surrender to the failures of the Ma
tional Government is to step out
ard do the job ourselves as a State"
The New Yorker said that an
emergency food commission also
had been established. I'VE revived
the forgotten principle that if you
want good job done you call on
a busy man who knows how" he
said. you do not call on a cattle
grower to solve an industrial prob
lem and you do not call on a pro-
lessor of astrology to help out dairy
farmer"
Gov. Dewey attacked the admin
lstration's handling of the grain
production as entirely inadequate
and far too restrictive in the face
OF war. He said New York was
the best customer of the Midwest