The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-28
Dewey Scores
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(Continued from PaBe D tatlon and wAStetul bureaucracy he warned. Iie stressed the ifnpor. tance Of local control to adapt fed- eral programs to local needs,
 'T'ake, for example, c farmer mol fer from here who signed up with the soil conservation program, Dewey declared. within . period of four months i4 different govern ment agents travelled to this on( little farm of AB acres to tell how this should bc done. Several cainl many times. When he got Al through, the farmer paid for thC actual work, and he also paid ir taxes for the lS unnecessary gov' ernment agents.
 "ThAt sort of thing would mol have happened If local people had anything to say about it, If state and county, with federal aid, were permitted to share in the job of seeing that federal programs were adapted to iocal needs"
 AS for overlapping authority, Dewey recalled that Chester A, Davis, St. Louis, resigned as first war food administrator for tho Roosevelt administration after two months on the Job with an ex. pianation that T And that I have assumed Q public responsibility while the authority, not only over broad food policy, but daysto.day actions, iS being exercised else. where"
 AS on alternative, Dewey offered c i0spoint program from the Re- publican platform promising:
 Platform
 w-A department Of agriculture under practical and experienced ad- lninistration free from Fegimonta. ton and confusing manipulation and control Of farm programs.
 "2--An American market price 10 the American farmer and tn protection of such price by thI means of support prices, cofnmodit! loans or a combination thereof, to- gether with such other economi, means as will assure on Income tt agriculture that B fair and equit able with labor, business and indus try.
 "3-Disposltion Of surplus wa commodities without destroyinI markets or continued productiol and without benefit to Speculativ, pTosltoeFg.
 "4-ContFol and disposition 0 future surpiuBeS by means of sev uses developed through conStan research, vigorous development 0 foreign markets adjustment in production of any given basi crop only if domestic Burpluse should become abnormal and exceeG manageable proportions.
 "N-fntensified research to discov or new crops, and new pFofitablI uses for existing crops.
 "6-gupport Of the principle O bona fide farmsrsowned and far incorporated cooperatives,
 decentralization Of oil govern ment farm credit under non partisan board.
 ". To make life more attractive on tho familystype farm through development Of rural roads. sounc extension Of rural electrlhcatior service and elimination of thu basic evils Of tenancy.
 70. Serious study Of and search for c sound program Of crop insuF. aIlc0 with emphasis on c self-sup. porting program.
 "I0. 4 comprehensive program oi soil, forest, water ad wild life con. servation and development, ant sound irrigation projects, admins. tered ag for aS possible ct state ant regional levels"
 Comprehensive Dewey said this program WA, comprehensive" and would De ad. Justed to meet changing conditions He promised that flor the sake o, the nation we can and must avoit these extreme price Fluctuations"
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