Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-19
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ports at reasonable levels. >
That doctrine, announced after
a conference with the heads O.
the House and Senate Agricul
ture COMMITTEES Friday wa.
amplified in an interview re
leased by successful farming
magazine yesterday.
The article quoted Dewey a:
suggesting consumer subsidies
if necessary, to "underwrite e
continued high agricultural pre-
duction."
This" he said, "Yill main.
tain high consumption and full
farm production"
The Vice-Presidential candi
dates were getting into the act
as the autumnal tub-thumpine
gathered volume.
The No. 2 Democrat on the
ticket, Senator Alben w. Bark.
ley of Kentucky. chose Wilkes.
Barre, Pa, for his first appear
ance on an eight-day cam
paign trip. He predicted vic
tory for his party and blamed
the Republican Congress for the
cost of living.
Republican Governor Earl
Warren of California was cover
ing the sagebrush circuit, swing
in south from Pueblo, Col, to
Albuquerque, N, M.
His Pueblo address appeared
to be aimed squarely at Henry
A. Wallace's Progressive party.
although he did not name the
former Vice-President. He said
however, that certain American
hiding under the wholesome
name and banner of progress
sive" are trying their best to
"discredit American institutions
and divide the people in the l948
elections.
Warren guaranteed that De-
Wey will never have any trouble
getting communists out of the
government-''he will never
take them in"
Wallace. renewing his cam
paign after his tomato spat-
tered tour of the south, went to
Boston yesterday for a rally by
his adherents in the Boston Gar
den. Police escorted him to his
hotel after his arrival by plane.
Oscar w. Ewing, the Federal
Secretary Administrator, told a
Democratic rally at Highland
Park, N. j., yesterday that Gov
ernor Dewey moves by instinct
along the samed channels of
thought and self-interest that his
reactionary sponsors move"
"The power lobby, the real e.
state lobby, the oil lobby and
the liquor lobby are all work
ing for Mr. Dewey's election, )"
Ewing said.
Meanwhile. in Columbia, S. C.
a slate of pro-Truman presiden
tial electors representing the
National Democratic Party" was
announced by R. A. Jolley, a
member of the State Democra-
tic Executive Committee. He
declared their names will appear
on the ballot along with those
of electors pledged to Governor
]. Strom Thurmond, the states
rights candidate for President.
At Washington, William ].
Primm. Jr., assistant to Demo
cratic national chairman Ho-
ward McGrath, hailed the South
Carolina development as "a vic
tory for the loyal Democrats"
of the state.
Selection of the electors pie
dyed to the national ticket is the
first step in filling te void left
by he desertion of former Of
ficials of the Democratic party
camp" Prime said.
McGrath, meanwhile, issued
statement characterizing De-
wey's stand on farm price sup
ports as "me too" declaration
endorsing the Democratic argri-
cultural program.
but he made his real record
as usual in what he did not say"
McGrath declared.
The Democratic chairman said
that only the day before Dewey
issued his statement endorsing
price supports, he had conferr-
ed with Senator Martin (R-Pa)
told Pennsylvania bankers he
who, McGrath said, recently
wanted to eliminate the farm
party price program.