Evening star., 1948-09-19
Truman Fights
Hard for Farm
Vote in Iowa
AssoiIs Congress as
Tool of Interests
In Speech at Dexter
(Tert of Presidents Speech
on Page A-S.) '
DEWEY LEAVES Today on First
Campaign Trip. Page A-4.
By Joseph A. Fox

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, Sept.
18.-After making IA speeches
in three Corn Belt States in
which he lashed at Wall Street
"gluttons of privilege" President
Truman came home tonight for
"A hours of rest before carrying
his campaign into the West.
He arrived in Kansas City at 9:10
pm. and was driven here immedi-
ately. He was weary after his long
day of campaigning in Iowa, but he
vas not too tired to take his FAM
lily by the courthouse to register
for the November election. White
House officials said it would be the
only chance the President and his
family would have. The courthouse
was kept open as favor.
President Truman pitched hard
for the Midwest farm vote as he
skirted Western Illinois and then
plunged deep into Iowa, attacking
the Republicans and calling for
Democratic victory in November to
preserve the prosperity American
agriculture now knows.
Uses Heavy Ammunition.
The President unleashed his
heaviest verbal ammunition to a
crowd estimated at 100000 at the
little farm community of Dexter,
Iowa.
The town was the mecca for farm
ers from all the surrounding States,
as their top earth-turnerS We'd for
honors in the national plowing con-
test, which was linked in with soil
conservation demonstrations, an an
nual event aimed at encouraging
better use of the land.
The President spoke from SUM-
drenched stand on one of a group
of farms where the program was
staged in a carnival atmosphere. He
came to Dexter midway in dawn
to-dusk' push for votes that took
him from the Mississippi to the
Kaw with a free-sWinging attack on
the Republican-controled 80th Con-
gress, which has served as the ad-
ministration's principal whipping
boy in the Democratic bid for an
other four years in the White House
Continues Attack On Congress.
At more than a half dozen
"whistlestops" as his 17-car train
moved from Illinois to Missouri, to
permit the President to remain over
Sunday at his home in Independ
ence, he assailed Congress as the
tool of the interests in back
platform appearances.
But the Dexter speech, first OF
perhaps a dozen major adminictra-
ton policy pronouncements was the
overall summation, with Mr.. Tru-
man charging that the "gluttons 0!
privilege"-otherwise identified as
wall Street reactionaries' were
putting up fabulous sums OF
money" to insure Republican vic
tory in November and triumph for
a philosophy which was described
as calling for low prices for farm
ers, cheap wages for labor and high
prices for big corporations"
| Iowa hasn't gone democratic in g
national election since 1886, ano
the Dexter area is reportedly a
hot-bed of Republicanism although
some of the Presidents audience
had waited for hours to hear nim
his speech was followed witt
close attention, his attack on the
Republicans was for the most part
received quietly.
But the crowd laughed at some
of the punch lines, particularly
when he accused Congress of hurt
ing the farmer, and said that what
they have taken away from you thus
! far would be only an economic
appetizer for the tapeworm of big
business" if the Nation voted In
both a Republican President ano
Congress in November.
Restates "Fear Doctrine"
There were cries of right" as he
asserted that this Republican Con-
gress has already stuck pitchfork
in the farmers back" And shouts