Evening star., 1949-04-19
The pcifsieel MiH
Propaganda Drive Opens
On Bronnon Form Plan
Million. I'll Notes tos Desncersa
Seen II Frnro.al |. Adopted
SY Ge@i1 L.~e@im

bT Sessa LtSFs4@
Truman p~rnoe:An have .Arsss Q 80
psepaxanca er5ve 10 ~al thr RraaAAn
farmer consume aA5 r4an 10 she AnneEsrar
n~eaae~-tAe psAa ~hscs ~rslAa se~r rsess
os soocst4r. 40 sag tAr sasrnet Ara aswe;
thsr 10 thr consumer TNes eanssra
privately ttas ths n4An IS = tncekcds res#st'
esIiy and sncald ~ ~csfa ssglssors ~ vrass
in Ire elections neat srAF ard 50 las.
II certainly sounds gcs6~-og wtGl ne
drums AFe beaten long enough ard aessa
enough Tne plan Is et eesars~ In tire wstn
What President Truman prnsn4~e1 the vet~ss
last Seyenasf, The rateh hewsveg iAss -
tAr FAC, ,sa' wArn rysees ~ fecd 60 sc~n
TO Tire consume Ire consumer and every
one elS are goinr 10 ne axrd 10 keep ire
pTtce up fer The farmer ThAs means nsess
taxes soEne oi Ire sners,eas ~ Coagtwaa nsw
looking into the plan SAY Thai To carry Il cat
may mean s. noa 0oo 900 10 tie 90 eaa 80
IN extra tsAes--taksn from Tire pocSeaa ~
the people BY The Time Tire customer anlsnes
pAstnE thee tAxes he stIl have paid A. Fnarh
or more than I: he had paid the higher nrtees
for his food
Llksnea 10 Pyramid CtuA.
Republicans in Congress from the farm
States have not rushed into pstn, against
the Rfannan plan, They are Inclined to no
against II privately. realizing Isst Hs l2ttls
mass Of people finally holding the bag, But
the Republicans had q tough time in scns
Of the great farm States ot the West which
they had hoped To carry and didn't lsss
November They don't want 10 set the farm
ers down on them AGAIN. 80 they are
studying the plan which has neen nroAehed
by the SECRETARY ot Agriculture Also they
want Secretary BrAnnan 10 sive them an
estimate, his estimate Of What the eos, AZ
AfH h@ hA Mpx4 Al
for each succeeding year
Take. for example. Ohm, Iowa nlineis,
wisconsin and Minnesota all Of which would
have been In the Republican hag In the last
presidential electlon-and California too
had IL not been for detection Of the sotsrs
In the agricultural areas of these Ssatea
Mr.. Truman Is PLAYING 10 hold on 10 thess
States. He wants 10 set Kansas. Michigan
and the Dakotas, too. hence the new farm
aid plan--shioh Is also to aid the consumer.
The Trumanites ngure the plan wilI be a.
difficult 10 vote against IN Congress a. q vet
eTans pension bill II they hailyhoo II enough.
And yet the plan ia sufficiently fantastic IA
have been drafted by the trainers of tire
Townsend old-ase pension plan
The Republicans say they Are waiting Ia
see the Brannan plan In legislative form
the administration bill has still "a make its
appearance on Capitol Hin hut sooner ar
aaNA htS "hA aaFr tu shAHu w hho %
counted.
Subsidies Net New.
II wasn't long aeo when the Truman sd-
ministration was in a sweat 10 set the prices
OF food to the consumer down. But when
these prices started down. a. they did on Q
number OF farm products the administra.
ton was in a colder kweat~-to prevent the
prices from soins down for the farmer
Subsidixing the farmer Ia not new~~not
for is years anyway. In the past. however.
| no such ambitious scheme A this latest
came 10 the surface What the farmer
should wake up 10 is that II II 10 accepted
by Congress and put into effect by the Tr,i-
man administration. the farmer wif he in
d straitiacket The management Of HE
farm and its production may seem 10 be his.
but In reality II will be some bureaucrsts.
perhaps in Washington. d. c. far away
from hts home stair.
Also. there will always be the chance that
Congress may feel the weight OF the anger
OF the millions OF taxpayers, not on the farm.
and duck the duty OF approprla tine the
billions which may be needed 10 carry out
the program in any one year.
Whether the Republicans viii have the
courage 10 nght this new approach 70 state
ism remains 10 be seen. Mr. nfannan has
ern Democrats. II he can. by telling them
that Southern farmers ARE 10 have the full
benefit OF Government price supports fer
all the cotton. all the tobacco and all the
peanuts they produce.