Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-10-06
Murray Lincoln Backs
or Senator
Can't Stomach
Senator Taft

u Z Z pIOlillilSlieiJ oSoOS
with Ohio farm affairs during
the past 80 years, announced
Sunday that he will vote for
Joseph D. Ferguson for u. S..
Senator on November Z.
He made the announcement
on a special program over radio
Station WRFD, Worthington, at
1890 am, in a paid political
broadcast, presented by the Fer
guson for u. S. Senator Com
mittee.
II feel that MIR. Ferguson's
election will be in the best in
terests of the farmers Of Ohio"
Mr. Lincoln declared.
Mr.. Lincoln stressed that MIR.
Ferguson's opponent, Senator
Taft, has been opposed to many
programs which benefit the far
mer, including REA, cooperative
housing, Ohio's soil conservation
program, the school lunch pro-
gram, and funds for the Com
modify Credit Corporation. He
voted against additional crop
storage facilities In 1949, Mr..
Lincoln pointed out, but he has
forced to change his posi-
iehon because this is an election
year.
Turning to foreign policy, Mr..
Lincoln cited Mr.. Taft's long
record of mistakes and inability
to analyze complex information
al problems" Referring to Mr..
Taft, he said, 81 very frankly
don't see how any of us can sleep
calmly while trusting a man to
represent us in Washington who
blindly ingores the fact that our
welfare Is dependent on what
happens In the rest of the
world"
Explaining his reasons for
supporting Mr.. Ferguson, Mr..
Lincoln said, Nov one OF the
things that appeals to me about
Joe Ferguson in his bid for the
seat of Bob Taft in the Senate,
lis that he Is one city man who
has been close enough to the
farmers and their problems over
the years so that he can cut
right through all the froth and
get to the heart of the problem.
A firm believer in cooperatives,
REA, land the rights of the peo-
pie to get together to solve their
own economic problems, Joe
Ferguson has called for the use
of these economic devices to i'm
prove the distribution of food. In
fact, Joe Ferguson has actually
stated publicly, it's time some
public funds were being used to
study better production methods
and to streamline our old-fash-
toned, discriminatory marketing
and redistribution systems
Ferguson has asked for a pro-
gram which would help stabil-
~ze, promote and protect farm
ing just as other government aid
programs now stabilize some
businesses. Farming, he has said,
has all the problems of other
business and a lot just its own,
like weather, insects, plant and
animal diseases and long pro-
duction cycles Furthermore
ne has said, farmers can't cut
down the production of their
food factories; we must have
ample food reserves and the
guarantee of those reserves is
important national policy This
sounds like good common sense
to me, and any man who has the
ability to talk distribution with
farmers is finally getting down
to brass tacks. This kind of af-
firmative, constructive examina-
ton of the farm problem Is GER
= tainly going to provide us with
more helpful legislation than has
the obstructionism and negative
thinking of Senator Taft over
the past twelve years"
In his comments on Mr.. Taft,
Mr.. Lincoln said, Senator Taft
has opposed from the beginning
of his political life, n of the
things which farmers demon
strated a long time ago would
make it possible for them to in
crease their productivity and to
raise their standard of living
and exist without subsidy. I'm
talking about the Rural Electri-
fication program in Ohio. SEN
ator Taft is opposed to this pro-
gram and its fundamental OBJ
jective of people getting together
to solve their own problems.
: Oh, he'll say now that it's all
bright, but I think we ought to
recognize that it was an operat-
ing success long before Senator
Taft ever got into the halls of
Congress to start his attack on
the program. His present atti-
tude is a grudging one based on
a recent recognition of the fact
that REA is here to stay because
it's done such a wonderful job
in giving the farmers of Ohio a
vehicle by which they can help
themselves. Though basically OPP
posing REA, Senator Taft must
agree the program has been sue
cessful."