Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
RepubIicansLau
Congress Standing:
~ Wins, Hoses
By Jack Bell
Associated Press Sfuff Writer

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Associated Press Sfuff Writer
President Eisenhower's team
won 10 and lost only z major
legislative contests in the Con-.
gress which ended yesterday, but
whether it gets the political PEN
nant depends on the November 2
playoff at the polls.
After a session that ground out
nearly as many bills In August
as in the previous seven months.
Gen. Eisenhower's heutenants
contended they had enacted the
dynamic, progressive program
which the President has adj
vanced as the major issue in the
fight for control Of the new
Congress.
Democrats replied that some
of the Eisenhower victories were
politically hollow and others
were attained only with their
help They said the net result
would contribute to their at
tempts to win a majority in both
houses.
Farm Vote Called Crucial.
The controversial farm bill
hammered through Congress
with White House pressure could
be crucial. Some politicians re-
gard it as the issue most likely
to influence the fall elections.
This issue involves substitu-
ton OF the system of flexible
price supports favored by the
President for rigid, high-leyel
props under basic field crops.
AS a sample Of how Republic
can and Democratic candidates
will meet the issue, Senator Fer
guson, Republican, of Michigan
and Senator Humphrey. Demo-
crat, of MINNESOTA gave q news
man previews of what they in
tend to tell the voters in their
states.
Senator Ferguson, who heads
the Senate Republican Policy
Committee. said he Is going to
call the attention of the farmers
to the fact that rigid, high-level
supporters were born out of
war and the necessity to pro-
duce food and supplies for our
allies"
Nov we have to get back to
q peacetime farm program, one
of flexible price supports in
which We can dispose of our
SURPRISES in such a way as not
to destroy the farmers income,
Senator Ferguson said.
eve intend to give the farm
ers freedom from restrictions on
their operations and parity with
out huge SURPRISES hanging over
their heads"
Cites Durkin's Resignation.
Senator Humphrey said he In
tends to tell Minnesota voters
this story:
Secretary of Labor Durkin,
who asked the President to keep
his campaign commitments to
labor, resigned when those
promises were broken. Secretary
of Agriculture Benson, who
counseled the President to break
his commitments to the farmers,
is still in the cabinet"
Senator Humphrey contended
that Gen. Eisenhower promised
continued high level supports in
the 1852 campaign, but Gen.
Eisenhower has said he never
committed himself to any fixed
figure.
Democratic emphasis on the
farm issue was reaffirmed yes
terday when the Democratic Ma
tional Committee said the party's
Midwest farm conference late
this month will cite "the golden
broken promises" made by Re-
publicans in the 1852 campaign.
Outlining the program for the
15-state meeting at Sioux Falls,
s. Oak, August %. National
Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell
said:
''It is clearer than ever that If
farmers ever achieve parity. they
will have to get q Democratic
Congress first"
Democratic Campaign Kick OF.
Democrats called the Sioux
Falls conference to kick OF their
drive for farm votes in the fall
campaign. Adlai E. Stevenson,
1852 Democratic candidate for
President. will be the main
speaker. Two former Secretaries
of Agriculture under Democratic
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