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BOLTON LANDING, N. r.,
July 10. The chairman of the
annual Governors Conference
opening here tomorrow said to-
day So wheat can't be justified
and flexible farm price supports
wiz be ssthe No. / domestic issue
in the coming political CAM
paign."
Gov. Dan Thornton of Colo
RADIO said he thinks President
Eisenhower still is extremely
popular" In Colorado, but athere
is doubt In the minds of the,
people about the Republican
Party A Republican himself,
he didn't amplify on that.
Gov. Thornton sounded this
political note at q news confer
ence in advance Of q meeting
which the State executives al
ways say is non-political and
1on-partisan. Gov. Dewey Of
New York said so again today
and brushed aside questions on
politics and issues.
s.As the host" he said, =
think It would be ilnseemly.
Gov. Dewey wouldn't say when
he might disclose his own inteIl-
tions about seeking . fourth
term in. the New York State
House.
Taxes y Prime Issue.
While politics isn't in on the
official agenda Of the Cover
nors' Conference, it always fig-
ures in the off-stage discussions
at one Of these sessions. Terms
of "a of the Governors-23 Re
pubNcans and IL Democrats
expire this year.
In addition to farm policy.
Gov. Thornton said he considers
taxes a prime issue in the 1864
political wars because the people
certainly are more conscious OF
high taxes-"more so because OF
the clamor in Congress for tax
cuts"
And, he said, the world situa-
ton is serious and the free ma
tions must draw the line against 4
communism and make it clear
they will back up their action
"by military force if necessary"
He also said that "Indo-C China
may not be the place to fight a
war" Perhaps, he said. the situa-
ton there can be solved by polit-
ical means.
The Colorado Governor said he
is for President Eisenhower's
flexible price support program
for farmers, which took a setback
when the Senate Agriculture
Committee voted, 10 to 2. in
washington yesterday to put on
the floor a bill to continue rigid
supports at 80 per cent OF parity
for another year.
Step in Right Direction.
Gov. Thornton called the Eli
senhower plan step in the right
direction, but said it should be
put into effect gradually rather
than all at once.
II would say" the Governor
remarked, "that a lot OF the
farmers in Colorado feel as ] do
about it. How can we justify 81
a bushel wheat in eastern Colo
RADIO when it can be grown for SO
or SIS cents a bushel?
"I'm a farmer, but I don't
want to live OF the taxes of other
people. I grew wheat for Al to-
SIS cents bushel and ! got
ST.
Gov. Thorton said he has a
farm plan of his oWn-"to put
a floor against disaster under
farm prices, based on average
cost of production"
If you guarantee profits for
farmers, he said, then you are
going to have to do it for the
corner druggist, the filling sta
ton operator and even news
paper reporters. The result, he
said, will be socialism.
Informed Meetings.
Tomorrow's conference affairs
are largely informal and pre-
liminary. Business sessions get
under way Monday with dis
cuSsions Of intergovernmental
relations and highway problems,
including the controversial ques-
ton of how to tax trucks SO they
will pay a larger share of road
costs.
Care of the aged and chronic
ally i'll is on the program for
Tuesday and round table on
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