The Sidney herald., 1955-09-29
Senator Mansfield
Addresses Demo
Meeting Here
BY Mrs. G. II. Ross

publican administration in a talk
at a 700 dinner meeting attended
by about go Democratic leaders
from Richland and Roosevelt
counties in the banquet room of
the Lalonde hotel here Sunday
evening.
Senator Mansfield stated that
he believed that campaign prom
ises should be kept, and that he
hoped that the American people
would remeber in 1856 the prom
ises made by the Republicans in
1852. Cited among the unkept
promises were those to ball
ance the budget, to create a
sound dollar, to lower the national
debt, and to keep national ex-
penseS within national income. He
stated that the budget is still I'M
balanced, the dollar is worth less
today than when Truman left
office, the ceiling on the national
debt has been raised from 275
billion when Truman left office,
to 281 billion today; and that ex-
penditures still exceed income.
Touching on the subject of de-
Ginning farm prices, he called at
tention to a speech in Minnesota,
in which the President had stated
that the Republican party stands
for 900 parity and eventually full
parity" He added that the de-
cline in farm prices now amounts
to 1870 for the past five years,
2/3 of which has been under a
Republican administration, and
prices are scheduled under the
Hope-Aiken bill to go down to
from 900 to 75% of parity on
Jan. l. He added the pinch APP
plies not only to the 6 basic COM
modities, but also to cattle and
hog production, and that ne would
like to see something done for
farmers in these fields also.
In the field of foreign policy he
stated that the Administration has
done a good job on the whole,
although here too they have not
kept their promises to "Contain
Communism, nor to "Liberate
the states of eastern Europe" He
said that where mistakes have
been made. the Democrats have
pointed them out, and have sug-
geSted alternatives.
Touching on Democratic oppo-
sition to some of the Republican
bills, he mentioned the Highway
program, which he said was needed
but should be presented frankly to
the people, who would then be
willing to pay the costs. He added
that there would be mo Monday
morning quarterbacking" from the
Democrats on the coming con-
ferences, in Geneva, but warned
against being taken in by Russian
smiles and promises. He stated
that today they are stronger than
we think and are superior to us
in the air and in every field ex-
cept in BAT medium bombers.
Their Bison and Badger planes
are better than our B57's and
they also graduate $4,000 engi-
neers annually as compared to
24,000 from our schools.
He stated that "There is no
easy, no cheap, way out Of the
difficulties which confront U.S.
and that 1--WE must be prepared to
fight, and if need be to die for
our freedoms"
At a question and answer ses-
sion following his talk he touched
on the Girard Coal fields report,
which he stated that he would find
out about on his return to Wash
ington; oil imports, which he urg-
ed to be curtailed; the building of
the Yellowtail, Hungry Horse and
Canyon Ferry dams, stating that
they were in the best interests of
all and would repay the govern
ment for construction costs with
in 25 years, leaving a rs year
period of profit to the Treasury.
He added that such construction
is neither ~Socialistic nor paternal-
iStic, but merely represents the
concern of the government for
those whose interests it is to pro-
tect.
He urged ~stockpiling of stra-
tegic metals, pointing out that
many of our metal ores are eth
er depleted or are exhausted. We
now import 900 of our manganese
and our tungsten, and copper pro-
duction is becoming a cause for
concern. He predicted that with
in 25 years Butte would be the
only remaining copper producing
center in the u. S.
The meeting was called by
County Democratic Chairman Tom
Hackley, who introduced the Sen
ator, as well as several local Dem
ocratic leaders, County Commits
Sioner James Spurgeon, DR.. c. o.
Watkins, secretary of the county
committee, and Frank Daniels,
president of the Young Democrats
club. D. w. Johnson offered the
invocation and Milton Anderson,
former county attorney, played
several musical selections during
the dinner.