| Show EX El PRESIDENT SEES DAIRIES CHIEf VICTIMS Hundreds of Thousands Thousands Thousands ands Due to Suffer Suffer Suf Suf- fer He Asserts By the Associated Press CHICAGO Nov 19 Former 19 Former President President Pres- Pres ident Herbert Hoover today issued a statement lambasting the new reciprocal re reciprocal reciprocal re- re trade treaty with Canada declaring it brings hardship to hundreds of thousands of dairy and other farmers Mr Hoover made his attack in an interview He was stopping in Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago overnight en route from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to Palo Alto Cal The former president paraphrased President Roosevelt lL in saying of the treaty treaty I presume it is more of oC the more abundant life life for for Ca Ca- Ben S. S Allen AIlen also of Palo Alto who ho explained that he was acting as Mr Hoovers Hoover's voluntary secretary secre- secre tar tary ary handed out the statement Mr Hoovers Hoover's statement The Canadian treaty Is Js just another another another an an- other instance of this hasty economic econom- econom ic c planning without full consideration tion ion of consequences There has been no opportunity given for public debate no opportunity opportunity lity for adequate hearing of the groups affected But this much even now v is obvious ob ob- It means meanS' still larger imports of oC foreign food It thus means further further further fur fur- ther decreases in the home market of American agriculture It brin brings s hardship to hundreds of thousands of dair dairy and other farmers I presume presume presume pre pre- sume it ts is is more of oC the more abundant abundant dant life for life for Canadians Canadian Pact Stirs Protests v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Nov 19 UP UP- UP Bouquets and brickbats for the newly newly newly new new- ly concluded United States Cana dian reciprocal trade treaty today were heaped upon the desk of Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- of State COrdell Hull Most of the bouquets were tossed I by ay administration officials who had hada i a hand in negotiating the agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment but there were a few lew faint I cheers by representatives of industries industries industries indus indus- tries whose products are expected to benefit The brickbats were from rom representatives representatives representatives of the northwest lumber industry the livestock and dairy in interests interests interests in- in the American liquor industry Industry industry Indus indus- try and Senator Thomas D D. Schall R. R Minn Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. A Wallace Vallace said the treaty would benefit benefit bene bene- fit the whole of agriculture and predicted recovery of most of the decline in United States agricultural exports to Canada during during during dur dur- ing the thc past five years ears Exports to Canada of ot American farm products declined from for the year ended March 31 1930 to 15 15 Continued on nn Pane Page Two C Column lumn One WORKS FUNDS USE ATTACKED Continued from Page One and vigorous address that the gov- gov intends to keep its hands handson on n tho the relief ploy and never take them hem away These people at the bottom of the he heap are going to get care he said aid The liThe form of this relief may ay change from time to time and from year to year but you may bo be sure that hat relief will continue Hopkins disappointed numerous mayors who had hoped to ask him questions after his speech by pleading pleading plead- plead and important ing ng an an immediate engagement at the White House Works Yorks Progress Administrator Harry L. L Hopkins and Secretary of f Labor r Frances Perkins defended administration administration ad ad- ministration Uon relief and social security securIty ity ty programs be before Core the conference Hopkins charged an effort was being made to discredit the W P A program through wilful maliciousness and and knowing misrepresentation All of these projects Hopkins said are being sponsored by the cities which you represent and ii In Inmost inmost most cases your funds are joined with federal funds in the prosecution prosecution tion lon of the enterprise Hopkins df def defended his program with special emphasis on drainage projects 4 These breeding places s of disease dis dis- dis- dis case ease we propose to wipe out he be said Hopkins declared that these peo- peo pl plo pie who have taken most of the kicks icks and bruises of oC this depression deserve bett better r at the tho hands o ot of America merica than to be treated as out out- casts We Ve have no apologies to make whatever for our interest in am amour and our program for that great army o of white collar workers in America Hopkins' Hopkins remarks on the worthIness worthIness worth worth- Iness mess of of the drainage projects was to criticism critIcism criticism crit crit- lal taken en as a n direct answer of oC such work made in a pamphlet issued by the Republican national committee The Tho Republican can attack claimed that the W V P A projects were designed to eradicate mosquitoes where no mosquito problem problem lem hem existed Miss Perkins said the cost of the new deals deal's social security program will be comparatively small fo for some years to come She said it was an error to treat trea federal and state slate expenditures for lor old age pensions mothers' mothers pensions and public health services as anew a anew anew new and additional cost |
