| Show the SMITH OUTLINES ms HIS f FARM A M PLAN Favors Principle of Mc- Mc Nary Nary-Haugen Bill fie He Says at Omaha By D. D HAROLD OLIVER Associated Press Staff Writer OMAHA Neb Sept 19 AP- AP With a flat declaration that he favors the principle embodied in in the twice vetoed Haugen McNary-Haugen bill as a working basis for adequate ade ade- quate farm relief legislation and that he did not consider liquor the great issue iesue in the present tarn tarn- am Got Gov Smith has opened his drive for the presidency in the west In an auditorium crowded to the he doors and as millions listened In throughout the nation over the radio the he Democratic presidential nominee In his first speech In the heart of the corn belt elt Il lat t flight tore Into the Republican party for what that hE termed It Its II to keep f. f with the fit II riner In- In by lame his hili opponent lien Her Continued On page G 6 J SMITH OUTLINES HiS FARM L N Co 1 1 bert Hoover and President dge In hui hl indictment OWN SOLUTION ii Is' Is OWn be said andon md and t q on which he and the Democratic PlaU was tle e laId down n in the McNary- McNary Haugen bill blU to establish an effective effective tive control control sal sale of export able s with the cost d dupo the commodity benefited J Jfe added however that he did pt I limit the exact himself to mel me- me l an s and method embodIed in that bill bm and proposed If elected hrim immediately to nam a nonpartisan an commissiOn n to work out the details of t the problem The tee fee was not mentioned The nominees nominee's references to pro pt came at the end of his boor address whIch Was delivered fr the most part extemporaneously with the aid ld at times ot of a previouslY prepared Jn manuscript when he answered an- an a a. series of eight questions propound to tO him In a a. full page pac advertisement In the morning news news- papers p. by th the ten tf-n Nebraskans who styled themselves citizens o of both parties Smith adherents rents tied fled all o ot them as RepublIcans LIQUOR STAND In hIs his replies he declared d in substance substance sub sub- stance that the th president can do nothing abo about liquor except p o make r recommendations to congress s sand and assume a leadership on the question and further that he would woud not attempt to any D Democratic Demo Demo- mo- mo cratic member a of congress to go against his if th y wanted prohIbition The governor emphasized at tlc s art ot of his that lie he would s ak in plain understandable lan lan- guage guage so 50 could b. b bo n no misunderstanding misun- misun of where ho he stood on any question and Would carry this policy out fOJ fo the rest ot of hIs campaign campaign cam cam- which carried him r today to tile ilie border state o of Old Old- homa for a speech tomorrow nIght at Oklahoma City In his the gover govenor fr at the prepared mahuS before him and nd at Intervals In- In read quoted paragraphs his Own and Hoovers Hoover's speech of acceptance but while he deviated most mos of of the time and Interpolated d aJ ard litre and there lie ho homa ma mace e no Important changes in the ideas he wished to drive home He read the entire last Jast ot of his page pr pt's pared address where lie he made known hIs farm tarm stand REMOVES DOUBT Various people have hae attempted tO misrepresent and confuse my at- at with respect to the M McNary- McNary Nary Nary- Haugen bill he said r I do not Propose to leave the sll best doubt in anybody's mind on that subject As I read the McNary-Haugen McNary bill Its fundamental purpose is to establish establish es- es an el effective cUve control of the sale of exportable surplus with the cost Imposed upon the commodity For that principle the tue DeIl Demo Demo- r Uc platform squarely stands and for tor that principle I squarely start Mr ir Hoover It nd squarely opposed op- op J posed sed to this principle by which the farmer could get the benefit of the tariff What remains of the M Md- Md N Nary Nary-Haugen 1 bill is a mere m matter l lot ot of method and I do not limit myself my- my self to the exact mechanics and I methods embodied In that bill continuing the nominee Interrupted interrupted inter inter- frequently by applause said here was a clean cut issue which the az the voters ot of this this' country must decide It remains but to Work out the details he added by which this principle sh shall ll bl be put into elf cot ct and nd I 1 ha have e m myself self to name a nonpartisan commission ot of farm leaders leaders' and students students' of the problem to prk out these details I sh shrill U make that appointment if I tm m not elected when I take the oath of office as president but imn un- un n mediately after ele election Uon and I pledge to the the- farmers and to the people of this c country that no will be to gIve In mi- mi mediate farm relief by legislation into practice this definite principle for Y which ich my party and andI I stand PROMISE OF RESCUE This course alone gives promise ot of rescuing the tanners ot of this front from the complete rUIn which threatens th them m today Here ended the prepared address given given o t t to l newspapermen newspaper newspaper- r- r men men and nd when hen the nomInee began to take up the questions as ed him himIn In the newspaper open Jett r addressed ad- ad dressed t him a a boy in the tho crowd crowd- gallery Interrupted him with a a. shout One minute now now t the l y rn t said holding up lila his hand in the general direction of the boy We Ve are eating up time Between jou you and m me like static The audience roared To the question How will proposal for th the sale of liquor In Ina ina a few states meet your Issue issie ot of pers personal liberty oth other r states the governor replied i The prevention ot of thc tho sale of 01 liquor is in the exercise ot of the police power 10 and r I have clearly shown that it if a a. majority of the people ot ol ota a given state voted for the of that police power powel in that direction direction tion they should get it to the limit On the other hand following the Well veil defined Jeffersonian principle ot of states state's rights the state that does not want the exercise ot of that police power ought to be in a position through a majority of the people to say so OTHER QUESTIONS Another question asked hoW lt lie could his support of Democratic Demo Demo- cratie cratic candidates for congress pledged agaInst liquor with what you ou say you will do for liquor lI He replied that he could not un- un how anyone could ask such a question since there Is nothIng noth- noth lag Ing that the th president can do about liquor All lie he can do ho he said is to the congress and l ke o can the leadership ot of the American Ameri- Ameri can people in an effort to show them that his recommendation is right That Is what I propose to do and let Jt the American people the decision as they thoy will have to do Loud applause greeted this statement Asked If ie lie Jle thought the country would be more prosperous with liquor or without The Governor brought another cheer cheel when he rC- rC Nobody no livIng person no matter how wIse no matter how I well Informed no matter how farseeing far far- seeing could make any answer to that hat question because there has never been liquor out o ot thIs Coun- Coun try Several questions dealt with fat farni n relief one asking if he favored d hIgher food prices in the city or lower Jowel food prices on the farm My Ms answer to that he saId Is that the farmer can get the full benefit ot of the value ot of his crop without with with- out increasing the price in the city ISSUES CHALLENGE The nominee challenged d the ten I Nebraskans to find anywhere in his record a statement In which lIe he was reported by them to haVe haVo said that the Underwood Unde tariff fulfills the pledge of this Years Year's Democratic and that It if they were actuated by patriotic instead of partisan motives they would ask Hoover all ot of the qUest questions ons propounded propounded pro pro- pounded to him The nominee concluded his addless address ad- ad dress with tIlls this statement All during the campaign we will talk issues Ye We will fight this out in the the- open We will ivill haVe a good clean clear open fight and the American people will decide It it But Butas as I r read d the record I can see only one decisIon for the sixth ot of November November Novem- Novem ber and that is an elming Democratic victory TracIng ot of the Republican administration admin admin- in the last JaSt s seven v 1 and a u u hale haIt years Gov Smith waving hl Iris arms arms b before fore tire the miCrophones and frequently with Pounding hounding the tha table his hands defined the platform dc- dc or of that party in the last Jast three campaigns as as amo to nothing more than promises At one point the nomInee referred refer refer- red to Hoover as as the tho Republican candidate for fol g governor vernor arid and when lie h was Ya corrected by some one ne on err the platform ho he finished l his t n with the statement that lie ol re- re to the presidential candidate What did I say vice president ho he turned and asked his prompter was the reply Governor Ire he came back bac sU and added NEEDS PRACTICE PRACTICE r I have ave got to get sonie somo practIce at this I never ran for president before Another roar oar wont up The Tho nominee quoted the the state state- mont ment by Senator Norris Republican Nebraska attacking the attIre he platform as a direct slap at farmer and asked why Governor McMullen lullen of Ne a Republican can had threatened to Invade tire tho Kansas City convention with a half hal million men and batter down the doors ot of the committee on resol- resol In a 1 demand for some de definite promise ot of farm fann relief Just what they are talkIng about just what they all admit The distress dis- dis tress of the farmer the governor said Tire The best thought on g after a careful study ot of it lie he assert as- as sert d claims that In the last Jast 18 years there has been a decrease in inthe the purchasing power power ot of agrIcultural products of over 20 per cent That hat i IS' IS not the trouble The The- trouble is that the farmer is buying in in ina a highly high high- ly pr prOtected t ted market and he is sellIng selling sell sell- Ing in an unprotected unprotected- one The tariff standing by itself he hc continued will never solve the farm problem because not Opel ate In this instance he said it is like the machine machino with the en engine lne running but the belt off What did they mean by agriculture and he asked referring to Republican declarations They meant by that thatto thatto to give the farmer the benefit of the tariff just as industry gets the benefit ot of the tariff They know they have not done it The Thc president dent knows it Hoover Hoo- Hoo ver knows it it And teli teh president made an empty gesture when lie he fixed the tariff on wheat at 42 cents I Ho e might as well have made it It would not make any difference Until some plan is devised for tor that surplus he said the 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