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D T farmer for Secretary of Agriculture Agri Agriculture t e For Fo 1 i i this thIs' h has s been the slogan logan and th am pf of t the e. e 41 l f farm bloc in III in Congress 1 I k I M ar a t. t The whole trouble with the Federal Government G T r. i i d r if you you accept acc accept pt the he Corn I Belts elt's diagnosis of Sits ilIs ills is is t. t the lack a dirt farmer at the head of the Agriculture rP y Depa Department t t in ih Washington y n. n I 1 Mr Co Coolidge Coolidge's Secretary ret l Y t of AgrI Agriculture lam wll f. 3 Jardine was a professor processor of of- f J agronomy He might know g about the science J of agriculture as derived from college t textbooks farm farm- r j bloc members said but bu he couldn't be exp exp ci 4 t to o have have air r 1 any aly deep Been understanding of the workaday problems of I t. t the horny handed sori son of of toil toil- behind be 45 hind the plow At any rate Jardine Jardine Jardine Jar- Jar dine didn't believe in McNary- McNary and didn't hesitate to say so so whenever the occa occasion ion offered throughout his term of r office That certainly didn't endear endear en- en v. v 1 dear hihi to the farmers farmers' fri friends oh on on Capitol Hill HilI A new deal was demanded Louder than ever grew the clamor for a a dirt e farmer famer Jardine heard It and volun volun- T I 5 tartly eliminated himself Irom consideration i- i tion as Secretary of Agriculture Loud N a cheers went up from the politico agri culturists ts in Congress Mr Hoover they j S confidently predicted surely would pick a dirt farmer right out of the soil solI of Upper Mss Mississippi Valley to succeed Jardine And then Mr Hoover appointed Arthur ArthurM M M. Hyde a Missouri lawyer who hadn't even been mentioned in the feverish speculation about the personnel of the new Cabinet and who wants it it- distinctly understood that he isn't any kind of a dirt farmer He makes no no pretense whatever whatever whatever what what- ever of being one When he arrived in r Washington to take office as Secretary of Agriculture his ancient enemy Senator Jim Reed also of Missouri happened to meet l him ml Jim started to pass him by 55 with ith a a. cool nod but then an Irrepressible irrepressible e e urge to poke a a. little fun at Hyde asserted x f itself Extending his hand Jim said sardonically sar rt As one dirt farmer to another howdy Arthur hows how's crops d' d Hyde took it good good eno gh and d shook hands bands but when newspapermen n Interviewed him he be said Dont try to make dirt dItt v me a a. farmer because I 1 am not I am a lawyer It i is s supposed to be good politics to claim t to o be a a. dirt farmer but farmers do not wan want ot t to be fooled However my sympathies s are with the farmer As Secretary o of ot t a Agriculture I am going to do all that is 5 humanly possible for me to do to hel help p Improve the situation but I shall nee need d c cof of the armors themselves THE HE farm bloc was as surprised J d at Hyde Hyde's s L appointment but this sort ort of plain n 4 talk surprised it still more Straightforward Straight Straight- forward speaking is rare in all aU the hocus hocus- over the f farm rm problem in Congress S 4 v The remarkable thing about his statement state j ment went was vas that h he ho might very easily casily hayy have hay e y passed himself of off as a a. dirt farmer He lit I was as born In a a. rural Missouri village an and d x h he owns 7 00 l acres of Missouri farm late land d t. t T To pass PMs up such an opportunity t tr tc pal palS palm m S himself el off on the country as a a. dl dirt rt farmer er was as simply be beyond the comprehension compre compre- e- e 5 hension of the politicians clans on an Capitol Hl Hill 11 They decided they must have a d look at I th this s 's strange a ge from cram person and s see ee for themselves what sort of or man Hoover cr i fri f had made Secretary of ot Agriculture Act Ac Ac- t cordingly an invitation was sent to hi 1 him m mi i t to appear before both the Senate as and d J House Committees on Agriculture to e ex ex- ex Fr t plain his views on the agricultural reli relief et Y question Then they received another Jolt io it r f Hyde told them he had pressing dressing business busine as engagements that required his presence presen co back in Missouri I He went a away way a and lid I stayed ten days h. h J Jr When he he returned he-returned returned he announced I Iwas he was as re ready to before go both committees es r His arrival rt tt the Senate committee r room oom furnished an interesting scene It r re re e- e b I C 1 r J minded one somehow of Daniel Dani l entering the lions' lions den deni Grouped around the table table- w were ere the picked men of the McNary- McNary Haug ready tc pounce upon him and dud give him his hIm his ba baptism of fire firc as a a. Cabinet member facing a a. congressional inquiry Senator Norr Norris Norri's s of Nebraska dragged out Ills his pet bugaboo the equalization fee to terrify the n new w Secretary Senator Caraway Caraway Caraway Cara Cara- way of Arkansas sought to cross ex amine him him somewhat after alter the mariner of a a. police palace prosecutor Help came to Hyde from ra rather her unexpected sour sources sources- sources y e from Tom rom f Tom Heflin and from Smith Brookhart Brookhart Brook Brook- h hart art who criticized the McNary-Haugen McNary bill because it ft was too moderate Hyde weathered the ordeal creditably and un un- un- un d daunted decide to face the House committee committee committee com com- that same day There he fared better It t was a tribute to his persuasive powers that that Representative James B. B Aswell ranking Democratic member o of the committee stepped forward to be the first first- to congratulate him at the con elUsIon of the hearing Aswell rotund and white-haired white said As the oldest- oldest l looking g member of this committee I Icon Icon- con the Secretary on his his' skill in handl handling ng himself b before fore this body I want to tell him however that the committee com corn doesn't always behave In this deferential way For myself I am ready readi and willing to support up Ort you and the dent REMEMBER these words came from the ranking Democratic member of the committee Apparently just a trace of suspicion flashed lashed through Hydes Hyde's mind for amid laughter laughter-hc replied I 1 deeply appreciate what just has ha been said but dont don't forget I 1 come from Mis r The Tho habit of plain lain speaking is deeply ingrained ined in Arthur Hyde He never uses uses' weasel words to express l himself Courage is one of his p predominant character characteristics tIcs He lIe has never been known to run away from a a fight Indeed Hyde owes n IK small part of his prestige in Missouri politics to the fact that he was about the only Republican In the State who could stand up up and tr trade de blow for blow with th the redoubtable Jim Reed He and Jim have fought furiously for years There is no need here to eulogize Jims Jim's capacity as a a. fighting man Wash Wash- ington has haS not seen his like In a a. a generation In their battles against each other Jim has brought into play all his celebrated powers of satire and acid Invective to defeat Hyde Once he sent Hyde reel reel- ing big through the ropes with a remark that one of his speeches sounded like the steam whistle en on a fertilizer factory The Missourians l chuckled but Hyde refused to take the count Today loday he lie sits In the Cabinet and Jim Reed i is back in private life We Despite the misgivings among trio the professional professional pro pro- relievers in in Congress th the e farmers apparently found Hydes Hyde's frankness frankness frank frank- ness Hess refreshing In the miasma o bunk bun k surrounding the relief farm question Louis Louts J J. J Taber master of the National 1 Grange said The courage of Mr Hyde will appeal to the farmer He never car ries water on both shoulders shoulders' John F P. P Case editor of at the Missouri an and d for eight years president of the di i Board of Agriculture paid him t this his tribute He Ile Is keen of wit it brilliant of speech enjoys a Joke and never forgets a frien friend d I w- w wi i a M hp ik r. r Asked Aske Dirt Farmer dame t for r a r R THOSE TI TIr 1 a E Corn Belt Boys o Farmer i 4 s r and andl d President Hoover Gave Them a Lawyer Lawer Law Law- y er f t Instead ld as the New Secretary Secretary- of o Agriculture A Agriculture but but tt Who W Was Born s a aJ Frank Show Me Show Me Go Getter Go Getter M f 9 Ir J res b the Hundreds y f X q R Rural and Claims His A. A Acres res 5 by mw I 1 I I t I i ii j I It lIi t tl y If i. i J j 51 1 rw r Y 1 t I j 11 r J 1 S 1 JJ r Vr hn r. r S Nl I r R. R r f r i iS 0 S 1 ff z Y 1 4 ti fl J. 1 R 4 1 Jo 9 r. r j f ol Z i t l i f t I r. r l dI d i r 1 2 l- l iI r FIFTY ONE OE ye years ears rs old old- Secretary of Agriculture A Hyde is m member of the Hoover Cabinet Born and reared in the Middle West West- West West-he he attended Michigan University an anthe and the U University i of f. f Iowa As Mayor of ot his home hometown town own he began his political career His first licking resul resulted ed from his ardent loyalty to Teddy R Roosevelt being defeated for Attorney General General Gen Gen- eral oral of his home State in inthe in inthe inthe the Bull Md Moose se movement With the Harding landslide landslide land- land 1920 Tax Eater pater slide s lido in Hyde w was s swept swep into nto office as a s Governor of f Missouri Originally a Lowden Lo man Q he had to be drafted by Hoover for the Cabinet I American farmers as they come cometo to know him better will love him Jilin as we in MissourI Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- love him He has proved our friend and we think he will prove prove- your friend Arthur Hyde is 5 years years' years old He Is the baby member of the Cabinet He was born in Princeton Mo July 12 1877 He came from pioneer stock His His' father Ira Bam Barnes Hyde w was s born in New NewYork York State in 1838 but early but earlY in life answered the caU call of of the West Before he could get well settled the Civil War broke out and he enlisted in the Minnesota Rangers serving throughout the four years of the conflict between the States After his return from the war he settled seWed in Missouri Mis and in 1872 when he was only 34 3 ye years rn old ho he was elected to Congress asa asa as as' asa a a. Republican In December of the following following fol fol- fol lowing year he lie took the fife oath ath of office oMco with another promising young ro man ruan n who was to be heard be-heard heard of later later Joseph Joseph G GO Cannon Callnon Can Call non r of Illinois Uncle Joe ke kept t his scat seat except for two o brief intervals for half a century but young H Hyde de lost out in the Democratic landslide of 1874 and went back to the practice of law in Princeton where two years later his son Arthur was as born Young Arthur Hyde grew up in a a. Missouri Mis MIs- sours agricultural region and went away to spend four our years at the University of Michigan and on one at the University of Iowa He Ile returned to Princeton to fol fol- follow low in the footsteps of 1 his s father In tho the practice e of ot la law His political career began early He Ho had hardly turned 30 before the tot had elected him Mayor His Hia t i N 1 4 i. i r fl 1 r i 1 0 i t F J H i t j f r a M 4 tall impressive figure his young agreeable agreeable agree agree- able personality and his oratorical ability 1 all combined to give him a a. reputation far beyond the confines of his native he heath th In the early days of his political career orthodox career Hyde was thoroughly i fin in his Republicanism He was a favorite f with wIl regular leaders and the they began to gro groom m him for high places on then thel State slate A future of bright promise stood before him And then along came the Bull Bull Moose uprising in 1912 and Hyde without counting the political cost to him him- self elt cast his lot with other enS en en- S Americans who threw off oft party i ties ies to support Theodore Roosevelt for President The Missouri Insurgents promptly put his name on the ticket as as the Progressive candidate fo for Attorney General G He He- made a creditable fight but with the Democrats united and aind the Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans divided he went down to defeat de de- feat scat with the rest of ai the Bull Moose ticket t. t His Hits future then wa wasn't nt so bright young and undismayed by the licking he had taken went back to o his hislaw hislaw law law and his business to await another chance in politics That chance was eight years coming Hyde watched the State primary campaign cam cam- approach in 1920 Political seers seer s peering into the future foretold the certainty certainty certainty of a a. Republican sweep The man who ho won a Republican nomination fo for r t v l f t N q J a a aa a s F. F I f y s Nw Ky V hS R 3 S y ry C T 1 x 4 t A S M Mj j a r r. r 1 Secretary of Agriculture and Sirs Mrs Art Arthur lur M. M Hyde are arc newcomers newcomers newcomers new- new comers to official Washington as are arc several other members of the Hoover Cabinet for Mr 1 Hydes Hyde's former political activities activities ties have be been n limited to municipal and State Slate affairs almost any any office that that- year was Ras allu sure sure to win the election Hyde decided to toss 1 his s hat bat in the ring for the gover- gover I Party regulars ga gasped ped at Hydes Hyde's I ity iffy They had not entirely forgiven him for his Bull Moose heresy Moreover they had had already already made up their minds to give the gubernatorial nomination to E. E E. E E.-E. E. E E. McJimsey better known throughout throughput through through- out put the State as Triple E. E M McJimsey A A still further handicap against Hyde was was the fact that he was aa an ardent dry The City of St. St Louis which casts a a. large p percentage of the Republican vote in Missouri Is heavily wet McJimsey looked like an easy winner but Hyde got t 1 some breaks that knocked the prop props from under the calculations of the regu regu- lars With his usual repugnance for pussyfooting pussyfooting pussyfooting pussy pussy- footing Hyde decided to take the liquor issue boldly by the horns He e atten attended ed a me meeting ting of oS the City Club of St. St Louts Louis at wl which ch McJimsey was was also present The cards seemed to be stacked against Hyde The atmosphere about him was plainly hostile hostile St. St Louis doesn't care much for prohibitionists Hydes Hyde's friends urged him to omit all aU mention of the wet and dry question but Hyde decided to gamble inthe in inthe the other direction He knew that the rural sections section of Missouri were as dry as ashe ashe he was McJimsey was trying to straddle straddle strad strad- dle die the issue posing as a a. wet in St. St Louis r rand and nd as a a. dry In the r rest t of the State Hyde determined to force a direct showdown showdown showdown show show- down on the liquor question When an appropriate moment arrived he bluntly challenged McJimsey to show his colors McJimsey tried to dodge the question His answer was so ev evasive sive that neither side was satisfied Hyde lost little littIe in St. St Louis where his dry stand was unpopular anyhow but it gave l hint him ni a a. big boost inthe in inthe inthe the prohibition belt outside the cities When the ballots were counted In the primary primary primary mary Hyde had beaten the organization candidate by votes and he lie glided into the |