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Carter Field FieldWASHINGTONSeveral Fields FieldsWASmNGTON WASlliNGTON-Sevcral WASlliNGTON Sevcral WASHINGTON-Several WASHINGTON Several WASmNGTON - - Several tremen tremen- tremendously tremendously tremendously - dously significant slgniflcant slgnl cmt : points pomts in m the first firstpoll firstpoll firstpoll poll this year of The Farm Journal Journalescaped Journalescaped Journalescaped escaped general notice nollce In fact . , not notsufficIent notsufficient notsumcient sufficIent attentionas attention \ was \\as as vas paid pala pals to the theentire theentire theentire entire poll , . as it just so happens happensthat happensthat happensthat that this poll is the only one nowbeing now nowbemg nowbeing bemg being conducted that has ever stood stoodthe stoodthe stoodthe the test of a close election elccl1on . . . It hap hnp- hnp hap- hnppened happencd happened - - pened pencd to be nght rIght in m 1916 , . as wellas well wellas wellas as in m the subsequent landshdesTw'o landslidesTwo landslides landshdes landslidesTwo Two Tw'o ' states stand out like hke sore sorethumbs sorethumbs sorethumbs thumbs in m the preliminary prel1mmary figures figuresOne figuresOne figuresOne One is 15 Wisconsin , , . which most Re- Re RepublIcan Republican Re Republican - publican leaders have been cheer cheer- cheerfully cheertully cheerfully - fully tully conceding concedmg to Franklin D D.Roosevelt DRoosevelt . Roosevelt because of the La Fol- Fol Follette Follette Fol-lette Fol lette - - lette influence mfluence , . which e\ e every eery esery \ ery one has hasassumed hasassumed hasassumed assumed would be cast for Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt - - velt after the preliminary maneu maneu- maneuvers maneuvers maneuvers - - vers have been completed But the thefarmers thefarmers thefarmers farmers of the state , in m this poll.so pollso poll.sotar pollsofar poUsofar , . tar far have voted 1,974 1974 , tor for Alt AU All M Lan- Lan Landon Landon Lan-don Lan don - don to 970 for Rooseveltl RooseveIU Roosevelt ! Appar Appar- Apparently Apparently Apparently - - ently the Wisconsin Wlsconsm farmers , who whohao whohave whohave have ha\o ha o \ e not benefited as much as asmany asmany asmany many other from AAA , . etc , Wis WIS- WISconsin Wis- Wis Wisconsln Wisconsin - - consin consln being bemg a very dlversl diversified diversifiedstate diversifiedstate ed edstate state agriculturally , are votingtheir votmg voting votmgtheir votingtheir their old pohtical pol1tIcal political alignments alignmentsIt It must be borne in m mind mmd that thattIus thatthis thatthis tIus this is a poll of farmers Milwau Milwau- Milwaukee M Milwaukee wau- wau waukee - kee , , the big city of the state , . hap hap- happens happens happens - pens to be the stronghold of the theSoclal1sts theSocialists theSocialists Soclal1sts Socialists So that it might .11lght 11lght .night night . be fairto fair fairto fairto to assume that William Lemke wIllpoll willpoll will jpoll poll quite a vote there IncIdentally IncIdentallyWlsconsm IncidentallyWisconsin IncidentallyWisconsin Wlsconsm Wisconsin recorded the hea"Iest heaIest heaviest hea"Iestvote heaviestvote heaviestvote " vote for Lemke Lem1.e Lem1e . in any state so far far,137 far137 , 137 , and also the heaviest vote for forNorman forNorman forNorman Norman Thomas , . Socialist SocIal1st , , 144All 144All 144 144All All of which might be taken to tol11dlcate toindicate toindicate l11dlcate indicate that Landon has a veryfair very veryfall veryfair fall fair " chance indeed mdeed to walk waIh . off wIth wIthWlsconsm's withWisconsin's withWisconsin's withWisconsins Wlsconsm's Wlsconsms Wisconsin's Wisconsins ' 12 electoral votes . The other state springing sprmgmg a real realsurprIse realsurprise realsurprise surprIse was Missouri Governor GovernorLandon GovernorLandon GovernorLandon Landon personally has been becn rather ratherconfident ratherconfident ratherconfident confident of Missouri , but , although althoughthe althoughthe althoughthe the original orIgmal boosting boostmg of Landon Landoncame Landoncame Landoncame came from the Kansas City Star Starlieutenants , heutenants lieutenants of Landon have been beenmost beenmost beenmost most pessimistic pessmustIc about MiSSOurI Missourilargely , largely on account of the effective effectIve- effectIveness effectiveness effectiveness - ness of the Fendergast Pendergast Democ.ratIc DemocratIc Democ.ratIcmachine Democraticmachine Democraticmachine . machine m in Kansas City . Some Other States StatesBut StatesBut StatesBut But The Farm Journal's Journals ' ' poll of ofMIssouri ofMissouri ofMissouri MIssouri farmers shows 3.839 3839 3,839 . , for forLandon forLandon forLandon Landon to 2,862 2862 , , for Roosevelt . . . In IntIle Inthe Inthe tIle the old days , St St S1 . . Louis Lows Louts was the tIle Re- Re RepublIcan Republican Re Republican - publican stronghold m in MIssourI Missouri.The MissouriThe . . The country bet\\ bet between beteen \ \ een the two bIg bIgcItIes bigcities bigcities cItIes was regarded as heav heavily y Dem Dem- DemocratIc Dem- Dem Democratic Democratic - - ocratic This is the section represented rep rep- represented represented - resented in m The Farm Journal's Journals Journal'spoll Journal'spoll Journal'spolL JournalspolL ' ' poll . In discounting dIscountmg this it must be beremembered beremembered beremembered remembered that the old Repub Repub- RepublIcan Republican Republican - lican machine machme m in St Louis Lows has long longsmce longsince longsmce smce since disintegrated dlsmtegrated , wh while c the theDemocratIc t theDemocratic h e eDemocratic DemocratIc machine machme m in Kansas IS ISregarded isregarded isregarded regarded as better than Tammany Tammanyever Tammanyever Tammanyever ever thought of being-proportIon- being proportIon beingproportIonately beingproportionately being - proportion proportionately - ately to population populatlon populatlonAgamst populationAgainst populationAgainst Against Agamst these two dalIspots daik dalI- dalI - . spots tor for torthe forthe forthe the New Deal Deat ther there is Iowa , wlnchmost v.lich vlich wlnch v.lichmost . whichmost most political pol1tlcal observers have bcen been bcenregardIng beenregarding beenregarding regardIng as safely Republ1can Republican Republicanespecially , especially smce since the primary prlffiary mwhIch inwhich m in mwhich which Senator L J . Dickmson DIch.mson DIchmson Dickinson . won wonso wonso wonso so hand handily y , and m in which the G 0 0P 0P 0P P . , vote so far exceeded the Democratic Demo Demo- DemocratIc Democratic - cratic primary prunary outturn Iowa voted voted1,584 voted1584 1,584 1584 , tor for Roosevelt to 993 for forLandon forLandon torLandon torLandonThis Landon LandonThIS This is especially especiaUy discouraging dIscouragmg to toRepublIcans toRepublicans toRepublicans RepublIcans , who had hoped that thatnot thatnot thatnot not only would they get gct the electo clecto- clecto electo- clectoral electoral electoral - - ral votes , but reelect ardent New NewDeal NewDeal NewDeal Deal Foe Dickmson DIckinson , . and elect some someother someother ome omeother other Republican m in place of Demo Demo- DemocratIc Democratic Democratic - cratic Senator Louis Lours Murphy Murphykilled , killed in a recent automob automobile e ac- ac accIdent accident ac accident - - cidentOffsetting cIdentOtrsettmg cident Offsetting Otrsettmg this is the big pro- pro proLandon proLandon pro-Landon pro Landon - Landon Landonote \ - vote \-ote ote of the Nebraska farm farm- farmers farmers farmers - ers , ) 955 1)55 155 to 308 , despite Senator SenatorGeorge SenatorGeorge SenatorGeorge George W . Norns's Nornss NorrIs's NorrIss ' preference prcference for forRoosevelt forRoosevelt torRoosevelt Roosevelt The only onI } ' surprise in 111 thisto thisto thIS thISto to the Landon lieutenants l1eutenants was the theproportIon theproportion theproportion proportIon They have been becn count count- countmg counting counting - ing mg on Nebraska , but by a small smallmargm smallmargin smallmargin smallmarginThe margm margin margmThe marginThe The Oklahoma Ohlahoma figures are verymterestmg610 veryinteresting610 very | mterestmg-610 mterestmg 610 interesting-610 interesting interesting - - 610 for Roosevelt to to541 541 for Landon Friends Frlends of the theKansas theKansas theKansas Kansas governor say the farm farm- farmers farmers farmers - ers are the backbone of the state's states state'sDemocracy state'sDemocracy state'sDemocracy statesDemocracy ' Democracy , while Landon will pIle pIleup pileup pileup up the votes among the o oil menPeek men menPeek Peek for LandonBitterness LandonBitterness Landon LandonBitterness Bitterness of George N . Peek Peekagamst Peekagainst Peekagainst agamst against Secretary of State CordellHull Cordell CordellHull CordellHull Hull will drive drlve him to the support supportof of despiteLandon's despiteLandons Governor Go\'crnor Go 'crnor crnor \ ' Alt AIl All M Landon despIte Landon's Landons ' fa failure ure to see eye to eye eyeWith eyewith eyewith With Peek on his lis plan to substItute substituteaterational substituteSaid-national substituteSaid national aterational ternatIonal - barter for the Admin Admm- Admm Admin- Administration's Admmistratlon's Administration's - istration's istrations istratlon's istratlons ' reciprocal trade agree agree- agreements agreements agreements - ments , and what remains remams of thetraditional the thetraditIonal thetraditional traditIonal G 0 P . protective protectlve tar tariff tariffpolicy tariffpolicy I IpolIcy polIcy . This is the firm opinion opmlon of offrIends offriends offriends frIends very close to the man v.ho vho who v.hod whodiffered . whodiffered d fered differed so strongly on fundamental fundamentalquestIons fundamentalquestions fundamentalquestions questIons with two of President PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelts Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' policy polley makers-Secre- makers Secre makersSecretary makersSecretary makers - - Secre Secretary - - tary of Agriculture Agrtculture Henry A Wal Wal- Wallace Wal- Wal Wallace Wallace - - lace and Secretary of State Hull Hu1L Hu1LWhen . . When Peek emerged from his hisconference hisconference hisconference conference with Governor Landon Landonat Landonat Landonat at Topeka Topekn he was good humored humoredbut humoredbut humoredbut but noncommital noncommltal on what to hIm hImof himof himof of necessity was wad wasall wadall was all importantwhether important important- importantwhether importantwhether - whether , , as a result of that confer conIer- conIer coafer- coafer conIerence coaference conference - ence , he would support the Kansas Kansasgovernor Kansasgovernor Kansasgovernor governor against President Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt - - velt . , The reason he v . was as not cer cer- certam cer- cer certam certain - - tain tam of his IDS course at that moment momentwas momentwas momentwas was that Landon had not given givenPeek givenPeek givenPeek Peek Peekany any assurance that he would wouldCOInmlt wouldcommit wouldcommit COInmlt commit his administration adJrumstrahon-If adJrumstrahon If administration-if - if elect- elect - ad-to ad to ed-to ed ad - to the support of Pcek'i Pceki Pcek's Pceks Peek's Peeks ' international Inter inter- international International - - national barter plane plans . Landon agrees with Peek regard rcgard- rcgard regard- rcgarding regarding regarding - ing some of the obvious objccbons objections objectionsto objccbonsto to the Hull system He agrees agreesthat agreesthat agreesthat that sufficu sufficient nt consideration is not notgiven notgiven notgiven given to American interests intercsts apt to tobe tobe tobe be hurt by such a reciprocal agree agree- agreement agreement agreement - ment by the State Department em em- employees employees employees - ployees negotiating ItVhlCh it it . . \ Which \VhlCh VhlCh Is Ismade ismade ismade made more dangerous by the fact factthat factthat factthat that that , , as the negotiations are con con- conducted conducted conducted - ducted in deep secrecy , those likely likelyto likelyto likelyto to get hurt may not find out that thatthey thatthey thatthey they are in m danger until it is too toolate toolate toolate late to do anything anyUung about it it itBalk . . Balk Balkat at Barter Plan PlanBut PlanBut PlanBut But the Kansas governor also alsoknows alsoknows alsoknows knows something about the violent violentobjections violentobjections violentobjections objections to the Peek Peck mternatlOnal international mternatlOnalbarter internationalbarter internationalbarter barter plan-partIcularly plan partIcularly plan - particularly on the thepart thepart thepart part of the interests handling handlinq handlinzl inter mter- mter inter- mternational international international - national trade In a nutshell , . as put putby putby putby by representatives of these inter mter- mter inter- mterests interests interests - ests , the barter plan results m ill in forc forc- forcmg forcing forcing - ing mg goods from one country to toanother toanother toanother another "against against "agamst agamst " the gram grain " This Thisprocess Thisprocess Thisprocess process runs up against agamst prejUdICeS prejudiceson on little details on the part of con con- consumers consumers . - sumers , \ well \ eU known to those who whomake whomake whomake make a Lfe We life work of the business busmess ofsupplying of ofsupplying ofsupplying supplying the public pubhc with imported importedgoods importedgoods importedgoods goods , but apt to prove a treacher treacher- treacherous treacherous treacherous - - ous quicksand qUlcksand to well meanmg meaning meanmgamateurs meaningamateurs meaningamateurs meaningamateursMoreover amateurs amateursMoreover Moreover , there is branded in the thenunds theminds theminds nunds minds of many people the fact that thatthe thatthe thatthe the big barter scheme on which whichPeck's whichPeek's whichPeek's whichPeeks Peck's Pecks Peek's Peeks ' crusade was finally ditched ditchedby ditchedby ditchedby by the greater strength of COldeIl Coidell COldeIlHull CoidellHull CoidellHull Hull at the White Wlute House was to tohave tohave tohave have beenV1th been \ with \V1th V1th Germany Ckrmany . And even evenIf evenif evenif If the barter plan v . were ere economi economI- economIcally economically economically - - cally sound m in other respects , there therewere therewere therewere were certain certam pohtical pol1bcal political difncultiesthere dIfficultles diriculties dIfficultlesthere diricultiesthere there which would make public pubhc en- en endorsment endorsment en-dorsment en dorsment - - dorsment of Peck's Pecks ' ideas rather ratherdangerous ratherdangerous ratherdangerous dangerous There are too many peo pea peo- people people . - ple pIe in this country who do not notthmk notthink notthink thmk think we v.e ve . should have any dealmgs dealings dealmgsWIth dealingswith dealingswith WIth Germany whatever so long as asHItler asHitler asHitler HItler is running runnmg that country . The mam support of Peek in m that thatparticular thatparticular thatparticular particular deal meanwhile meanwhl1e has hasevaporated hasevaporated hasevaporated evaporated It was a surplus of ofAmencan ofAmerican ofAmerican Amencan American cotton that Peek wanted wantedto wantedto to give Germany m in exchange for forGerman forGerman forGerman German products At that tlffie time tlffiethere timethere tunethere there was much supporting supportmg pres pres- pressure pressure |