Show u I I t VAT li i irr T v Washington Tere There seems to be belittle belittle little doubt any longer that President President President dent Roosevelt Is Js IsTo To Lure getting ready to Farm Vote spring a new sui surprise surprise sur sur- i prise among his j S many surprises and that he will employ it to wean away as ns much S of the farm vote from Governor t. t Landon of Kansas as is possible The President usually has a n card cardup r up lip his sleeve one that he can pull pullout out with a flourish and one that on c. the surface at least carries very convincing prospects in the particular lar lat line he has chosen S In this instance it seems rather L well established that you may expect expect ex ex- the President to come forward shortly with a brand new proposition propos propos- t tion for greater operative co efT effort rt between the farmers and the city consumers He is likely to present present pre pre- it sent this new proposition some proposition some of his critics have been unkind enough to describe it as a new rabbit from fromi i the hat hat in in a dressing that will be f. f quite alluring It is not clear yet just when the new plan will be offered offered of of- by the President and his New I f. f Deal associates but the guess can be made that it will come in timeto time tune to permit a full exposition of the i program by the New Dealers in 1 advance of election By the same token it is apparent that the Presidents President's Presidents President's t dents dent's 1936 promises for the farmers farmers farm farm- arm arm- ers will be disclosed late enough so f that the Republicans will have little i time to pick it to pieces s. s The tip off on the fact that Mr t r Roosevelt is developing another farm program comes in Mr Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Wallaces Wallace's latest book C. C Of Whose Constitution course the secretary's observations may i not be charged directly to the President President Pres Pres- I ident Nevertheless Nevertheless- it is the opinion opinion opinion ion of ot many of us who have i. i watched the New Deal wheels go goS S around that the secretary of agriculture agri agri- I culture usually leads the procession in offering new ne suggestions for New Deal activities Secretary Wallace is a candid man and his frankness continuously continuous continuous- i ly has been of ah au engaging sort For the reason that he is of this S- S type I think it can be said usually t that his views reflect what is going 4 on beneath the surface That is t- t i- i his views ordinarily serve as a trial balloon whether the secretary realizes realizes re re- it or not and i il if they are watched closely an accurate forecast forecast fore fore- 2 cast of what is coming may be made It might have been that the secretary's sec sec- i I book would have escaped i attention as a vehicle carrying a ft message from the inner IUler circle of k New Dealers except for one line that was tucked away in the DemS Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- S platform o or r the platform adopted by the Philadelphia con con- The sentence in the platform with m.- m. which the secretary's book may properly be connected reads We will act to secure to the consumer fair value honest sales and a decreasing decreasing def de de- de- de f- f creasing spread between the price t he pays and arid the price the producer b.- b. receives 0 t Some observers here her have linked that proposition with a thought that Mr Roosevelt proposes proposes' to organize not only operatives co among the 1 farmers but to link those cooperatives opera co tives lives with similar operatives co among the consumers The conviction conviction conviction tion held by these individuals is that Mr Roosevelt astute politician politician cian ciari that he is is seeking to kill two birds with one stone In other words they contend that his plan will be thrown out as an inducement induce induce- ment meat for the farmers to support his policies and md re elect him and that when he deals with the voters Z in great Industrial areas he will r r. point out to them the possibility of ol I S cheaper food in this manner It is to be remembered remembered in connection connection connection con con- with the reported new farm program that Mr Roosevelt has hassent hassent sent a commission to E Europe rope to S study the operative co-operative idea There has been no fanfare no blare of trumpets about bout the departure of these men each being an avowed New New Dealer Pealer and each one being thoroughly dependable That is l they are arc men who can be depended upon to present the facts they gather gath gath- t er cr in true New peal real light They f.- f. have been In I Europe now about a month montu It is 15 they will remain remain re re- re- re 1 main at least one month longer If then they take tak a month to write their report it becomes obvious II- II I that W we can expect another New Deal farm program based upon t the co operative cooperatIve idea to emerge M. M from the White House around October Oci October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc i tober 1 It is just 30 days from t that date dale to the election We now have had acceptance 1 speeches by both Mr Roosevelt and Governor Landon Campaign his opponent To Issues the extent that the key keynote not e C speeches of ot the national conventions conventions con con- indicate the trend of ot mind ot of the party workers and to the extent extent ex ex- cz- cz tent that the acceptance speeches I. I tell In m a way the deeply rooted rooted rooted root root- ed views of the candidates the issues it- it sues of the campaign are arc drawn Of at course coure it has fre frequently que beta been I k r t I 2 the case that the Issues of July are not riot the issues that decide the election election elec elec- tion in November There are those students of ot politics who are arc saying this year that the questions discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed by bj President Roosevelt and Governor Landon in their acceptance acceptance acceptance accept accept- ance speeches are going to have very little to do with the decision of the voters three months hence I can report only on a consensus among political nuth authorities on this point That consensus seems to tobe tobe tobe be that Mr Landon Is going to stick sUck to discussion of ot the major problems as he sees them and that Mr Roosevelt's strategy will be governed entirely by whatever changes take place In campaign conditions In other words these writers In Washington who have gone through many a harried political battle seem seem to feel that Mr Roosevelt's campaign strategy is going to be exactly like the policies he has followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed in his present tion By that I mean to quote the Presidents President's own words that If IOU one thing fails tails we will try something else There is the conviction among these same writers that Governor Landon will resort to no oratorical flourishes nor will he employ any of the tactics that Mr Roosevelt has so often used in his fireside radio chats Further it is quite evident evi dent I believe that Governor Landon Landon Landon Lan Lan- don will make malte the burden of his plea pica to the American people an appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal to restore what he considers to tobe tobe bc be the American form of govern govern- ment It was quite obvious from his acceptance speech as it has been evident In some som of his pre pre- campaign pronouncements that he favors the common sense idea in government management and that he Will permit n nothing thing to swerve him from that course But it should be said it seems to me that t If IL Governor Landon is isable isable isable able fo to maintain that plane throughout his campaign he willbe will willbe willbe be deserving of great commenda commenda- tion There are many observers here who believe he has undertaken a task of ot the most difficult kind The governor has built up or others have built up around him an atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere at at- of simplicity It has reached a high pitch The question question question ques ques- tion is can is-can can he keep the campaign attuned to that pitch from now until until un un- til November If he does docs he will surprise a great many observers Lately I have heard through underground underground underground un un- un- un channels that Democratic Democrat Democrat- ic Chairman Far- Far Farley Fancy ley icy is getting a Irked little irked at theS the toe S met methods hod s employed employed employed em em- by the youthful John Hamilton Hamilton Ham Ham- ilton who is chairman of the Re Re- publicans Big Jim has taken a leave of ot absence as postmaster general you will remember in order order or or- der to devote his time tune to reelecting reelecting re elect ing lag President Roosevelt H He Ht is now in a position to battle and judging by his record he can be expected to carry carryon on a vigorous fight That makes it all the more surprising to know that Big Jim has grown a n little bit peevish as a result of the nudging and the razing that the red headed Republican chair man has been handing him Six weeks elapsed between the nomination of Governor Governo Landon and the Ule date dale of his formal tion During this time Mr Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton Ham Ham- ilton alone had to carry the Republican Republican Republican lican ball He Hc made numerous speeches and minced no words in any of them He struck out straight from the shoulder at Mr Farley Fancy During that time lime Mr Hamilton really had no one firing back at him It was exactly the same condition as obtained before the Republicans had selected a candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date and Mr Roosevelt and Mr Farley Fancy had no one to fight back at them The test for Mr Hamilton Hamilton Hamil Hamil- ton therefore will come when Mr Farley Fancy gets Into action and the Democratic campaign is fully un un- I der way He Is Js young in national politics and some of the success of the Republican campaign is going to depend upon how Mr Hamilton conducts himself when Mr Farley Fancy starts jibing and knocking down the Republican chairman's ears inthe in inthe inthe the heat of battle There Is another phase of ot the campaign that is going to be Interesting interesting interesting inter inter- esting to watch For three years Mr Roosevelt has had open channels channels channels chan chan- nels on the radio has had bad the utmost utmost utmost ut ut- ut- ut most freedom in In picking his spots for delivering new pronouncements or his appeals for patience by the people But that time has bas passed insofar as the President is con con- He is now confronted with competition What I am trying to say is that everywhere and every time the President speaks he will speak with the knowledge that a fighting opposition Is ready to leap on every word and every proposal that he makes This Is an entirely different circumstance than any Mr Roosevelt has hams faced since he entered the White House Bouse March 4 4 1933 e W torN w p tr Union Onion i t r |