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CATTARAUGUS REPUBLICAN. WEDNESDAY. JULY
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s^nd national convention attacked
President Roosevelt as a “lia r and be­
tray er.”
The founder of th e N ational Union
fo r Social Justice said before his
address th a t he and the leader of the
Townsend old age pension plan and
Smith, head of the share-the-wealth
movement, would stand together.
Convention Itself Adopts Resolution While Lead­ W hen he addressed Townsend dele­ Union Party Candidate
Espouses O ld A g e
ers, Beset with Many Difficulties, Disagree — gates a t the public auditorium he de­
Dr. Townsend had approved
Pensions, Bond Re­
Townsend not to ‘Coerce* Followers but will clared
the principles of the Union party,
tirement with Paper
Personally Support Lemke — Deposed Leader which F r. Coughlin previously had
endorsed, and added th a t while the
Money at Townsend
Demands Accounting of Million Allegedly delegates
were not asked to endorse
Convention
‘Dissipated’—Gomer Smith Dares Ousting
the- party, “how m any of you will
follow Dr. Townsend?”
Cleveland, July 20 (IP)— Represen­
A co-founder of - the movement,
Cleveland, July 18 (IP) — The
The response was a cheer as the tative William Lemke, Dr. Francis E.
Townsend national convention adopt­ R obert E. Clements, who recently re­ delegates leaped to their feet.
Townsend and Rev. Gerald L. K.
ed today a resolution declaring the signed as secretary and treasurer, as­
Smith joined on the same platform
old age pension organization “shall serted in an interview th at “politi­
Cleveland, July 16 (IP)— Dr. F ra n ­ here Sunday in advocating old age
not a t any tim e during this cam­ cal opportunists” are trying to take cis E. Townsend, founder of the pensions and Lemke’s candidacy fo r
paign directly or indirectly endorse over the plan and th at “ if it falls in­ Townsend Old Age Pension Plan as­ President.
any presidential or vice presidential to unscrupulous hands it is a men­ sailed the Roosevelt adm inistration’s
They addressed the closing session
ace to the governm ent.”
candidate.”
“crazy orgy of spending” and told of the national convention of Town­
A t the convention sessions dele­ the second national Townsend con­
This was the answer of the Town­
send clubs in Cleveland Stadium.
send convention to the oft-asked gates listened in virtual silence to vention his movement has the support
Lemke, the Union P arty candidate
question of which way the “ Town­ telegram s from Governor A lf M. Lan­ of other groups who seek a “new era fo r President, aligned himself “four
send fam ily” would throw its vote in don and a secretary to President of social justice.”
square behind the old age pension
November. There were some few Roosevelt, saying it would be impos­
A sound lam basting of the New movement” and called the present
delegates who said they wanted to sible fo r Landon and the President Deal and an appeal fo r a tax on adm inistration “national lunacy.”
endorse specific presidential candi­ to accept speaking invitations. Nor­ everybody who spends was p u t before
Townsend, head of the pension or­
man Thomas, Socialist candidate for the convention by Dr. Townsend.
dates.
ganization, exhorted his followers to
They obviously w ere much in the President, accepted his invitation to
“We are all determined th a t the “elect loyal congressmen and sena­
m inority, however, since there were address the convention and said he insidious and poisonous propaganda
tors. They are your m eat. I am going
only a few scattered “noes” as the would arrive and speak this a fte r­ against our established form of gov­ a fte r bigger game.”
noon.
resolution was adopted.
ernm ent m ust end,” he said.
Smith, leader of the Share-theTownsend officials said no atten ­
A $200 monthly pension fo r the
S tan d s fo r C o n stitu tio n
W ealth clubs, roused the 8,000 listen­
aged w as upperm ost in the hearts and tion would be paid to a demand of
“ We all w ant it definitely under­ ers to standing cheers with a fiery
m in is of the delegates. Political the Communist party th at its candi­ stood by the world th a t we shall tol­
speech in which he said “the only
ram ifications of the convention for date, E arl Browder, be heard.
erate no attack upon our Supreme Presidential candidate fo r our plan
Representative William Lemke, Court, th a t bulwark of our liberties;
the *ost p a rt failed to stir their inis Lemke.”
candidate of the Union party, is we are all in accord as we demand
tere^—
Said Smith, “If I have to take a
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, the idol­ scheduled to speak a t a Townsend th at freedom of speech and action
candidate
put up by William Ran­
ized leader of the rank and file dele­ rally here Sunday.
within the law shall not be abridged. dolph H earst to have a Republican
From Gomer Smith’s home state,
gates, has announced he would not
“I believe th at we shall agree upon Party, then I say to h-11 with the Re­
vote fo r either President Roosevelt Oklahoma, came a statem ent by J. J. a program of political action th at will
publican P arty.
or Governor Landon. He told news­ Nighswander of Oklahoma City, a be more than a political platform ,
“ If I have to drink milk warmed in
m en he would not attem pt to “ co­ district Townsend leader, th a t if more than a list of specious prom ­
Tammany
from a bottle with a nip­
erce” his followers but th a t he per­ Smith is removed, “we’ll ju st secede ises such as have disgraced the old
ple put on by Jam es A. Farley, in
sonally would support, work fo r and and form an Oklahoma Townsend political parties for generations.
order to be a Democrat, then I say to
“help elect” Representative Lemke of club of our own.”
“ Ours m ust be a plan of immediate h-11 with the Democratic Party.
N orth Dakota, Union party presiden­
N. S. Roberts, southern regional
action, a definite laid out course of
“If Lemke forgets about the Town­
director, said today th at in the South
tial candidate.
action th a t wTill not compromise the send Plan, then I know a country doc­
“we do not prescribe to branding as principles of anyone of our groups,
to r and a Louisiana preacher who will
L ead ers in D isag ree m e n t
a double crosser, a betrayer or a liar
but
th
a
t
can
and
will
embody
in
a
chop his dad-gummed head off,”
Cleveland, July 18 (IP)— Dr. F ran ­ the man who is President of the Unit­
national
demand
a
call
fo
r
a
constitu­
Smith ci’ied as the crowd roared.
cis E. Townsend walked out on his ed States.” Such term s were used by
tional
amendment
th
a
t
will
insure
the
L em ke fo r Pensions
board of directors last night as the F ather Coughlin in his address.
abolition of poverty from our land,
old age pension movement, in nation- 1
Lemke issued a statem ent in which
insure a civil service award to our he said th at, as President, the W hite
al convention here, was beset with
T ow nsend B acks Lem ke
aged citizens, sufficient for m aintain­ House doors would be opened to
political and legal difficulties.
ing
them in a $200 a month standard Townsend and “to any other leaders
Cleveland, July 17 (IP)— Dr. F ra n ­
Townsend’s walkout followed his
demand fo r the ouster of Gomer cis E. Townsend announced th a t he, of living and thereby so inhance the of a great and humane cause.”
Smith of Oklahoma, national vice j Rev. F ath er Charles E. Coughlin, Rev. production of wealth th at all who
“I am one hundred per cent, fo r
wish
to
work
and
service
society
may
Gerald
K.
Smith
and
R
epresentative
president of the organization.
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an old age revolving pension. The de­
Smith’s fiery speech before the William Lemke will participate in a find opportunity to do so.
tails of such legislation m ust of
“ Why should we pussyfoot, why course be woi’ked out by your organ­
convention, had crystallized opposi­ tour in support of Lemke, the new
tion to Townsend’s leadership in join­ Union p arty ’s candidate fo r presi­ should we hedge; why should we not ization and Congress.
call a spade a spade? This adminis­
ing in the presidential campaign of dent.
“As President I will sign any bill
The announcem ent followed a tu ­ tration, instead of profiting by the th at Congress enacts which will give
Representative William Lemke along
with the Rev. F ath er Charles E. m ultuous day in the national conven­ mistakes of the preceding ones has an honest and fair compensation to
Coughlin and the Rev. Gerald L. K. tion of Townsend clubs which saw the gone on blindly intensifying those old people who have helped create
welding of Townsend’s old age pen­ same mistakes and adding to them in the wealth of the nation.
Smith.
Townsend said Gomer Smith would sion movement, Coughlin’s National infinite variety of new ones.
“I will veto any subterfuge or sub­
“Thirty-six billions of national stitute such as the so-called Social
have to be eliminated from the or­ Union for Social Justice, Smith’s
ganization and th a t “I will not sit in Share-the-W ealth movement, and debt is the record of these blunder­ Security Act which should have been
Lemke’s candidacy in the election ing, bungling mistakes.
any m eeting with him.”
called the social insecurity act and
Q u estio n s N ew D eal P u rp o se
W hen the board convened, Smith campaign.
which is sham legislation and was in­
Prolonged cheering filled the
“All the haphazard, ill-conceived tended to cheat and deceive the mem­
Walked in. Townsend shortly walked
Cleveland
public
auditorium
as
legislation
th at has been indulged in bers of this organization and its lead­
out stiffly and retired to his hotel
Townsend, Coughlin and
Smith by this adm inistration evinces one of ers.”
room.
Smith emerged and said Townsend clasped hands upon the platform in a twro things, either profound ignor­
“We no longer have representative
ance and lack of comprehension of governm ent,” he said. “Due to a cor­
told the board th a t Smith’s resigna­ signal of unity.
A discordant note was sounded by the basic causes underlying our eco­ ru p t patronage system , your Con­
tion was the first order of business
and th a t he would retire until this Gomer Smith, national vice president nomic national disaster, or a deliber­ gressmen no longer write the laws.
of the Townsend organization. He ate, Machiavelian-planned attem pt to They are prepared by a brainless
had been completed.
Smith said he would not resign and announced he is going to support discredit and totally wreck the Amer­ brain trust, no one of whom could
Roosevelt.
His
speech
brought ican principle of government.
reentered the meeting.
have been elected to office.
“Every act of governm ent has been
Gomer Smith, speaking a fte r Fr. mingled cheers and boos.
“Yes, the members of Congress
Townsend then announced to a predicted upon the heedless advice of voted a program b u t it was one which
Coughlin had addressed the conven­
tion, had defended President Roose­ press conference he would ask the the President when he said “try some­ all but wrecked the government.
velt, and denounced F r. Coughlin and board of directors to oust Gomer thing, if it works, try it some m ore;
“ One way to help people to become
if it does not work, try something self-supporting is to give them a suf­
Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, head of the Smith.
Townsend'said all four leaders had else.’
share the wealth organizations.
ficient old age pension and put the
agreed
to campaign together in the
“ If this is not the advice of a total money into circulation.”
The second national Townsend
convention, itself, was committed to tour. Dates and itinerary have not incom petent or a reckless fatalist
Says A d m in istra tio n G angs Up
a policy of refraining from partisan­ been arranged but they expected to who is incapable of thoughtful plan­
He said honest and intelligent ex­
ship or an y endorsem ent of any po­ visit New York, Philadelphia, Chi­ ning on a national scale, w hat is it? pansion of currency to save the
cago, St. Louis, New Orleans and
“ I believe th at the advice to his of­ homes of the farm ers as proposed un­
litical party.
possibly San Francisco.
ficial fam ily was deliberate reckless­ d e r the Frazier-Lemke measure
A cco u n tin g Is D em anded
Townsend said he “agreed per­ ness intended to augm ent the disas­ should be provided and added:
Rev. A lfred J. W right, of Cleve­
fectly” with Coughlin’s attack on te r th at has befallen us.
“The adm inistration ganged up on
land, recently removed as a regional Roosevelt.
“Strange indeed it is that-despite us. It forgot its promises and defeat­
Townsend leader, and three other
The convention adopted a resolu­ the marvelous strides attained along
persons filed a suit in common pleas tion declaring the Townsend organi­ productive and scientific lines there ed th at bill by the corrupt patronage
court asking th a t Dr. Townsend and zation non-partisan, and calling fo r has been such laggard activity in the system. It used questionable means in
the board of directors be removed r speaking invitations to be sent to the sociological world. We have learned doing so.”
A statem ent th at “the greatest
th a t the court order an accounting Presidential candidates of the Demo­ how to create and possess, wealth un­
of $1,000,000 in Townsend Clubs’ cratic, Republican and Socialist p ar­ dreamed of may be bad by the indi­ Democrat th a t we have had in the
last 100 years was Senator Huey
money which the petition said bad ties.
vidual who owns the means of pro­ Long” brought applause bouncing
been “ dissipated,” and th a t a receiver
Then Gomer Smith delivered an duction, yet in the lower stra ta of back to him from several thousand
be appointed.
address in which he concluded “I’m society w ant and destitution are as listeners in the huge stadium.
W right’s petition named as defend­ going to support President Roose­ ram pant, ignorance as dense, crimin­
“You common men and women no
ants Dr. Townsend, Rev. Gerald L. K. velt.”
ality as attractive as in any other pe­ longer can place any confidence in
Smith, John K iefer of Chicago, Rev.
He declared th a t some of the riod in the world’s history.
the two old parties who gang up on
Clinton W under of New York, Gil- Townsend leaders are “trying to
“My friends, there is no doubt in you,” he said.
m our Young and B axter Rankine of lead us into the slaughter house of my mind th a t we are on the eve of a
Lemke demanded an “honest dis­
Chicago, F ran k A. Arbuckle of Los destruction along with F ath er Cough­
g reat world-surge forw ard toward an tribution of so-called over-produc­
Angeles^ and N athan Roberts of Jack­ lin with his shirt off and w ith Gerald ideal civilization. This advance will
tion,” blaming the ills of the country
sonville, Fla. All are officers and di­ Smith with a Bible in his hands.
come rapidly or slowly as you and I upon under-consumption and mal-disrectors of the Townsend organiza­
There were a few boos. He halt­ do our duty or neglect to do it.
tribution.
tion.
ed several times, then proceeded with
“I believe with all my h eart th at
“ The Union P a rty pledges th at
I t asked fo r “ discovery, account­ the assertion he could take care of
this great political adventure upon such things will forever be abolished,”
ing, restitution and removal of tru s­ hecklers. When he had finished, Dr. which we are launched is a contagion
tees and appointm ent of new trustees Townsend quieted the delegates, and of idealism th at will inevitably spread he said. “ We are going to protect the
homes of the nation, see th a t the
and a receiver.”
said Smith was “homesick” and upset to all the world and th a t nothing can eviction o f men and women will be
The action asserted th a t an ac­ because he had been defeated fo r the stop it.”
stopped and th a t the governm ent will
counting should be returned of $1,- Democratic nomination fo r senator.
Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, head of see creditors are refinanced and get
000,000 “taken in but not accounted
F ath er Coughlin asserted in his ad­ the share-the-wealth movement and
fo r” by Townsend leaders, and th at d re ss'th a t the National Union would a Townsend director, said “Dr. Town­ what they are entitled to.
“No one can accuse me of saying
“large sums were given to individuals not support any Congressional can­
send has assured me th a t he will stand before election th a t I was 100 per
fo r their own personal benefits.”
didate who worked fo r the re-elec­ with myself and others in a continued
cent, fo r the .pM form principles my
I t alleged th a t the defendants caus­ tion of President Roosevelt.
and relentless attack on the Roose- p arty had adopted and a fte r election
ed Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd.,
“ As fa r as the N ational Union is velt-Farley machine.”
borrowing from the Hoover platform .
to tra n sfe r $10,000 to Townsend Vis­ concerned,” Coughlin said, “no can­
Smith disclosed the “essential p a rt
“No governm ent can be safe or
u a l Education, subsidiary organiza­ didate which is endorsed fo r Con­
of our campaign this Summer” is perm anent which has seven million
tion, illegally; to lend $25,000 to Ed­ gress can support the g reat betrayer
“the adoption of a twenty-second people on the dole. Any man or wo­
w ard J. M argett fo r his own benefit; and liar, Franklin D. Roosevelt, he
amendment to the constitution,” to man on relief of necessity becomes
to assign $25,000 to Gomer Smith to who promised to drive out th e money­ be drafted by Townsend.
radical and red. All these things are
finance his senatorial campaign; and changers and succeeded in driving the
Applause, usually spontaneous, not necessary.”
to tra n sfe r large sums to Dr. S. E. farm ers from their homesteads and
now and then brought cheer leaders
He outlined the Union P a rty ’s pro­
T aylor, Rev. Clinton W under and Dr. citizens from their homes in the citleaping to th eir chairs to help the gram as calling fo r:
Towfisend.
les. »
yelling along.
The governm ent to take up all out­
I t also charged Dr. Townsend so­
Gilmour Young, national secretary standing bonds by issuing its own
licited contributions from clubs and
Cleveland, Ju ly 16 (A1)— The Rev. reported the movement now has 8,Jeembers “upon the false representa- F r. Charles E. Coughlin joined politi­ 000 clubs in the country, “more than money.
—
—
:n ” th a t th e fu n d s o f Old A ge Re­ cal forces with Dr. Francis E. Town­
double the num ber we had last year.”
Jam es Dunn, sold lunch-wagons and
iving Pensions, L td., w ere to be send and th e Rev. Gerald L. K, Smith
He prodicted th a t 16,000 clubs would made $10,000 profit in ten months a t
hod by Senatorial investigators. today and in an address a t th e Town- be organized by next year*
one tim e before becoming an actor.
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ownsendites Refuse to
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LEMKE UNITES End of Drouth Hailed by Man
Who Forecast It Six Months Ago;
BETTER AS RAIN
WITH SMITH,
Now Forecasts Rains, Floods
BRINGS RELIEF
DR. TOWNSEND
Chicago, July 16 (IP)—-An imme­
diate end to the drought w ith its
crop ruin and threats of rising food
prices is forecast by the m an who
predicted the hot, dry w eather six
months before it arrived.
There would be “no more damage
from drought” a fte r today, he assert­
ed, although it m ight take the nation
10 days to accept the fact. By July
26th, he added, there would be so
much rain th at “ everyone is going to
see th a t the drought danger is end­
ed.”
The m an was Selby Maxwell, astronomer-meteorologist, who said he
read the good news in the wobblings
of the moon.
Maxwell predicted the drought’s
end with the same air of confidence
with which he warned of its coming
around Christmas tim e in 1935.
A t th a t time, he glanced at his
long range forecasting charts— based
on the distances the moon -wobbles in
its orbit— and predicted, th a t Ja n ­
uary and February would have heavy
snow, and th at drought would de­
velop during March, April and May
and do its worst in June and July.
All th a t came to pass.
Now, Maxwell says, his charts
show th a t the end of the drought
began with last week-end’s rains—
the ones the w eather bureau ex­
pected would break the h o t wave.
W hen the break failed, Maxwell
said the cool wave did not dissipate
as some weatherm en believed, but had
shot northw ard over the uninhabited
wilds of Canada, and looped back
yesterday from the Hudson Bay re­
gion. His maps, made months before,
outlined the loop clearly.
F o r today, Maxwell predicted a
“ considerable drop” in tem peratures
— perhaps 20 to 25 degrees— accompainied by rain from the G reat Lakes
to Alabama.
A hurricane on July 20th— “it may
be ju st a lot of w ater, b u t it m ay get
nasty and rip things up” — would
blow across Alabama, Georgia and
the Carolinas and bring rain and
lower tem peratures to the lower half
of the corn belt, he declared.
General rains would follow, Max­
well w ent on, and th e fipods he fore­
cast last Christmas fo r this Fall
would then come.
HAMILTON SAYS LANDON’S AIDE
LANDON TO WIN TALKS AFFAIRS
No Y. BY 350,000 WITH GOV. ELY
A sse rts N ew E n g la n d F o rm e r D em o cratic G ov­
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w ill go R ep u b lican ,
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M aine E lect R e p u b li­
R ep u b lican s, W ill F o l­
can G o vernor, U. S.
low T h e m
S en ato r, T h re e C on­
g ressm en
Springfield, Mass., July 16 (/P)—Boston, July 17 (IP) — Chairman
John D. M. Hamilton of the Repub­
lican National Committee, complet­
ing a four day tour of the six New
England states, declared today New
England will go Republican in the
national election this fall.
Hamilton also said “there isn’t the
slightest question in the world what
we are going to do in Maine. We
are going to get three Congressmen,
a United States Senator and a Gov­
ernor.”
He termed his New England to u r
“the most gratifying swing I have
taken yet.”
The Maine election comes in Sep­
tem ber and for years has been con­
sidered a barom eter of the nation’s
trend fo r November elections.
Throughout the country, Hamilton
said in an interview, the Republican
party was gaining support from per­
sons wrho never before had taken an
active p art in politics.
He predicted Governor Landon
would carry New York state by from
350,000 to 500,000 votes.
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M cCarl to V isit Landon
\
Topeka, Kan., July 17 (IP)— John
R. McCarl, form er comptroller gen­
eral, who favors putting “the brakes”
on federal spending, arrived today
fo r a conference with Governor Alf
M. Landon.
“I am glad of the opportunity of
seeing the governor,” McCarl told
newsmen, “ but w ant to reserve all
statem ents until afte r our confer­
ence.”
His meeting with the Republican
presidential candidate was arranged
fo r late afternoon. A t luncheon Lan­
don was host to> W ayland Brooks,
Republican candidate fo r governor in
Illinois, and George F. Harding, Il­
linois national committeeman.
“We came a t the invitation of
Governor Landon,” Brooks safd. “I
am going to report th at since the
Cleveland convention the ticket of
Landon and Knox has caught the im­
agination of the people of Illinois like
nothing I’ve ever seen before.
“Republicans are returning to the
p arty and a g reat many Democrats
are attending our meetings. I think
we’re going to carry Illinois.” •
Brooks attributed the “Landon
tren d ” to “confusion in the minds
of the people over where the New
Deal is taking them .”
------------o------- —
John D. M. Hamilton, chairm aa of
the Republican National Committee,
conferred here today with one of the
five Democrats who in concert pro­
tested against renom inating President
Roosevelt— Form er Gov. Joseph B.
Ely of Massachusetts.
Their talk took place over the
breakfast coffee cups.
“We discussed m atters generally,”
said Hamilton, “and talked about the
state of Massachusetts.
We dis­
cussed the possibility -whether other
Democratic leaders had the same re ­
action as Gov. Ely.”
Asked whether Mr. Ely would take
the stump fo r the Republican presi­
dential nominee, Mr. Hamilton said:
“The m atter was discussed. So fa r
as I am concerned, I certainly hope
so.”
“ So fa r as I am concerned,” said
Mr. Ely, following Mr. Ham ilton’s
brief statem ent, “I am going to fol­
low the Democratic ideals of govern­
ment.
“It happens th a t in the course, of
the coming election those ideals are
espoused by the Republican party in
national politics.
“I ’m going to align myself with the
substance of those ideals and not
with the label.
“The Rooseveltian party has fo r­
saken the principles of the Demo­
cratic party ,” he said.
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Mayosrs and Medical Men
Say Proper Temperance
Education is L a c k i n g
Albany, July 20 (IP)— The State
Liquor A uthority today said presi­
dents of New York state’s county
medical societies, like the mayors of
its cities and villages, are generally
agreed th at “adequate, impartial
tem perance education fo r young peo­
ple is lacking.”
The Liquor A uthority said 29 of
33 replies to a questionnaire sent
leaders of county medical societies
answered “no” to th e query:
“In your opinion, is adequate and
im partial tem perance education be­
ing given to young people today?”
The same questionnaire, sent the
mayors, brought a sim ilar n ear unan­
imity regarding tem perance educa­
tion.
The doctors were divided evenly
on the question whether drinking has
increased since repeal, the authority
said. One-third declared th a t it has,
one-third th a t it has decreased and
the rem ainder th a t there had been
no change.
Fear on Charges Demos
Killed Bill Promising
Aid to State Dairymen Republic Light, Heat
to Buy Penn-York Gas
Ogdensburg, July 16 (IP)— State
Senator George R. Fearon, of Syra­
cuse, charged yesterday th a t Senate
Democrats had “killed” legislation
which he said would have returned
much of the state milk m arket to
New York farm ers.
Fearon, speaking before t h e
Women’s Republican Club, said he
referred to a bill introduced by Sena­
to r Rhoda Fox Graves and Assem­
blyman Russell. W right.
Its passage, he declared, “would
have had a f a r reaching effect not
only upon the revenue received by
dairym en' but also upon the health
of consumers.”
F earon asserted th a t the bill was
“killed” in the Democratic controlled
Senate committee.
F earon said the Graves-W right bill
‘w ould have required producers from
Other states to obtain a perm it -from
th e New York S tate Commissioner o f
Health*
Buffalo, July 18 (IP)— Stephen B.
Severson, vice president of the Re­
public Light, H eat & Power Co., an­
nounced today th a t a 140 mile pipe­
line would be constructed to serve
W estern New York communities writh
natural gas.
Severson said the Penn-York N at­
ural Gas Corporation would soon be
ready to sta rt construction of the
line, which -will ru n from the Penn­
sylvania gas fields to the Dunkirk
and B atavia areas. H e said th e cost
would be approxim ately $1,500,000.
The gas will be sold to the Repub­
lic company by Penn-York fo r distri­
bution. In addition to Batavia and
Dunkirk, other communities to be
served by the new line are Oakfield,
A ttica, Fredonia, Chautauqua, May­
ville, Silver Creek and Rrocton.
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Many Areas
Copyright, 1336, by Associated Press
Chicago, July 20 (IP)— Predictions
th a t the drouth may yet be a boon to
the farm er generally rose from the
Grain Belt as week-end showers pour­
ed new life into the corn crop.
If rains continued and spread—•
they were already scattered over Min­
nesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Il­
linois, Indiana and Michigan—-farm
experts of W estern railroads declared
the farm er as a whole would be bet­
te r off than with a bum per crop.
The drouth has done staggering
damage in some states, they said, but
it was not nearly as devastating or
widespread as the 1934 disaster.
W eather bureau crop forecasters
agreed a good corn crop was still
possible and th at fa ir yields would be
made in other crops in some sections.
The result, they said— always
counting on m oderate to heavy rains
— would be th a t crops enough to give
the farm ers as a whole a good price
a t a good quantity would be cut. His
income, they went on, would be bet­
te r than on a m arket flooded by
bumper yields.
Even in the h eart of the drouth
furnace, with thousands of farm ers
dependant on W. P. A. for a liveli­
hood in the Dakotas, Montana, Wyo­
ming and Minnesota, observers saw
hope of saving something from the
ruin.
W h ea t P ro sp ects L e ft
Spring wheat in the fertile Red
River Valley in North Dakota and
Minnesota— “nation’s bread basket”
— was the last to feel drouth’s scorch­
in g breath. The railroad men report­
ed “prospects excellent” In irrigated
sections of N orthern Colorado, Wyo­
ming and W estern Nebraska. The
W inter wheat crop harvested now,
was “better than expected” almost
everywhere. In 1934, it was a failure.
The rest of the 1936 Spring -wheat,
however, was gone.
As fa r as cattle were concerned, C.
B. Denman, of Farm ington, Mo.,
president of the National Livestock
M arketing Association — 300,000
members— said “the drouth hasn’t
been on long enough to force heavy
receipts.” Those cattle which were
sold befcause of drying pastures, he
said, v/ere “ good f a t beef.” ~
The grain m arkets were jumpy be­
cause of the week end rains, which
began Friday night.
The showers brought greatest cheer
to the growers of corn, the Belt’s
most im portant crop.
C rops G ain in H e a t
In Iowa— where six weeks ago fa r­
m ers were worrying about low prices
because of an anticipated bum per
yield—the rain brought “considerable
recovery” from hot w eather’s dam­
age. Other crops were definitely im­
proved.
Tension was relieved in Minnesota
where small grain harvests were ex­
ceeding expectations in some cases.
Prospects were brightened by show­
ers in Wisconsin.
In South Dakota, where R esettle­
m ent A dm inistrator Tugwell contin­
ued his inspection to u r by adding
states to the drouth relief sector,
rains were expected today. Showers
were also due in hard h it North Da­
kota.
No relief was in sight fo r Kansas,
Nebraska and Oklahoma, W eather­
man J. R. Lloyd reported, but “it
looks like the hot w eather is ju st
about over in Indiana, Illinois, Wis­
consin, E astern Minnesota and Mich­
igan.”
Labor Party is Urged
in State to Support
Roosevelt and Lehman
New York, July 16 (IP)— Sidney
Hillman, president of th e Amalga­
mated Clothing W orkers Union and
one of the organizers of the Labor
N on-Partisan League called upon or­
ganized labor today to form an inde­
pendent labor p arty in New York
state to support the re-election o f
President Roosevelt and Governor
Lehman.
Opening a m eeting of th e New
York State committee of the NonP artisan League, Hillman, an asso­
ciate o f John L. Lewis, said the State
committee would exchange presiden­
tial electors with the Democratic
ticket.
Broken C ar Damages Tracks
Randolph, July 20— Twenty-five
section men have been working th e
past week replacing ties over a quar­
te r of a mile strip of road bed ju s t
north o f the Jam estow n stre et over­
head crossing. The ties w ere to rn up
when th e journal on a heavily loaded
gondola car broke, perm itting th e
fram e of the ear to jum p on th e ties
outside th e rig h t rail,
The men, working in th e glaring
h eat o f the p a st few days, found i t
necessary to replace 1,469 ties.
F o rtu n ately , none of th e cam s i
the freig h t tra in were derailed, feat
th e train was held hare for mm Hflfw
before the track could h e cleared it e
it to continue.