1956 - Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson Speaking to Farmers, Newton, Iowa
Speaking from platform (SOF): “At the same time...we should never treat the farmer as a political prize....let’s talk about what lies ahead.” Says Democrats will support income parity, not just product parity; wants to support marketing of hogs at earlier time to end “...times of bankrupt prices...and we’ll administer diligently the soil bank program... It used to be called “soil conservation”...I wonder if it weren’t that word bank that caused the Republicans to like it better.
18:03:57 “Today we are confronted, not w/ a break down of our agriculture, but w/ a break down of our imagination & our leadership...”
18:05:18 “...all too seldom are his (farmers) troubles explained to other people, to the city people. ...the farmer just isn’t getting a fair share of our national prosperity.” What if General Motors didn’t know what price they would get...they’d ask for price supports. “...from this administration they would probably get it.”
18:06:36 CU “...we want to get on....for the benefit of everybody...for the New America...where there’s a way and because the Democratic Party has the will, we’ll find the way. ...there’s no real peace so long as half of our tax dollars go for the means to kill one another...in the last four years our prestige in the world has suffered from a succession of erratic acts, slogans....our emphasis has been on military acts not economic development...”
18:08:21 “The issue of peace is above politics. There is no Peace Party in the United States, just as there is no War Party in the United States. No American wants war...I know some Republican leaders are counting on selling themselves to farmers as the party of peace...but those who fool you on farm policy make a poor risk on foreign policy as well...”
18:10:06 Swish pan to applauding farmers / audience
Agricultural Economics; Presidential Campaigning; 22Sep56;
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1956 - Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson Speaking to Farmers, Newton, Iowa Speaking from platform (SOF): “At the same time...we should never treat the farmer as a political prize....let’s talk about what lies ahead.” Says Democrats will support income parity, not just product parity; wants to support marketing of hogs at earlier time to end “...times of bankrupt prices...and we’ll administer diligently the soil bank program... It used to be called “soil conservation”...I wonder if it weren’t that word bank that caused the Republicans to like it better. 18:03:57 “Today we are confronted, not w/ a break down of our agriculture, but w/ a break down of our imagination & our leadership...” 18:05:18 “...all too seldom are his (farmers) troubles explained to other people, to the city people. ...the farmer just isn’t getting a fair share of our national prosperity.” What if General Motors didn’t know what price they would get...they’d ask for price supports. “...from this administration they would probably get it.” 18:06:36 CU “...we want to get on....for the benefit of everybody...for the New America...where there’s a way and because the Democratic Party has the will, we’ll find the way. ...there’s no real peace so long as half of our tax dollars go for the means to kill one another...in the last four years our prestige in the world has suffered from a succession of erratic acts, slogans....our emphasis has been on military acts not economic development...” 18:08:21 “The issue of peace is above politics. There is no Peace Party in the United States, just as there is no War Party in the United States. No American wants war...I know some Republican leaders are counting on selling themselves to farmers as the party of peace...but those who fool you on farm policy make a poor risk on foreign policy as well...” 18:10:06 Swish pan to applauding farmers / audience Agricultural Economics; Presidential Campaigning; 22Sep56;