INDEX 



573 



in, 224; Union exchange activities in, 242; 



elections of 1922, 350; on wheat-acreage 



reductions, 421; election of 1930, 428; 



criticisms of New Deal, 522 

 Kansas City, Missouri: livestock market, 84; 



Farmers' Union exchange center, 242-44, 



305; hearings on packers, 327 

 Kelley, O. H., founder of Grange: 541 

 Kellogg, Frank B., defeated (1922): 346-47 

 Kennedy, E. E., on "cost of production": 



394 

 Kentucky: tobacco growers' organization, 



121 ; tobacco-pool activities, 122-25; in 



formation of Farm Bureau, 268 

 Kenyon, W. S.: U.S. senator, 324; federal 



judge, 349 



Knapp, Joseph, publisher: 455 

 Kraschel, N. G., Iowa governor: 519 



Labor: Loetve v. Lawler (1908), 63; Wis- 

 consin farmer-labor cooperation, 142; in- 

 fluences Nonpartisan League, 149; pro- 

 gram favored by League, 177; cooperation 

 with League in Minnesota, 178, 180, 187; 

 relations with Farmers' Union, 225, 252; 

 in campaign of 1924, 369; efforts at farmer 

 unionization, 521; strikes of 1938, 526; 

 third-party action, 551; see also Farm 

 labor 



Ladd, E. F.: candidate for U.S. senator, 197; 

 elected, 199, 342; supports progressive 

 bloc, 336; joined by Frazier, 348 



La Follette, Philip F.: represents his father, 

 354; elected governor, 428; farm spokes- 

 man, 550 



La Follette, Robert M.: early career, 34; as 

 reform leader, 35-40; influence in Iowa, 

 42; quoted, 53; opposes Payne-Aldrich 

 tariff, 54; aids Equity, 127; La Follette's 

 Magazine, 133; on World War I, 179; de- 

 nounced, 181; indifference to Nonpartisan 

 League, 205, 209; resents Gronna's defeat, 

 212; attends farmers' convention, 225; dif- 

 ferences with Farm Bureau, 282; supports 

 progressive bloc, 336; re-election (1922), 



342, 346; on reform, 350; directs Minnesota 

 campaign, 354; goes to Europe, 355; cam- 

 paign of 1924, 358; denounces Commu- 

 nists, 360; candidacy for President, 362- 

 69; defeat, 370 



La Follette, Robert M., Jr.: views on Federal 

 Farm Board, 412; favors "cost of produc- 

 tion," 533; farm spokesman, 550 

 Laidler, H. W., Socialist writer: 215 

 Landon, Alfred M.: candidate for President, 



506; criticizes farm program, 508 

 Land-use program, support for: 492 

 Land values: steady rise in, 15; indicate 

 prosperity, 23; formula for, 24 n.; stimu- 

 late emigration, 25; rise during war, 101-4 

 Langer, William A.: North Dakota politi- 

 cian, 164; revolts against League, 196; can- 

 didate for governor, 197; forbids forced 

 sales, 450; proposes wheat embargo, 482- 



83, 558 

 Langer v. Hall, Nonpartisan League case: 



195 



Legge, Alexander: advises cooperative, 299; 

 chairman Federal Farm Board, 409; con- 

 sulted by Hoover, 417; criticisms of, 420, 

 429; consulted on domestic allotment plan, 

 456 



Legislative Reference Library: in Wisconsin, 

 39; investigates cooperatives, 66 



Lemke, William: Nonpartisan leader, 161; 

 supports Frazier, 165; plans for League, 

 192; defeated, 204; attitude toward farm 

 strike, 446; sponsors cost-of-production 

 bill, 532 



Lenroot-Anderson bill, for rural credits: 



338 

 Le Sueur, Arthur: adviser to Townley, 191; 



opposes League program, 193-95 

 Lewis, Senator J. H., on farm protests: no 

 Lind, John, Minnesota politician: 48 

 Lindbergh, Charles A.: Nonpartisan League 



leader, 186; defeated in 1916, 187 

 Lippmann, Walter, interest in domestic 



allotment: 455 

 Livestock marketing: beginnings of, 80-8 1; 



