The Pittsburgh Press (October 5, 1944)
Wickard to speak in farm states
Washington (UP) –
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard will leave today on a four-week speaking tour of 11 leading agricultural states to open formally the bid of the Democratic Party for the “traditionally” Republican farm vote.
Mr. Wickard has scheduled a series of 23 speeches between Oct. 7 and Nov. 3. His itinerary will carry him into Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and probably Pennsylvania.