Governor Eugene Talmadge opposed desegregation and what New Deal program

Gov. Talmadge opposed the New Deal's farmer relief programs on the grounds that it was possible for African-American farmers to be paid more than white farmers.

Talmadage was a notorious white-supremacist and demagogue and was virulently opposed to much of the New Deal. Talmadage wanted any payments in Georgia to align with Georgia's low public wage laws to encourage workers to return to the private sector.