Evening star., 1928-05-23
PRESIDENT VETOES
FARM AID MEASURE
Reiterates MCNary-Haugen
| Bill Is "UnWorkabIe" and
objectionable"
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ures, compelled him to return the bill to
the Senate without his signature.
The fact that the President made
known SO clearly his ideas for further
aid to agriculture and expressed the
hope that legislation that would be raw
orable according to his way of thinking
might be enacted, 1t is recognized by
many that the President has attempted
TO shift the responsibilities for the de-
feat of farm relief from the White
House to Congress.
II summary of what he considered
the objections to the measure the PreSi-
dent cited the following headings:
~ It's attempted price fixing fallacy.
t2l The tax characteristics OF the
equalization fee. &
(S) The widespread beauraucracy
which il would set up.
(4l Its announcement to profiteering
asd wasteful distribution by middle
men.
(5l It's stimulation over production.
(6l It's aid to our foreign agricultural
competitors.
Could Find Other Objections.
Following the listing CT these six
headings the President stated that
these topics by no means exhaust the
list of fallacious and indeed dangerous
aspects of the bill. but they, in his
opinion. afford ample grounds for its
emphatic rejection. He added that
detailed analysis of all of the objections
TO the measure would involve docu-
naent of TRULY formidable proportions.
According to the Presidents written
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Of agricultural commodities and prod
ucts by artificially controlling the sur
pluses so that there will be an apparant
scarcity on the market. is one OF the
objectionable features.
He pointed out that the fund TO pay
the losses and other cost while trying
to artificially control the surpluseS,
while at first furnished by the Govern
Ynent. is ultimately to be replaced and
thereafter repleniShed from time to
time By means of a tax or fee charged
against the product the theory of which
is that the enhanced price OF the COM
modify would enable the producer TO
pay the equalization fee and stin reap
8 profit. While realizing that the sur
plus problem is one of chief concern
to the entire Nation, and that any eco
nonicaIiy sound workable solution OF
II would be happily retained. this meas
ure. in his opinion. falls far short OF
that most desirable objective.
Fails in Purpose.
In this connection he declared that
the bill, although It purports to pro-
vide farm relief by lessening the cares
of this country's greatest industry. II
not only fails to accomplish that pur-
pose. but actually heaps even higher
its burdens Of political control Of dis
tribution costs, and. Of foreign compe-
tition.
He declared also that the bill en-
bodies formidable array OF perils Tor
Agriculture which are all the more
Yrenacing because of their being OBJ
scured in a maze of ponderously futile
beauraucratic paraphernalia. He recog-
rized that while some constructive
steps proposed BY the administration
have been included in the measure, the
bill nevertheless renews most OF the
more vicious devices which were con-
tanned in the bill he vetoed last year.
He realizes that an attempt was made
to alter the document from its previous
form, but as he views il its substance,
particularly as TO its evident ultimate
effect of tending 70 delude the farmer
with q fantastic promise OF unWOrk-
still as repugnant as ever 10 the spirit
Of American institutions, both political
and commercial
Declared Deceptive.
Regarding the price fixing features OF
the measure the President said that the
latter is as cruelty deceptive in its dis
gllise as governmental rice-fixing leg
1siation and involves quite as unmis-
takably the impossible scheme OF at
tempted governmental control of buying
and selling Of agricultural products
through political agencies as any Of
thsy5ther so-called surplus control bills.
He cites that the bill carefully avoids
any direct ailusion TO certain price
nxing functions, but . in his opinion
there can be no doubt about IS inten-
tacns.
The equalization fee. which the Presi-
dent looks upon as the kernel OF the
McNary- -Haugen bill, is, according 70
his opinion a sales tax upon the entire
community and is II no sense a mere
contribution % be made BY the pro-
Gucers themselves as has been repre-.
sented by supporters Of the measure.
Regarding what he refers 70 as the
widespread bureacracy the President
stated tilz1 a bureaucratic tyranny OF
unprecedented proportions would be let
down upon the backs Of the farm in
oustry and its distributors throughout
the Nation IN connection with the In
forcement Of this measure.
Warns AGAINST Laws.
In conclusion the President warned
that this Government should avoid the
error Of seeking In laws the cause Of
the Ills Of agriculture. He added that
this mistake leads away from perm
anent solution and serves only 70 take
political issues out Of fundamental
economic problems tfat cannot be
solved by political action
He said further that II the measure is
enacted one would BE- led 10 wonder how
long IL would be before producers Of
other lines would clamor for similar
+eauaiizing" subsidies from the public
Golfers. He said that the Hobbies OF Con-
4ress would be filled with efnisSaries Of
every anomentarily distressed industry
demanding similar relief Of q burden
some surplus a. the expense Of the
Treasury, anc that once we plunged into
the futile sopniStries Of such system oi
wholesale commercial 6oleS for special
groups 81 middlemen and distributors at
the expense 81 farmers ard other pro-
ducesS. il Is difficult 10 see what the end
might be.
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