The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-21
NEA service Writer

cOnEfe4B Will not knOck OH koT
their big summer Of national con.
ventions and campaigning without
a Anal battle over farm relief and.
probably. over unemployment re-
lief 40 well.
There Will be excellent campaign
material In u Tor some members,
especially those from the farm
states, but others may become
pretty hot and bothered before
hoy decide how 10 vote.
How far Senators Costlgan OF
Colorado and LaFollctte OF Wis.
consin viii get In their second Mt
tempt of the session to obtain d.
rect federal relief for the unem-
ployed IN uncertain At the moment.
Costignn now proposes b $500, 000,.
900 bond Issue for that purpose.
New Evidence Of Need
New evidence Of the need In
many cities for federal help has
been brought to Washington and
proponents of the CoHtIRnn bill arc
hopeful that additional senator's,
with some Of them facing n0mlna-
ton or election Nights and others
convinced whereas they were not
before, can DO persuaded to sun.
port direct relief In sufficient num-
bcrs TO pass the measure.
The LaFollette.C ostigan bill
providing q $37b,000 900 nppro.
printion was defeated In February,
The overwhelming sentiment for
federal economy. however, may
offset the gains Of the relief forces
| which would otherwise be expect.
ed. The new proposal for a bond
Issue Ia designed partly TO meet
that objection.
Three CoMrAcs Open
Farmers, however, are sure 10
sion ends. Tho three lnrge farm
orga nizati ns---American Farm Bu-
renu, National Orange and Farm.
ers' Union---hnve presented q
triple barreled program which, IN
n possibly modthed form, seems
likely to pass both houses OF con.
gress some time after tax lcgisla.
'o Th o. " farm bill introduced by
Chairman McNary OF the Senate
Agriculture committee would en-
Dowcr the Federal Farm board, ~
its discretion, TO employ the equal
isation fce---pet OF the Farm Blu,
reau, the export debcnture plan--'
favorlte OF the Orange, pr a proht-
billion OF selling farm products be.
low production costs--as proposed
by the Farmers Union. President
Hoover has In the past emphatical"
~ dlsapproved both the equalixa.
ton fec and the debenture scheme
ana may be expected to veto them.
Would "Scparatc" Crops
Each Of the three plans IN based
on the idea OF separating crops
Into two parts, hrst that Tor 40
nestle sale and consumption bee
hind the tariff wall which 10 now
ineffective on crops which have ex-
r,ort surpluses, and, second, that
Tor sale abroad. The bill makes u
entirely optional with the Farm
Board whether to use any one or
more OF the plans.
| An attempt will also be made to
aggregate $100,000.000 OF Recon-
struction Finance Corporation
funds for financing the export OF
the present Farm Board holdings
| In wheat and cotton, so that IL the
main body of legislation Ii enacted
II will not start under such a seri-
GUS handicap as would be present.
ed by those holdings.
| Under the equalization fee. sur
pluBee Of farm products would DC
bought up by the board until an
American price" equal to the
world price plus the tarin (ths
tariff IL AZ cents on wheat, Tor ex-
ampie) was established. Farmers
would be paid that american
price," minus an equalization zee
computed and charged by the
board TO pay expenses of handling
the surplus and selling IL abroad.
The Dcbcnture Plan
4 the debenturc plan were en-
pIoyed, farmers or co-opernuvcs
exporting commodities would re-
ceive treasury certinchtee or De.
bentures amounting to half the TAR
I'm. Anyone exporting 1900 BUSH
els OF wheat. that In. would receive
SINGLE LOG HOME.
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