Evening star., 1932-11-19
NEW FARM RELIEF
MEASURES STARTED
IN CHICAGO PARLEY
Business and Agricultural
Leaders Confer to Draft Bill
for Next Congress.
EXPORT DEBENTURE
PROPOSAL Renewed
All Major Groups Hope to Agree
on Single Program Before
Session Opens.
By the Associated prass

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 19.-Aided by
organized business, agriculture's renewed
demands for legislation to help solve the
farm problem are being drafted for
presentation to Congress.
While the three major farm groups
hold their annual meetings, with pri-
/ mary consideration given to proposals
for rural rehabilitation, the Chamber
OF Commerce Of the United States has
appointed committee to draft recon-
mendations on the subject.
Seventeen leaders in business and
agriculture will meet here Monday at
the call Of Henry I. Hartman, president
Of the national chamber.
Gen. Robert E. Wood, president of
Sears, Roebuck & Co., is chairman of
the group.
Program Still Undecided.
Other members include business men.
/ economists, bankers, farm leaders, off,
cials of co-operatives and prominent
farmers. All sections Of the Nation are
represented
How long the committee will DELHI
crate and what its recommendations
will be are undetermir sl But its find
ings, legislative and otherwise, will sup
plement the stands taken by the annual
meetings of the National Grange, now
In session at Winston-Salem, N. c.;
the National Farmers Union, which
met this week at Omaha and the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation, whose
convention opens here December 5.
AS distressful prices continue, farm
leaders have agSeed OH major objectives,
with possibility of reaching unanimity
on specific legislation before roll calls
! are taken in Congress.
Edward A. O'Neal, Farm Bureau presi-
dent, and l.. J. Taber, grange master,
have not indorsed the union-supported
domestic allotment plan for equaliz-
| ing the tariff and controlling surplus
crops as a means to higher prices.
Deben.ure Plan Considered.
| With John Simpson, Farm Union
| president, they have, however, adopted
a program which includes amendment
of the agricultural marketing act by
adding the export debentuye plan, the
/ equalization fee or some other method.
! As the first step toward helping
| agriculture. Mr.. O'Neal advocates an
| honest dollar" based upon credit in
! flation and monetary defation.
| He also believes the short session Of
| Congress should relieve the farm mort
| gage situation, coordinate the agri-
| cultural service agencies and protect
the American market for American
| products.
Favor Silver demonstration.
The Farmers Union Convention ad-
vocated "16 to 1" silver demonstration
as part of its relief program. It also
! indorsed legislation to refinance farm
mortgages and guarantee cost Of pro-
! duction for their products. Other de-
mands were for higher income taxes,
| a moratorium on private and public
debts, reduction of governmental costs
and careful consideration" of the OBJ
| ject1veS of the Farmers Holiday As
sociation, which sponsored the farm
| strike" in the Middle West
Among Grange proposals are surplus
| control, monetary stabilization, allevia-
| ton of mortgage distress and tax re-
ouction
The war debt question is also re-
ceiving serious consideration by farmers.
The Grange, which formerly demanded
full payment, at its convention asked
that debtor nations be allowed a per-
centage of credit against their debts
on all purchases of American agri-
| cultural products.