Evening star., 1933-03-30
PEANUTS AND FLAX
PUT IN FARM BILL
Senate Committee Eliminates
WaIIace's Powers for
Processing Tax.

BY the Associated Press.
Peanuts and fax were added to the
commodities to be aided in the farm
relief program by the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee today as members con-
tinued their consideration of the broad
Roosevelt agriculture aid bill and p-o-
posed substitutes.
After voting in fax and peanuts, the
committee cut out of the administra-
tion's bill section giving Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace the authority to
consider, in determining the proposed
processing tax, what effect it would
have on unemployment, wage scales and
consumption of the product.
Cut Ont BY 8-to-6 Vote.
This section was eliminated by an
8-to-6 vote on a motion Of Senator
McNary of Oregon, the Republican
leader and former chairman Of the
Agriculture Committee, but Chairman
Smith did not Immediately give out the
individual votes.
Peanuts were included on motion OF
Senator Byrd, Democrat. OF Virginia; by
a 9-to-4 vote. Flax was included, to
S, on a motion of Senator Wheeler,
Democrat. of Montana.
The committee then changed its ac-
ton of yesterday in making the base
price of tobacco 1909 to 1919, instead
Of 1909 to 1914, as for the other COM
modities, and substituted a provision
that the base price of tobacco should
be from September, 1919, to August,
1928. This action was taken at the
request of Senator Barkley, Democrat.
of Kentucky.
Session Cut Short.
Smith said the committee would vote
tomorrow on his proposal to substitute
curtailing the powers sought by the ad-
ministration for Secretary Wallace and
that it would decide then also the fate
of the so-called Simpson amendment to
insure the farmer production costs for
TIT share of his crop going into the
domestic market.
Members had expected to have these
votes today SO as to get right down to
the real test on the administration bill,
but they decided to cut short the COM
mittee session so as to take part in the
unemployment relief debate on the Sen
ate floor.
Smith said that in spite Of this short
delay members intended to expedite
conclusions in an effort to report the
bill to the Senate this week end If pos
sible.
Before today's meeting members had
expected to reach vote today on the
Smith substitute, very much limited
proposition. Many believed that if the
bill weathered this committee test, it
stood good chance to pass the Sen
ate without great rewriting.
This vote was looked upon as much
more of test than the two ballots by
which the committee yesterday refused
to limit the application Of the bills
relief to only few crops.
Thomas Delays Action.
When Senator Thomas, Democrat,
of Oklahoma. entered the session, he
told newspapermen he had decided not
to press an amendment he had pro-
posed, which would have called for
currency expansion to cheaper the dol
lar. Instead of putting it in the bill,
he said he would ask to have the mat
ter proposed in the committee report
Senator Connally, Democrat, of
Texas meanwhile announced he would
seek to attach to the farm bill his pro-
posal of last session for strict regula-
tion Of the cotton and grain exchanges.
The plan, which was frowned upon
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