Evening star., 1933-11-05
Asks Support of
4. A. A. as Now
Set Up.
STATE CHIEFS
DISAPPOINTED
LANCER Says Farmer
Is Forgotten Man
of Regime. i.
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday
fatty rejected price fixing and
RECOMMENDATION of farm production
end sales as the solution Of the
farm price emergency.
He turned down the program
submitted by five Midwestern
Governors in the face of their
predictions that his decision
would lead to rapid and wide
spread increase in farm unrest
and disorders, then urged them to
get firmly behind his own adjust
ment program.
The Governors-Olson of Min
nesota, Herring of Iowa, Berry OF
South Dakota, Schmedeman of
Wisconsin and LANCER of North
Dakota-expressed disappoint-
ment in varying degrees as they
prepared to return home.
LANCER, identified with the
Non-partisan League during its
heyday in North Dakota, said he
was "disgusted," and asserted the
decision means the farmer is the
forgotten man of this adminiStra-
tion.' He made it clear he was
out of sympathy with the admin
istration'S efforts, which Mr..
Roosevelt pledged would be moved
along at the highest possible
speed.
Olson Favors Compulsion.
Olson. the Nations only Farmer
Labor Governor said he respected the
President, regarded him as anxious to
help the farmer but asserted the ad-
ministration is mistaken in believing
it can solve the farm problem through
voluntary action, as compulsion Is nee
esSary to get results"
Berry and Herring said they intended
to support the President in his efforts,
that while they were disappointed with
his decision; they had confidence in the
program. Schmedeman said be be-
lieved the administration eventually
would be forced to shift its farm pro-
gram and incorporate. some OF the pro-
posals of the Governors.
The President upheld Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace and George N.
Peek. the farm administrator, making
it clear he believed the Governors plan
would be unavoidable and unacceptable
to most of the Nations farmers and
that he regarded it as filled with posi-
bilities that farmers of the States the
Governors represented would be injured
rather than aided.
Formal Statement Issued.
The White House in a formal state
nent at the conclusion of conference
attended by the President. Wallace,
Peek and the Governors, said the ad-
ministration believed RECOMMENDATION OF
production and sales would be opposed
by highly individualiStic farmers OF
the South and East. and described the
program as calling for what amounts
substantially to the licensing OF every
ploWed field and marketing by ticket
bunch system of all grain and live
stock"
The Governors asked that price-fix-
ing be limited to beef cattle hogs, corn,
Wheat, milk and butterfat. that the
prices be fixed at parity. The state
mint said parity would represent an
average increase of 70 per cent Tor
these commodities. and that producers
Of other commodities would immediately
demand application Of the plan TO thelr
products.
therefore," the statement said, "it
ta
and method of marketing and price on
e,ew farm in America
The effect of adoption of the Gov
ernors' plan. even if successful in the
Midwest. might be that the very States
the G9veEn1TS are tryiPg p to hie hg1 tEar ntser
States expanded production. These
questions are wholly aside from grave
problems of legality under existing law
end questions as to raising the neceS-
sary funds"
Cost of Billions Feared.
Wallace and Peek were of the opinion
that to make the plan operative the
Government would have to be ready
to purchase the commodities at the
fixed price to prevent glut OF markets
and that this would cost olillons OF
dollars
When the Governors arrived here
Thursday. Gov LANCER described farm
ers in his State as lin a mood to blow
up bridges to stop marketing" He SAID
today his opinion was unchanged. Berry
said that in South Dakota the strike
movement might spread. but asserted
he did not lock for disorders there this
Winter.
The White House statement made 1t
clear the President was willing to con-
slider other means in addition to his
program to help farmers.
Olson said he found the President
friendly to a proposal to act under the
industrial recovery law to limit impor-
tations of fats and oils which move
into channels competitive to butter.
Olson said he would submit more infor-
nation later supporting his belief that
butter producers needed greater protec-
ton and that their operations under
the N. r. A. code had substantially in
creased their production costs.