The Washington times., 1933-11-01
TRUCE INsTR|KE
H0LDsPEND|NG
CONFERENCE
Firm Insistence on NRA Code
For Farmers, Also Initiation,
Confront Roosevelt

DEB MONIES, Iowa, Nov. /
lKlNe With Governors Of Four
Hlnten "a route to washington to-
~ q place their farm relief pro-
srn demands before President
ge1e9elt. National Farmers EIol-
day Association leaders declared
q virtual ''truce" in the farm
strike.
The only section which disre-
Gnrded the truce" was in Wis
cO1sin, where producers Of milk
declared they would continue
picketing the roads to cut off the
milk supply Of the cities.
Immediate "pegging" Of prices
1or AL major agricultural prod.
ucts and currency imitation were
the principal demands made in
the relies program to be submitted
y the President.
See Roosevelt Tomorrow
Practically the entire program
o3 the Farmers Holiday Associar
tl0n won the approval Of Cover
nOfs ct the Nine State agricul-
GuFal conference which closed
here last night.
FOUR Governors were dispatched
70 washington to push for It's
adoption. They are to confer
with the President tomorrow,
On the strength Of the support
promised by the Governors, Ar
mold GilbertS, wisconsin Farm
Holiday president, called the
strike off in that State, and Milo
Reno. national president, said
ptcketing would be discontinued
"a other States. Reno said:
"a am NOT entirely calling off
the strike In other States. We
members Of the Farmers Holt
day Association win continue 70
bold our products in other States
than Wisconsin and we win fur
thee strengthen our membership.
1f the program fails to receive
the Presidents suppOrk We viii
be I'm . position to renew the
strike in fun force and ever an
even broader field"
Governors Clyde Herring Of
iowa. A. q. SchmereEnan OF Wis
ccnsin. Floyd B. Olson Of Mime
sofa, and williams LANCER Of North
Dakota, were delegated to seek
President RooSevelt's acceptance
OF the farm holiday program as
slightly modified by the confer
ence.
Six-POint Program
The relief program as It Is to be
put up to the President provides in
its major points:
!. That agriculture be put
under an NRA code, which would
authorize fixing Of minimum
prices equal TO cost Of produc-
ton plus q reasonable profit.
Administrators Of the code also
would determine the amount Of
the several basic agricultural
products to be sold on the do
nestle market. The adminiStra.
tors would be farmers, the Gov.
Ornment, and consumers.
2. That, pending adoption of
the code, the Government arbi-
4 trarily fix minimum prices at
which farm commodities could
be sold ON the domestic market,
the prices to allow for Q reason
/ able profit aboVe@cast Of producs
tiOn. Authority TO do this, the
Il conference declared, already is
{ IN the hands Of the President
under the Agriculture adjust
+ Inent act.
8. That currency be immedi-
ately inflated and that the
Fourth Liberty Loan be paid in
new currency rather than being
retired by another interest bear
ing bond issue.
Mortgage Moratorium
4. That Government refinanc-
ing be 1iberalized by higher
AppraisalS and that interest on
Government refinancing loans
be reduced.
8. That both the President
and the governors Of the sew
eral States do everything in
their power to defer further
foreclosure Of mortgages and
evictionS until farmers have had
q reasonable opportunity to
avail themselves Of the credit
facilities already offered by the
Government.
8. That the President declare
an embargo on foreign grains,
oils, fats, and other agricultural
products competing with Ameri-
ean products until reciprocal
krade agreements are completed
Nth foreign countries.
The only major demand Of the
armerS' Holiday Association that
ne conference failed to adopt in
Instance was the demand that
)vernors declare an embargo on
Aipment Of agricultural products
ltil the relief program is put
to effect.