Evening star., 1933-01-23
FARM BILL HEARING
BEGINS WEDNESDAY.
Mchary Says Inquiry Into
Domestic Allotment May
Last q Week.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Public hearings beginning Wednesday
on the domestic allotment farm relief
bill were decided upon today by the
Senate Agriculture Committee.
Chairman McNary said it was hoped
to conclude the hearings in six or
seven days" Open sessions are planned
for 10 to u am, each day.
Representatives of producers, process
sors ana manufacturers have asked to
testify. McNary planned to go over the
list and determine definitely which
ones should first be heard.
Tax on Professors.
Under the bill tax would be levied
on millerS, packers and other process
sors' of the seven products in the
measure as passed by the House, the
proceeds going to the farmer in an
amount sufficient to bring up to the
pre-War level the price he receives for
into domestic consumption
The commodities now in the bill are
wheat, cotton, tobacco, hogs, rice, pea
nuts and dairy products.
Senator Brookhart, Republican, of
Iowa, said as he left the meeting that
the bill as now written would entail
q total of two billions on professors.
ITO levy that on the poor professor
before he knows whether he is going to
get it back or not is some problem y
he said. adding, however, that he favors
any bill which will help the farmer.
Except for further study of the meas
ure and the decision as to open hear
1ngs, the committee took no action
today.
Drastic Legislation" Heard.
A belief that the plight of the farmer
was voiced before the committee meet
ing by Senator Brookhart, Republican
of Iowa. He expressed himself to re-
porters as favoring legislation more
drastic" than the domestic allotment
method and declared for a plan which
he said had been discussed by Sena-
tor-elect William c. McAdoo of Cali
fornia in a recent visit here.
While explaining he had no au-
thorization to speak for McAdoo,
Brookhart said the McAdoo plan pro-
vides for Government control of agri-
cultural surpluses and for Federal laws
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duction on domestically consumed
produce.
Brookhart added that it was planned
to bring forward this proposal at the
next Congress, which is expected to be
called into extra session this Spring.
He, himself will not be a member,
having been defeated for renomina-
tion.
The farm relief legislation outlined
by Brookhart would declare the exist
ence of an emergency comparable to
war He said he believed that in view
of conditions in the agricultural sec
tions it would be upheld by the courts.
Asserting that Mr.. Hoover would veto
any substantial farm relief BILL the
Iowa Senator described as academic"
the discussion of the domestic allot-
ment bill or similar measures during the
present session. At the same time he
conceded that the allotment plan might
''do some good If it ever became law.
Price-fixing Measure.
AS outlined by Brookhart, the plan
would have the Government fix by law
the price to be paid the farmer setting
1t at a figure which would provide at
least cost of production.
This price would apply on only that
part of the production which enters
into domestic consumption. The entire
surplus would be Communicated" by
the Government, which would issue
warehouse receipts to the owners The
Government then would seek to dispose
of the surplus on the world market.
Proponents of the idea feel that the
Government would be able to get
better price for it than now is possible
On selling the surplus the Government
would cash the warehouse receipts on
the basis Of the price received.
IF the courts held it constitutional
1t would be the easiest and quickest
way to get relief" Brookhart said. I'm
view of the emergency, I think. the
courts would hold it constitutional"
Brookhart said that any farm-relief
plan to be satisfactory must protect all
products alike. as he said would be done
under this method