Evening star., 1933-12-14
ROOSEVELT POLICY
SUPPORTER WINNER
Edward A. 0'NeaI to Head
Farm Group at Least
Another Year.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 14-Edward A
ONeal of Florence, Ala, who as head
of the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton went before the annual con-
vention and urged policy in support
of President Roosevelt, will continue IN
power for at least another year.
His reelection as president was one
of the closing acts of the convention
Yesterday and followed the considera-
ton of more than a score of resolutions
covering wide variety OF topics.
Approve Presidents Plan.
When the delegates finally wandered
out of the convention hall they had
given approval to the Presidents plan
for agriculture recovery and his mon
.etary plan, but had attacked "profiteer-
ing" under the N. r. A.
The charges of profteering were con-
tanned in a resolution that complained
that the prices of agricultural products
had not advanced on parity with
other industries.
I The federation yesterday gave virtual
blanket approval to President Roose-
velt's agricultural policies, suggesting
lonly that his devices for improving the
farmers lot be broadened in scope and
strictly enforced.
Expressing the desires of its nearly
Il 900 900 members, the federation spent
the last day of its fifteenth annual
iconvention discussing q resolutions,
making up 35 typewriter sheets and
dealing with questions ranging from the
.monetization of silver to the need fol-
ieradicating Tuberculosis in cattle.
To the agricultural adjustment act,
under which the administration has
conducted its farm program for seven
months, the Farm Bureau gave its
unanimous and sympathetic support
However, the convention suggested
i"enough time and effort have been
given to reconcile opposition to this
legislation which opposition largely
consists of those who have enjoyed un-
Just and unfair advantages under the
,old system of processing and distrlbut-
;ing.
. Such delay is resulting in the bank
.ruptcy of many more farmers and can
mot be further condoned.
Seek Honest Dollar.
Too much attention cannot be given
by the Government the delegates
agreed in another resolution, to restora-
,tion of IAN honest dollar" in order to
give agriculture a price parity and en-
able debts to be paid in the same value
.of currency as they were contracted.
Considerable discussion was given to
both resolutions. and various delegates
insisted on the wording being changed
in several instances so that the docu-
ments could not be considered as criti-
cism of the administration.
The emergency farm mortgage act
of last Spring received favorable COM
lment but again the farm leaders OBJ
jected to delay.
Regarding export trade in farm pro-
duce the Farm Bureau urged that the
Government extend proper credit to
.the Soviet Union to enable it to buy our
farm products" Immediate granting of
independence to the Philippines also
was urged
Congress was called upon in the
,federation's recommendations to guard
against letting down tariff barriers
(which might cause the Nation to be
'supplied from the outside with produce
on which farmers have cut down pro-
'duction under the A A. A. Mention
was made of the importation of oils OF
fats reacting unfavorably on the farm
iers of the United States.
During the discussions, several farm
leaders charged that the farmers were