Evening star., 1935-07-31
AA.A. ASKS 15PCT.
WHEAT CUT IN 1886
New Contract to Be Offered
to Farmers Within Two
or Three Weeks.
ey the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The A. A. A. announced today that
q is per cent reduction in wheat acre
age in 1896 will be required of farmers
who sign contracts to adjust produc-
tion.
At the same time Chester c. Davis.
farm administrator, told farmers that
II the Supreme Court should rule out
the A. A. A. program the Government
would pay them for their compliance"
up to the date of such decision"
Making public details of the new
four-year wheat contracts, Davis said:
Even If an adverse decision by the
Supreme Court should materialize at
some future time. the contract in its
present form is admirably devised to
protect both the farmers and the
Government"
Covers Crop Years I936-l939.
The new contract, to be offered to
farmers probably within two or three
weeks. will cover the crop years 1885,
1899 inclusive. 1t will be subject to
termination at the end of any market
ing year by the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and any grower will be given the
option of withdrawal at the end of the
first two-year period.
Davis urged farmers to sign as soon
as the contracts are completed. He
called attention to the pending A. A.
A. amendments, which he said should
make certain constitutionality of the
farm program.
In case Of invalidation by the high
court, he said, the Government would
have both a moral and legal obli-
cation to compensate farmers fully
for performance up to the date of
such decision"
The Government, in fairness and
honesty. would pay, and legally would
be bound to pay in full for their COM
pliance up to that time. but not be-
yond that time" he added.
The A. A. A., officials said, will seek
to place from $4,000, 900 to $1,000 900
acres of wheat land in the Nation
Under contract. In 1888 approx
mately 51,000,000 acres we're placed
under contract, and a Is per cent
acreage reduction was required for
1884 The contract covered 1885,
when a 10 per cent reduction was re-
Quired.
IS Per Cent Planting Basis.
Under the new contracts, farmers
cannot plant more than IS per cent
Of the base acreage (1930-32 average),
nor less than 81 per cent of the base
acreage for 1886. The contracts will
provide for acreage adjustment to a
maximum of Is per cent in subse-
quent years.
1t is expected that the contracts
also will provide specific plans to use
the contracted land for soil-improving
and erosion-preventing crops, while
some may be returned permanently to
grass or tree crops.
{ Two principal differences between
the new contract and that signed in
1888 were reported as follows:
z "A more specific provision for ad-
sjustment payments based on actual
average farm prices of wheat during
the marketing year.
Maximum reduction from the total
base acreage of Is per cent instead
Of 20.
e. Court Attacks Triple.
i Court attacks on the A. A. A. have
tripled since Boston court held the
processing tax system unconstitutional
two weeks ago.
" From an aggregate Of 200 suits
Sf1led when the Hoosac Mills decision
was handed down by Federal Cir
cult Court in Boston, the Justice De-
partment revealed yesterday the total
5of suits against A. A. A. had jumped
TO 598.
A flank attack of II Chicago pack
sers, who filed injunction suits Mon
sday, will be met by special Government
action in the Chicago courts, the de-
Epartment disclosed. If To-day re-
Sstraining order is granted by the
fcourt today, Government tax lawyer
will go from Washington to help Chi
@cago Federal attorneys defend the
{ injunction suits.