Evening star., 1935-05-28
A. A. A. Amendment
Revision Decided
OnN.R. A. Decision
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A complete rewriting of the A. A. A.
amendments to conform to the Su-
preme Court decision On N. r. A was
decided on today Ly Senate and House
leaders and Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace.
Finding the tar-resching licensing
provisions provided in the act affected
both by the interstate commerce prin-
ciples and the requirement that stand
ards be set up In delegating authority,
the administration leaoers decided to
recommit the bill 10 the Senate Agri-
culture Committee.
Those attending the conference in
cludeo Senator Robinson, majority
leader; Chairman Jones Of the House
Agriculture Committee, Chairman
Smith of the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee, Secretary Wallace, Chester
Davis. A. A. A. administrator and
Seth Thomas, counsel for A. A. A.
Recommitting Is Tentative.
"A tentative conclusion was reached
that the bill should be recommitted
in order that the amendments may be
given further study and such changes
in them may be made as are essential
to have the bill conform to the prin-
ciples of the decision" Senator Rob-
inson stated.
1T is thought that several days will
be required to do this work. The bill
probably will be ready for report to
the Senate and further action there
within two weeks. 1t is believed that
both features of the N. r. A. decision.
namely, the standards to be set up for
licensing and the clear limitation OF
the operations to interstate commerce
or to transactions that directly affect
interstate commerce. are involved"
Before the court handed down the
NJ r. A. decision yesterday. 1t appeared
likely the House and Senate both
would act on the changes in the
A. A. A. law this week.
One section in the present bill would
permit handlers or professors of so per
cent or more Of any farm commodity
to come to voluntary marketing
agreement under which the Secretary
of Agriculture could issue licenses.
With that majority agreed, the minor
ity handlers could be compelled to
accept the licenses.
License Imposition Approved.
Another provision would give the
Secretary authority to impose licenses
upon handlers of certain commodities
milk and its products, tobacco, sugar
beets. wool, mohair, fruits and vege-
tables in event two-thirds of the
growers of these products asked 1t,
and the President approved.
TT is evident from the decision"
Senator Smith said, that these sec
tions must be greatly modified or elm
mated. You can't use coercion to
dominate a minority to come to agree
ment with the majority"
He was optimistic that many phases
of the bin could be rescued, however.
and for that reason fought of yester.
day all efforts to have the bill sent
| back to committee from the Senate
floor. He declared he preferred to
have this body Of lawyers consider it
in all its legal and constitutional
phases"
Licensing Vitally Affected.
Representative Jones yesterday had
made a quick decision not to
bring the bill out before the House
pending a study. He said it "vitally
affects" the licensing and marketing
provisions. He planned to call his
committee soon to study revisions.
He was optimistic that other phases
Of the bill could be salvaged, notably
the use of customs receipts to finance
foreign marketing of farm commodi-
ties and to build up domestic markets;
the broadening Of the base for de-
termining farm parity prices. and Sec
tions permitting payment of benefits
to farmers during the progress Of
increasing production rather than only
for reduction.