Evening star., 1935-10-25
ROOSEVELT PLANS
PERMANENT A.A.A.;;
PRAISES RESULTS
Says More Production May
Be Needed as Well as
CurtaiIment.
CONTROL POLICY DUE
TO REMAIN IN PROGRAM
Cooperation of Farmers Lauded
by President, Who Promises
to Bring Further Help.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President Roosevelt today announced
adoption of new policy for the Agri-
culture Adjustment Administration
which will lift it partly from its pres
ent emergency phase to a permanent
basis. The President said the new plan
will continue the A. A. on its pres
ent control policy.
The new policy was announced in
a statement in which Mr.. Roosevelt
praised millions of agriculture pro-
ducers for their cooperation, declared
the achievements Of the A. A. A. for
agriculture have been great and that
this agency in his opinion has served
the national welfare.
The President pointed out that the
men who framed the A. A. A. act and
the members of Congress who advised
it believe with him that the A. A. A.
should now pass from the purely en-
ergency phase to q longtime, or
permanent plan.
Production encouragement.
He declared the time may come
when the A. A. A. will prove as i'm
portant in stimulating certain kinds of
agriculture production as it has been
in removing recent burdensome sur
pluses. The President then pointed out
that an expanded production of hogs
to replace shortage caused by drought
Is contemplated under the proposed
new corn-hog program. In this con-
nection. he recalled that this question
Is being put up to the producers in a
Nationwide referendum tomorrow. and
that these producers by their vote will
decide this part of the program.
The President said the program
has these two principal objectives:
First, to carry out the policy OF
Congress to maintain and increase
the gains already made. thereby
avoiding the danger of a slump back
to the conditions brought about by
what he described as 'our national
neglect Of agriculture"
Second, to broaden the present ad-
justment operations so as to give
farmers increasing incentives for con-
servation and efficient use Of the
Nations soil resources.
In the interest of greater efficiency
the new policy would bring about
decentralization Of administration
machinery, which would mean bring
ing the administration closer to the
farmer, the President said.
Broad Objectives.
Mr.. Roosevelt believes the broad
objectives planned for this admins
tration will bring about a decided step
on the part Of agriculture in the mat
t-r of land conservation and restora.
ton of soil fertility. He believes the
present and future production of food
and fiber ample for t, is country's
needs and for available export markets
is sound objective. On the other
hand, he contends there was nothing
sound in the situation in the past
when, because of ruinously low prices.
farmers were compelled to mine their
soil of its fertility by overintensive
cultivation in what he referred to as
race to make up in volume of units
what the farmers had lost in unit
price. That condition of affairs, the
President declared, resulted in waste
on a colossal scale and that as a re-
suit duststorms and mud-laden
streams have been symbols of this
exploitation.
He made it plain he has absolute
confidence in the ability of the new
broad program of adjustment perma-
nently correcting this.
(Tert OF President RooSepelt's
Statements on Page A-2)