The Washington times., 1935-03-29
'OUACK DOCTOR
FARM POLICY
ASSA|LED
Sen. MetcaIf Joins Battle on
Cotton; Southern Bloc to
War on Secretary
Nv WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service

BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service
A bipartisan drive to force Sec.
retary Of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace out of the Cabinet be-
cause Of his cotton control poll
cies, got under way in the Senate
today as it began consideration
Of the 125 million dollar agricul-
tural appropriation bill.
Democrats and Republicans as
sailed Secretary Wallace because
of his defense Of the cotton pro-
cessing tax and warning that the
tax might be increased instead OF
slashed.
Senators George CD of Georgia,
and Metcaf (R) of Rhode Island,
led the attack, both charging Sec
retary Wallace with abysmal ig-
norance of the cotton problem and
demanding repeal Of the process
sing tax.
Opposition Spreads
There were other Senators await
Ing opportunity to join in the as
sault on Mr.. Wallace. Opposition
to his policies was widespread, even
though under-cover for the most
part.
A new section was written into
the appropriation bill, apparently
for the sole purpose of Handwriting
the Secretary against new adVen-
lures. It read:
"NO part of any appropriation
contained in this act shall be
used for the payment of per-
sOnal services or for the main
tenance Of any activity not spe-
! officially authorized by law"
Its counterpart could be found
In no other appropriation bill.
The House also took a punch at
the Secretary in it's enactment of
the bill. It inserted a provision,
over Secretary Wallace's objec-
tion, prohibiting statements by
any employees of his department
in favor of diets.
Quack Doctors Policy
The Wallace handling Of the
cotton processing tax problem
provoked the Senate drive for
his custer. The Secretary as
sailed a proposal by Senator
George to have the Government
use a portion of the 1880 million
dollar work relief fund to relieve
cotton professors of the AAA tax.
He said this would give the farm
ers a chance to dip their hands
in the Federal Treasury.
Infuriated, Senator George
charged Secretary Wallace with
demonstrating "his unfitneSS to
remain in the Presidents cabi-
net" Senator Metcalf denounced
him for a colossal ignorance OF
conditions in the cotton and
cotton textile industries" Both
charged the tax was destroying
even the domestic market for
cotton, closing cotton textile fac
tories, spreading unemployment
distress and delaying recovery.
Senator Metcalf compared Sec
retary Wallace's policies with the
"academic utterings of economic
Quack doctors" He said the cot
ton textile industry was being
wrecked by the wallace unfair,
ill-advised and misunderstanding"
program.
Bill Carries Less
Southern Senators were report
ed lining up with Senators George
and Metcalf, along with those
from cotton textile States. They
probably will fail to drive the
Iowan out of the Cabinet but
they may succeed in forcing a
change of policy toward the cot
ton and cotton textile industries.
The agricultural bill, incident
ally, carried smaller appropri-
alton than in other recent years.
It was $200,O0O,0OO less than for
the current year. 1t included $4S,-
100000 for roads and $4,000,000
for the Farm Credit Administra-
ton.