Milford chronicle., 1936-01-10
SUBSTITUTE FARM
PLAN SOUGHT BY
Roosevelt AIDES
[coaiinned from Frsi Pasel

"A not Tor crop reduction.
3. Adoption Of some form Of thl
old domestic allotment plan as
temporary measure.
Farley af Farmers Likely
There was a strong indication
that some Of the nations leadina
farmers and farm organization Off
cials would be called to Washing
ton for conferences within a few
days. This would be done before any
proposed program would be announ-
ced.
Hastily summoned to the White
House after the courts decision
were Attorney General Cummings,
Secretary Wallace, and other AAA
and Congressional leaders. Even the
word that emanated from this meet
ing was that It was hoped" that
payments for existing contracts
could be made.
Apparently, Mr.. Roosevelt and his
advisers reached the conclusion that
so far as the still-unexpired portion
! OF contracts was concerned, they
were dead COMPENSATION TO date.
however, was regarded as a moral
/ obligation"
Justice Roberts had not finished
reading the majority opinion before
substitute legislation was outlined
by the Senate's Republican leader,
McNary, Of Oregon. In a few days,
he said, he would introduce a bill
intended to make agricultural tar
ifs effective and increase the world I
price for surplus farm crops.
His measure would provide for /
optional use Of the old export-deben-
ture plan, the equalization fee and F.
the domestic allotment plan. None.
he said, call for processing taxes,
acreage control or benefit payments.
and. he added. "all are constitution
al in my opinion"
Roosevelt Silent
Mr. Roosevelt himself maintained
stFietest silence on the destruction
of the second of the main bulwarks
Of the New Deal foundation by the
Supreme Courts ruling Of unconsti-
tutiOnal. The first was NRA.
Those attending the White House
meeting said there was no discus
sion of a constitutional amendment.
Others present beside Wallace and /
included Chester Davis,
AAA administrator; Daniel Bell, :
acting director OF the budget; SEN :
ltOT Bankhead fD.-Ala.l and Chair {
man Jones tD.-Texas), OF the House !
Agriculture Committee. !
Attorney General Cummings ex- /
pressed particularly interest in an /
inequality which he said has been :
,reated as a result. OF the impOund- \
ng Of some processing taxes by low !
r courts pending final decision by
he Supreme Court, whereas other a
have already paid their 4
axes. He gave no opinion on this +.
ituatiOn. G
Representative Jones said that n
regardless of all else. 1t will be n
to have an appropriation
, pay farmers who entered into r.
with the AAA in. good ~
nth prior TO Monday" a
Offering no estimate of how much NJ
lis would involve he explained the n
Inds would be paid simply for per- n
to date under the con- ii
acts. -,
Davis reported that I'VE have the T., T..
'afts of lot of bills. but said no NJ,
'cisi0n had been made on advanc-
g any particular one. Likewise. he MI
i'd, none provided for a constitu-
NAL amendment.
Sweeping Ruling Surprise
the agricultural de- Da,
rtment there was an atmosphere tea
glROm and hopelessness. The viii
eeping implications or the Su- of
sme Courts Lewiston, going far z
yond the question Of processing wit
res, were totally unexpected. Of Of
als had expressed relief that the due
,isiOn would not be handed down ma
Monday and when word reached the
administration that readings Of stei
opinion had begun. several ex- the
tives said they believed such a for,
Impt ruling would be favorable. poil
ome officials privately said they see
ieved that the courts decisions woT
e so sweeping that there would whf
no difficulty in drafting any sort fror
Federal farm pro- 81
m along the lines Of the AAA. poir
dyisors to Wallace had been M
king for weeks IN an effort to Bar
pare for the courts ruling, and ford
lials said Saturday that they len
e ready" Had processing taxes Ale
le been inValidated. a substitute play
Id have been prepared immedi- m
y was.
it apparently no plan had been Vars
ted which would replace the en- ia Il
theory that an expert bounty
might be the only path left JIID
!, but said there would be little
OF such a program except for
IN. However. Wallace and his Ju
5 have criticized the export will
Ity bitterly in recent addresses. Anel
rst reactions Of several officials coun
led toward adoption OF one or the /
substitutes for the adjustment and
Nond
'st the building Of a little AAA eordi
ach state to be financed with Svlve
raj grants to the states; and Relai
ID, the use Of direct grants TO can !
ers not TO control production frst
o encourage them TO improve one 4
land. comm
weyer. each OF these substi- tiles.
an official said. might be con- in vic
to involve directly or indi- recog
{ the use Of Federal funds to lar M
0l crop production. Whether out II