The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-07
Country Is ThroWn
 Into Confusion
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/1IncIpal pillar rom the admlnls- EAIloliss reform program. From hurried conferences at the White House emerged only the intimation that congress would be asked to ap- NF0nriate approximately $260, ,000, 900 1n nay benefits to farmers for which 1ho Administration already Is coln- mitted.
 rho decision not only wrecked the AAA, but bore portents of death ko other New Deal laws. It also scrambled President Roosevelts pew hndRet, which made no allowances for tho loss of processing taxes.
 Down with AAA fell It's cousins Special control for tobacco, sugar, polatoes, and cotton. Many believed the decision jeopardized New Deal policies duo soon for court review, including the Tennessee valley act, upon which the court may rule next Monday.
 May Change Constitution
 m tho absence of definite an- nouncements from the New Deal, observers searched tho known posi- tons of President Roosevelt for some hint of the future, He had announced his determination to make federal crop control perma- nont operation of government. This caused some to see the possibility Of an effort to revive by legislation or constitutional change the principle og crop control. In view of the sweeping nature of the supreme court death warrant, it was believed unlikely that any means short Of q constitutional amendment could be made to serve this purpose,
 AS recently as Friday night, In his "state of tho Union" address, Mfr. Roosevelt expressed determine ton not to abandon farm aid,
 "shali we say to tho farmers The nrices for your products are in part restored, now 90 and hoe your own l K0w7'" he asked,
 Aster referring directly to lad 5udication by the highest tribunal" !" lie added: "The congress has the right and can And the means to protect it's own prerogatives'"
 Possible Developments
 Out of the confusion of the first numbed reaction to the courts crsishing blow, emerged c number Of possible developments;--
 1. Agitation for Q constitutional amendment to give congress powers now denied it, particularly to eon- krol crop production.
 2, Adoption of an equalization Fee, an export debenturc, or 0 do- mestic allotment plan. The first two nften proposed during republican administrations.
 q. Separation of processing taxes nroim production control provisions.
 (. Proposals to curb the power of tho supreme court to invalidate acts of congress.
 s. Enactment of state crop rec auction programs under federal subsidy.
 c. 4 popular elamor for or ARnsnst drastic federal action.
 OAicial and political comment Wae as confused and divided 0S re- lactIon in farm villages, In cities, In lkown, officials were bafiled, but |khey did not feel the situation was Ihopeiess. They looked to public Ilpplnion--the reaction from city and &arm-before deciding definitely the next move.
 Survey of Wreckage
 Surveying the wreckage, they aoiind that oil control of agricul- bural production had been barred Aii hope for reviving on AAA under nresant conditions was gone. 1t seemed inevitable that other laws FeRarded as important would be hurled along the same pathway to laestruction.
 As It's first move to bring some Order out of the chaos, New Deal leaders ct c White House confer- nnce last night decided to sponsor Q bill to appropriate about S260'oOo,' 900 on which the goverenement IS already committed for crop reduc- fion next session.
 At the conference were Secretary of Agriculture Henry A, Wallace, AAA Administrator Chester A. Davis, director of the budget Daniel Bell. Chairman Marvin Jones of the house agriculture committee and senator John II. Bankhead, d., Ala, author of the Bankhead cotton con- krol program.
 Congress and the court seemed closed as agencies for carrying out q re-shaped or re-arranged program for the benefit of agriculture. And ao the New Deal looked to the peo- pie and the balloting power to fan into renewed vigor whatever ember of life might be found in AAA.
 Many Suggestions
 Suggestions were put forward quickly and in quantity. But none evoked substantial following. It was expected to be a matter of days before 6 White House opinion on permanent strategy would be Forthcoming.
 There were cries for changes in khe Constitution or curbs against 7 khe court. These were met by less wociferous but equally earnest warn- lngs against haste.
 The effect of the to 3 decision Nas so momentous that issues con- aidered of tremendous interest Q Few hours before were almost for gotten.
 The political furore over Presi- Nent Roosevelt's annual message to congress, delivered only last Fri- X day night, and discussion of his Budget message, sent to congress pnly yesterday, slipped into the Background.
 Many Plans Threatened
 Any law invading the powers re- served to the state appeared threat ened by the AAA decision. Among kl1e statutes in this category are the Bankhead cotton control act, the Kerr-Smith tobacco control act, the potato control act, and the Guffey hituminous coal conservation act.
 Tua New naQl SliDren1n court rec.