The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-15
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 Plan to Feed Crop Surplus to
 Needy Is We'll Riddled
 Staggering Blows Dealt at Idea Why Philly Was
 Given Convention Revealed
 .. Twas Malnely to Help
 Guffey.
 Washington, Jan. ib-At the timo of the l033 massacre of little pigs, which brought on so much criticism, Mrs. Roosevelt herself is supposed to have made the naive suggestion that resulted in the creation of the FSRC - the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation which brought up more than 2b0 million dollars worth of surplus crops, for con- sumption by people on relief.
 That program was oR to prom isinR start, but trouble soon boSet it.
 The first blow to the idea camo when Roosevelt decided that FSRC should bo abolished--on the theory that his works program and return or the "unemployables" to state care would somehow guarantee everybody enough food.
 Remnants of the FsRC were moved over to tho AAA. Then Con- gress seemed to feel that the needy unemployed offered good dump- ing ground for surplus crops and 50 suggested when it passed tho AAA amendments approprinting 90 per cent of customs receipts for di- version of such SurpluSes, which would amount to nearly, $l00000,- 000
 More Blows at FSRC
 The next blow came when AAA decided to devote more than half tho money to subSidi2ing southern cotton farmers and indicated that much of the rest would be spent on dumping commodities abroad, Nevertheless, q few here still hoped that the FSRC principle might be preserved.
 And then, lato in December, en- tered Comptroller General John R. McCarl. Ho ruled it would bo im- possible to use any of the customs money for relief purchases,
 McCarl held proposed purchase and distribution "woul dnot conSti- tute q diversion of such agricul. tural commodities from tho normal channels Of trade and commerce"
 Next Roosevelt In his budget message recommended that the section providing for diversion of crops with customs receipts money be repealed altogether, on the ground that It made budget. ing difficult and was contrary Co principles of sound admlnlstra. tIOn.
 The small group which Stlll thought surplus relief c good plan was juSt beginning Co lobby SoGrot- ly for C new amendment when six of the "nino old men" 0blitcratOd the AAA law completely.
 Now the farm lobbyists Sums monod here by Secretary Wallace Co work out c new AAA insist that the customs receipts and diversion section Do rGBurroCtOd and Btrongth- on0d in the new act. But chances arc this will simply mean D con- trov0rsy over export subsidies, which Roosevelt opposes, in which tho surplus relief plan will again bo ditehod, Q Why Philly Won COnclave Roosevelt and Farley were at ell times determined to have tho Dem- ocratle national convention in Philadelphia because they believed it would help Senator JoO 0uffey carry Pennsylvania for Roosevelt in November. Those two slick politicians boz lioV0 they have western Pennsyl- Vania in tho bag--what with nlin- orS, steel mill men, and other work. 0rs---and that c Philadelphia cons vontion will buck up tho eastern end Of the party organization tre- mond0usly. Farley has been working hard on Pennsylvania organization and Guffey sold Roosevelt on the idea that enough added encourage mOnt and stimulated morale In Philadelphia would give him the state. Ponnsylvania's business mems committee apparently believed it won the convention by raising tho ante 9b0,000 plus expensive eonceS- Bi0nS, through Democratic desire to tune in with the Liberty Bell in the shadow of Independence Hall for public consumption, and be- cause the administration wanted to hurl defiance at the door of Wall street.
 But suspicion grows that Farley was merely holding Philly up for extra dough while pretending Chi- cago and San Francisco had 0 chance.
 | Still Money to Raise
 One heard real estate man Al Greenfield, chairman, tell the com- mittee later i've pledged $60,000 we didn't have" and explain, amid no great enthusiasm that $26,000 of 1t must still be pledged.
 But the real fun was hearing National COmmitteewOma Emma Guffey Miller tJ0e's sister. whom Greenfield called "Pennsylvania's Sweetheart" - and Pennsylvania could far wOrse!) tell how she had electlOneered for the Quaker City among other committeew0- men.
 T promised them bouquets, ladies' maids, corsages, fruit in their rooms every morning and gigolos every night" she burlesqued. Nov you boys are going to have your chance to make good"s