Evening star., 1936-01-13


forming ne,p program. Last Satur-
day, agreement tDds reported on
sepen- point plan centertn0 about
Government subsidized soil con-
serDation.
BY the Associated Press.
The Capital became q camp Of "em-
battled farmers" today as determina-
tion spread among agricultural groups
to picket" legislative halls until Con-
gress enacts new farm program.
A poll of agricultural representa-
tives from virtually all sections of the
country revealed arrangements to
maintain congressional contacts on a
larger scale than ever before.
Moreover, there were signs that
when Congress gets down to actually
drafting a new farm bill, some farm
representatives may fight for ideas
not contemplated by administration
officials.
The proposal being pushed by ad-
ministration men, and incorporated
as the No. plank in q seven-point
policy platform drawn by 100 spokes-
men for farm organizations Saturday.
centers on production control through
subsidized soil conservation.
Cash Grants Provided.
Farmers would get cash grants,
provided they had permitted the
transfer Of certain acreage from COM
mercial production to soil-conserving
crops, or had adjusted" the COM
modities on certain land.
Administration leaders, faced with
the problem Of raising an estimated
$500, 100000 a year to finance the
program, are considering an effort to
enact most Of the old processing taxes
as excise levies. Many A. A. A. Of
ficials believe, it is said, that the Su-
preme Court decision invalidating A.
A. A. left the way open to excise
taxes II they are not linked with pay
ments to farmers which the court
considers coercive.
Many observers saw striking re-
semblances in the aims of the old
A. A. A. and the new program, al
though the latter will be carefully
drawn in an attempt to meet the Su-
preme Courts objections to A. A. A.
Legislation to help the farmer "in
so far as it is possible to do so within
the limits set out in the decision OF
the Supreme Court" was forecast to-
day by Chairman Jones Of the House
Agriculture Committee.
His brief, formal statement, saying
that ''the rights of both producer
and consumer" will be considered
added:
Our tariff system makes a farm
program necessary in the interest OF
the entire Nation. Complete and per.
manent recovery can be had on nc
other basis.
This country must not be per.
mited to sink back to the depths II
had reached in 1882"
Jones committee was scheduled tc
meet in few days to tackle the
big job Of formulating q substitute
for A. A. A.
The farm representatives who are
remaining here will not picket" ir
the ordinary sense, with placards
but their presence will be felt in the
deliberations leading to actual legis.
lation.
Held Good Psychology"
L. j. Taber, master of the Nationa
Grange, which always has been known
among major farm groups as a friend.
ly enemy of A. A. A., said the actor
Of farm leaders in adopting the prin.
ciples Of the agricultural adjustment
act as a foundation for substitute leg.
islation was good psychology"
He intimated opposing ideas ha6
been subordinated to the interest oi
harmony, but that they would be given
full pay when, drafting of the new act
got under way.
Executive sessions were scheduled
for this week by directors of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
the National Grange, the Farmers
National Grain Corp, the National
Cooperative Council and the Ameri-
can Agricultural Editors Association
The Farm Bureau, which tied in
closely with the A. A. A. through coun.
ty agricultural agents. and the Grain
Corp, which still has financial affilia-
tion with the Government. showed in
dication of going along with the ad-
ministration program, but some others
Of the group began a study Of its
points
In addition, individual agricultural
representatives invited to last weeks
conference by Secretary Wallace sig
nified their intention to be repre-
sented until q new national farm plan
takes definite shape. Prominent
among them were delegates from the
South. who named N. c. Williamson,
Lake Providence, La; G. G. Henry
Memphis, Tenn, and Clarence Rob-
erts, Oklahoma City, Okla, as q con-
tinuing committee for the cotton belt
Conflict Develops.
Certain points of conflict already
have developed between some old-line
farm groups and A. A. A. officials.
4uCy WCIC W1lttCh ulUO Sotui0oy G
seven-point policy program at the
insistence of veteran farm-relief ad-
vocates. The administration is said
to have agreed to their inclusion as
the price for cooperation on other
issues.
The organized farm groups de-
manded that any new act provide
the use Of 80 per cent Of import duties
for the expansion Of foreign and do
mestic outlets for farm products
A. A. A. ofiicials look with disfavor on
subsidized exports.
Another demand was that "th<
American market be preserved fol
American farmers" That raises the
question of maintaining present agri.
cultural tariff shedules or imposing
additional import duties at time
when the administration is trying tc
promote foreign trade by . reciprocal
scaling down Of barriers. ...
Program Explained.
This explanation of the proposed