Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-19
CORN MARKET|NGS
PUT UNDER QUOTAS
BY HOUSE GROUP
Processing Taxes on Wheat
Are Rejected in Com
mittee Votes.
WAGE BILLS PROSPECTS
IMPROVED BY LEWIS
Passage Of Both Farm and Pay.
Hour Measures by Christmas
Appear More Likely.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The House Agriculture COMMITTEES
decided today to write marketing
quotas for corn into the administra-
tons farm bill.
The committee at the same time re-
1ected suggestions that a processing
tax be imposed on corn to raise funds
for an expanded benefit payment
program.
Chairman Jones said the committee
also rejected subcommittee recon-
mendation that processing tax be
levied on wheat. No decision was
reached on the question Of marketing
quotas for wheat.
The committee was reported to have
voted Is to 8 on the wheat provisions
and Is to on corn.
Mr.. Jones said the members did not
discuss suggestions for a voluntary
control program for cotton. nor COM
pulsory regulation for tobacco
The votes we're taken in what one
member described as very turbulent
session"
oaSe OilC NCCh dSO lIlc Op-
clded informally against both market
ing quotas and processing taxes for
wheat, cotton and rice.
Meanwhile, prospects improved to-
day for enacting wage-hour standards
and crop control legislation-two of
President Roosevelt's recommendations
Congress quits for the Christ
mas holidays
Lewis Backs Bill.
A statement by John L. Lewis term
ing the wage-hour bill "undeniably
sound" in principle, despite serious
limitations" encouraged its sponsors
to redouble efforts to get the bill before
the House
Mr.. Lewis wrote Chairman Norton.
Democrat, of New Jersey, Of the House
Labor Committee that labor's Nom
Partisan League, which he heads.
would do everything possible to bring
about passage of the measure as soon
as possible.
Mrs. Norton, who also has asked
Secretary Perkins and President Will
liam Green OF the American Fedora
ton Of Labor for their views, con-
tinued her campaign to force the bill
from the House Rules Committee. A
petition to accomplish this has been
signed by more than half the required
218 members.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Green asked repre-
sentatives of the Federations four de-
partments to meet him tomorrow aft
ernoon to determine the Federation's
policy toward pending wage and hour
legislation
At its convention in Denver last .
summer the Federation expressed the
opinion that the best type of a wage
and hour bill was one which would
provide for one minimum wage and
one standard for maximum hours. 1t
opposes Federal board to fix diff
ferentials.
Although some leaders remained
dubious about the wage-hour bills
chances at this session, they agreed
that both House and Senate probably
could start debating farm legislation
on Monday.
SrdnaTy Dill vote Set.
Chairman Smith announced the
Senate Agriculture Committee would
vote tomorrow on an ceremonial
granary" bill, expected to be ready
for general Senate consideration Mon
day.
Members of the Senate committee
expressed general favor with the Pope
McGill measure. which is patterned
along lines advocated by Secretary
Wallace and administration farm
leaders
The bill has been revised to hold its
cost within s50O,0oo,000, already au-
thorized under the soil conservation"
program for 1888, and to operate a
compulsory cotton control program.
Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of
Alabama, said Southern Senators were
ready to offer the cotton acreage con-
troll program as section OF the Pope
McGill measure.
We have just one or two little
details to SETTLE" he said.
Chairman Smith said the commit
tee would consider tomorrow the gen.
eral outline of the ever normal
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