Evening star., 1937-12-05
FARM BILL DEBATE
CURBED AS SENATE
SEEKS EARLY VOTE.
Leaders Hope for Passage
This Week, but Recommit-
ment Is Possible.
SUBSTITUTES EXEMPTED
FROM LIMIT ON TALKS
King Denounces Measure, Declar.
ing It Will Make Wallace "a
Dictator Over the Farmer"
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Legislation to help the farmer
is the. most important item on the
Legislative calendar of the special
session OF Congress, but tpith only
t,po weeks left the farm bill is far
from becoming laW. One OF the
principal stumbling blocks has been
the question of financing, 1rith the
President threatening by implica-
ton to ueto the measure if it is to
cost more than half billion dol
lars, unless means of raising the
additional reUenue are provided.
Dy the Associated Press.
The Senate wound up two weeks of
vordy debate on the farm bill yester-
day by agreeing to limit future speech
making on the measure.
BY motion OF Majority Leader Bark
ley, a unanimous consent agreement
was reached to cut debate on amend
ments to the bill to Is minutes for
each speaker, with 20 minutes allowed
on the bill itself.
Senators will be permitted to speak
only once on each amendment and
only once on the bill.
Senator Barkley told the Senate that
the two weeks of debate had given
full opportunity for discussion and
that it was desirable to avoid any un-
necessary further delay.
Lees Substitute Exempted.
A substitute farm program proposed
by Senator Lee, Democrat, of Okla
homa was exempted from the debate
limitation agreement, after the Okla
homan had protested that he had no
opportunity for full discussion of his
measure His bill differs from the
pending Agriculture Committee meas
ure in that it would be entirely volun-
tary.
Senator Barkley agreed to exempt
any other substitutes that may be Of
fered. He also said the limitation
would not apply to any motion to send
the farm measure back to the Agri-
culture Committee. ~
The agreement will go into effect
tomorrow afternoon. sr
Vote Possible This Week.
Democratic leaders expressed hope
that the bill would pass the Senate
this week.
There was sentiment, however, for
recommitting the farm bill to the Ag-
riculture Committee for further study
Senators favoring this move argued
that objections to the legislation raised
by Secretary Wallace could be more
sxpeditiously met by committee action
With the House in recess until to-
morrow, the Senate yesterday heard
Senator King, Democrat. of Utah de-
nounce the pending farm bill as a
"monstrous measure" which will make
the Secretary of Agriculture dicta-
tor over the farmer"
we will have a Stalin," King
shouted. Il have never seen more
power concentrated in Government
agency. II this keeps on we won't
have a republic any longer-we will
have a one-man Government"
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, Of
Michigan broke In to compare the
policies of President Roosevelt with
those of President Vargas of Brazil.
Quoting newspaper reports telling
Of the dissolution of Brazilian po-
litical parties and the burning of Bra
milan state flags, Senator Vanden-
berg said:
THAT is very interesting in the
light of the fact that when the dis
tnguished President of the United
States visited Rio de Janeiro on his
good neighbor journey last year, ac-
cording to the New York Times, he
said that two people invented the
New Deal-the President of Brazil and
the President of the United States"
Senator King said the farm bill was
part Of a movement on foot to
concentrate. power in the hands of
the Federal Government and make
the States mere geographical express
sions."
Would Revamp Taxes.
The Utah Senator said Congress
should act during the special ses-
sion to revamp the controversial un-
distributed profits and capital gains
taxes.
He said that this would aid in ar
resting the business recession. and
would end "the fear that is gripping
business and. the laboring man."
The House Agriculture Committee
has agreed to support an amendment
to the farm bill which would deprive
the Secretary of Agriculture of dis
cretionary power to apportion the
$500 100000 annual soil conservation
benefit payments among commodities.