Evening star., 1937-10-04
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press,
GRAND FORKS, N. Oak, October
In an address strongly limiting at
a special session of Congress, Presi-
dent Roosevelt asserted today sur
plus crop control legislation ought to
be passed at the earliest possible
moment"
Mentioning the Supreme Court
eonvening today for its Fall term
for the first time on his Western trip,
he disagreed with its majority ruling
invalidating the A. A. A. form of pro-
duction control. He also quoted ex-
cerpts from a letter from a retired
member of that court-John H.
Clarke-saying his saw ''eye to eye"
with the President as TO his social
economic and peace program.
The President spoke in dedicating a
Federally-sponsored grandstand at the
fair grounds, coming from Fort Peck
Dam. Mont. where he rebuked
"doubting Thcmases" who have been
critical of his objectives.
Republicans Among Greeters.
The President was welcomed to
Grand Forks by committee of Re-
publicans and Democrats headed by
Republican Gov. William LANCER.
Others in the group were J. F. T.
O'Connor, controller of the currency
and a native of Grand Forks: Mayor
z. A. Flanland, William E. Glotzbach
Democratic national committeeman,
John C. Eaton. Democratic State
chairman. and Miss Gertrude Dwire,
Democratic national committeewoman
Senator Gerald P. Nye. Republican,
of North Dakota, took part in the pro-
cession to the fair grounds and ar
ranged to ride on the presidential
special to Fargo.
Declaring better land use in the
aird regions and control of surpluses
were the two objectives" of his farm
program, the President told his Grand
Forks audience:
Il feel certain that ma jority in
both Houses of the Congress will heed
the wish of most of the farmers of the
Nation in enacting crop surplus-c con-
troll legislation And ii is my thought
that legislation toward that end ought
to be passed at the earliest possible
moment.
Indication of Special Session.
Then, evidencing he might be
thinking of special session, ne con-
tinued;
Because this legislat ton was not
passed at the last session, it is too
late for it to have any bearing on
the Winter wheat which is now in
the ground.
becomes law on the signature of the
President. it takes month or two
before it is humanity possible to set
UP the machinery in all parts of the
country to carry out the provisions
of the new law. II. therefore new
legislation is to affect the 1888 crops,
haste seems to be important from
every angle he said.
The President did not mention his
defeated plan to enlarge the Supreme
Court. In leading up to his criticism
of the A. A. A. decision, he said ne
believed it was essential to our na,-
tional economy that We have some
thing to say about the control of the
major crop surpluses"
Tomorrow the President will con-
clude his Western trip with a pre-
pared speech dedicating the Chicago
Outer link Bridge. Then he leaves
for Hyde Park to spend two or three
days before returning to Washington.
He will remain in the Capital less
than a week. however, and then
return to his Duchess County home.
Speaking to a large crowd at his
train late yesterday, after inspecting
the two thirds ds-completed Fort Peck
Flood Control Navigation Improve
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-3)