The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-11-25
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Washington, Nov. 21.-Farm lead
ers on capitol Hill resorted to extra
ordinary measures today to get a
crop control bill before a congress
which so ar has had little work to
do.
Though Sunday work is rare on
'the HILL" agriculture committee
men were summoned to labor all
day on such problems as "volun-
tary" VS.. compulsory" control,
economy WIS. spending, and other
questions which have delayed the
drafting of a bill.
If the committees succeed in writ
ing the measure in day or so, the
special session will knuckle down
in it's second week to some of the
business it was summoned to trans
act. Farm legislation was one item
President Roosevelt said should re-
ceive immediate consideration.
Leaders predicted Monday would
see continuation of the flibuster
against anti-lynching legislation
consumed the bulk of the senate's
time last week.
There was no assurance, that the
senate would stick to the farm sub
ject once it had a bill before it.
The neutrality bloc threatened to
put up fight for a resolution de-
claring a state of war to exist be-
tween China and Japan. A group
of senators are sch sduled to meet
during the week to consider this.
TIE house is expected to hear
considerable discussion during the
week of wage and hour legislation.
Chairman O'Connor, Democrat,
New York, Of the house rules COM
mittee, has been allotted a half
hour Tuesday for what he said
might be an important announce
ment on this subject The rules
committee has refused to permit a
wage and hour bill to reach the
floor of the house.
House leaders say privately they
see no chance Of a change of posi-
ton by the committee and O'Con-
nor's stand may result in a rush
of signatures to petition to force
the measure out of COMMITTEES. The
petition contains 139 names and
2l8 are needed.
The senate agriculture commit
tee approvAl in principle tonight
a general farm bill designed to
control crop SURPRISES, conserve
soil resources, guarantee, farmers
"fair share" of the national income
and protect consumer market.
While a number of important
points were still in controversy it
was virtually agreed the senate bill
would provide price adjustment
payments on major commodities.
establish an even-nornllal granary
for wheat, corn and possibly rice,
and regulate production through
acreage and marketing quotas.
The granary would be carried
out for cotton and tobacco in the
form of loans for storing surplus
es. The purpose would be to re-
duce supplies in a glutted market
and hold them for release at "fair
prices" in lsan years.
The bill contemplates additional
federal appropriations for adjust
ment payments. Producers would
be entitled to the payments in re-
turn for voluntarily cooperating
with the federal acreage control
program.
Adjustment payments would be
in addition to soil conservation
benefits and possibly total $780,
100000 more than the regular $780,
100000 conservation appropriation.
Final decision had not been reach
ed on this point.
Voluntary acreage contracts
were adopted for wheat and corn
farmers in return for federal sub
sides, and provision made by farm
er referenda in years of excess pro-
duction.
The present temporary control
program under which farmers are
paid for shifting acreage to soil
building crops or otherwise "con-
conserving the SOIL" was put into
the proposed nsw system by the
senate committee.