The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-12

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 It's lucky for Wallace that such a system does not exisit in the United States because, if its did, he would shortly be the most un- comfortable official in Washing ton. His department is due for a terrific raking in the next Con- gress, and Wallace, who is not agile on his feet, would have @ sorry time if he had to answer to 1t directly.
 Wallace is not to blame for the bumper crops and low prices that are causing so much growing in the farm areas, nor did he write the measure which he adminis- ters. But that won't save him. He is secretary of agriculture and he Is due to get 1t in the neck as he well knows. So he is busy preparing his defenses.
 The first defense was ad- vanced in his wheat speech rec gently at Hutchinson, Kansas, and the second in his cotton speech at Fort Worth, Texas. In these addresses Wallace made two things clear: that he knows the big farm drive in the next Congress will be for . "cost-0f- production" bill, and that he is unalterably opposed to It.
 The plan--which as the Me- Adoo-E -Elcher bill came within six votes of passage in the last sen-' ate - embodies @ two-price sys- tenn. The government fixes e price, based on cost of produc- ton, for that portion of a crop consumed in the U. s., and the rest is sold in the world market for what 1t will bring.
 Wallace's Plan
 Wallace contends that under such a program production would increase enormously, huge sur- pluses would pile up and the ag- ricultural economy of the couil- try would sink into chaos.
 He has a counter-plan, as yet unannounced, which he will spring at an opportune moment.
 It would not tamper with the present system of crop control. Wallace considers regulations of production a fundamental neces- sity. But instead of trying to dump the surplus abroad. he would have the government buy it and dump 1t at home - that is, distribute 1t free to the needy.
 This, of course, is nothing new. Through the Surplus Commodity Corporation and the WPA, the government has been doing 1t for both agriculture and indus try on Q considerable scale. But Wallace would make 1t part of the AAA program, SO that farTf1- CTS could definitely count on 1t.
 Wallace believes the proposal is both good economies and good humanitarianism.
 eff we have to dump" he says, "why should we dump abroad? Why should the Ameri- can farmer and taxpayer under write the foreign consumer? Why not dump our surpiuses at home, give the food to our own people who need it? The re- moval of the surpluses would automatically strengthen prices. The processing of the surplus wheat and cotton would sttmu- late mlll activity and provide jobs for thousands. Thus, every body. would. benefit - the farmer, the employed worker, the railroads and the mili- owner"
 Wallace's logic may be sound, but he will have the fight of his life to sell it to Congress. The farm boys are bent on throwing off crop control and it is going to take more than logic to stop them.
 NoTE-A strong inner council supporter to Wallace's plan is Secretary Hull. who sees in the cost-of- production scheme a death blow to his reciprocal trade agree menus,
 Susan B. Anthony
 A wandering newsman. 'spotting an attractive young woman work ing in the press office of the Nd. tional Labor Relations Board, iii- quired, "Who's the new girl7"
 "Thats Susan B. Anthony replied Malcolm Ross, head of the bureau.
 Don't be funny. Whats her name?"
 "Susan B. Anthony" repeated Ross.
 "All right" the reporter snap ped, If you don't want to tell Fne-dont. I'll ask someone 1, else"
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