Evening star., 1942-07-07
House, Senate
Agree Farm
Bill for July
Parity Bloc Yields
Temporarily on
Grain Prices
BULLETIN,

providing for Government
loans at full parity on six
major crops, which would en-
able farmers to borrow 80
cents more on a bushel of
wheat than the current mar
ket price and Is cents more on
a bushel of corn. The bill was
passed by a vote of % to 81
after the Senate had rejected
a proposal to send it back to
committee.
Earlier Story on Page A-1.)
By the Associated Press.
The Senate and House finally
agreed today on stop-gap legis-
lation to provide funds for the
Agriculture Department pending
settlement of bitter dispute
over terms of the $3.50, 900 900 an
nual supply bill.
The Senate accepted House
amendments to its own resolution,
sending the temporary legislation
to the White House.
1t was agreed that the depart
ment would be advanced July
funds on all on-controversial ap-
preparations in the big farm bill,
which means the department will
receive about $56, 900 900 this month.
The Senate yesterday had ap-
proved a resolution continuing
funds at the rate prevailing in June,
under legislationswhich expired at
the end Of the fiscal year. The
Senate version would have given the
department about $4,000, 900 this
month.
House Yields on Prices.
II think this resolution has the
same purpose and effect as the one
which passed the Senate yesterday, :"
said Senator Russell, Democrat OF
Georgia. but oalr friends In the other
chamber are sosjeAl6as Of their~prer
negatives, they had to make some re-
vision Of our proposal"
House members abandoned tenn
porArily their stand for prohibitions
against below parity sales Of Govern
ment-held stocks Of grain.
BY a roll call vote announced as
185 to 50, the members defeated a
motion by Chaiyman~ cannon of the
Appropriations Committee to insist
that the Senate agree to the prohi-
bition which President Roosevelt
and administration leaders have
opposed.
Agreement for July Only.
Speakers made 1t plain during
debate, however, that they intended
to insist on their position In nego-
tiations on the departments new
appropriation, yielding only on the
question of giving the department
funds on which to operate during
July.
Representative Cannon accused
the Agriculture Department of try
ing to break down farm prices"
This, he told the House, comes "at
a time when the farmers are re-
ceiving less than any one else
He said that recent letter from
President Roosevelt to seven labor
religious and farm groups opposing
the ban bears all the earmarks of
having been written in the Depart
ment of Agriculture The proof, he
said, was in the reference to what
Representative Cannon said was
"poWer-hungry farmers"
The Presidents letter covered two
points, the need as he saw it for
the Government to be free to use
its feed resources to produce food
for the wartime effort" and the mat
ter of appropriations for the Farm
Security Administration.
con the latter point, he said
the Senate figure, however in
adequate, is infinitely better than
the inadequate proposals that are
being mistakenly urged on the
Congress by certain selfish and
power-hungry groups" He did
not identify these groups.
(The Senate FSA figure was
(Coo nADNE De-. . y