The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-18

. AV Wao 0 AOhA -leAay AS0al ~A high cards, and cllmaXed the forced the administration to include all farm labor costs. including that Of the farmer and his family, in the computation of farm parity prices, That would send food prices sky- rocketlng and wreck the Pres idents antl-inflation program,
 With Brown acting as go.between with Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wlckard and the farm bloc, the administration bought of the farm bloc, it was said. The farm bloc leaders agreed to drop the wage-cost bill and the adminlstra- ton agreed to:
 1. Remove Henderson as oPA
 Administrator.
 2, Permit moderate increases In
 ceiling prices on farm products,
 3. Scrap it's farm subsidy pro.
 gram, . pet Henderson idea.
 {. Another undlsclosed condl-
 ton.
 Wickard was said to have closed the deal late yesterday afternoon, He flashed the word to the White House and President Roosevelt set in motion the most drastic shake.up on the civilian war front since the wRr began
 The first announcement came from the White House which re. leased Henderson's letter of reSig- nation--"dictated principally by a recurrent physical difficulty and a rather bad impairment Of my cye- sight"-and the Presidents accept ancc.
 MT. Rooseyelts letter made 1t plain that while Henderson may eventually be brought back Into Roy- ernment service, he will not return to the Office Of Price Administra. ton. When you arc able to return to work, the president said, I shall certainly want your assistance in some other capacity"
 Henderson's number had been up in Congress for several weeks. The farm bloc had made no secret Of It's plan to "get" him when the new session convese. Chairman Hamp- ton P. Fulmer, D., s, O., Of the House agriculture committee said after Henderson'S resignation: Tt looks liko Henderson got the jump on Congress, we planned to have him resign when the new session starts"
 Congress major weapon against Henderson would have been tho matter Of appropriations. It can cut of funds for any agency's eontinua- ton or reduce them so drastieally as to cripple that agency. And that was what the farm bloc, well repre-. sented on the appropriations com mittee, planned to do.
 One pakk of tho deal has the ad- ministratyon uneasy. Officials fear the agreement to permit moderate increases in the ceiling prices of farm products will touch of labor demands for higher wages. They ful- y expect labor to have something to say then about the recent wese freezing.
 Elimination of the farm subsidy BpkhAHl Hbt w Nubgi WNhhEA ACNtt did like it-a program to pay pro- ducers of farm products subsidies to balance increased costs, while hold. ing consumers costs steady.
 Only two subsidies are being paid three and three.quarters cents n pound on cheese, and to dairy men on milk in several mildsheds, inelud- ing New York. Recent rises in the price of meat were on teh verge Of making subsidy necessary for flour millers.
 President Roosevelt stipulated in accepting Henderson'S resignation that he remain in office until his successor is chosen. When Hender- son leaves, 1t will be the first time since 1894 that he has not held a government job His first appearance with the New Deal was :, a con- sultant for the NRA.
 MT. Roosevelt conceded that his had been an unpopular job in ae- cepting Hendersons resignation.
 'The duty of placing ceiling on the prices of commodities and when shortage exists, rationing the available supply among the civilian population, is an exceedingly difn- cult and thankless task" the Pres.- dent wrote. You have performed this service with energy and with unexampled courage. You have not