Evening star., 1943-04-18
House Kills Proposal
:For Incentive PAY 10
increase War Crops
Agriculture Department
Appropriation Measure
Faces Further Debate
By the Associated Press.

. By the Associated Press.
: The House, reafflrming its op-
sposition to farm subsidies as a
ssubstitute for higher crop prices,
yesterday wrote into the s707,-
s04o,844 Agriculture Department
appropriation bill a provision
sbarring use of any of the meas
sure's funds for incentive pay
fments to farmers.
= The limitation, sponsored by
chairman Cannon Of the Appropria-
stions Committee. would prevent re-
.vival of a s100 100000 incentive pay
.ment program outlined by Secretary
aWickard two months ago as means
sof encouraging greater production of
scrops deemed vital to the war effort
= Representative Cannon explained
sthat the Agriculture Department
Fhad since set up substitute pro-
sgram, providing Government guar
santee of higher grower prices for
swar crops at the market place-a
sgoal, he said, sought by Congress
sand the major farm organizations
Subsidies Are American
. Farmers do not want Govern
.ment handouts" the Missourian de-
sclared. They want fair prices at
sthe market place. Subsidies are un-
economic. They are un-American. :"
When some members suggested
that the department might still re-
ssvive the incentive payment program
sand use funds from an approved
s3oo,0000 900 benefit payment item in
the bill Mr.. Cannon offered his
safeguarding" amendment and the
House adopted it by a standing vote
of 13l to 70.
Controversial phases of the bill
yet to be settled include an Appro-
priation Committee proposal to abol-
ish the Federal crop insurance pro-
gram and to turn over lending
phases of the Farm Security Ad-
ministration to the Farm Credit
Administration.
Mr.. Cannon said that under his
anti-incentive payment amendment,
the Agriculture Department can
make only one general type of pay
ment to farmers-payments for car
ryine out soil conservation and soil
building phases of the AAA program.
Bearing House approval, he said.
are payments to make acreage ad-
justments for the so-called basic
crops Of cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco
and rice.
The war crops for which incen-
tive payments were proposed in
cluded peanuts, faXseed. soybeans,
canning crops, potatoes, sweet po-
tatoes and grain sorghums.
Several members objected that
the House, in refusing to appropri-
ate for the incentive payments,
put the Government in the position
OF repudiating its promise
The Agriculture Department has
promised such payments to farm
ers," said Representative Tarver,
Democrat, of Georgia. I'm Won
derlng if Congress is not obligated
to make funds available so that the
Government can carry out that
promise"
Soil Saving Pay Limited.
The House not only eliminated
the incentive payments but also
limited the total amount of soil
conservation payments to $780,
100000, whereas the department has
announced payment rates which
would require $4O0,O00,00O.
The House also adopted an
amendment offered by Representa-
tive Rees, Republican. of Kansas
which would reduce from $4,000 to
$500 the maximum amount which
any person or corporation could be
paid for carrying out soil conserva-
tion and soil building practices This
reduction, Mr.. Rees said, would tend
to discourage concentration of farms
under "hip ONnerShin"