Evening star., 1943-06-26
Subsidies
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courage farm production, permit
subsidies for the remainder of this
/ crop season on canning crops, dried
peas and beans, continue the price
support program for domestic vege-
table oils and fats, and permit pay
ments on wheat sold as feeds.
| Adoption of this proposal came
swiftly after the Senate had voted,
80 to 81. to write into the bill an
amendment by Senator Clark, Dem
ocrat, of Missouri prohibiting the
payment of subsidies to roll pack
food prices.
The Aiken amendment supplanted
| the Clark proposal, however, auto
matically eliminating the latter
from the bill.
The House voted yesterday to
end the administrator food sub
sidy program only a few hours
after two labor leaders declared
the rollback must be fully eff
fectiVe by July Is or workers will
insist on higher pay TO meet in
! creases in the cost of living.
The House action came shortly
after President Roosevelt COM
mented that Congress will have tc
shoulder the responsibility if it takes
the path toward imitation.
Anti Subsidy Amendment.
! Approving a bill extending the
life of the Commodity Credit Corp.
the House adopted an amendment
by Representative Wolcott, Repub-
lican. of Michigan. providing in
| effect, that neither CCC nor any
other Government agency may
make subsidy payments on produc-
! tion or distribution of farm -origi-
! mated products, in order TO reduce
or maintain prices.
| 1t was the second House vote
against the price rollback, declared
by Mr. Brown to be essential if liv-
ing costs are to be driven back tc
the September Is. 1912, level or
dered by Congress.
| The rollback already has reduced
the retail prices of butter and meat
and has been projected for coffee
Last week the House stripped OPA
of SAT 100000 of the Sl77 900 ,O0(
recommended for it in the mex
fiscal year, and provided that none
of the approved fund could be usec
TO administer such subsidies.
Explaining the effects of his anti.
subsidy amendment, Mr. Wolcott
said:
1T means that on the day thu
measure tCCC extenSiony become.
law the Government is forbidden
from then on to subsidize for roll.
backs of any food prices. However
the Government may pay any sub
sides which have become due anc
payable to the effective date of tn
law
Mr.. Wolcott told the House tha
unless it outlawed subsidies. wei
pass on to posterity today's grocer,
bill" through heavier taxes. He salt
people ARE better able now OF pa,
their grocery bills than ever before.
Representative Patman. Democrat
Of Texas defended the subsidy pro
gram and described the protective
tariff as the most enormous subsid,
program in history"
He asserted Congress not only wa!
doing nothing" to erase dangers O
imitation. but we've crippled tn,
only agency tOffice of Price Admin.
istrstion) we have to deal with in.
hation. Congress has taken every
opportunity TO encourage and pro.
mote ruinous imitation" He added
IF something isn't done it's coins
| to take wheelbarrow full of print.
ing press money to buy a loaf Of
bread"
The July Is "deadline" for effec.
tive rollbaks was set by both CIC
President Philip Murray and Bori.
Shishkin, economist of the AFL
Appearing before special congress
sional committee considering con-
sumner problems. Mr.. Murray said
labor will be compelled to demand
| scrapping of the Little Steel" wage
formula and the hold-the line order
| against imitation unless an effective
| rollback program is in effect in 2C
| days. Mr.. ShiShkin said that unless
this is done labor no longer will be
able to accept the pressure which
has been put upon it
!