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services Of 100000 persons tor In
trastate farm labor. The remain
Ing 45o, 900 900 would have gone to
the Farm Security Administration
for interstate movement at Govern
lnent expense, Of .36o, 900 seasonal
workers and 42,Ooo to be employed
On = year-around basis.
Want Plan Tested First.
The subcommittee reduced the
total apparently in the belief the
belief the plan should flrst be given
: test, with indications that addi-
tional funds will be forthcoming
later 4 the program proves sue
ceaeft1.
At the same time the committee
recommended that the entire pro-
gram be placed under the extern
sion service On the eropnAnAnat It
eedy has y wordl 613 lntxa-
j. fof thAS luposs.
hat would deny the FsA any
laect30n WIN the pro 5Alli.x The
0A's function primarx Ris give
financial and other aid to small
farmers.
The subcommittee b nearing the
end Of long hearings ana Is ex-
pected to report this week to the
full Appropriations Committee,
which, with the House itself, al-
ready has rewritten several other
.adm1nistration programs this ses-
sion.
Under the program ~ revised by
the subcommittee. farm workers re-
cr,dted BY the Extenstop Service.
would have their travel expenses
paid and would receive Z subsistence
allowance while en- route from
their homes to the locality where
they win work.
We9k week Limit barred.
while the workers would recedye
the prevailing wage rate for farm
work, provision was written into
the hill to prevent any limitation
-A,ch - ! l0-hoslr week-on the
number Of hours they would be en-
ployed.
The subcommittee's action repre-
sented dissatisfaction With the man
ner In which the recruiting was
projected but not with the principle
Of taking every possible measure TO
procure workers for farms, an issue
OF grave concern to Congress men,
bers. -'-
Senator Bankhead, Democrat, Of
Alabama plans to press for q vote
Tuesday on his bill to grant blanket
draft deferment to farm workers
and predicts It's passage despite the
opposition Of the military. services.
As another step to provide farmers
With labor, Senator Nye, RepubN-
can. Of North Dakota and others
seek to reduce the size Of the pro-
posed Army.
The unonacial Farm Committee
of the House, made up Of one rep
resentattve from each state, yes
terday organised Z 13-man policy
committee and four subcommittee.
Flannayap Heads Subcommittee.
The Policy Committee chose Rep
resentative Flanagan, Democrat, of
West Virginia as chairman Of a
subcommittee to investigate OPA
activities affecting agriculture out
put, including farm prices.
Other subcommittee chairmen are
Representatives Zimmerman, Demo-
crat, Of Missouri, to investigate fer
tiltzer problems; Cleveneer, Repub-
lican, OF Ohio, to study farm sup
plies, including lumber, wire and
other products, and Klebere, Demo-
crat. OF Texas, to study livestock
problems.
Members Of the committee said
they considered manpower and farm
machinery problems the most i'm
portant facing farmers and that
they would receive attention first.
Representative Hope, Republican,
Of Kansas said II these problems
were not solved within the next 80
days this years agriculture output
would be seriously cllrtailed.
n Omcials Of the farm machinery
branch Of the Food Production Ad-
ministration reviewed for the COM
mittee the present farm machinery
situation, but details OF their testi-
mony were not made public. Fol-
lowing the. meeting, however, COM
mittee members said additional
allotments OF critical materials
probably would have to be made
for construction Of farm machinery
to meet the situation.