Evening star., 1943-02-23
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crat, Of Georgia to take restrictions
of the production of peanuts and to
permit the use of excess wheat and
corn for feeding purposes without
payment of penalties.
The Rules and Military Affairs
Committees meanwhile considered
requests of Mr.. Pace and Chairman
Fulmer of the House Agriculture
Committee that they expedite legis-
lation to grant draft deferment to
farmers and to include increased
labor costs in computing parity, a
price designed to give farmers an
equitable share of the Nations pur-
chasing power.
Rules Committee members. after
hearing yesterday, indicated gen.
eral approval of the parity bill,
which Mr.. Pace said would add not
more than $1,000 100000 annually to
AShe Nations food BILL. but which
the administration has staunchly
opposed.
Mr.. Pace insisted that parity re-
vision Is needed to encourage farm
ers to increase production, adding
that the only issue is whether
Congress wants the people to eat
Will Order hearings.
Chairman May announced the
Military Committee probably would
order hearings late this week on a
bill by MI Fulmer to exempt from
induction all men who were bona
fide farmers last year and to return
to agriculture farmers already
drafted
I'VE have PLAYED around with the
farm problem too long already" Mr.
Fulmer said. Announcement of
the sharp curtailment of food that
will be available under point ration
ing is ample proof that it is time
for action instead of talk
In the meantime, Representative
Rogers, Republican, of Massachu-
sets. sought early consideration of
bill to set up national farm
army composed of young boys and
girls who would volunteer to help
out on the farms. The organizat ton
she proposed would be somewhat
similar to the old Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps, and would be made up
of boys between IA and Is and girls
Is or over. They would be paid
prevailing wages.
Action by the War Manpower
Commission in refusing to import
labor from the Bahamas for Florida
farms until the domestic supply is
exhausted has resulted in a demand
yesterday by Representative Can
non, Democrat, of Florida, for an
investigation of the Farm Security
Administration and WINGS recruit
ment policies.
I hope the Senate. with me, will
investigate these two agencies tFSA
and USES and get to the bottom of
this camoufage," Mr. Cannon told
the Senate Agriculture subcommit-
tee. There is great deal of jeal-
ousy destroying the effectiveness of
the two agencies
The Representative said farmers
in his area prefer Nassau labor to
importation of nationals from
Puerto Rico, which he said had been
suggested "foolishly" by Mr.. McNutt.
The Puerto Rico nationals don't
speak our language and don't fit into
the social picture" he continued.
Furthermore, you can't deport
national if he fails to fulfill his
mission"
Colored labor, Mr. Cannon de-
clared, was adequate until the pres
ent emergency when they have
been encouraged by some high off,
cials to seek romantic wage scales
l.. l.. Chandler, fruit and vegeta-
BILE producer of Gouls, Fla, informed
the committee that the FSA had so
''pampered. petted and spoiled"
group Of colored workers for him in
Mississippi that they "thumbed their
noses at me- He testified one group
pooled their money and sent for a
case OF whisky and loose women"
followed them into the fields.
Later Bruce Church, Salinas,
CALI. farmer and shipper, supple
mented Mr.. Chambers statement by
saying that in his area 1T had come
to a point where laborers start their
weekend drinking on Friday night
and that they might as we'll not work
on Monday because they have ter
rife headaches and are lying down
in the middle of the road"
Not until Tuesday afternoon,
Mr.. Church asserted. do you start
getting efficiency"
Mr.. Chandler said Mr.. McNutt
thus far has refused permission to
import $4,000 agricultural workers
from the Bahamas.
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