Evening star., 1949-07-19
.Coa|itionRejects
on
.Brannan Plan
Finish Fight Mapped
Against Restricted
3-Crop Trial Run
BY the Associated Press


Republicans today fatty rejected
compromise efforts
on farm legislation. It's leaders
signalled instead for finish fight
to defeat even restricted three
crop trial run for Secretary Of
Brannans farm SUBJ
sidy plan.
AS House members gathered for
the opening. of the important
debate, administration forces Of
fered to give ground in an effort
to save the bill. They proposed
new restrictions on the trial
run"
But Representative Gore, Dem
ocrat. of Tennessee. usually an
administration supporter but lead
ing the opposition to it's farm
bill. said this retreat merely Is
IAN admission of a basic fault in
the bill"
Favors Present Status.
Mr.. Gore already has offered a
substitute bill continuing the
present farm program for another
year. He predicted the House,
after two days of general debate.
will approve his measure Thurs
day. Chairman Cooley of the
House Agriculture Committee just
as confidently said the admins
tration bill, with modified Bran
nan plant trial run. will win.
Mr.. Cooley announced last nigh1
that the administration bill would
be revised to restrict the Brannan
subsidy plan trial run to two
years, with the experiments linn
tied specifically to three COM
neutrality-suspicious.. eggs and shorn
wool.
If the House approves, this
would drop all plans for an exc
pertinent with production pay
ments Cor subsidies in the hog
market. Mr.. Brannan previously
has listed hogs as one of the first
crops he preferred for such trial
Senators Reject Plan.
Even before the House met to-
day, a Senate Agriculture SUBJ
committee formally rejected the
proposal for a trial run on hogs.
Chairman Gillette of the SUBJ
committee told reporters after the
groups meeting:
Il was directed to draft a report
to the full committee returning
the bill without recommendation.
. I'm effect. the exigencies on the
hog situation seems to have
passed. 1t seemed to us that q
trial run on one or more farm
products would not be best"
AS approved by the House Ag1.
culture Committee, the adminis-
tration bill would permit the Sec
retary to choose three perishable
crops or two perishables and wool.
for the trial run. 1t did not
specify the number of years he
could experiment on a three-crop
basis.
Keeps Suplus OFF Market.
The present farm program that
the Gore bill would continue sup
ports farm prices by Government
loans and purchases that keep
price-depressing surpluses out Of
the markets. BY this method, the
Government maintains rigid sup
ports at 80 per cent of parity. The
present program props up the
farm market prices. 1t does not
make direct price subsidy pay
ments to farmers.
Parity is a price intended to give
the farmer purchasing power
in fair relationship with the prices
of things Re must buy.
The Brannan plan would let
the price of perishable foods drop
to whatever levels the markets
would pay. instead of holding
them up with Government pur-
chases and loans. To keep farm
income up to predetermined
level, the Government then would
pay subsidies to farmers.
Mr.. Brannan contends this
would mean lower food costs for
consumers and stable income for
farmers.
Critics. including the two big
gest farm organizations - the
American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton and the National Grange
(See FARM, Page A-4)
Rr;fieh Vnmniro Killer