Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-09 | Page 1 | Aaa Decision Starts Move to Alber U. S. Constitution

A AAA A A Decision Starts Move To Alter U. U S. S Constitution Kentucky Senator Of Offers fers Proposed Amendment Amendment Amendment Amend Amend- ment Bankhead Has Currency Plan 9 WASHINGTON Jan 9 UP UP-A UP A new new drive for or a constitutional amendment was started in congress today as result of the supreme court AAA decision Senator M. M M. M Logan D. D Ky introduced an amendment which I would 0 g give v congress the specific powers JO overs s. s which the court has held it does not now possess V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 9 Cur R-Cur- UP Cur Currency rency rency expansion was projected b by S Senator Bankhead D. D Ala Aa as a means of boosting farm p prices ices to today today today to- to day as President Roosevelt conferred conferred conferred con con- with legal egal financial and agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural aids on problems presented by A A As A's death Bankhead who assailed the thc supreme supreme su su- su- su preme court A AAA A A decision as as asto astounding told the senate the administration has another way way of getting a fair price for farm farm- e ers rs If If it becomes necessary he said the president can protect farm prices by increasing the currency He has the power and I think he should exercise it to issue currency currency currency cur cur- rency against all the silver owned by bythe the government and against the Continued on P Page bC Two Column Three I CONSTITUTION CHANGE CHANCE SOUGHT Con Continued from Part Page One gold now lying sterile terne In Int t the e tr treas treas- as ury S 'S Before going to the White House meeting Attorney General Cummings Cum Curn- told newsmen no plan pIan has been a accepted yet adding t t There have ve been varI various suggestions Quito quite a large number in fact They riley are are all aU under discussion discus discus- sion elan and analysis by experts Bankhead also suggested passing a separate bill tho the processing proc proc- essing tax as a a general revenue measure and appropriating out of i the general fund of the treasury a suitable amount to be placed at the disposition of th the secretary of agriculture agri agriculture culture Called into the White House session were Secretary Wallace Secretary A Attorney torney G General Cummings Chester Davis administrator of the dead A A A Daniel Bell acting director of the budget and Herman Oliphant treasury counsel There is no inkling at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House of what action I the president president president dent contemplates There seemed some doubt whether a legislative formula will be drafted before the meeting here tomorrow of farm leaders leader called to discuss the situa situa- U lion tion n. n Both Wallace and Davis were re reported reported re re- ported to favor continuance of cash payments payments' to farmers ers in some form Rumors abroad that further d dol dollar dollar dol- dol l lar devaluation might be included in Inthe the new agriculture program brought no comment at the White House But on this same subject told told newsmen I l 1 would not worry too much about rumors right now now especially if they originate tie the United States he of George GeorgC N. N Peek enemy of ot some ome Roosevelt n n. n policies s. s e entered t the e chaotic A A A picture today j 1 Ad Administration on men men received d word that Peek planned l d to td comm communicate com com- corn com m his a a c conference of f 70 leaders leader of farm organizations The meeting opening tomorrow was called by Secretary Wallace to discuss plans f for r a program t to succeed A A A scrapped rapped by the su supreme w- w preme court Peek will not b be pr present in person per person son his views are expected to be tie communicated through an an inter Inter- I It is is believed he will wUl insist in in- in that agricultural tariffs instead of f being s z in some Instances instances in In- In stances in the new deals deal's trade tre treaty ty with Canada anada Jl should oui be bo Increased in increased in- in creased even to the exclusion of all foreign farm imports Other proposals he may tress stress are 1 that new tariff thrift barriers be raised against t certain other Imports imports imports im Im- im- im ports which could b be supplanted by American farm by products by-products in domestic do do domestic manufacture 2 that farm surpluses be exported on a barter basis Another disclosure today was that Secretary Wallace held a i hUrri hurried d darid and arid s secret ecret conf conference r nce yesterday with the house houe appropriations com corn While all aU this was going on the house agriculture committee drafted drifted five proposals proposals' for tor tentative study and the executive branch took two steps The five plans the no house se agriculture agric S l. l ture tore committee will study are domestic domestic do do- mastic allotments export debentures debentures deben deben- tures appropriations t to states on condition they establish their theix own adjustment programs program y tiona for a leasing land program conditional appropriations to individual indi vidual farmers farmer