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U 5 FARM FARM PLAN OUTLINED BY ROOSEVELT Production Con Control troI Soil Conservation Proposed By Associated Press WASHINGTON Jan 10 10 Production control and soil conservation were vere named by President Roosevelt today as foundation stones for a new farm program In a press conference discussion of at the supreme courts court's smashing of the AAA Mr Roosevelt turned thumbs down on export subsidy plans going to the extent of oC allowIng allowing allow allow- ing this this' direct quotation We Ve must avoid any national agriculture ag ag- ag- ag re policy which will result Iri in the shipping of our soil fertility t to foreign nations In General When a asked ked if it this referred to the export debenture farm plan Mr Roosevelt said he was speaking peaking of ot export subsidies idies in general and not of any specific method Unlike his press conference after outlawry where the famous horse and buggy statement originated originated mated Mr Roosevelt made no ref reference ref ref- I to the supreme court line Inline with the presidents president s views was as an indication to the farm conference conference conference con con- ference by Chester C. C Davis ad ad- of oC the dead AAA that his personal preference for a new program involved soil conservation with the possible use of a domestic allotment plan This proposal would pay a bounty to farmers on their allotted share of domestic tion 1 May a Be Permitted Sp Speaking ak ng to the farmers assembled assem assem- assembled assembled bled in Secretary Wallaces Wallace's office Davis said he believed conditional pa payments ments to farmers would be bo permitted per per- under the supreme courts court's AAA decision Payments might be made he indicated for positive use of ot land for soil conservation p purposes pur purposes pur- pur r- r poses thus indirectly keeping a check upon overproduction As a basis for these conditional payments payments pay pay- ments it was indicated the domestic domes domeS- tic allotment plan might be used The farmers elected William Villiam Settle Settle Settie Set Set- tle tie of Indiana a member of the Farmers' Farmers National Grain corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion as temporary chairman to preside preside preside pre pre- side at the farmers' farmers discussions As the president spoke Secretary Wallace was addressing farm leaders lenders lead lend ers era summoned to advise tho the new deal on another farm program Wallace told agricultural leaders we believe such a program can be devised but did not give his own views on the method Wallace Vallace spoke to approximately agricultural representatives summoned by the new deal for advice advice ad vice vicc on what to do about tho the de demolished demolished de- de AAA He lashed obstructionists obstructionists to the future welfare of agrIculture agriculture ag ag- ag- ag flayed special interests that would be delighted to give 6 cent cotton cent 30 wheat 5 cent Continued on Page Pase Two Column Five PRESIDENT SETS FARM PROGRAM Continued from Pare Pace One Ont lard ard cent 8 tobacco to for foreign nat na- na t tons lons ons After fter hearing Wallace the farmers farmers farm farm- ers went to another auditorium in another agriculture ture department building where discussions were be be- be gun A A hurried survey disclosed no cen- cen ral interest in any single farm program pro- pro gram tram but farmers appear appeared d tent ent that something as nearly like Jike AAA as possible should be be drafted draftee Immediately In answer to questions President Roosevelt gave gave the following exp expo exposition of his attitude He Ho said he has to think of agriculture agri culture from the viewpoint of the 48 states state He noted that a D. good many old oh suggestions for farm relief relict arebe ing revived with a good deal of SUggestion suggestion suggestion sug SUg- for tor subsidizing exports o of certain crops Export subsidies for fo certain crops eventually means sub s for exports of all cr crops p pi h hi be added I Be ause h h iut th of t ari- ari tl I culture nationally rather than lo locally locally lo- lo cally he he explained his belief that tha export subsidies subsidies' would encourage the I growing a of a 8 vast increase o of agriculture production Referring t to the wheat crop h he said there never was much of a a problem with this until dry farm farm- ing ng ng came along Then the old buffalo buffal lo lograss grass was VU plowed up in many states aided by the advent of modern ma ma- chinery ry The result he said was that R a avery very light soil was turned up an and land owners started in raisin raising wheat Because of of the great areas area of ot each farm tarm little attention was was paid to the yield per acre aero because a profit was possible through bul bulk production The result was he added b by plowing up this land dust storms storm began and are getting steadily because of the use of the tho land fo for wheat instead of cattle He then asserted that if the country country country coun coun- try goes in for the tho national agriculture agri- agri culture principle that encourages encourage the plowing up up of land again because because because be be- cause of ot the export subsidies dust dus storms torms will continue and a vast area arc will be a virtual desert in which n none no noone noone one can live within A generation o or two The same is true with cotton colton h he said With the export subsidy he heb- heb believed be bt the average farmer may Increase increase In in- crease his land production and start star going to the tho mountain tops with a result in m an nn increase in the so soil soU that runs off to the ocean It is very attractive he ho agreed t tsay to say the country Is going to have a foreign market t by export subsidies But he stated his belief that th the thinking farmers farmers' did not approve of it The emphasis is is s he stated that tha one must think about the future an and unlimited d crop production would result re re- re- re suit sult m inthe the loss of American soUter He told news men the administration tion has not come to a specific plan but will try for some legislation a athis at this session carrying carrying- out the though of ot seeking regulation and retention of soil fertility and keeping up th the price for the farmers Asked if a limited amount of oC exports ex cx- ports could be subsidized Mr Roose- Roose velt remarked that if he were a die die- that probably could be worked Asked ab about b reprisals by foreign governments if American crops crop vero VerI dumped through export subI subsidies subsidies sub sub- I M Mr Mi Roosevelt remarked that tha a a. large number of European nations nation i already had quotas on AmerIcan America crops V |