Show MNARY ASSAILS FARM LOAN BILL Hits Per PerCent Cent Parity Plan as Socialization WASHINGTON July 6 INS I IThe The The senate Monday unanimously unanimously unanimously adopted a resolution providing funds for operation of the department of agriculture for 30 days WASHINGTON July 6 UP UP- UP Senate Republican Leader Charles L. L McNary of Oregon Monday assailed assailed assailed as as- sailed a pending bill to provide per cent loans by the government on basic 1942 farm drops crops describing the measure the highest scheme of socialization ever proposed in the United States The measure was called up by its cosponsor Senator John H. H Bankhead D. D Ala who urged its enactment as a step toward breaking the senate house-senate deadlock deadlock deadlock dead dead- lock which has prevented passage of the 1943 agriculture department supply bill That bill is' is stymied by the houses house's insistence on preventing the government from selling surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus grains for feed below parity and the senates senate's equally adamant stand in favor of restricted sub sub- parity sales President Holds Parley Senate debate on the Bankhead proposal began a a few hours after President nt Roosevelt canvassed pos possible sible means of Inflation inflation inflation tion in an long hour conference with his legislative advisers Mr Ro Roosevelt sevelt seeking authority to sell feed stocks below pa parity said last week the opposition Stemmed from pressure pressur groups In In the the ho house se Representative s nt ti tive e Clifford Hope pe R Kan blocked a a unanimous consent request q est by Chairman Malcolm C T Tarver D. D Gal Cal of the agriculture appropriations Lions subcommittee for immediate consideration of a resolution to provide funds f for or r current operations operations operations opera opera- of the agriculture department department depart depart- ment left without any money because because because be be- cause of the farm bill deadlock Tarver conceded that as ashe he in interpreted interpreted in- in the resolution it did aid not ot prohibit the Commodity Credit corporation cor cor- cor corporation from selling wheat for feeding purposes at less than parIty parity parity par par- ity prices Hope insisted on obJecting objecting objecting ob ob- to any legislation which would permit such- such sales and the house-adjourned house for the day Sen Senate S n te Planned Planned to Act Senate leaders had planned to pass a similar resolution late Monday Monday Mon Mon- day fay and had hoped this course would would would-at at least permit the department depart depart- I rn m ment nt to get money to meet oay I rolls and other current expenses Bankhead told his colleagues he tho thought the parity loan bill bill spon spon sponsored ored jointly by himself and Senator Sen Sen- Senator en- en ator Richard B. B Russell D. D Ga would be a happy happy- solution of iI Two Column Three I f. f MNary Nary Raps Farm Loan Bill BillAs BillAs As Meaning Socialization ni Continued from Pat Par One 1 the existing controversy over sub- sub parity sales by the government We have through the instrumentality instrumentality instrumentality mentality of ot this bill th the opportunity opportunity opportunity fully to protect the parity concept concept concept con con- and the parity income of ot th the farmers while at the same time permitting the department of ot agriculture agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture to proceed with its plans for adequate production of food at prices that will not afford grounds for demanding increased wages Bankhead said McNary however asserted that under its provisions bushels of wheat would gravitate to the Commodity Credit corpora corpora- tion McNary asserted that insufficient insufficient insufficient hearings hearings' had been held on the bill and that it has never been reported by the department of agriculture and hearings on it have never been held by the senate committee ommittee on agriculture No one has appeared in support of this legislation he added and andI I have not had one letter from a farmer favoring or opposing it It Senate Democratic Leader Alben Alben Alben Al- Al ben W. W Barkley of ot Kentucky re reported reported reported re- re ported that no particular remedy remedy remedy rem rem- edy was discussed at the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House but it was believed the entire entire entire en en- tire Inflation anti program was gone over thoroughly including Price Administrator Leon Hendersons Henderson's Henderson's Hendersons Hendersons Hender Hender- sons son's plea for lor sufficient funds to enforce his price edicts House Speaker Sam Rayburn and House Democratic Leader John W. W McCormack of Massachusetts etts were the other conferees but neither would talk talk with reporters Deadlock Pondered Barkley indic indicated ted that thata a II major portion of the conference was given given given en over to the deadlock between the house and the senate over the agriculture department department department depart depart- ment supply bill for fiscal year 1943 He expressed the hope that this stalemate would be broken I by enactment of a continuing resolution resolution resolution res res- which would provide funds for current operations of ot the department de de- Shortly after alter the White House meeting the senate appropriations committee approved such a reso reso- lution It would permit the department department department de de- to spend d during July twelfth one-twelfth the amount it spent during the fiscal y year r 1942 which ended last Tuesday y The amount spent will be deducted from the 1943 1943 appropriation which has been held up because of ot a dispute over sales of held government-held surplus grains grainsby by the Commodity Credit corpora corpora- tion House Bars Sales The house has passed a a. continuing continuing continuing contin contin- resolution with a a. proviso against surplus sales It was not known whether the house would accede to the senate version version version ver ver- sion of ot the resolution In response to a question Barkley Barkley Barkley Bark- Bark ley said the possibility of ot a presidential presidential presidential veto of the farm legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion was not discussed and added that he hoped the bill would not be in shape to require a veto when it reaches the president There have been reports that Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt might veto the bill if it is passed in the form desired by the house The two controversies In congress congress congress con con- gress are over the farm bill and andover andover andover over Hendersons Henderson's request for a appropriation for fiscal fiscal fiscal fis fis- cal 1943 op operations of his office of price administration The house voted to give him only 75 75 75 Henderson appears before a senate senate senate sen sen- ate appropriations committee early early early ear ear- ly this week to renew his plea for additional funds to combat in in- in A preliminary survey of sentiment Indicated that his re request request request re- re quest probably would be granted |