Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-06-29 | Page 2 | Subsidy Revival Looms as Conferees Jail

Subsidy Revival looms as Conferees Fail WASHINGTON June 29 lP- lP Indications that congress might be ae ask asked d to o erase recently voted prohibitions against spending gov- gov funds to roll back retail food prices came Tuesday from lawmakers charged with ironing out differences in senate and house bills halting the administrations administration's subsidy program Completing their first conference conference conference confer confer- ence on the anti subsidy provisions in bills adding two more years of life to the Commodity Credit corporation corporation corporation cor cor- C C C CJ Cl senate conferees said efforts to weld the two measures measures measures meas meas- ures together appeared hopeless As a result they added the conference conference con con- conference ference likely will consider salvaging salvaging ing enough of the legislation to permit passage of the C C C extension extension extension ex ex- ex- ex tension provisions before the agency's agency's agency's agen agen- cys cy's legal life expires at midnight Wednesday Of the five senate conferees two who refused to be quoted by name said they expected the conference on the subsidy prohibitions to end in n a disagreement In that event they Jiey declared legislation will be introduced to authorize payment of sufficient funds to continue the I rollback on meats butter and I coffee Both senators expressed belief bellef that sentiment of the senate senite at least east had changed since the re restrictions restrictions re- re restrictions were voted Saturday and that a bill would be passed placing a ceiling on the amount of subsidies paid