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Show FARM PROGRAM USES AAA PLAN WASHINGTON, Oct ft) CTV Tucked away In th administration's proposed new farm pro, ram t, a constitutions! question that may arouaa considersbl debate In next month' special acaaion of eongraaa. Secretary Wallace haa said that aom of the feature of th "ever normal granary" aytm he 1 advocating advo-cating were picked up from th old trlple-A" law Invalidated by the auprem court early in KM. Th granary ayatem provide for atorlng aurplua crop for ua In lean year. In th AAA decision th court majority aaid growing of crop waa a local matter outaid th bound of federal action, disapproved of federal fed-eral benefit payment to farmers and ruled (upporting taxea Illegal Refer U Declalo) President Rooaevelt referred to that decision In hi apecch last week announcing th special acaaion. "Th people of the United Btates war checked." he aaid, "in their effort ef-fort to prevent future pillag up of hug agricultural aurplusee and the tumbling price which Inevitably follow them." Wallace haa mentioned the decision de-cision In moat of his public statement state-ment a and frequently haa attributed any weakness In federal farm pro-grama pro-grama to it. He haa pleaded for a united farm front for the granary proposal. Hs told cotton, corn and wheat belt farmers they must "act together politically." This has been difficult In the past, Wallac ald, because farmers in the south and thosa 1n the north and weet had been in the "habit of voting opposite political tickets." Cant Be Certain When questioned about constitutionality constitu-tionality of the new farm program Wallace has smiled and answered that no one ran be sure what will be ruled constitutional. Congress adopted his suggestion for a processing tax on sugar as part of the new sugar quota program pro-gram with little debate. Associates of Wallace said they hope provisions of the granary program meet as little lit-tle opposition. Action on crop control bill will be congress' first Item of business. Chairman Jonea (D., Texas) of the house agriculture committee said last night at Amarillo. Texas, that he had called hia committee to meet in Washington October 27 to draft a bill. The 25 members of the committee have been conferring with farmers sines the August adjournment of congress. |