Show PARITY FIGHT COMPROMISE MOVE GAINING Bill May Go Back lo Jo To f e jf r. r For Redrafting W WASHINGTON Sept 25 UP tIP Democratic Leader Barkley Kentucky said Friday that an effort to compromise the fight over farm parity prices in the administrations administration's bill rapidly was gaining support in the senate Talking to reporters at the start of the fifth day of debate Barkley said that many senators who previously had been backing an I amendment by Senators Thomas D. D Okla and Hatch D D. N. N M. M to revise the basis of parity upward upward upward up up- ward had informed him they would vote for a substitute proposal di directing directing directing di- di President Roosevelt to lift farm price ceilings where they did not reflect to producers rs the in increased increased increased in- in creased costs of labor and other items The latter amendment would avoid any change in the method I of computing parity President Roosevelt has said that he was I unalterably opposed to changing this standard Indicate Approval Many senators who have been committed to vote for the Thomas amendment have indicated to me that the c compromise proposal ismore ismore is ismore more workable and more satisfactory satisfactory 1 tory Barkley said adding It does not have the vice of re rewriting rewriting rewriting re- re writing the parity formula However Thomas told reporters he thought the compromise was was a meaningless jumble of words and lind would insist n a vote vot first on on the amendment he and Hatch offered There were reports that in order order order or or- der to avoid a prior vote on the Thomas-Hatch Thomas proposal the administration administration administration ad ad- ministration leadership might move during the day to send the bill back to the banking committee commit commit- tee for speedy redrafting to include the compromise provision If this occurred the Thomas- Thomas Hatch amendment would lose its favorable parliamentary position and the administration compromise compromise compro compro- mise would come to a vote first Barkley said there was little chance of any decision by the senate senate senate sen sen- ate today on any of the major points in m the bill indicating that a showdown might be postponed Until until until un un- til Monda Monday Delay Expected This pr b ij delay elay final enactment owe bill bm until after atter the October 1 de deadline set set b by br President Roos Roosevelt velt in his message message message mes mes- sage to congress on September 7 asking for authority to cut farm price ceilings back from per percent percent percent cent of parity to per cent and saying that unless congress acted he would Administration senators decided to ask Leon Henderson the price administrator to outline actions he would take if the compromise were finally accepted by both Continued on Page Five Column Four Compromise Plan in Parity Fight Reported Gaining Senate Favor Continued from Pate Pale One house ouse and senate The house already already al- al ready eady had defeated the administration administration admin admin- by voting to revise the parity anty formula upward and thereby thereby there- there by y lift farm ceiling prices I want unity among all our people eople in this time of war Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Hatch said in opening the days day's debate He added he believed believed be- be that at could best be achieved by all allowing wing farmers prices which would cover the cost of their labor la la- bor Everyone who knows about it at all knows that all farm labor costs should be included interjected interjected inter- inter Senator Bilbo D D. Miss issue Drawn Draun Senator Tydings D D. Md a supporter of the administrations administration's compromise amendment declared the he issue was clearly drawn Those who favor the Thomas amendment want to rewrite the whole parity formula he declared Those who support the committee commit commit- tee amendment want to make provision provision provision pro pro- vision for increased farm labor costs only where they actually have lave increased Hatch denied that he and other farm farm arm state senators wanted to rewrite rewrite rewrite re re- re- re write the whole parity formula although he added that it eventually eventually eventually even even- should be rewritten if full justice is is done the farmers Hatch declared that false statements statements statements state state- ments have been scattered over the country concerning the farm groups roup's amendment and Senator Aiken R R. Vt criticized a full- full page advertisement which appeared appeared appeared ap ap- in a Washington newspaper this morning head Inflation by Congressional Command and signed by the International Latex corporation Playtex Park Dover Del Fla Flays s 's Statements Aiken declared that statements contained in the advertisement advertisements were and declared If they think they're fooling the I farmers they are mistaken The advertisement said a gang gangI I of lobbyists were at work on congress congress con con- gress and asked whether members of the congress were going to help a few of the people torpedo the presidents president's desperate effort to control inflation Senator Reed R R. Kan said sai d he shared Aikens Aiken's resentment about this kind of stuff in th the e newspapers pers Parity is a standard calculate to equalize th the returns a farmei farmel receives fr m his crops with the prices rices of the manufactured and processed goods he buys Under the he bill passed by the house and now pending before the senate which directs President Roosevelt to 0 stabilize prices wages and salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries at September 15 levels so soar far ar as practical no ceiling could be placed on farm products below parity Ask Alc Attitude Since it would be Henderson who actually would administer the price controls under the bill bilI Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Nye R R. N N. D D. said he and others from farm states would feel more disposed to consider a compromise compromise compromise com com- promise if they knew what Henderson Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- derson would do if it were adopt- adopt ed d Nye said he was assured by leaders such a statement would be obtained The Barkley peace proposal won the support meanwhile of Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Norris Ind Neb who had favored the Thomas-Hatch Thomas amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment despite President Roosevelt's unalterable opposition to it In addition Republican Leader McNary Oregon was reported to tobe be seeking to convince other farm bloc members they ought to support support support sup sup- port Barkley's plan because it would include both labor and other cost increases in fixing farm price ceilings Senator Brown D D. Mich told his colleagues Thursday that it would be vetoed and expressed doubt that congress would pass it again over the veto He also made it plain he believed the president would move under the authority of the second war powers act to fix farm prices himself Brown coauthor of the senate bill declared the second second second sec sec- ond war powers act gave the president president president pres pres- ident wide powers over over the economic economic economic eco eco- life the service of supply and the prices of the things we have to buy and sell but Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Taft R R. Ohio a supporter of the Barkley compromise later told reporters he did not agree at all with Browns Brown's interpretation Its It's ridiculous to say that the president can control general genera prices and wages by virtue of the authority given him to deal with priorities in the supply of materials materials materials mate mate- rials and facilities for war plants Taft declared Taft said he doubted if anybody would appeal to the supreme court if the president vetoed the antiI anti anti- I inflation bill and issued an executive executive r tive live order instead |