Show THIS WEEK in washington with clinton davidson Dav ldson davidson KENNEDY FARM PROGRAM in washington tills week farm and political leaders agree the farm vote on nov 8 may very well decide cheth er richard nixon or john kennedy is the next president of the united states farm problems next to maintaining peace with hon or rank as among the import ant issues in the election cam palan laign and will become one of the major concerns of the next administration doth both candidates recognize that there is a farm depression more critical than at any time since 1933 34 and that a major effort must be made to reduce surpluses and raise farm income farm purchasing power the things farm ers can buy with net income from production is the low est since the early we asked both mr ken nady dy and mr nixon what they would propose it if elected to solve the surplus problem and raise farmers in come in this and a succeed ing column the two candidates answer that question son sn Kenn kennedy edys answer first we pledge ourselves to secure full parity of in come tor for the farmer that Is an income which gives aver age producers a return on their heir invested capital labor and nd management equal to that hat which similar or combar able resources earn in non fa arm employment secondly we propose to assure parity income through purchases and loans where necessary but with major emphasis on supply management controls including the use of marketing quotas land retirement marketing orders and agreements to effectively reach a balance between supply and demand third we must use our ex cess productive capacity to teed feed the hungry and undernourished here at home ahr ough the school lunch programs a food stamp plan and direct distribution through welfare agencies as well as an expanded program of food shipments to strengthen friendly nations that need our surplus fourth we will begin a sound system of soil soft conservation which does not destroy entire farms and which is ad ministered at the local level by local farmers leip help for low income farmers fifth we will revitalize our agricultural credit agencies to help farmers get the credit they need at interest rates they can afford to mod ernlee and expand sixth better research and extension services more assistance to coops co ops a strengthen td col REA and expanded mar services service are essential to the development of a sound rural economy seventh wet wd will initiate a special program for low pro farmers farmers who must work with inadequate resources and who have a gross income of less than 2500 a year this includes encouraging more industries to move to rural areas to provide part or full time jobs for farmers 1 the point on which sen kennedy differs most from mr nixon Is on the use of strong government controls to limit production ne next x t week we will report on mr nixons dixons farmer cooperation with the plans to encourage voluntary government to bring supplies and demand into balance |