Show vi 11 4 THIS thistle tWE ER in washington iz 9 davids A NEW FARM tiRON FRONTIER TIER president kennedy Kenn edys anew new frontier for agriculture calls for sweeping changes design ed to give farmers added bargaining powers to increase their income ile he spelled spelled out his program methods and objectives in a 10 70 page word farm bill now before the house and senate agriculture committees it Is the longest farm bill we can recall ever being put before congress the key provi provision slon Is supply management controls through greater use of acreage as allotments marketing quotas in bushels bales and pounds marketing orders to set minimum quality standards backed up by price supports and compensatory payments when needed it would stock the secretary of agricultures Agri cultures farm medicine kit with a ac score ore or more of other farm problem remedies such as an expansion of industrial plants into 4 un der developed rural areas more credit for farmers and wider ider use 0 f surpluses at home and abroad program procedures Pro clur the first step in putting a new program into effect if congress approves the bill would be a decision by the secretary that some part particular leu farm commodity was sick the secretary next would ask th the county committees iw and the farm organizations to nominate a committee of bona fide farmers to serve on a committee to consult with him before prescribing a treatment for the illness and in addition the secretary would himself appoint at least one consumer depre nta tIve to serve on each commodity committee the th job of that I 1 would be to protect consumer In teresta Interest 41 rth in yie vie dev development paint of any farm pro programs grani I 1 after consulting with ibis bis advisory committee committe ei he seem secre tary would send the proposed new program to congress congreso in the form of a prescription if however congress disagreed des agreed with the diagnosis and prescribed treatment it could send a revised program to the president I 1 Y tr Far farnin mors choice the new program would then be submitted to producers of the commodity in a re feren dum it would become law only it if approved by at least two thirds of those voting in the referendum president kennedy came to a conclusion reached earlier by many tanners farmers and farm leaders that there it Is no sin gle cure al remedy program that can be applied to all farm problems but that different commodities require different programs the new farm bill makes available stronger controls over farm marketing than present laws do even to the point of setting the maximum amount each individual farmer could sell but those could be made effective only it if approved in advance by two thirds of voting in a referendum congress Is as it should taking king a close look at the bill |