Show 1 i washington snapshots C by janica james preston the decision of congressional committees to proceed with a farm bill a victory for anybody it was just another caso case of 0 men me having to choose between what they believed to bo be the devil and tho the deep blue sea tho key to the farm bill fight in essence Is ia whether a federal bureau shall 1 be empowered to order farmers to grow certain crops find fine fille them if they dont or 2 simply bo be authorized to pay them premiums ea c ailed lie a benefit benc fita a by some and bribes by others if they raise what they are told to td ralso raise most opposition to either or both these plans lias has como come from members representing agricultural districts the south Is largely agricultural most opposition to either plan has como come from the south coincidental with the decision in washington to proceed with the farm program tho the national grange announced its 1938 platform for agriculture and promptly dispatched copies to every member of congress Con grosa th granges platform Is about tho the most constructive criticism jet yet heard aicard on the farm program proposal and should prove valuable study material for those who undertake to formulate form legislation this Is particularly true since a proclamation by the orange grange Is about the closest thing available in the way of an expression of attitude from tho the real grass roots twelve planks plank made up the grange document and no 2 on the list reads balance tho the budget insist upon economy and efficiency in local state and federal government Il ato and avoid duplication of public services protect the taxpayer and keep in mind that for everything asked of government the taxpayer must pay the hill and still another poster coop ration and goodwill good will between gov orn eminent ment labor industry and agriculture create contido so that recovery may go forward and the wheels of business may turn faster er allore people may be employed and more moie consuming power created theres a point of questionable logic in the announced desires of sonio somo of tho the congressional block to belleve business of the undistributed net income tax for the little fellow only the plan apparently is to ift tho tax from the small employer but to keep the bliach shackles les on the larger ones they admit that the tax is hurting business as shown by the decreasing employment the logic therefore seems to be that a nall man with a relatively small number of employees whose jobs are endangered by the tax should be helped but that an employer with thousands on ills payroll should took look after his own observers who watch congress closely know that applause given to speakers in the house of representatives senta tives la Is much more likely to indicate the real feeling of house inen ibers almu are their public statements the reason of course is a that the applause may be anonymous but statements cannot hence it attracted more than passing interest when lien representative dies a texas democrat was interrupted 16 times by applause and cheering during a 30 minute speech the keynote of his speech was this the only member of congress who is 19 worth aa a thinkers dam to the country and to his people la is one w who ho can say what he thinks and yote vote his honest convictions dies was explaining ills his opposition to the wage and hour bill |