| Show secrets seats of AAA come to light wallace under pressure reveals big gifts to farmers enthusiasm over the new AAA has been somewhat dampened by disc aies about the old AAA that was as knocked out by the supreme court when the administration hastily threw together a new farm arm bill congress asked a few general questions about whether it would stand the test ot of constitutionality and then swallowed it whole without public hearings of the chiefs of the agricultural department and with no debate on specific details of the plan congress later turned over 40 OW OW to secretary wallace it was wag a blank check rushed through so that benefit payments to farmers might be flowing generously just be fore election time next november one of the witnesses before the sub committee of the house appropriation appropriations committee on march 10 was chester 0 davis administrator of theold the old AAA at this closed house hearing bearing admin intrator davia davis was asked it he could supply a list of farm owners who bad had received more than under the old AAA mr davis said it would be a colossal clerical job in answer to questions he be said he would be very much surprised if payments to single individuals or properties ever ran ss as high as facts are demanded after the new AAA was launched and thousands of employees were at vork preparing to start the gentle election time rain of checks senator of michigan offered a resolution in the senate demanding in formation on payments to farmers of or more immediately senator joseph T robinson hastened to the rescue of the new deal and its pollyl cally important record of gifts to farm ers he used parliamentary tricks to delay any probe i a secretary wallace of the agricultural department was inclined to be humorous about it he told the press that it if the amounts paid were made public it might tempt evil persons to kidnap the farmers daugh the demand for facts however and the reluctance of the new deal to supply them attracted so much attention over the country that secretary wal kval lace N was as forced to reveal some of the items on the public records of dis bur of public funds following are some of the facts admitted by the secretary some huge awards one large cotton plantation opera tor received in one year for not growing cotton the world worlds s largest hog farming corn com pany received in a year I 1 ibis his was the comp company anys s reward for feeding its hogs with garbage instead of corn sugar suar benefits of went to a florida company to a puerto rican producer and to a hawaiian concern the payments were benefits for not growing sugar cane A florida concern received for not raising tobacco A california concern received 03 for not growing rice peanut growers did not fare so well the largest payment for not growing peanuts was 3 one of the items on the secretary s list was a payment of more than 50 to thomas D campbell wheat king ling mr air campbell and his asso elates claes t have raised wheat and flax on abe their r 0 own properties for years and they also have rented extensive acreage he has rented land from the indians in the west at bargain rates ranging from CO 60 cents to an acre on this indian land mr campbell was paid about 7 an acre tor for not growing wheat in view of the importance ot of this belated information on AAA some sena tors and representatives point to the wisdom of thoroughly airing before more billions are thrown into that program |
