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Show now earmarked by Congress under existing legislation for carrying on programs now administered by the AAA. Thus it will be possible, if Congress so determines, to make provision for such measures in the near future without upsetting the Government's economy program. Farm Prosperity Needed to Assure National Stability' A long-time farm policy that will best serve agriculture and at the same time safeguard national stability sta-bility must provide for preparedness prepared-ness against disaster arising either from crop failure or price collapse, and place farmers in a position to go forward on a sound and healthy basis according to H. R. Tolley, AAA Administrator. "The best guarantee of national stability", he says, "is the erection of safeguards against another boom and bust." Mr. Tolley believes that the present pres-ent soil conserving program should go on and should be supplemented by other provisions that will further stabilize the agricultural industry. These other provisions would include commodity loans, modification of the conservation program when necessary to keep production of special commodities in balance with demand, and positive commodity control in case surpluses become unmanageable un-manageable by other means. These measures, combined with crop insurance in-surance such as now is being considered con-sidered for wheat, would make possible possi-ble the establishment of an ever-normal ever-normal granary. This long-time farm program would protect both producers and consumers. By means of this policy, Mr. Tolley holds that business stability sta-bility would be promoted, and the businessman, the worker, and the farmer would be brought into a better-balanced relationship. "Probably all of these measures", he says, "insofar as direct appropriations appro-priations are needed, could be financed fi-nanced with the amount of money |