Agricultural relief: Agricultural relief

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Identifikator:: 1831932415

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Title:: Agricultural relief

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831932598

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-232069

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Agricultural relief

Volume count:: Pt. 1

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: III, 69 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Further statement of Chester H. Gray, Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation

Collection:: Economics Books

AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 17 responsible to the farmer about under your bill here that you have now referred to? It was, under the old bill. Mr. Gray. The board, by the terms of this bill, is required and expected to do certain things and with these advisory councils made up as we have amended the bill, the public opinion of the producers will be brought to the Federal farm board in such a way, directly from the advisory councils, that are permanent in nature, that it will be difficult for the Federal {arm board to disregard the wishes of the councils. Mr. KincueLoE. We have a very good example now of these boards and the effect on them of public opinion, in this new radio commission. Do you think public opinion has had any effect on this radio hoard down here? If you do, go down before them once, and they will tell you where to get out. They are not responsible to the broadcasters, or the radio public, or anyone else, any more than this board you propose would be responsible to the farmers. Mr. Gray. That is off this subject, but I am not quite sure that public opinion—— Mr. KincueELoE. This board that vou propose would not be responsible to the farmer. Mr. Gray. And I am definitely sure, in the Farm Bureau, that public opinion is rather strongly on the side of the radio commission. Mr. KincHELOE. You have not looked into it much on the side of the fellows who are independent broadcasters. Of course, if you have been associating with the Radio Corporation of America, that is a wonderful board; but I am just mentioning that to vou as a parallel proposition to this farm board. Mr. Gray. We think not. This is not germane to the subject. When we have anything to say we have no difficulty getting on the air. Mr. CLark. Do I understand, Mr. Gray, that in the first place or originally you set up a Federal farm board with definite powers and full responsibility, apparently, and then you curtail those powers and that responsibility by these subsidiary advisory councils that are going to be controlling over this farm board? Mr. Gray. I do not know that I would use the word “curtail,” but we set up advisory councils that really have the function of being more than letter institutions; they are active institutions. Mr. Crark. Then the responsibility would attach to the councils and not to the farm board? Is that the idea? Mr. Gray. The responsibility of reflecting public opinion of the producers would reside in these councils and be transmitted from the councils to the Federal board. Mr. Kercaam. Right in that connection, please compare the bill as introduced, on page 9, where it says ‘“ Whenever the board finds” with your substitute, section 7 (a), where it says, ‘“ When the advisory councils in districts which in the aggregate represents more than 50 per cent of any commodity, or when a substantial number of coopera- tive associations or other organizations or producers of the commodity in such districts favor the full cooperation of the board in the market- ing of the surplus of the commodity.” It seems to me that that exactly meets the suggestion of Mr. Clark that you have transferred, by these pronosed amendments. the real power in that recard—that

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