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:: 1831935244

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-232156

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Title:: Agricultural relief

Volume count:: Pt. 8

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: III S., S. 591 - 642

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of hon. Charles R. Crisp, representative in congress from the State of Georgia

Collection:: Economics Books

620 AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 1 have no criticism of those gentlemen who support it, for I know they are sincere in their advocacy of it. But I am so constituted that I can not support a bill which IT believe unconstitutional. I know people differ as to that, but I believe the equalization tax is unconstitutional, and I go further—I think any farm legislation is of necessity experimental. You are embarking in a new field; you do not know how it is going to turn out, and in view of what the Government has done for industry, for the railroads, for labor organizations, I think the Government should bear the expense of this experiment and I do not think the Government should put the burden upon the farmers in the shape of an equalization fee or tax to carry out the experiment. [ ‘went all over my district this summer and fall discussing this matter. My district understands thoroughly my attitude. 1 told them I could not and would not vote for the Haugen-McNary bill with an equalization fee in it, and I am satisfied the overwhelming majority of the farmers in my district approve of my attitude. Now, as a practical proposition, Mr. Chairman, I want legislation. I do not want politics in this great issue. I have never played politics in it and will not play politics in it now. But, as a practical man, I do not see any possibility whatever of the McNary-Haugen bill becoming a law during this administration. And why do I say that? The President, for whom I have a personal regard and admiration, is a man of courage, he is a man that 1 think was sincere in his con- sideration of this legislation. The President vetoed the Haugen- McNary bill, and one of the grounds of his veto was that the equaliza- tion fee was unconstitutional. In his veto message he included an opinion of the Attorney General of the United States in which the Attorney General held it was unconstitutional. The President has the same Attorney General and if this same bill goes to him the President, in my judgment, will be compelled to take the same course and veto it, for the President is sworn to observe the Constitution and the President could not sign a bill that he and his legal adviser has said is unconstitutional. Therefore, I think if that bill is sub- mitted to him it will be vetoed, and I am absolutely certain in my own mind that Congress will sustain his veto, because you can not get a two-thirds vote to override it. That is all I have to say. I am prepared to support Doctor Aswell’s bill; I am prepared to support the McNary-Haugen bill if the equalization fee is left out; I am prepared to support any bill that in my judgment is constitutional that this committee reports to the House for the relief of agriculture. I thank you. } Mr. Apgins. Your present bill is the same as the one you intro- duced last year? Mr. Crisp. Exactly. I stated to the committee before I knew it was not perfect. I simply took it as a basis of compromise, and it 1s identical. I followed the same course as the advocates of the MecNary-Haugen bill by introducing the same bill, except, of course, you have to change it as to the nominating of the farm board, and making it applicable to all farm products. Mr. AsweLL. Mr. Crisp, you are very considerate of this com- mittee in not repeating all you said last time. Mr. Crisp. Well, I think a lot of this committee.

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