I ,? L l"'-L [ 1 Q (wJto52?cJrt2I2wo BIG DEBATE UNDERWAY. H. IL-ltWJO PASS. * WILLKIE SUPPORTS BILL. AMONG THE OPPOSITION. FOUR CABINET MEMBERS, Mae&EYNOLDS RETIRES. PLANE PRODUCTION UP. JAPAN SPKAKS "PLAINLY., i ^ , '* s* . ri, J The tomolt and the shouting on fBangtn&a Day hardly died out in Washington before opponents and ad vocates of the Lend-Lease Hull, Mor geftthau, -^wiatw .and Cipitol Hill. Already Secretaries Hull, Morgen thdn, Stamson and Knox had appear ed before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Joseph P. Kennedy, fortner Ambassador to Great Britain, immediately took the stand to op pose the Administration's measure "in its present form." While sharp division of opinion ex ists in the congressional committees and throughout the nation, it appears reasonably certain that the bill, with out great alterations, will become law. The House Committee is over whelmingly in favor of the measure. While the Senate group includes sev en Or eight opponents, the recent ap pointment of Senator Byrnes and Glass t!t> vacancies on the committee will assure a favorable report to the Upper House. A factor of considerable impor tance, in connection with legislative consideration of the measure, is the almost unqualified approval of Wen dell Willkie, Republican candidate for President in 1940, who suggests a time limitation but is otherwise al most all-out for aid to Britain "short of war." Mr. Willkie takes the posi tion that, if he had been elected, he would have expected a grant of power to meet the current dangers and that since the people elected Mr. Roose velt, opposition to 3tich a grant should not be based upon the individual oc cupying the White House. Meanwhile, Mr. Willkie is off to Great Britain where he expects to learn much at first-hand, with the probability that, upon his return to this country, he will make a statement to the people. A number of leading Republicans, however, including Alfred M. Lan don and former President Hoover, to gether with the Isolationist group, vociferously oppose the bill. That they represe nt a considerable minori ty goes without question but that they can prevent passage of the bill is not generally believed. Notable among the former opponents of the President who have endorsed the measure is Alfred M. Smith, former Governor of New York. Secretary Hull, in his testimony, did not believe that the danger "is any less" than when England was in danger of invasion last September. He insisted that the Axis powers have taken action in harmony with their public utterances, insisting that these statements - are not "bragga docio." Questioned as to a hostile act against us, he remarked that thh was said in Holland and Belgium" and declared that Germany and Italj have "given us ample warning oJ their movement against us." Secretary Morgenthau outlined the saying that^WhiW He BritikhLjuw* Secretary Stimson faiml th? notion I in a more critical period that it faced! in 191?: and pbfrSdWthS trifle we have 1,400,000 men, there is ? dif-l fewnce between manpoW and > "army? He expressed foil tvror ft I tion at the use of the AnuHfn Natfv I in war xonee, tisyihg,"&it%^uld be one of the sorest ways to get into war,* and pointed out that we have an aasurahce, M^ar silt can be giv-| ?*3*gf $* no assurance can pe 'Trfndmg if the! Government changes,* which makes! it "important to keep Engtaaft fcoU going under.* He expressed em phatically his. aptffehsailto^til' to a| possible crisis "withinl&e not sixty or at least nme$}r,day?.* j Secretary Know presented figures to show" "that the United States has j S22 naval vessels to 658 to Germany J Italy and JapSh^and; said that next January the figures would be 848 ships for the United States to 80S for the Axis." Hi 1943, the figures will be 422 for us and 962 for the Axis alliance. So long as the British! fleet stands, he thoughVWe have "inl practical effort, a fw&^6ceto ^hvy,"l but should the British Isles ^ifi, "we I can "only believe that the British Navy, which never runa away ft*? aanger, will fall at the same time.* He. said it would be "impossible. to conceive a more beautiful situation for German penetration than the: One South America presents" and said that if Gennanywihg in |tax>& thbl Nazis will have seven times our ship building capacity. * . < ''*? ^ I This is, in brief, sonMthigg of the gist of the testimony of the four members of the Cabinet, all appear ing: in favor of the Lend-Lease pro posal. Space is not available this week to present the position of those testifying against the bill, but in this column, next week, a similar resume will be presented The resignation of Associate Jdkticg James Clarke Mac Reynolds will pre sent President Roosevelt with his sixth opportunity to appoint a mem ber of the "Nine-Man Supreme Court." Mr. MacReynolds has been a bitter foe of recent' ideas in refearict to Government and judicial interpre tations. He resolutely refused to re tire, hoping that he could hold on . until some other president oould re place him. Being almost 79 years of age and facing four more years of Roosevelt, the jurist yielded to the in evitable and sent in his letter of 1 withdrawal. Under 19S7 legislation, ' he will receive his full salary of $20, 000 a year for the remainder of his life. , While the production of airplanes > is not what officials desire, William i S. Knudsen last week expressed some encouragement, reporting that the i "production is getting a little better." i He said he hoped that 38,000 military ; planes wonld be turned out by July ? of next year, although "we were slow i getting underway'Vand" that/of &ese, i 14,000 would go to Great Britain. x ' Relations between the United : States and Japan have not been im proved by Japanese reaction to the testimony of Secretary of State Cor ; del1 Hull before the House Foreign I . - ?. i i"|i ii ? ?' _?!_ r 'I.11 ' 5f* ^S*: i y|fc!5?^-V will outaU| ??wmpHqfr %y new world ordsr and appealed to thf Unit Thjs woald occur, if the United State* end Japan became involved in a war. T*m wan no indication that Japan.hid any idea of bus pending her policy of Hapariatynn in tbe Par Ewt and* in *"*, Kb explicitly tnelnit ad Fwneh IndorChina wad ThaNetfc erlahda JBaat Indies as territory "that ehould be in intimate and inseparable relationship with Japan." I ' The Chineee, he . reported, continue their re litem e KtcflTtt of assist ahca of Gnat ^Britain aha the United States.and in view of this assistance, including embargoes and restrictions oh, export* to Japan, Japan would rind.it nece8sary "to.go forward." F? ? ? ? ?; ? MRGR1RSA5BmimS ON CROF& FORESEEN i \ \ .?j I \ (Prom Ha, Associated Press Report) . I Henry A. Wallace, in his last re pert as Secretary of Agriculture, said that the . wmr> impact on American agriculture may require additional "lakge-scale" shifts in crop pxodnc tkp pnd an overhauling of the New Deal farm program). With foreign markets impaired by com-1 petition, and finally the war, the Vide^Presi dent-elect said farmers Would hare to .think anew about mak ing; further reductions in acreages of cotton, wheat, tobacco and other prod ucts which foi?neriy. found outlets atajuad. t ' ' "UJf NEEJXEEt CROPS. SHEER I WASTE? u "Growing uwieeded crops is sheer waste of labor, of capital and of soil, even if 'temporarily the. products can go into storage under Government loabs," Wallace's report said. Covering the 12-month period be fore Wallace resigned in September as Secretary of Agriculture, the re port said Federal farm programs might have to "put more emphasis on shifting entire enterprises Or sys tems of farming in certain; areas or regions," and added: - ?_ "Collectively and individually, far mers, with suitable federal aid, should do all they can to acQdsV their output to the actually available market. MAY OVERHAUL NEW NEAL POLICY "In the setting created by the war we may have to overhaul our farm price - adjustment policy. Exactly what new shaj?e it will require, we do (not yfet know: Everything is in fluX, on so great, a scale that it would be Idle to propose details." Wallace said, however, that future price policies might require differ entials between eXport prices and domestic prices, and between the cost of fjprm commodities to the ordinary consumer and the 'cost to the preson c-n relief, 7 * 7 CEB37FJC4TR PLAN OF . I BOOSTING INCOME I The situ&tKwi, he continued, re quired separation of surplus, produc tioiifrom the iw'if the supply and1 disposal of the surplus in some spedal1 manner. He indicated that he con-' tinued to favor, for sotue products,1 the ""certificate .plan" _. of boosting' grower income from that portion of j cropi consume^ in this country whihj permitting prices to t adjust them selves at levels which would permit the surplus to compete favorably in Und^r this.' plan, the Government would^aliot mariceting certificates to tificates, which would cover 'each far mert share ^tfce'&niestic maxtot, would be vti&d'it l&e dOtoehce be tween the market price and the pari ty price: he said, would be M effect a ptocejriftg tax. ^ ?" | OTHK& JDgproS, JH4T Wallace viewed the , certificate method as readily, edsptshJe to prod ucts'which pass through centralised maAizfacturing of 'marketing process* es, 'inch as bottoo; wheat, rice, pea nuts) prunes, raisins and tobacco. -In tbejcase ofcwmend other feed crops, onty; a small jpgfeit *hieh are nmrhssed. other methods would have to iTused,5 he^S^suSppting price s^orto^Goreii|^_^?ms and gtotider'hgafcafc' ^havhrfV be the mM jfttft-wsft* absorber?*': POSSIBILITIES AFTER "When peace cemes, even if it la a wfliunipiiw wim prouucxiorL vy ? j I i 1 ^ * ? ?' 1* ? ? 4/ < -1. iVnHr' 1 ?v- -. h JZ '?. W-y ^ ,-v ? .*?,' that tho Vv^i* ft^ncultiUi^B *w^ll b? 8?- He"1jM??mP*ti" .\-vCr \Y<**r. '*t^nr^ jfif * A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE .; ?A.'lto a**e can m M we shall h?*e need for concerted, crop adjustment, soil ^conservation, sub J 1 UT "'??? , J "F? "JfcJ. t? !MP3 . 2 marginal land retirements, .land-ben , ,' i?9fJJL'A> * : u?VTJT3!!!jra.'- -T^T CTTT: .; ure reforms, aids in rehabilitating the JW-- - . . * 1 JJ 15!JkJJlv *' *??.. m.?^P0$a?A' ery,and4fsviees of one kkrf or anoth ^ domestic ? farm pH^jUmyeworld prices. ? "? 11 11 " "W^awgoi^ o "have more need II for sciencp in agriculture, more need mijnpro?? a?>m?bc market." Agriculture, Wallace said, has "laid the basis in production planning whicii'other branches of the national ? 7i(Tft ill v .< h ; ?? T>Ltv Hi ifV ^copom^raayba?. to cop7." __ - QUOTAS ' ? ' i ? ?" 01 Prfiipiinary state cotton acreage allotaMgit? totalipg 26,699^17 acres for 1941, according to a late. an nouncement from the. Agricultural. A.*&* J.V ' ?* y v'-r- ' . 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