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VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 28
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 9, 1937
ESTABLISHED 1889
County Board Fails
To Approve Choice
Of Creswell Board
Refuses To Confirm Nomi
nation of Aderholdt
As Principal
For the first time in years the
Washington County Board of Edu
cation failed to approve a principal
elected by a local committee when
they did not enter their approval to
the selection of C. H. Aderholdt as
principal of the Creswell schools.
The Creswell committee, compos
ed of Ike Carter, chairman, J. F.
Snell, secretary, and J. B. Hathaway
as the third member, elected Mr.
Aderholdt for his sixth term on May
29, with Mr. Carter and Mr. Hath
away favoring him and Mr. Snell
voting against him.
Mr. Hathaway went to the school
rooms and asked the seniors if Mr.
Aderholdt was their choice for prin
cipal and unanimously they replied
in the affirmative. This went on
through all of the grades down to
the primary grades.
Then the local committee named
him in May. Since that time it was
understood that the county board
was opposed to him and that they
were going to take the stand they
did take on Monday, so petitions
were circulated by patrons and stu
dents in that section.
Two years ago, when James W.
Norman left the employ of the board
as superintendent of public instruc
tion, Mr. Aderholdt was one of those
suggested to succeed him but failed
of election when the compromise
was made on H. H. McLean.
There was a concerted movement
among some ladies in the Creswell
district against Mr. Aderholdt, it is
understood. This opposition went
so far as to urge the board not to
appoint a local committee that was
thought to be favorable to Mr. Ad
erholdt.
The board would not listen to the
petitions here Monday, and decided
to go on record against Mr. Ader
holdt, and it is now the duty of the
local committee to recommend some
other person for principal, as the
county board does not nominate but
only approves or disapproves of the
selection made.
W. Douglass Starr
Begins Work Here
W. Douglas Starr, of Creswell, son
of the late J. W. and Mrs. Alice
Starr, entered upon his duties as in
structor of vocational agriculture in
the Plymouth High School this week,
having reported to Carl L. Bailey,
chairman of the board, on July 1.
Mr. Starr is a graduate of State
College and for several terms has
taught agriculture in the school at
Hobbsville in Gates County. He sue
ceeds J. O. Cooper, who has been
here for about two years since the
course was first offered in the local
school.
The first service that he has of
fered in general here comes with the
announcement that he will give to
the horses and mules of those who
are interested preventive doses for
staggers.
“Since such a large number of
team are susceptible to this disease
during the months of July and Aug
ust, it is advisable to have them
treated as the cost of treatment is
small,” said Mr. Starr.
“Please leave your name and ad
dress at the county agent’s office or
notify me by card. All persons de
siring this service are asked to please
send or bring names in before July
15,” said Mr. Starr.
Car Stolen From W.
F. Winslow Tuesday
Officers all over this section of
North Carolina were on the alert
this morning for thieves who stole
W. F. Winslow’s automobile from
the rear of his home Tuesday night
while he was sitting near by. He
thought it was the car of L. C. Men
ieur, a roomer, when the motor start
ed and paid little attention.
He reported to the police, whc
made every effort to communicate
with highway patrolmen at William
ston. But they could not be reach
ed until 11 o’clock Wednesday. The>
took over the case when it was re
ported.
Lightning Upsets Plans
Oi Two State Farmers
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Farming plans of A. O. Bowers
of Chatham County, and L. B. Har
rison of Martin County, were seri
ously upset for this season whei
bolts of lightning killed mules or
their farms recently. Due to thi
scarcity of workstock, the farmer;
are finding it diffcult to get others.
Cooperative Sale of Cattle To
Be Sponsored by Association
Cattle has been added as a prod
uct for marketing by the Plymouth.
Mutual Livestock Association, which
met in the office of W. V. Hays, farm '■
agent, last Friday to perfect an or- j
ganization. Hogs and sheep have
sen sold since the association be
gan work several months ago.
Officers elected Friday are: H. R.
Davenport, Creswell, president; W.
A. Mayo, Columbia, vice president;
J. M. McAllister, Roper, secretary
and treasurer; R. L. Spruill, Colum
bia: and Sam D. Spruill, Creswell,
to complete the board of directors.
An application for charter has
been signed and the by-laws ar
ranged for the organization. H. W.
Taylor, swine specialist, and Fred
Jones, of Rocky Mount, livestock de
velopment agent for the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, made short
talks.
The association comprises Wash
ington and Tyrrell Counties. Ber
tie growers will organize their own
association. Annual meetings will
be held on the first Tuesday in each
July at 10 o’clock. Miss Mary Fran
ces Beasley will continue to assist
as a clerk to the association.
| HEALTH QUEEN |
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Miss Marjorie White, of Skin
nersville, who was named 4-H
Health Queen of Washington
County last Saturday.
Final Rites Held at
Pleasant Grove Last
Week for Mrs. Snell
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Was Long Prominent in
Religious Activities of
Methodist Church
Funeral services were held last
week for Mrs. C. W. Snell, 61, in the
Pleasant Grove Methodist church,
with the pastor, Rev. W. J. Watson,
officiating, assisted by W. A. Swain.
She served on the board of stew
ards, as Sunday school teacher and
was treasurer of the Ladies’ Aid So
city for 30 years. Interment took
place in the cemetery by her hus
band.
Surviving is one son, Charles Wes
ley Snell, jr.; two brothers. D. E. and
B. H. Leggett, of Goldsboro: two
sisters, Mrs. George Thomson, of
New Bern, and Mrs. S. Z. Waters,
of Pleasant Grove.
Pall-bearers: Active, Dr. C. Mc
Gowan, Dennis, Edgar and Raymond
Davenport and Edison Knowles. Hon
orary: W. B. Davenport, W. A
Knowles. W. W. White, Halett Ev
erett, Glenwood Spruill, Clinton
Tarkenton, J. S. Davenport, L. D.
Collins, Wilson Chesson, Herbert
Lewis, Frank Wilson, John Chesson,
Norman Chesson, J. E. Davenport,
Nathan Everett, and Harold Swain.
Out of town people attending fu
neral: J. F. Snell, Belhaven; Mrs. T.
H. Whitley and Misses Gladys and
Margaret Whitley, of Pantego; Miss
Myrtle Tarkenton and William Liv
erman, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs.
Branch Worsham, Suffolk; Mr. and
Mrs. William Worsham, Norfolk; Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Leggett, Goldsboro; Mr.
and Mrs. George Thompson, New
Bern; Mrs. Lula Miller, Mrs. Alma
Phelps and George Skinner, Kinston
Mr. and Mrs. H. T Miler, Mrs. Helen
Travis. Miss Lucille Travis, and Mrs.
Marion Jackson, Edenton; Mrs. N.
M. Spruill, Elizabeth City; Mrs.
George Thomas and daughter, Miss
Sophia Bell, of Windsor; Mr. and
Mrs. Noah Rogerson, Williamston;
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Simon, Bethel;
Mr. and Mrs. H. Chesson, Roberson
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Swain and
Miss Nellie Tarkenton, Greenville;
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Basinger and daugh
ter, Elizabeth, of Richmond.
Recent Robberies
Believed Solved
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Robbery of H. A. Liverman’s Drug
Store of $200 last Thursday night
brought the wrath of the law down
on the offenders and today they had,
solved the mystery of six robberies
here in recent weeks.
It was traced to a group of lads
ranging in ages from 14 to 20. No
arrests have been made, but the of
ficers have traced some of the loot
to the offenders. Bloodhounds and
fingerprint experts were called in on
■ the case.
i The dogs traced the Liverman rob
. bers to the corner of Main and Jef
■ ferson Streets, where it is thought
i that they began to ride their bi
cycles. Arrests may be made later.
Miss Marjorie White
Is Selected as Health
Queen of 4-H Girls
Score Was 98 Out of Pos
sible 100; Five Others
In Finals
Bright-eyed and pretty young
Miss Marjorie White, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter White, of the
Skinnersville section, was Saturday
named 4-H health queen of Wash
ington County for this year.
Her score was 98 out of a possible
100 points, with irregular teeth pre
venting her from obtaining a perfect
health score. She was examined by
Dr. T. L. Bray, county physician,
who also examined five other girls.
A thorough examination was also
given Ida Ruth Knowles, who scored
96. Others examined were Virginia
Tarkenton and Selma Stillman, of
Roper; Sonia Davenport, of Cres
well. Rebecca Ward was to be ex
amined but was not present, as she
was out of town.
Misses Mozelle Hendrix and Dean
Gaylord named the six girls for the
county finals. Now Miss White will
go to Roanoke Rapids on July 13 to
be examined in the district contest.
The “queen” is a senior in the Roper
High School and is in her fourth
year of club work.
“Marjorie is a good club worker
and is well worthy to be called the
health queen of the 4-H club girls
in Washington County,” says Miss
Mary Frances Misenheimer.
Government To Aid
Peanut Growers In
Time of Low Prices
New Plan Makes Available
Advances When Market
Price Is Low
Plans to spare peanut growers the
necessity of “dumping” their crop
at the beginning of the marketing
season or when prices are off, were
made at a meeting of the peanut
committee of the American Farm
Bureau Federation in Washington
week before last. Edward O’Neal,
president of the organization, was
present, as was Dr. Myers, head of
the Farm Credit Administration.
The plan outlined provides that
the farm Credit Administration will
advance to cooperatives money
which may be loaned to farmer
members on peanuts to be stored
in a period of low prices. The de
tails of the program are to be
worked out and announced later.
It was stated that it would be im
possible for the government to deal
with the individual farmer in this
matter, but that the law makes it
possible for the Farm Credit Ad
ministration to loan money to co
operatives which, with their local
connections, will be able to determ
ine conditions and needs in their
market communities. This plan gives
promise of protecting the growers
from losses which many of them
suffer every year because, being in
need of money, they sell their pea
nuts regardless of the current prices
and the prospects.
OPENING DATES )I
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Eastern North Carolina tobac
co markets will open on Thurs
day, August 26, it was announced
following a meeting of the To
bacco Association of the United
States at Old Point Comfort, Va.
last Friday. The opening is al
most a week ahead of the open
ing date a year ago.
First auction sales will be held
in Georgia June 29, the buyers
moving northward for the open
ing in South Carolina on August
10 and then here on August 26.
About Town
Young swains in high schools at
Greensboro have copied the girls in
the fad for waves in their hair, ac
cording to Miss Virginia Cahoon,
proprietress of the Virginia Dare
Salon in Liverman’s Store here. The
youths even dyed their locks. Most
of them desired to be blondes.
William Carey, superintendent of
the Kieckhefer Container Company
plant here, enjoyed his airplane ride
with John W. Gurkin, of Norfolk,
who was here some time ago. Mr.
Gurkin is a brother of L. W. Gurkin
here. Mr. Carey remarked on the
ease with which Mr. Gurkin handled
the ship.
“The American Legion realized $80
as their share of the proceeds from
the play, ‘Rosa,’ which was given
here last week, and I want to per
sonally thank the members of the
cast, the advertisers and all who
helped in any way,” said Command
er P. W. Brown, who did much work
in it.
The folks of Mrs. Nancy Spruill
have been loyal to their country. Her
grandfather fought in the Mexican
War, her husband was with the Con
federacy in the Civil War, and her
son, Moye W. Spruill, clerk of the
town of Plymouth, was in the World
War. She is one of the seven Con
federate veterans’ widows left in this
county.
The Washington County Commis
sioners has authorized L. L. Bas
night, superintendent of county home
and farm, to clean the ditch from
Morrattock bridge through the coun
ty farm. This came as a request
from E. H. Liverman and E. R. Jack
son, who asked for an investigation
of the condition of the ditch.
Schools in Roper and Plymouth
will have a new furnace this year.
The heating systems have been in
bad condition for years. Schools
were closed for days on account of
them in recent years. The Washing
ton County Commissioners have ap
proved this item in the school bud
get.
The WPA crew will return to
work on the farm-to-market road
lrom the Newlends section to Roper
ac soon as they finish their work on
the drainage project :n the Rural
Resettlement area at Scuppernong
Farms. P w:ll take only a short
time when they return iO work.
J. W. Snell has sold to Dr. L. S.
Mitchell, Abrcram Harr 1.1 P. H.
Pell, Henry 1ms, Milt.»i Bateman,
Moses Towe. ar.d J. H Halsey trus
tees cf the Fiew Ch„pol Baptist
church, the ? < erty on Third Street
used by the church as a parsonage.
The price was $1,000.
Public schools in Washington
County will open on September 2
this year. This is about the same
time as last year, when they opened
on September 4. For the last two
years they have opened about two
weeks earlier than usual.
Rev. Marshall Shires, of Duke Uni
versity, will preach at the 11 o’clock
service in the Methodist Church on
Sunday. Rev. C. T. Thrift, pastor,
will be in the pulpit in the evening
at 8.
Mrs. Blanche Swain left last week
end for Virginia Beach. With her
was Mrs. E. F. Still and Mrs. Bosie
Horton. During the last week in
July Mrs. Swain will go to New
York to purchase her fall and win
ter merchandise. Her store will be
closed during the entire month of
July. Her clerk Miss Lou Rober
son, will spend the month in Ocala,
Fla., with a sister.
Miss Maggie DeCormis. an aunt of
Sheriff J. K. Reid, died here Mon
day night, with the funeral Tuesday
afternoon, Rev. C. T. Thrift officiat
ing. She had never been married,
but had spent her life here with the
Reid family. Interment took place
at the old family burying ground on
the Reid’s farm.
Mrs. T. L. Bray has left for some
time with her daughter, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Bray. While they are
away on vacation, Mr. and Mrs. W.
N. Henderson and five children will
occupy the beautiful Bray home on
Main Street. Mr. Henderson is man
ager of the Kieckhefer Container
Company plant here.
J. A. Ferree, of Asheboro, has ar
rived here. He is the new sanitary
inspector for the group or district
health service for Washington, Tyr
rell and Hyde Counties. He with his
wife is living at the Willoughby
home on Washington Street. Dr. S.
V. Lewis, district physician, will ar
rive soon.
“Cars and trucks should not be
parked on two sides of streets in
Plymouth. This creates a hazard
Annual Farm Tour Will Be
Held in County Next Friday
Next Friday farmers from over
Washington County are expected to
gather here for the annual farm
tour, which is a feature in the farm
work in this section, and, guided by
Farm Agent W. V. Hays, they will
visit several places of interest.
Among those places planned for
visits are the following: John Kin
ard’s Place, where the flock is being
run through corn to clean out the
weeds; T. M. Bowen’s, for forestry
demonstration; Westover Farm,
where 50 pure-bred Hampshire sows
are maintained; Aubrey Ange, farm
demonstrations on tobacco; J. L. Mc
Allister’s place, where vetch was
turned under in the spring and ex
cellent corn is being grown on sandy
land without fertilizer; Thompson
farm, where various legumes are
planted alone and in combination
with fall grains, which has been
combined, and the lespedeza left will
be turned under as a soil-building
practice; H. R. Davenport’s place,
where will be shown an example of
tractor or power farming, cultiva
tors and such; and, if time permits,
a visit will be made to the Scup
pernong Farms project.
\ SUPERIOR COURT I
The Washington County Super
ior Court will begin a one-week
term of mixed court here Mon
day with Special Judge Luther
Hamilton presiding. There are
only a few civil and no import
ant criminal cases set for trial.
Usually the July term has been
omitted.
Clerk of Court C. V. W. Aus
bon does not believe that it will
take longer than one day to dis
pose of the criminal docket and
about three days for the civil.
Four days are expected to take
care of all cases called, unless
some are purposely drawn out.
By W. V. HAYS, County Agent
The first lamb sale was held in
Plymouth on June 1, with 398 lambs
sold. Top price was 11 cents a
pound. Eleven pure-bred Hamp
shire rams have been placed in the
county.
A good crop of colts is spread over
the county. They were sired by
the Percheron stallion at Wenona.
Several nice fillies will grow into
good brood mares. Farmers are be
ing urged to produce their own live
stock for their use and for profit.
We were authorized by the Fed
eral Surplus Commodity Corpora
tion to purchase potatoes to stabilize
the market. We bought 21 cars and
our allowance was enough .to buy
every barrel of No. 1 potatoes in this
county. Late season and unusual
weather caused wire-worm damage,
blight and scab in many fields.
Seven pure-bred boars have been
placed on as many farms in this
county to head brood herds.
Twenty-four farmers have been
recommended to the Resettlement
Administration for settling on the
Scuppernong Farms project. Please
advise me of any young married
couple with farm experience who
would like to settle there.
Dr. A. J. Osteen reported that he
vaccinated 450 dogs in this county
this year. Last year 1,500 were vac
cinated by local people.
Seventy-five per cent of the cotton
in Skinnersville and Scuppernong
had to be replanted. Cool weather
and rains damaged seed. Seed sup
plies are almost exhausted. Crops
look good now. Indications are that
the crop will be short.
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Negro Youth Killed
Accidentally Friday
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Funeral services were held Sun
day in the New Chapel Baptist
church here for Samuel Johnson, 18,
son of Jerry Johnson, who was killed
in a log woods near Jamesville last
Friday. The Johnsons are on the
most highly respected colored fam
ilies in this section.
Young Johnson was working with
a crew of men helping load a barge
with logs when the load fell into the
water, thrust the boat toward land,
pinning Johnson beneath it. It took
four hours to get the barge off the
victim. Trying to induce a friend
to jump, he delayed his own leap
too long.
Young Johnson had applied for en
trance at Virginia State College and
had saved the money to defray his
expenses. Last year he was in
Hollywood, Calif., where he worked
for a while.
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Cooperating with federal agencies
the Extension Service of State Col
lege has organized the buying oi
surplus Irish potatoes in eastern
North Carolina to improve market
prices.
and slows down traffic. There are
more cars in Plymouth than here
tofore, residents should be careful to
avoid accidents,” said Chief of Po
lice P. W. Brown.
Lonnie Ange Freed
Under Bond After
Shooting John West
Is Arraigned in Recorder’s
Court Tuesday and Bond
Fixed at $1,500
An additional $500 was slapped
onto the bond of Lonnie Ange,
young white farmer near Plymouth,
Wednesday in recorder’s court by
Recorder John W. Darden, when
Ange was arraigned for shooting
John West, 35, mill worker, last
Sunday afternoon.
This added $500 made the total
bond $1,500, which was immediately
posted by E. H. Ange, a brother
from Jamesville. The case will be
given a preliminary hearing by Re
corder Darden on Saturday after
noon, as the prosecuting witness
could not be here Wednesday.
It is understood that the defense
for Ange is trying to have the charge
minimized so that it can be tried
before Recorder Darden and not go
to superior court.
West was riding in a cart, when
Ange appeared by the roadside, ac
cording to reports, with a .22 caliber
rifle in his hand and shouted at West
“Are you ready to die?” Whereupon
he pulled the trigger and the bullet
sped toward the pit of West’s stom
ach. A big heavy belt buckle de
creased the momentum of the bullet
and caused it to be deflected from
its course, ranging downward, where
it was found 6 inches below the en
trance in the muscles of the stom
ach by Dr. T. L. Bray.
The two young men married sis
ters, and there has been bad feeling
between them for several years.
Sheriff J. K. Reid went for Ange
Sunday night, but the young man’s
father brought him at 11 o’clock to
surrender.
West refused to name his assail
ant at first. Mrs. Wilmer Bowen,
who brought the wounded man to
town, told officers that Lonnie Ange
shot West.
Few Inequalities m
Property Listing Are
Reported To Board
Budget Approved by State
Provides Aid for Total
of 212 People
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Some inequalities of the valuation
of property for taxes was called to
the attention of the Washington
County Board of Commissioners sit
ting as a board of equalization and
review here last week, but in the
mafn there are few complaints.
There were 11 parties who com
plained to the board or whose prop
erty was considered by the board.
Among the group were the follow
ing: L. D. Barr, F. Harrison, A. S.
Allen, Mrs. Lucy Bowen, A. S.
Holmes, Mrs. Goldie Davis, E. R.
Jackson, E. D. Jackson, and A. L.
Owens.
in a lew cases me vaiuauun was
raised, while in others it was low
ered. One item was raised from $300
to $500. Another was dropped from
$35 to $25. It appeared that the
commissioners were interested in se
curing an equal valuation basis for
all.
However, it is understood that the
valuation has been lifted from $5,
500,00 to about $6,000,000 for the en
tire county. There was no horizon
tal increase in value, but much of
the property was valued about 10
per cent higher.
The assessors have been finished
only a few days. As soon as the rate
is fixed by the commissioners, which
is expected to be done shortly, then
the amount of taxes to be raised can
be determined in an effort to have
enough to meet the demands of an
increased budget.
The commissioners must fix the
rate as early as possible. As soon
as the rate is decided upon, then the
1937 taxes for each individual must
be tabulated and entered on his re
ceipt so that the tax collector can
begin gathering in the money in Oc
tober.
Close Check Being
Made on Applicants
For Old Age Benefits
O
Total of 11 Complaints Are
Made at Meting Held
Last Week
Public welfare workers in Wash
ington County today are busily en
gaged in verifying statements by a
score of people who have filed ap
plications for help in the old age
assistance and dependent children as
sistance clauses of the social security
act.
Only those who have been receiv
ing help from the county and who
are eligible under the new govern
ment set-up have been approved.
This burden has been shifted to so
cial security so that the county will
have to pay only a fourth of the
expense instead of bearing it all as
heretofore.
This will mean a great saving to
the county in this instance. Most of
the cases will receive about the same
as the county has been giving, with
a few being placed on the rolls for
more. The average of these is about
so mommy.
This is probably the only group
who will receive in August benefit
checks for the month of July. It
has been necessary to discourage the
taking of applications in order that
these cases may be thoroughly in
vestigated and the statements made
on the application blanks verified.
It appears now that this county
will have to levy about 14 cents
more on the tax rate to care for the
expenses. Nine cents will go to rais
ing $2,640 for old-age assistance, $1,
836 for aid to dependent children,
while 5 cents will aid in raising $3,
810 for administrative expense.
In other words, there are 110 aged
people allowed for and 102 children
allowed for in the budget approved
by the state which must be levied
by the county. A total of $4,470 will
be distributed the needy, and it will
cost the county, state and federal
governments $3,810 to do it.
More applications will be received
as soon as the workers catch up with
their work in investigating these
cases.
Senators Draft New
Measure for Aiding
1937 Farm Program
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Control Provisions Depend
Upon Two-thirds Vote
Of Producers
A measure, called a thoroughly
democratic'' method of improving
and stabilizing agriculture is being
drafted in Congress by two senators
this week.
Senator Pope, of Idaho, and Mc
Gill, of Kansas, said their legislation,
which is a revision of the pending
“agriculture adjustment act of
1937.” wil be introduced at once.
They added they expected the ad
ministration to back it.
The pending AAA act of 1937 pro
vides, among other things, for an
“ever-normal granary” and crop con
trol would be “democratized.” A
referendum of producers would be
held before any control measures
are undertaken.
The new measure also deletes a
flexible tariff provision of the older
measure—a provision 10 which Sec
retary Wallace and Hull objected.
The Pope-McGill legislation de
clares that one of its aims is to as
sure farmers a “parity” income—
that is, an income which would have
the same purchasing power attain
ed in the pre-war years 1909 to 1914.
The measure also would establish
an “ever-normal granary” by pro
viding for storage of surpluses in
years of heavy yields and for the
marketing of such surpluses in lean
years.
Certain provisions of the existing
soil conservation act, under which
farmers are paid for such practices
as shifting land from commercial
production to soil building growths,
would be continued under the new
act.
The older AAA bill, which was
drafted by the American Farm Bu
reau federation and on which Con
gress has not acted, proposed a
quota system of crop control in case
excessive production threatened.
The new measure, however, will
require a two-thirds vote of pro
ducers of affected commodities be
fore control measures could be tak
en.
Pope is unwilling to predict that
Congress will pass the legislation at
this session, but advocated commit
tee hearings with the idea of put
ting it into effect next year.
“A 200,000,000-bushel wheat sur
plus is in prospect this year and
another such surplus would beat
prices down to a serious degree,”
he said.