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then occupied by Secretary Henry Wallace. The bill contained many objectionable features, chiefly related to the . vast power vested in the Secretary of Agriculture over farming activities, and although it was passed in the Senate over my opposition as well as Senator Byrd’s, the House of Representatives never adopted it and it never became a law. , ^ „ *
“Another bill dealing with the same subject matter, but without the drastic-and punitive provisionsof %S. 2787, was passed by tht Senate on February 14, 1938. This was H. R. 8595 and this law today is the basic agricultural legislation establishing arreage controls and support prices for tobacco and other basic commodities, as well as amending theJSoil Conservation Act of 1936. r “This bill received the support of both Senator Byrd and me. It provided the base on which our farm program has been built and has preatly benefitted the farmers of this Nation. This is the bill under which the agricultural pro. grams in Virginia and every other, state have operated since 1938, including tobacco, cotton and pea- , nuts. It passed with Senator Byrd’s support and is the basic law under. which the farmers of Virginia and every other state have operated the acreage control and price support programs for their crops, as well as received soil conservation payments/’
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