How Members of the State Legislature 



Voted On Bills Sponsored by the 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



AAA Appropriationtf Bill 



(/^F ALL the issues directly affect- 

 1^1 ing agriculture considered by 

 \^_y the present session of Congress, 

 none matched in importance that hav- 

 ing to do with continuation and sup- 

 port of the agricultural Adjustment 

 program enacted in 1938. 



The success of the AAA program 

 is intimately connected with agricul- 

 tural appropriations for soil conserva- 

 tion and price adjustment payments, 

 and crop surplus removal. Opponents 

 of the program in the House centered 

 their attack on the $225,000,000 item 

 for parity payments and the $113,- 

 000,000 for crop surplus removal and 

 succeeded in killing both during early 

 consideration. 



The American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion took the stand that these appro- 

 priations are necessary to the success- 

 ful operation of the AAA program 

 and the restoration of farm buying 

 power. The Farm Bureau Legislative 

 committee, therefore, carried the fight 

 to the United States Senate. Through 

 the leaders of agriculture in the Senate, 

 including Senator Scott Lucas of Illi- 

 nois, sums for price adjustment pay- 

 ments and surplus removal were re- 

 stored in the bill. 



After passing the Senate with the 

 AAA items intact, the bill went to a 

 conference committee of the Senate and 

 House. The conferees finally accepted 

 the Senate amendments and reported 

 the amended bill back to their respective 

 Houses. On June 22 the House took 

 a roll call vote. The bill mustered 

 just enough votes to pass. The official 

 tally was 182 to 175. On June 28, 

 the Senate voted to accept the con- 

 ference report and the bill went to 

 President Roosevelt who signed it. 



The roll call vote of Illinois con- 

 gressmen on the AAA appropriations 

 bill is as follows: 



L A. A. RECORD 



