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Where are you going to get the acreage to give them acreage allot- 

 ments to come within the range of 10, 15, 20, or $25,000 a year annual 

 income, or any one of the lower figures in that group? That is the 

 problem, giving them the acreage, not the quota. 



Mr. Pace. Would you recommend, Mr. Secretary, that we repeal 

 the provision in the present cotton quota law that provides a minimum 

 allotment for the farmer in the event he has produced that much 

 cotton in the past? 



Secretary Brannan. No, sir, I would not. As a matter of fact, I 

 would move to raise it. 



Mr. Pace. That is exactly what I am suggesting. 



Secretary Brannan. But that does not answer your question, 

 because you could raise it tomorrow and you would not affect a great 

 many of them, because they have no acreage to apply it to when you 

 raise it. 



Mr. Pace. Because they have never grown cotton? 



Mr. Brannan. No, because they do not have the land. 



Mr. Pace. If a man does not have the land, I do not see how he 

 could be a family-sized farmer. 



Secretary Brannan. That is right. I say that is why I do not 

 think it helps solve the problem. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Secretary, I am trying my best to get an analysis of 

 the other portions of your plan, in which I am very much interested, 

 to see how they will work. 



I mentioned yesterday that all the powers that would be needed 

 under your statement are now contained in the Aiken bill. I believe 

 you are in agreement with that. 



Secretary Brannan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Pace. And that also in the Aiken bill is authority for the differ- 

 ent methods of support that you have recommended. 



As I see it, there are two great differences in your plan and the 

 present law and the Aiken bill. You propose the selection of 10 or 

 more commodities to be determined by the Congress and to be sup- 

 ported at 100 percent of your income support standard, which you 

 substituted for parity. 



There are six commodities in the Aiken bill described as basics, 

 which are cotton, corn, wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts. 



Instead of that, you propose that there be 10 or more commodities 

 on a priority list and that the}^ be supported at 100 percent of your 

 income support standard. Is that correct? 



Secretary Brannan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Pace. Agamst that, the Aiken bill authorizes you to support 

 six commodities, so-called basics, between 60 and 90 percent, depending 

 upon the supply. That would be one of the great differences between 

 the two plans there. 



Secretary Brannan. Yes sir; and some other factors, Mr. Pace, 

 carry over from last year, anticipated production and two or three 

 things. 



Mr. Pace. 1 am including all of that in the word "supply." 



Secretaiy Brannan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Pace. The other difference is that outside of this priority list, 

 no matter how many it might contain, you put all the other commodi- 

 ties in a general class and you have recommended, which I think is so 

 important for the committee to know, that all other commodities 



