TO MEET STRIKE

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 102, 27 October 1933, Page 7

TO MEET STRIKE

FORCING UP FARM PRICES

HIT AT HENRY FORD

WASHINGTON, October 26. In an effort to counteract farm strike sentiment in the West, the Agricultural Administration today announced an extension of tho Government crop loans to maize, this having tho effect of pegging the prico at 50 cents a bushel, which is some two cents above today market price. Such loans will only be , made to1 States having certain. types of maizestoring laws, but probably will later be extended to other States. Similar loans on other crops, notably, wheat, are being considered. All loans are:contingent upon curtailment of production; The War Department has announced that none but those who sign the N.B.A. will be considered when con-' tracts for motor equipment are let. This is interpreted as a direct thrust at Mr. Henry Ford, as ho is the only major automobile manufacturer who has not signed the code, and normally supplies a large quantity yof army automobiles. The attitude of the department came as something of a surprise, as a recent Presidential executive order merely said that all future Government contractors should be* required to live up to code conditions.