A second version of this act with a different taxing scheme was passed two years after that case; during the interim, part of the purpose of this act was covered by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
John Thomas' amendment to it allowed for the creation of currency backed by silver. It was based on the ideas of Mordecai Ezekiel, who worked under Henry Wallace. Owen Roberts declared that it violated the Tenth Amendment in the Supreme Court case United States v. Butler, because it imposed a tax on one group to subsidize another. A second version of this act with a different taxing scheme was passed two years after that case; during the interim, part of the purpose of this act was covered by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. FTP identify this piece of New Deal legislation that subsidized farmers to reduce crop production.
John Thomas' amendment to it allowed for the creation of currency backed by silver.
{AAA} or {Agricultural Adjustment Act}