zuber allen argued october decided december together hardin secretary agriculture allen et also certiorari respondent vermont dairy farmers country milk producers brought action invalidate farm location differential provided order secretary agriculture contrary agricultural marketing agreement act effect order require milk distributors pay milk producers situated close milk marketing areas nearby farmers higher prices paid producers located greater distances areas prior federal regulation nearby farmers received higher prices milk boston area farmers distant points amendment agricultural adjustment act carried forward agricultural marketing agreement act provides part payment producers delivering milk handlers uniform prices milk subject adjustments volume market production differential customarily applied handlers subject order grade quality milk delivered locations delivery milk made department agriculture regulations provide price differential nearby farmers lesser differential intermediate nearby zones district granted injunction payments differentials appeals affirmed held statutory scheme provide uniform prices producers marketing area subject specifically enumerated adjustments contemplated market differentials customarily applied based cost adjustments pp particularity specificity enumerated differentials negate conclusion congress thinking terms historical considerations statutory differentials volume grade quality location production compensate producer providing economic service benefiting milk handler pp statute whose purpose avoid infirmity overbroad delegation agricultural adjustment act simple include nearby payments list enumerated differentials least allude draftsmen report nearby differentials fall category permissible adjustments limited compensation rendering economic service neither secretary agriculture nearby farmer petitioners advanced economic justifications substantial record support pp holding depart precedents rock royal distinguished extent green valley creamery contravenes holding disapproved pp according great weight department contemporaneous construction enabling legislation abdicate ultimate responsibility construe statutory language pp although secretary orders specifically approved farmers concerned accordance act approval legitimize regulation authorized statute pp reversal trial merits warranted since department agriculture acted formal record remand secretary inappropriate absence request government advanced new theory sustaining regulation pp appeals award nearby farmer petitioners escrowed differential payments collected district entered final judgment disturbed lawrence hollman argued cause petitioners briefs carlyle ring daniel friedman argued cause petitioner briefs solicitor general griswold assistant attorney general ruckelshaus peter strauss alan rosenthal walter fleischer charles patrick ryan argued cause respondents cases brief edward ryan edwin amidon assistant attorney general argued cause state vermont amicus curiae urging affirmance cases brief james jeffords attorney general robert quinn attorney general massachusetts pro se walter mayo iii assistant attorney general herbert desimone attorney general rhode island pro se charles edwards assistant attorney general robert killian attorney general connecticut pro se michael scanlon assistant attorney general filed brief attorneys general massachusetts rhode island connecticut amici curiae urging reversal cases wayne smyth filed brief lorton blair et al amici curiae urging affirmance cases justice harlan delivered opinion action brought respondent vermont dairy farmers country milk producers seeking judgment invalidating contrary agricultural marketing agreement act amended stat et seq ed supp iv farm location differential provided order secretary agriculture effect order require milk distributors pay milk producers situated certain distances milk marketing areas nearby farmers higher prices paid producers located greater distances areas district issued preliminary injunction january payments respondents motion summary judgment transformed decree permanent injunction june appeals district columbia circuit affirmed app granted certiorari resolve important issue statutory construction involved aspect administration federal milk regulation program must traverse labyrinth federal milk marketing regulation provisions previous decisions outlined operation statute pertinent regulations brief odyssey economic regulatory background essential perspective focusing issue economics milk industry milk essentially two end uses fluid staple daily consumer diet ingredient manufactured dairy products butter cheese milk used consumer market traditionally commanded premium price even though higher quality milk used manufacture cost differences account part discrepancy price explain entire gap time milk industry characterized periods seasonal overproduction winter months low yield conversely summer months fertile order meet fluid demand relatively constant sufficiently large herds must maintained supply winter needs result oversupply fruitful months historical tendency prior regulation milk distributors handlers take advantage surplus obtain bargains glut periods milk obtained distant sources handlers afford absorb transportation costs still pay outlying farmers whose traditional outlet manufacturing market maintain income farmers increase production disequilibrium snowballs protect market vicissitudes farmers early formed cooperatives cooperatives effective eliminating overproduction pooling milk supply refusing deal handlers except collective basis era relative market stability nearby farmers enjoyed premium prices product favorable prices apparently attributable reduced transportation costs also nearby farmer historic position fluid supplier first federal program issue licenses permitting processors associations producers others engage handling current interstate foreign commerce agricultural commodity product thereof competing commodity product thereof licenses shall subject terms conditions conflict existing acts congress regulations pursuant thereto may necessary eliminate unfair practices charges prevent tend prevent effectuation declared policy restoration normal economic conditions marketing commodities products financing thereof secretary agriculture may suspend revoke license due notice opportunity hearing violations terms conditions thereof present regulatory scheme making payments producers handler shall add applicable farm location differential specified section respect milk received producer whose farm located within places specified paragraph differential shall cents per hundredweight unless addition cents gives result greater class price determined effective plant milk received event shall added rate produce price foregoing provisions appear island order consolidated one region four previously regulated separately four new england orders boston order carried forward order adopted boston area springfield order promulgated southeastern new england order order included provision nearby differential payment farmers within stated radius designated market center example differential boston order payable farmers located within radius state house boston slightly lower differential paid farmers within radius order central point computation radius payment differential secretary retained differential provisions appeared previous four orders farmers entitled differential one previous four marketing regulations continue receive payments present order nearby farmers eligible differential shipments within new england marketing area even though milk may actually used outside radius particular nearby zone ii foundation statutory scheme provide uniform prices producers marketing area subject specifically enumerated adjustments question stated simply whether payment farm location differentials set forth permissible adjustment general requirement uniformity price secretary past labeled nearby differential location differential defended inclusion orders ground justification argument however pitched different key government apparently abandoned one numerous theories advanced pressed vigorously blair freeman litigation app stresses provision volume market production differentials customarily applied handlers subject order proper resolution issue means persuaded market differentials customarily applied contemplates cost adjustments plain thrust federal statute remove ruinous competition among producers permit farmers share benefits fluid milk profits according value goods produced services rendered government proposed reading act bottomed historical payment premium nearby farmers monopolistic era cooperative pools come perpetuate economic distortion freeze milk industry competitive structure prevailed without benefit government muscle eliminate crippling price warfare summer months neither nearby country producers share profits accrue fluid milk sales absent regulation handlers anyone stand benefit fluid monopoly project case today free market prevailed might well anticipate nearby producers winter advantages negligible view reduced transportation costs reliable refrigeration thus even winter handlers might free play nearby outlying farmers since handlers free leverage exercised nearby cooperatives nearby producers seek best worlds achieved security comes regulation seek regulatory umbrella appropriate monopoly profits never secure unregulated market reluctant attribute intent congress simply name administrative expertise follow path marked language statute indeed signposts may discerned legislative history point different direction legislative history strongly suggests market differentials well differentials contemplated particular understood economic adjustments house report discussing allowable adjustments characterizes market differential payment transportation costs location differential delivery primary market thus farmers share handlers savings bypassing processing handling milk city plant significance legislative history emerges upon study subsequent administrative practice original boston order obscures market differential payment providing place labeled adjustment structure allowed additional per cwt milk costs transporting milk country plant however testimony aplin market administrator erases doubt responsible administering act fully understood meaning committee explanation market differential subsequent orders combined country station handling adjustment properly market differential differential zone differential statute us contain mandate phrased broad permissive terms congress spoken particularity provided specifically enumerated differentials negatives conclusion thinking terms historical considerations prefatory discussion house report emphasizes congressional purpose confine boundaries secretary delegated authority circumstances administrator broad dispensing power see addison holly hill congressional purpose illumined character statutory differentials volume grade quality location production compensate reward producer providing economic service benefit handler general language committee report indicating congress intended carry forward basic regulatory approach adopted act following precedent stressed dissent opinion committee language argued reinforces continuity connotations customarily applied language thrust blunted specific language indicating legislative purpose treat farmers equally legislative silence poor beacon follow discerning proper statutory route light illumines two different roads nearby payments notoriety significance milk distribution industry attributed dissent congress given blessing carving another specific exception uniform price requirement act whose purpose avoid infirmity overbroad delegation set forth particularity details comprehensive regulatory scheme simple matter include list enumerated differentials nearby payments least allude report draftsmen clear congress conferring untrammeled discretion secretary authorizing proceed vacuum evil condemned courts amendments sought eradicate perverse assume congressional drafters eliminating ambiguity old act careless listing exceptions selecting illustrations committee report words ultimately derive content consider conclusions way undermined colloquy floor senator copeland senator murphy upon dissent places emphasis committee report represents considered collective understanding congressmen involved drafting studying proposed legislation floor debates reflect best understanding individual congressmen take extensive thoughtful debate detract plain thrust committee report instance indication however question nearby differentials meaning market differentials customarily applied precisely considered floor dialogue exchange brief also inconclusive meaning indeed senator murphy apparently acquiesced senator copeland implied criticism statute providing uniform prices distant nearby producers within marketing region senator copeland pursued inquiry asking whether act recognized higher cost taxes nearby lands senator murphy merely recited differential provisions act suggested adopt present practice business conspicuously lacking affirmative statement specific differential covered costs impressive legislative history especially light senator murphy earlier agreement senator copeland statement provisions equalization provide producer producing milk farms near cities receive price product farmer produces milk say miles away community specific business illustrations house report iii market differentials customarily applied need restricted sole illustration house report illustration taken conjunction discussion statutory differentials suggests permissible adjustments limited compensation rendering economic service challenged nearby differentials fall category secretary advanced economic justification differential payments plain administrative record nearby differential included original boston order recognition favored position nearby producers fluid market inducement nearby farmers approve secretary order sense handler may said gain economically virtue elimination nearby producer potential competitor factor mentioned findings accompanying order emphasized findings testimony hearings suggests support record indeed scant entry nearbys distribution market bring unwanted competition irrelevant jeopardize market stability think analysis correct economic benefit producers receive compensation directly handlers marketwide pool app petitioner nearby farmers concede readily absence economic foundation differential justifications advanced find substantial support record allusion evenness production nearby farms justify exclusive payment differential nearby farmers secretary intended production differential producers qualify eligible amici petitioners point higher taxes nearby lands opportunity costs reason retaining differential admittedly additional costs nearby production concern handlers seek obtain reliably milk cheapest price see kessel economic effects federal regulation milk markets law econ slow attribute congress intent compensate inefficient allocation economic resources cf west ohio gas petitioners argue differential necessary inducement keep nearby farmers business record reveal secretary acted concern nearby farmers quit market evidence demonstrating present necessity nearby producers era efficient transportation available may nominal concern may unspoken consideration since secretary made findings effect need consider whether justify payment nearby differential view legislative history indicating statute contemplates adjustments primarily economic costs handlers absorbed reduced producers representations respondents correct without support record appears elimination zone nearby differential payments even suspension intermediate differential payments result higher uniform price farmers receiving differential iv holding represent departure precedents opinion ever explicitly approved nearby differential reliance rock royal misplaced refusal invalidate payment nearby differential farmers certain counties named new york order must taken context action initiated government handlers refused obey regulations decision repudiate district finding provision discriminatory producers narrow reach rock royal holding recognized stark wickard noted rock royal held handlers without standing object operation producer settlement fund except affected handlers rock royal went reject rock royal contention payments placed handlers without customers nearby counties competitive disadvantage attention also drawn first circuit decision green valley creamery rock royal supra parties standing raise invalidity nearby differential extent first circuit view contrary present holding disapprove announced accord great weight departmental construction enabling legislation especially contemporaneous construction see udall tallman power reactor electricians one input interpretational equation impact carries weight administrators participated drafting directly made known views congress committee hearings see power reactor electricians supra american trucking circumstances absent indication congress differed responsible department resolve ambiguity favor administrative construction construction enhances general purposes policies underlying legislation see american power light sec may however abdicate ultimate responsibility construe language employed congress props serve support disputable administrative construction absent suggestion findings parties explained present differential contributes broad general purpose eliminating crippling competition present case attention drawn hearings suggest congress acted particular administrative construction either administrators participated drafting act understood market differentials encompass farm location differential obviously failed communicate understanding drafters committee report also evident amendments routine follow comprehensive review issues explored detail draftsmen wrote committee reports true report federal trade commission set forth computations employed boston order apparently provided nearby differential stark figures set forth appendix report without explication hardly said given administrative construction notoriety found persuasive udall tallman udall impressed fact secretary interpretation matter public record discussion even despite active congressional involvement reviewing certain administrative action connection particular leases noted attribute ratification congress udall tallman supra petitioners put flesh argument citing stat committee report merely language act purports ratify legalize confirm action taken pursuant agreement order provisions statute vi petitioners allude fact orders question specifically approved farmers concerned required ii act contention adumbrated argument appears run follows since provision made approval orders regulated subjects secretary discretion generously interpreted provision approval ever legitimize regulation authorized statute provision significance case us light considerations already discussed secretary farmers responsible administering statute initiating orders vii although secretary press point private petitioners argue least reverse trial merits alternatively reverse instructions remand secretary consideration case department acted without formal record instances trial might appropriate afford department opportunity develop facts underpin action action taken record department present testimony remedy gaps record arguments counsel review substitute agency failure make findings give reasons remand secretary inappropriate absence request government counsel department advanced new theory sustaining order cf sec chenery unlike addison holly hill us definition regulation necessary give meaning content administrative scheme decision effect engrafting definition particular statutory term function first instance left appropriate administrative body order moreover expressly provides severance provision found invalid see cfr viii petitioner farmers last line retreat contention entitled escrow monies accruing since district entry order granting respondent motion preliminary injunction struck equitable balance awarding petitioners nearby farmers escrow monies collected prior entry final judgment district fair solution one disturb petitioners notice since blair freeman app nearby differentials bottomed shaky statutory premise lest losing parties encouraged prolong litigation frivolous appeals order reap windfall think respondents deserve fruits victory date final judgment trial judgment affirmed footnotes see lehigh valley cooperative brannan stark stark wickard rock royal hood sons lower courts also plagued milk problem see especially judge frank lament queensboro farm prods wickard cir see also blair freeman app green valley creamery cir fluid use milk must transported natural state bulky highly perishable commodity thus cost shipment consumer market greater transporting equal supply manufacturing plant factors combined rigid sanitary requirements plants distributing fluid product see agricultural adjustment administration report may explain part disparity price class fluid milk class ii uses milk nearby producers given equilibrium supply demand logical fluid suppliers urban areas see generally cassels study fluid milk prices cooperative system amounted pooling arrangement wherein participating producers bargain collectively handlers threaten withhold milk handlers refused agree purchase certain minimum percentage class fluid milk pool without supply handlers unable meet winter requirements essential arrangement course sufficiently wide membership insure alternative source supply recalcitrant handlers second aspect arrangement division profits among producer members cooperative frequently employed plan whereby producer assigned percentage milk claim payment class fluid price remaining production paid class ii rate apparently bases assigned according anticipated participation producer fluid market result nearby producers received favorable bases view historical role fluid suppliers equilibrium market descriptions cooperative systems see cassels supra black dairy industry aaa historically fluid suppliers nearby producers apparently maintained times production sufficient service consumer fluid market addition close proximity enabled deliver small retailers potential competitors see agricultural adjustment administration report supra barnhart development licenses order regulating handling milk greater boston massachusetts marketing area unpublished dissertation file department agriculture harvard university license boston area provided favorable bases nearby producers see barnhart supra milk products terms conditions orders case milk products orders issued pursuant section shall contain one following terms conditions except provided subsection section others classifying milk accordance form purpose used fixing providing method fixing minimum prices use classification handlers shall pay time payments shall made milk purchased producers associations producers prices shall uniform handlers subject adjustments volume market production differentials customarily applied handlers subject order grade quality milk purchased locations delivery milk use classification thereof made handlers providing payment producers associations producers delivering milk handler uniform prices milk delivered provided except case orders covering milk products provision approved favored least producers representative period determined secretary agriculture engaged production market milk covered order producers representative period produced least volume milk produced market period approval required hereunder shall separate apart approval disapproval provided section ii payment producers associations producers delivering milk handlers uniform prices milk delivered irrespective uses made milk individual handler delivered subject either case adjustments volume market production differentials customarily applied handlers subject order grade quality milk delivered locations delivery milk made adjustment equitably apportion total value milk purchased handler handlers among producers associations producers basis marketings milk may adjusted reflect sales milk handler handlers use classification classifications representative period time need limited one year boston order fed reg established uniform prices producers per cwt milk depending place delivery adjustment transportation handler plant marketing area article viii also provided adjustment based cost transporting milk outlying plants primary boston market present regulations calculate price reference purchasing power milk based index transportation adjustment provided calculation uniform price order differentials compensate zone delivery retained separate adjustments see infra secretary three alternative modes proceeding act may establish use prices handlers must pay producers according actual amount milk used category individual handler pools producers cooperatives selling individual handler shall paid uniform price milk delivered handler marketwide pool handlers must pay producers uniform price milk delivered irrespective end use also included adjustment delivery nearby plant location handler plants classified zones cfr delivery plant located nearby consumer market course advantageous handler producer compensated service handler also saves cost handling processing country plant addition saving transportation cost conversely depositing milk handlers plants outlying districts results negative adjustment section ii requires uniform prices paid irrespective uses made milk individual handler delivered respondents contend nearby differential merely disguised payment nearby suppliers greater share fluid milk sales apparently case new jersey order invalidated appeals blair freeman supra payment differential explicitly linked percentage nearby milk actually supplied fluid market share respondents skepticism doubts reinforced explicit connection differential payments share fluid milk supplied boston order cause skepticism found present zone differential structure undercompensates handlers transportation outlying districts thus encourages buy nearby farmers see kessel economic effects federal regulation milk markets law econ however unlike situation blair freeman supra producer receives differential irrespective use milk ultimately put since nearby differential present order directly tied percentage fluid milk sales although order limits differential payments class price whichever higher accept government contention matter strict logic payment differentials based historical position nearby producers fluid suppliers inconsistent requirement market differential differential given producer compensate delivering milk city market instead country plant differentials vary markets qualified location differential fact location usually determined distance primary market whereas market differentials usually paid secondary markets relevant excerpts hearing included joint appendix appear section provides location differentials price arrived calculation pool blended price milk market country station allowances deducted paragraph provides shall deducted blended price case milk delivered plant miles state house amount equal carlot freight rate plant boston deduction different freight zone price smaller amount difference freight zone go market paragraph provides case milk delivered producer plant located within forty miles state house added cents per hundredweight added reason case country stations allowed dealers class milk cents hundredweight country station charge allowing containers ship milk three cents case milk received city plants instead cent three cent deduction cents receiving station allowance five cents difference cents per hundredweight add back cents producer whose milk pass country station emphasis added see barnhart supra eliminate questions improper delegation legislative authority raised decisions schechter et al provisions relating orders enumerate commodities orders issued secretary agriculture may applicable prescribe fully administrative procedure followed secretary issuing enforcing terminating orders specify terms may included orders dealing enumerated commodities supra see brannan stark connection noted production differential authorized maintaining adequate supply fluid use lean winter months strictly speaking handler cost general cost market however essential cost eliminated looking alternative supplier viewed context course cost handler nonregulated equilibrium market handler forced pay premium winter months supply limited demand constant volume differential differential paid operations several country plants consolidated one plant inconvenience caused producers closing plants delivering requiring milk handled one plant compensated additional payment producers production differential differential paid producer compensating keeping farm milk qualified city market even though milk may actually going manufactured use production differential payment farmer performing function market emphasis supplied supra brannan stark supra invalidated regulations providing certain payments cooperatives effect reducing blended price nonmember producers premise underlying holding payments represent compensation rendering economic services benefit producers even dissenters took point departure proposition payments sustained justified terms services rendered see brannan stark supra proposed amendments insofar relate marketing agreements orders primarily intended implement spell detail greater freedom ambiguity powers provided original act present language statute unfortunately subject serious misconstruction given rise obstacles connection enforcement marketing agreements licenses seriously endangered successful operation supra verdict quiescent years invoked baptize statutory gloss otherwise impermissible many times reconsidered statutory constructions passively abided congress congressional inaction frequently betokens unawareness preoccupation paralysis best treacherous find congressional silence alone adoption controlling rule law girouard significance greatest area one traditional supervision like tax watchdog committees considering revising statutory scheme even less deference due silence wake unsuccessful attempts eliminate offending interpretation amendment see girouard supra case us indication subsequent congress addressed particular problem unpersuaded silence tantamount acquiescence let alone approval discerned dissent floor exchange reported cong rec copeland senator say suggestion number communities new york sufficient supply milk surrounding market take care demand therefore milk must brought market distant points provisions equalization discussing provide producer producing milk farms near cities receive price product farmer produces milk say miles away community murphy embraced marketing area true let us keep mind situation deficiency consumer demand surplus milk price greatly depressed years way one determine one producers included plan provided shall bear share cost effecting higher price divide milk classification uses copeland think senator quite stated conditions take consideration difference cost production taxes values property near city much higher case property farther away city transportation differential compensate difference cost see murphy senator refer page line see qualification prices shall uniform handlers subject adjustments volume market production differentials customarily applied handlers subject order adopt present practice business grade quality milk purchased locations delivery milk use classification thereof made handlers market differential strictly speaking compensate producer absorbing cost handler may additional cost producer deliver city plant nearby farmer example incur additional costs delivering preferred city plant opposed country station savings handler nevertheless plain market differential properly viewed adjustment permits producer share handler profits resulting reduced costs see kessel supra criticizing present undercompensation transportation costs faraway zones disguised subsidy nearby producers resulting inefficient allocation economic resources author draws comparison nearby differential lamenting however weak case zone differentials fail depict transportation costs infinitely stronger case location differentials secretary findings include following farm location differential provisions present new england orders continued island order connecticut order group nine cooperative associations represents principally producers whose farms located outside specified farm location differential areas proposed farm location differentials eliminated new england orders three cooperative associations proposed producer whose farm located within new england presently eligible receive farm location differential new england order eligible receive differential irrespective new england order milk pooled another cooperative association proposed farm location differentials increased arm location differentials effect several new england orders since inception orders differentials adopted reflect pricing structure orders historical price relationships location prevailed markets found customarily somewhat higher values normally reflected transportation costs attached milk produced near principal consumption centers compared market value milk produced distant areas milkshed considerable testimony support removal provisions received established farm location differential provisions resulting unstable disruptive marketing conditions warrant deletion orders time although certain marketing problems nearby intermediate market areas referred testimony problems result production increases farms areas logically might attributable higher returns producers areas increases significantly different farms eligible farm location differentials reason dispute secretary finding differentials disruptive effect market issue however whether provisions authorized statute secretary order devoid economic justification relies solely historical factor nearby producer favorable share fluid use market see also report secretary agriculture federal milk order study committee see report secretary agriculture federal milk order study committee supra see reporting excerpts secretary decision october accompanying order southeastern new england marketing area judge frank expressed view queensboro farm prods wickard cir congress intended adopt intervening administrative interpretation use language construction use provision may well caused concern interpretation differentials event judge frank assumption congress gave careful consideration connection supported citation specific legislative history indicate congress mind specific problems connection administration marketing provisions order provided payment uniform price subject adjustments special exception producer whose farm located within forty miles state house boston delivers milk handler plant located within forty miles state house boston per hundredweight quantity milk delivered producer excess base producer emphasis supplied art viii section act provided nothing act shall construed invalidating marketing agreement license order regulation relating provision act secretary agriculture connection agreement license order executed issued approved done agricultural adjustment act amendment thereof marketing agreements licenses orders regulations provisions acts hereby expressly ratified legalized confirmed extent congress said acted background order must reject petitioners argument order superseded order differed approach provision nearby differentials order obscured allowing favorable total price nearby producers see supra differential incorporated order benefit intermediate nearby zones included order differential provided art viii order viewed true market differential since payment depended delivery handler within zone producer beyond zone noted typical statutory boilerplate traditionally included legislative avoid breaks regulatory continuity app section act provides order shall become effective secretary determines issuance order practical means advancing interests producers commodity pursuant declared policy approved favored least producers representative period determined secretary engaged within production area specified marketing agreement order production market commodity specified therein representative period engaged production commodity sale marketing area specified marketing agreement order ii producers representative period produced market least volume commodity produced market within production area specified marketing agreement order representative period produced least volume commodity sold within marketing area specified marketing agreement order lower courts circumstances permitted agency rely approval affected action evidence action public interest compare citizens allegan county fpc app marine space enclosures fmc app need consider scope may given principles justice black justice white joins dissenting central question cause whether provision secretary agriculture boston milk market regulation provides farmers close boston receive higher price milk farmers farther away valid agricultural marketing agreement act amended stat et seq ed supp iv majority concludes higher payment sustained represents compensation rendering economic service ante holds since secretary provided economic justification payment invalid effect affirming judgment challenged payments placed special fund since june amount distributed farmers selling milk boston market instead located near boston represents drastic change distribution income sale milk since nearby farmers received additional payments least years study legislative history convinces beyond doubt result wrong direct conflict intent congress expressed agricultural marketing agreement act predecessors opinion congress intended permit secretary regulate milk industry accordance practices developed industry prior first federal regulation intend eliminate economic advantages specific groups enjoyed past since clear beyond doubt farmers near boston received milk farmers prior federal regulation reverse judgment hold provision boston milk order valid order understand purpose act necessary go back time prior federal regulation majority correctly points economics milk industry time often led destructive competition chaos milk producers therefore formed cooperatives protection sold milk collective basis parties case agree record conclusively shows cooperatives time farmers close marketing centers received milk farmers farther away higher price resulted many factors including greater proportion milk nearby farms used fluid purposes possibility farmers compete handlers selling directly customers smaller seasonal variation volume milk produced higher costs taxes land values incurred farming close cities long economic conditions remained generally stable cooperatives succeeded protecting farmers dangers overproduction excessive competition depression set milk farmers like many americans unable maintain stable prices congress reacted situation passing agricultural adjustment act stat secretary agriculture given broad powers regulate farm economy licensing stat details standards describing secretary powers provided act attention given specific problems nearby farmers milk industry provisions act secretary issued license boston market first license included provisions effectively maintained historical price advantage producers close boston bills introduced congress amend hearings held bills february march year may held schechter poultry provisions national industrial recovery act stat unconstitutional part act delegated powers administrative agency without providing adequate standards guidelines congressional committees considering amendments immediately recognized schechter decision cast considerable doubt validity therefore reported completely amended bill set forth detailed descriptions powers standards secretary employ reported passed congress bill contained specific provisions concerning milk industry provisions involved present case committee reports accompanying bill make abundantly clear primary purpose bill eliminate questions improper delegation legislative authority raised decision schechter indication congress passed amendments intended cut back limit authority secretary actually exercised regulating milk act rather purpose avoid judicial invalidation resulting absence constitutionally sufficient standards history legislative record make quite clear congress concerned limiting excessively aggressive secretary overcoming limitations imposed frustrating congressional purpose holding laws unconstitutional pursuant act secretary issued new order boston market like order contained provisions additional payments nearby farmers issuing order explicitly relied historical economic factors justified additional payments effectiveness amendments also jeopardized decisions congress acted passing new law agricultural marketing agreement act stat statute milk marketing provisions act substantially form provided market orders issued act expressly ratified legalized confirmed stat proceeding new act secretary reinstated boston order including additional payments farmers located nearer city order act remained substantially form time general historical picture mind easier answer central legal question case whether act authorizes secretary agriculture provide nearby farmers receive milk farmers farther away act provides secretary shall establish order certain basic prices milk delivered producers allows adjust basic price reflect volume market production differentials customarily applied handlers subject order cl supp iv secretary argues payment additional sums farmers close boston authorized market differential argument settled simply basis statutory language since definition term market however legislative history makes clear beyond doubt provision designed allow secretary broad leeway regulating milk industry accordance prior practices differentials unregulated market committee reports houses said milk order provisions act designed follow methods employed cooperative associations producers prior enactment agricultural adjustment act provisions licenses issued pursuant present section agricultural adjustment act discussion provisions congressional floor debates fully supports statement senator copeland former commissioner health new york city man well acquainted milk industry new england asked senator murphy floor manager bill possibility farmers near cities receive price milk farmers farther away senator murphy initial answer indicated senator copeland pressed inquiry stating factors considered senator murphy indicated provisions specific differentials adopt present practice business reply indicates nearby differentials permissible part business practice majority diminishes importance discussion saying represents views two men committee anyone acquainted realities senate knows remarks floor manager taken senators reflecting views committee history makes clear congress intend limit authorized differentials specific payments rather intended permit secretary employ whatever practices consistent history unregulated market found necessary achieve stability milk industry applying considerations becomes plain additional payments nearby farmers authorized differential customarily applied nearby farmers always obtained higher price milk farmers farther away secretary regulations reflected historical fact reinstatement nearby differentials passage act merely continued prior administrative practice based earlier economic realities paying milk produced farms close boston congress intended eliminate feature prior practice easy say absolutely nothing statute legislative history demonstrates desire alter advantage nearby farmers always enjoyed conclusion differential authorized buttressed actions congress secretary since always healthy controversy among farmers differential extensive hearings brought forth strong arguments continuing yet congress even though amended statute stat still way indicated nearby differential unauthorized act eliminated time similarly secretary continually reviewed provision refused eliminate recent time since congress view intended authorize payments like nearby differential since altered authorization past years agree properly eliminate payment ostensibly process statutory interpretation interpretation based theory legislative silence majority seems imply legislative history speaks clearly saying congress intended secretary regulate industry accordance prior practices statutory language statements committee reports floor debates illumine two different roads ante see one path marked legislative record silence perceive striking absence statements statute legislative history support majority interpretation conclusion location differential authorized act finds support judicial decisions rock royal certain milk handlers made broadside attack new york order issued act rejected challenge one part argument nearby differential provision order invalid noted act authorizes arrangement citing provision market differentials customarily applied although provision promulgated act identical language supporting conclusion found latter section involved present case majority attempts distinguish case noting suit brought government handlers difficult see difference makes matter sues decides issue statutory interpretation decision remain even litigants change nearby differential boston order involved also approved first circuit green valley creamery majority dismissal case conclusion handlers standing raise issue irrelevant first circuit found differential valid stated urthermore handlers lacked standing matter whether decision validity location differential classified dictum holding point remains first circuit considered payments found expressly provided language ibid majority disagrees interpretation statute set forth instead finds foundation portion act involved provide uniform prices producers adjustments uniform price compensation rendering economic service ante interpretation understand require secretary disregard historical price advantage nearby producers sale milk consider whether present economic justification particular payments respectfully submit interpretation supported language act considered whole relevant expressions congressional intent found legislative history theory act adopted majority clearly congress one created conclusion differentials specified act represents compensation rendering economic service finds support whatsoever language act legislative history none adjustments described act defined terms economic service majority refer legislative history indicates definition intended may well possible analyst fit language act committee reports floor debates coherent pattern economic services congress desired require touchstone authorized differentials easy said congress choose done intervening years moreover pattern differentials clearly fit fully supported express legislative history clear pattern allowing secretary incorporate provisions reflecting customary practices milk industry even majority statutory interpretation correct understand lead conclusion judgment affirmed challenged payments distributed time farmers decision secretary reason know justify provisions order compensation rendering economic service failure provided defense necessarily mean unavailable indeed apparently approve provision secretary issue accompanied economic study composed lawyers economic agricultural experts finds acceptable justification present differential fact lawful time seem matter secretary yet incanted proper magic words see harm follow simply vacate judgment remand cases secretary appropriate study continue place payments special fund pending ultimate resolution controversy secretary make proper economic justification result postpone day accumulating funds amount distributed hand able show payments compensate economic service unnecessarily given accumulated millions farmers legally entitled receive conviction act designed permit secretary include adjustments reflected prior practice milk industry mean act unlimited abandon approve payment simply historically provided prior federal regulation statute requires secretary issue orders tend effectuate declared policy act policies specifically set forth general provide orders establish maintain orderly marketing conditions parity prices milk producers latest promulgation boston order secretary specifically refused eliminate nearby differentials found order tend effectuate declared policy act fed reg finding disturbed nearby differential invalidated unless shown order supported substantial evidence administrative record considered entirety cf universal camera nlrb action appeals make specific finding substantiality evidence respondents argue insubstantial review entire record light appropriate legal standards indicates nearby differential boston order fully supported substantial evidence reaching conclusion must remembered secretary required find two things first proposed provision represents payment customarily applied milk market second inclusion proposed provision policies act first questions essentially factual one real argument action secretary wrong finding matter historical fact nearby farmers received additional payments reflected location differential respondents really deny historical existence higher price rather attack legality act appeals moreover specifically recognized historical fact differentials existed accepted respondents argument illegal app independent review record confirms conclusion differentials customary market thus easy conclude factual finding required act supported substantial evidence administrative record second required finding provision policies act mixed question fact administrative policy secretary held extensive hearings past provisions boston milk order repeatedly found nearby location differential furthers policies act since essentially question administrative discretion set aside strong showing parties finding without support basic facts secretary relied proper say record second finding adequately supported nothing respondents arguments indicates nearby differential policies act rather argue elimination differential better serve policies question one secretary parties decide involved simply question interpreting following congress years ago congress decided milk producers needed governmental assistance stabilizing income also decided stabilization accomplished minimal amount change industry prior practices congress therefore authorized secretary agriculture regulate industry left details years used authority regulate boston milk market consistently found desirable provide higher prices milk produced farms close boston may well decision best economically sound one make light changed economic conditions decision one congress committed secretary alone view appeals litigation effectively substitute congress views economics wise administration secretary congress selected carry indicates decision avoid windfall ante fact creates windfall siphoned pockets farmers close boston bestowed like christmas present farther away contrary informed judgment secretary faithful act declared years distant farmers eligible bonus unable agree proper function perform therefore dissent majority implies ante higher price economic distortion finding secretary courts evidence taken directed issue poorly equipped pass judgment economic validity invalidity higher price surely well equipped secretary economists advise secretary congress delegated task fixing prices producers paid milk making underlying economic judgments license adopted somewhat complicated plan similar used milk cooperatives see ante general agreement among parties licenses effectively resulted higher milk prices nearby farmers appeals recognized fact app sess hearing house committee agriculture sess hearings senate committee agriculture forestry sess sess provisions amendments carried forward virtually without change present statute butler declared processing tax provisions invalid district courts held entire act invalid david buttrick supp mass rev cir cert denied language first enacted amendments agricultural marketing agreement act without change relevant legislative history act parties agree history amendments also applies act discussion legislative history text based legislative record complete text relevant portions present statute set forth ante basic purpose reflected fact congress provided secretary three different schemes regulation followed variety regulations used milk cooperatives see ante congress followed basic purpose amended act make explicit secretary power employ plans described ante see stat cl supp iv full discussion set ante majority also seems imply ante rock royal decide issue since handlers standing raise seems decide handlers argued nearby differential reduced profits raise issue ante majority implies support novel interpretation prior decision brannan stark held invalid provision boston milk order distributed certain sums producer cooperatives case specifically held payments authorized catchall provision act permitting provisions milk orders ncidental inconsistent terms conditions specified sections necessary effectuate provisions order brannan true majority decide challenged payments represent compensation economic benefit received producers regardless validity decision irrelevant decision case may payments sought justified solely basis necessary provisions section require independent economic justification certainly mean secretary relies specific adjustment set forth act must also defend economic grounds