OCR Text |
Show MUCH DEPENDS on 11 mm IF NEW FARM RELIEF BILL IS PASSED BY CONGRESS PROBLEM PROB-LEM WILL BE ENDED This May Also DecWe Whether Low-den Low-den Will Run Against Coolidfle j Washington Through two events 11 will become apparent the coining week whether a farm reliaf bill Is to pass in this congress, and also probably whether wheth-er there is to be opposition by ex Governor Gover-nor Lowden of Illinois to President Coolldge for the next Republican presidential pres-idential nomination. The house committee on agriculture agricul-ture on Friday of last week voted to hold hearings on proposals for farm relief. That was regular, but very unusual un-usual indeed was their decision thai (he hearings should last only foui days, terminating Tuesday. Tht tioii indicates a state of mind looking to quick and determined action, although al-though no one can fairly object to the brevity of the hearings, because last year the committee gave hearings lasting several weeks. More significant than this action ol the committee on agriculture was the introduction into the two houses si multaeously on Thursday of a farm relief bill of a new kind and from a new source. Tho joint proposers ol the new bill are, in tho senate, Curtis of Kansas, who is the official Republican Republi-can leader, and in the house, a Democrat, Demo-crat, Crisp of Georgia, of whom it can be said that no congressman has higher high-er respect from both parties. |