| Show C Congress Divided on When to Settle fettle Farm Relief Question ti k w s iI r t J 2 i dI l' l i 5 8 i The TIe seventieth congress which tussled tussled unsuccessfully Y with farm reli relief f legislation last winter has hs the problem again gain on its hands for the short session Senator Charles Charl s L. L McNary right Oregon believes Borah inset Idaho wants the question to go over to a special session Senator Hiram Johnson left California is chief proponent of the Boulder Boul Soul der Dam bill upon which the senate will act and which is is regarded as significant in the the- agricultural problem I Borah Advocates Special Session for Discussion of Problem WASHINGTON AP The AP-The The farm Carm problem a of vexing issue for congress congress con con- gress again Is on o the the do docket ket of subjects to be discussed at the Ule short shorts s session The school of thought on Capitol Hill is divided Into two groups on when the house and the senate again should settle settIe down to consideration of ot the quest question on Some favor rolling up up their sleeves and going after it this winter Others advocate turnIng turning turn- turn Ing ng the qu question stion over o to th the sev sev- first enty-first congress which was elected elected elect- elect ed d Nov ember 1 and which President President- elect Hoover er has announced will be called caned into session session In the e early rl spring if nothing nothing is done this win win- ter er What That will be done or r when a. a decision decision de de- will be ma made e is problematical lit in n the extreme Senator McNary of Oregon chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man of at the agricultural committee wants congress to get boey without delay e y On the other Jl hand nd Senator Jorah f Idaho feels feels' that a special pe l l will be necessary 1 to dispose 1 of the problem Both senators have y considerable followings in their re reS respective respective re- re i S views House leaders also ar are at odds on the question and as yet none nono In that bod body has taken steps to find put just what position l a majority of the members hold Then again the question of tariff tariff tariff tar tar- iff revision is hooked up with the subject For some time there has been a demand for fOT a revision of tariff rates on a number of artl t cles ces many of them commodities purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased b by farmers Ono One group in cons res argues that thata a a. farm marketing measure should be enacted before any tariff adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- I ment is undertaken They hold that until a farm bill has been placed upon the Uie- statute books it would be difficult to reach leach any agreement on tariff rates revision Lo Looking king at the question from another another another an an- other angle however Is a group s-roup which contends that for some time timea a readjustment of tariff schedules has been n needed eded on farm product importations That has bas been heard I also from the textile industry in New England and the tho sugar beet growers in the tho west Both industries industries industries indus indus- tries are clamoring clamoring- for fOT higher rates Fur Furher Mr 1 Hoover and the vice pr president elect Senator Curtis Cuitis have declared In favor of tariff adjustment adjust adjust- ment as a part of the incoming administrations administration's administrations administration's ad ad- ministrations ministration's farm r relief li f plan It has bas bee been pointed out by bYsom som some that hat Mr MI Ho Hoover ver is powerless to make any recommendations on that score until he t takes kes over the reI reins reIn s of ot the presidency March 4 4 I Because of this some of ot those fa faa favoring fa postponement of farm action to a special session say that congress congress congress con con- coni i gress might revise the tariff on som some articles this winter and then find it necess necessary ry at its Us next session session session ses ses- sion to provide for additional tariff tariff tar tar- iff adjustments But aside from the tariff still another another an an- other factor complicating the situation situation situation situ situ- is the kind of farm bill which should be enacted in the event congress congress congress con con- gress tackles the issue this winter I As the congress elected November 6 do doss does s not take office for months months the membership of the house and senate is the same that enacted the Haugen McNary-Haugen farm bill and passed It along to President Coolidge Coolidge Cool- Cool I idge who vetoed the proposal t An attempt to override the veto failed taIled in the senate and the house after that happened did nothing In both houses at the present time hardly anybody suggests further consideration of at the equalization fee provision of the McNary McNary-Haugen bill A number however favor en en of at the measure minus the I fee clauses Senator McNary Is in inthe inthe the tho latter class |
