Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-17 | Page 18 | Senate Okehs Federal Farm Appointments

SENATE OK 4 FEDERAL fARM FARM- I APPOiNTMENTS l ay Y Aside T Tariff riff De Debate ate to Vote on M Men Mm n SeV Se See V c ie ted by Hoover Hower w WASHINGTON Oct 17 AT AP AP- The eight Then men men appointed to Lo the thc led era ral 1 farm board b by President t tH H Booyer today were wera formally o cm- cm powered to go ahead with their to the of bringing prosperity American farmer fanner 7 Ji 1 to c the confirmation lite last ait ob- ob to the administrations administration's desire for ai d a board oC ot its own choosing to out a broad abroad and significant Program rot ot oL Its own its own designing ng had bad been successfully removed d V All were approved earl early last night after the senate had laid Jad aside th tits riff b debato debate and devoted dc a. a full fun day d y t to df their theft Respective merits and and- qualifications catlon for fok th the important posts to which the chief appointed them Opposition Op Op- position to three of oC Mr l Hoovers ers li appointees Alexander H H.- H. Legge Leggo Representing r pr lIDo field of oC finance i nl nd business s Samuel cl R n. spokesman p foe for the Iho wheat heat growing industry andL an and de Carl Williams cotton r representative developed pt developed but was l unable n t to to bl block ck their confirmation n JOIN dOiN WITH G. G 0 O. P. P p Democratic D- D men members r for r l the le most Ur par U j Joined ln d with With tho the n administration thelio the Republican n group in IIi supporting lio Hoover vcr nl appointees c S 'S Senator Robin Robin- so con bon pt of Arkansas Arkan the tho I Democratic lc aU an of oC them and lead leader leaden r. r Toted ot d' d for expressed sed the attitude of ot Ids liis p party t rt 1 r colleagues willi n an assertion that responsibility must rest rest- where h r if Ji belongs l J and ana the president be given themen he lie le had asked s1 ed to administer the act ct which he lie had The group rh group of ot independent dependent western Republican j Senators on 0 the Ute oth other Oliver r hand hand- was 8 was divided In its attitude tot rd th tho chief executives executive's es e's norm norm- n ne os s Bor Borah h of t. t Idaho supported supported- LegS Legge but voted against McKelvIe l and Williams Norris of oC Nebraska Voted doted ot d egge and Williams William's bh buts f by 1 unanimous H consent c of of f the senate nat dl did no not vote when hen the ques quest McKelvIe McKel fo tron confirming a i r o mor- mor qt of his hI State stale sta e camo to During X tho debate ho ho n ever r. r he expressed d himself t. t as opposed opposed op- op posed JOe to wheat man t the tho wheat roan n. n SOUTH OPPOSITION the Tho great greater part pirt of the the opposition tb to Williams Yi lIa s. s tho cotton spokesman fipo came ame frown from senators representing g go cotton o 5 states ates Black and Heflin He In of Alabama Al b Connolly and n Sheppard of oC Geor George and Harris of or Georgia e Smith and South Carolina Ii of ot North Korth Carolina C and McKellar of at Tennessee c all aU voted voted his a co confirmation v Roll call can canot Votes ot were we're w i taken on only the three appointees cs to whom wham there W was was s' s opposition rand aJ and d the the co count nt was waa 67 to 13 IZ or Le Legge gc M U to 27 21 for McKelvIe and 57 to 20 tor n The other nominees nominees nominees-Charlesl Chi C C. fea l' l C fruit F F. FA S or of Minnesota ta dah dairying C Ci-Bi Ci B Denman ol ot Missouri eto livestock k Charles Charles' S S S. Wilson of t New YorK Tork miscellaneous agricultural activities and Jamie James C. C Stone pf ot of J were Vere were approved without a record vot vote