Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-17 | Page 13 | Say Farmers Use Veiled Efforts

SAY FARMERS USE Committee Members Say Congress Is Intimidated by Relief Leaders WASHINGTON March 17 AP Members Member's of the house agricultural agricultural tural committee charged at a a. hearing hear hear- hearing ing today that to intimidate date congress had been made by certain farm relief leaders of the middle west vest Representatives Republican Republican lican Kansas and Representative Kincheloe Democrat Kentucky re referred referred re- re to William Hirth chairman of ot the corn belt committee who re recently recently recently re- re returned to his home at Columbia Col Columbia Mo after telling the Committee committee Com com- that both political parties partie would ignore agriculture at their peril Mr Hirth Hirt said Representative Kincheloe h l tried t to make chills run rundown down our b backs Representative Rubey Rube Democrat Missouri l defending Mr 1 Hirth said he was sorry the gentleman from Kentucky had been scared i i t There were no chills running GOwn down own my back retorted Mr Kincheloe but b t I object to having havinga a cheap skate slate like that threatening threaten threaten- ing this committee Representative Jones Democrat Texas said Mr Hirtha Hirth's throat at and those of ot some other witnesses were not veiled but unveiled Representative added that such methods would get them nothing