Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 1 | Tariff Battle Looms in House in Coming Week

TARIFF RATTLE lOOMS IN HOUSE HOUSEIN It IN COMING COMIN Senate Expected to Vote on Hoover Farm Program CAUCUS CALL ISSUED Committee Fights on Sugar Sugar Su Sue gar and Wool Rates By PAUL R R. R MALLON United Press Press' Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON April 27 United Press Press- The Press ress The big noise of President Hoovers Hoover's special session of congress congress con con- gress iress is to come next week when the he house begins what is is' expected to o be an old fashioned tariff scrap I and the senate votes on the Hoover farm arm program The house wa ways s 's and means committee com corn sat in secret throughout Saturday trying to compose bitter differences which have developed I over the most important schedules on sugar wOol and nd hides Another and probably the final committee meeting will be Monday so 50 the bill can be made ready for consideration in n the house by Tuesday or Wednesday CAUCUS CALL SENT OUT Republican leaders sent out a caucus call for next week to decide whether they will use the steam steamroller steamroller steamroller roller methods on on the tariff bill which were employed so effectively to o put through Mr lilt Hoovers Hoover's farm Jill bill b by the tile overwhelming total of to 3 34 last Thursday The lead- lead in favor of this be because because because be- be cause they thc sg generally may nay be boosted Senators interested in the farm bill were busy in their offices writing writing writ- writ ing ng speeches to be delivered next Veel particularly around round the issue of whether the d debenture b or or tariff bounty scheme to which Mr 1 Hoover so strongly objects should be Included in included included in- in in far inthe the bill Leaders expected expected expected ex ex- ex- ex a final vote vot on the bill by next Saturday and they are confident confident con- con ident the administration forces have lave sufficient votes voles to to defeat the d debenture amendment TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT The first vote Vot will come on th thorris the Norris orris amendment proposing that thai the debenture rate be reduced z in incase incase incase case overproduction of any ny commodity commodity com corn exceeds ds by 20 per cent the average yield of the crop in the past ast tive live years Senator Norris o of Nebraska a Republican Smith supporter supporter sup sup- supporter porter in the last campaign hopes by his amendment to eliminate one of Mr 1 Hoovers Hoover's rs r's arguments that the debenture plan would cause overproduction His amendment probably will he be adopted perfecting Continued on page 4 T TARIFF ARIFF B BATTLE HI v BLOOMS IN HOUSE IN COM Nf j i- i Continued I. I f the tJ debenture clause clause Qt- Qt v the v he bill Th e question thenH come on Ott Republican Leader Watsons Watson's amendment 10 to eliminate the deben deben- plan turo lan entirety entirely Norris' Norris amendment amend m ment is planned to get gt more votes for forthe the debenture provision Many Man en have said they would like to 1 Vote to ito for the plan if It some way vay could be found to prevent These senators senators- lia hate baye- C privat privately vat at ly indicated that they do not believe Norris' Norris amendment is sufficient suf- suf suf suf- nt so so- It seems that that- its not n change ugh votes I ItO tO overthrow to-overthrow q the nd administration SENATE SLOW D During Ding the first to t weeks eks of the the n ending t today the house has functioned perfectly but senate the senate making little progress Only two minor bills s have been passed Only three senate spee speeches hes on tUe farm bill have been made Th The time has been taken up largely by Heflin of ot Alabama who Is trying to get a vote on his resolution resolution reso reso- lution n condemning the unidentified perS per person n who threw a bottle at him himat at ithe made a at Brock Brock- tonj Mass fass recently Only three Republicans would vote for the resolution It is said and aid a d they are expected to to- absent themselves from Democratic their side will not give more than ten votes voles so the tile resolution appears certain of de defeat