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Show PACKERCQNTROL Bill for Regulation by Federal Commision Finally Passes Washington, Jan. 2: iy a margin mar-gin of thirteen votes, the senate Monday Mon-day passed the long-fought hill for federal regulation of the meat pack- tr and other agencies f tho livestock live-stock Industry. The vote was 16 to 33 and the legls-' latlon. the renter of bitter controversy for a decade, now goes to the house with Its supporters hopeful of final action during the present session of congress. A special rule to expedite house action ac-tion is to be sought. Partisan division In the senate was, lacking, but most Democrats support- i ed the bill, while u majority of the Republicans opposed It. The party Une-up was IS Republicans and 28 Democrats for passage, with 23 Rc-1 publicans and 10 Democrats against. All fundamental features of the I legislation as presented ny in., agricultural agri-cultural committee as a substitute for the original Kenyon-Kendrtck bill were retained bv th. senate. H i.ks OF OMM1SSION The hill would create a ferlernl livestock live-stock commission of three member! appointed by tho president to have Jurisdiction over the livestock Industry. Indus-try. 1 hi;' commission would have power to Issue orders, collect and disseminate dissem-inate Information, have access to parkers' books and have general supervision sup-ervision over puckers, stockyards, commission men and . slmllu r agencies. Revb-w of the livestock commission's ordors would be provider! by the bill which uIho prescribe rules for con-1 duct of the packing business and stlp- ulatlons against .monopoly, unfair trade practical, engaging In unrelated industries and sLmllar acts. Voluntary licensing of packers also is provided, an attempt by Senator 1 Pomercne. Democrat, hio, to ellm-i inute this feature having been do-1 fated today, 43 to 3-1. . IMJSNDBrfj i-, 1DOP1 i i. Only two Important amendments wero adopted by the senate before passing tho bill. One, by Senator Wadsworth. Republican, New York, would Include horses, mules ami goats within the operations of the bill. Another An-other amendment by Senator Pitt-man, Pitt-man, Democrat, Nevada, would exempt ex-empt all persons whose chief business busi-ness Is livestock growing or production produc-tion of agricultural products from tho1 biU'e provisions. The author dc lan d that the legislation should not extend to small stockgrowers who operate their own feeding ards. ther amendments adopted lnclud-1 ed one ty s. nator Borah, Republican, Idaho, providing that all proc lings of the livestock commission should be open to the public, and an amendment by Senator 1'omereno, Democrat, Ohio, declaring that upon enactment I of tho bill all supervision of the fed-1 fed-1 "i.il trade commission over tho livestock live-stock Industry should be terminated and transferred to the livestock com-1 com-1 mission. I oo |