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Show 6. P. OLD GUARD STEALS LIBERAL THUNDER SMOOT, LODGE AND WATSON MAP PROGRAM 'Conservative Group to Lay Out Constructive Legislative Leg-islative Campaign. LA FOLLETTE IS BUSY Report Says Johnson and Borah Won't Be at His Conference. By J. BART CAMPBELL iiitrTnatioiiai News Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 The Republican Re-publican old guard moved tonight to lay before tho country a constructive legislative program at the same timo 1 1 i riMirgent-progresslv e members of i ongrcbs headed by Senator Robprt .i LoFolletie of Wisconsin. meet herj early next month to work out a legislative legis-lative course of action. Following ; conference of the old guard si natc leaders like Lodge, of MnssKchupetrs f'urtls of Kansas, SnioOt d I lah and Watson of Indiana, with President Hardtng at the White House, it was agreed the administration administra-tion forces In congress should unlro iin a program wlilcli shoe hi have agrj-cultural agrj-cultural credits :is Its keynote and should otherwise be made to appeal especially to Uie fanners of the mld- ll wrest, northwest and far west. TO OFFSET ItADICALS it. was the frank belief by admlnis-tratlon admlnis-tratlon senators that the radical maneuvers man-euvers of Senator LaFollctte and his progre slve ssModates could be offset by tin Republican old guard Kolng to mi. ..Mintrv with a legislative program I offering definite assurances that lJri'8-ldent lJri'8-ldent Harding meant what he riid w l,. a I,. promised early reli' i from Lhc present agricultural distress in h:s lust rni-t'dugc to congress in.ultaneously witn an announce- j nient by senate loaders prominently identified it)i th..- administration that Republican old guard leaders in congress con-gress would hold a conference with Preside nt Harding at the "W hlte House next w c'k for the purpose of mapping out a constructive legislative program for the upproaching regular session, a st.it. ment was Issued by LaFollctte and his associates in which It was Bet forth that nine senators and 23 representatives repre-sentatives have thus far accepted invitations in-vitations to attend a legislation confer-enoe confer-enoe December 1. arranged by them BORAH NOT LISTED , icport was current that neither Senatoi Borah of Idaho, nor Johnson of California, were among the nine s-n.iL.r.; None of the "nine senator.-, was mentioned by name In LaFot-lette's LaFot-lette's statement. Senator-elect im of Washington, wrho defeated Senator I'olndexter of that st:it- sent word he would be un-able un-able to attend because he found It impossible im-possible to coma east at tho time set for the conference. It was stated letters have been ro-celved ro-celved from Influential progressive men and women iron, .i large number of states, expressing their approval of the aims of the twin conferences, the first or which on December 1, will onflned to present and newly-elected newly-elected progressive members of congress con-gress and the second, to a general airing air-ing of progressive views by leading progressives both in and out of congress con-gress oo- |