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Show FARM FINANCE BILL SPEEDED 'Attempt Made to Sidetrack Ship Measure and Rush Rural Aid W ASHINGTON. Tcc. li. Advocates of Immediate action by congress for the relief of the fanner began on tho pcnatc floor today their fight to shoul-! shoul-! der th" administration shipping bill out of Its position of advantage and to I put Into Its place the Norrls bill, creat-I creat-I in? a government capitalised corpora-itton corpora-itton to buy and sell farm products. i nOX DEFERRED, A motion to lay aside the shipping id. mure and take up the agriculture I corporation proposal was made laro to-daj to-daj by Senator N'orris, ReDublican. ; Nebraska, chairman of the agriculture committee and a member of the newly organised progressive blue. Action on the motion went oer until Monday, but Us Injection Into the senate pro-I pro-I deeding! developed Immediate indications indica-tions of a bitter fifrht DOl BLE SUPPORT. Senator Norrls' motion waj followed by un announcement from Senator Jones Republican, Washington, In charge of the bill, that he intended to press hi-- nifa.surc more vigorously next week. Considerable debate is expected ex-pected to precede the vote on the motion, mo-tion, which will be the first test of strength suicf the ship bill was taken up in the senates the first of this wegk. Those behind the move count on the support of the Democrats opposed to the Mpping bill, and of Republicans who have been most Insistent on early action on agricultural aid lestslation |