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Show Farm Relief Bill Offered to House Washington A new farm relief bill in last year's gown altered to fit this season's demands appeared in the senate, sen-ate, but a controversy over whose name should grace it prevented its introduction in the house. The measure, meas-ure, embodying the essential features of the McNary-Haugen bill, but shorn of most of its objectionable provisions, provis-ions, was offered by Senator McNary, Republican, Oregon, father of the bill, which has weathered two years of stormy wrangling, and the new chairman chair-man of the senate agricultural committee. commit-tee. A companion bill was turned over to Representative Purnell, Republican, Indiana, and Representative Fulruer, Democrat, South Carolina, with a request re-quest from senate farm leaders that they introduce it jointly, thus indicating indicat-ing support from the three great farming farm-ing regions far west, middle west and south. Both Purnell and Fulmer are members of the house agricultural committee. |