East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-01-24
Plans Submitted Are Same as
Those Drafted at Meeting Of
National Farmers Union.
FARMERS RESENT ATTACK
{ ON AGRICULTURAL BLOC
Unless Action on Program is
Effected Predictions Made
Politics Will be Disrupted.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 24,--(U. P)--
The powerful progressive farmer
group at the agricultural conference
is insisting a definite program. be
evolved including the following points:
Financial relief even if the govern
Aent must extend credits totalling a
billion dollars or more; twenty five
percent reduction in freight rates; in
surance to farmers against loss, ana
cooperative marketing and buying,
This program is substantially that
which was drafted at the executive
meeting of the national farmers union.
The farmers also resented President
Harding's attack of yesterday on the
agricultural bloc.
Unless definite action favoring this
program is effected, predictions are
freely made that the conference Will
cause an eruption with devastating
political effect. The farmers are firm
in demanding q constructive program
of relief. The national cleaners fed
GRAFTON. the Pennsylvania state grange,
the national non-partican league, the
Montana society of equity, the farmers
national council and other agricultur-
al organizations, classed as progressive
are all behind this program.
WASHINGTON, Jan. O. P,)r77
Insurgents In the agricultural confer
ence lost the first skirmish today
when their efforts failed to have a
committee on resolutions appointed.
They hoped through this committee
to have its broad relief program Tor
the farmer relief adopted by the con-
ference.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-(U. P.)--
Senate leaders of the agricultural bloc
are commenting today on the fact that
Senator Norris. of Nebraska, chair
man of the senate agricultural COM
mittee was not invited to the agricul-
tural conference by Secretary Wallace,
Representative Haugen, Of Iowa,
chairman of the house agricultural
committee, was invited.
Nationwide Marketing System.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-CU. P.)--
A nationwide marketing system would
he orsanlzed under the government su-
pervision by a bill Senator McCum-
ber, chairman of the senate finance
committee, proposed today in the sem
ate. He declared the bill would solve
the acute situation the nations farm
ers face today.
President Harding strongly endors-
: ed cooperative marketing in his
speech to the agricultural conference
yesterday.
Returning to Normally.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--(A. P)-
The national agricultural conference
today considered Europe as factor
Ia causing the general American farm
depression. G.. F. Warren Of Ithaca
NJ. Y. back from an investigation, sait
European, agriculture is getting bach
to normal more rapidly than other in
dustries.
W1ll Carry on Warfare.
This failure of the insurgents wa
the first test of strength between tn
so-called insurgent and reactionar!
factions. Insurgents plan to carry oil
the guerilla warfare until the IL com
mittees now function present their re
ports Thursday and Friday, whef, y
open revolution may flare up. Rep
resentative sydney Anderson. per
manent chairman of the conference
also appointed by Wallace. said the
committees already appointed are ad
equate without resolutions com
mittee