The Washington times., 1922-12-12
sENAEE READY
T0D|SPLACE
SHIP BILL
Poll by Brookhart Shows. Fifty
Favor Putting Farm Re-
lief First.
BY j. BART CAMPBELL,
Internatisnai News Service.


Fifty 'Senators--a clear majority
of four-stand ready to vote to dis
place the ship subsidy bill with
agricultural relief legislation, &C
cording TO a poll Of the Senate com.
pIeted today by Senator Smith w.
Brookhart Of Iowa. one Of the pro-
gressive Republican group fighting
the measure.
Announcement OF this by Brook.
hart was coupled with a statement
issued by Senator James Curzens
OF Michigan, who recently sue.
ceeded to the seat vacated by the
Of Senator Newberry,
that he believed the proposed farm
credits bill should be given the
right OF way over the subsidy
measure.
Believe Drive Will Win.
Senator Cummins Of Iowa. Walsh
Of Massachusetts. and Bayard of
Delaware were declared to be
among the latest Senators to Join
the opposition to the subsidy bill.
The result of Brookhart's poll was
Rrseeted by Republican and Demo
cratic Senators lined up against the
measure as foreshadowing success
for their drive to sidetrack II for
farmer aid legislation such as the
Senate's farm bloc indorsed at it's
meeting last night.
81 am not yet sufficiently familiar
with the details of the subsidy bill
to say how / will vote when II
comes up for final passage" said
Senator Couxens. II am firmly con-
WINGED, however, that the bill
should not be passed upon In this
session of Congress-, and for that
reason I havee Joined in the move
to displace the subsidy bill and take
up the farm credits bill.
Against Lame Duck Vote.
''The subsidy is a highly contro-
versial proposal which was an issue
In the recent election. A large
number of members Of Congress
were defeated In the election. and
] think II IL entirely wrong to per.
NIT them now, after having been
repudiated at the polls. to take
part In deciding such an important
issue as this.
"It is apparent that IL the sub.
sidy bill Is proceeded with 1t will
take up a great deal Of time that
might be used In consideration OF
other legislation, For instance,
there Is the farm credits bill. Al
most everybody sesms to agree on
the need for some such measure
to assist the farmers. II 10 funda-
mentally different from the subsidy
bill In that the subsidy proposes to
take money FROM ts,4 fstStsiie treas
ury and give 1t, to- a special inter.
est. whereas money extended In the
form of credit to the farmers will
ultimately be paid back. The farm
bill is founded on the right prin-
cipie and there 10 no partisan d.
vision with respect to II.
Opposes BIN In Principle.
my natural instincts are all
against governmental subsidy.
whether the money 10 to go to the
ship owners or some other class
of citizens. I am against the bill
In principle and must be con.
vinced that there is a very ex-
traocdinary situation-one that can
not be dealt with In any other
way-before I win vote for II. I
am going to keep my mind open on
the. bill, however, until ] have
heard all Of the arguments"
"ui HscpWt NWrb Dsh-
THE Administration forces will,
at least. be given an opportunity
to show whether they want to as
sist the farmers without further
delay, or prefer to persist In their
attempt to turn over millions Of
the taxpayers money to private
shipping interests" said Senator
Harrison.
It was planned to have the bill
creating . 800, 100000 producers and
consumers corporation reported
soon from the Senate Agriculture
Committee, Of which Senator Nor
ris Of Nebraska, its author. ID
chairman. and to use II a. the
basis for the fight to have asri-
cultural relief legislation take the
place Of the subsidy measure.
Administration sp0keemen ex-
pressed confidence In their ability to
hold their lines sufficiently to pre-
vent the subsidy bill from being laid
aside except they found Il necessary
to. substitute temporarily one Of the
money supply bills for Il.
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