Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-26
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secreta. will Resign il Hard.
ing Sends Plan for Reor.
ganizstion to Congress,
Friends Say.
Farmers Fight Changes
Farmers Fight Changes
BY GRAFTON WILCOX.
Omaha Issr t.-asrJ Wirs,

Washington, May 2S.-ii Pfesi-
dent Harding accepts and sends 10
congress recommendations OF the
government reorganization commits.
sion plans for transferring the bureau
OF roads and the bureau OF ioresiy
10 the Department OF the Interior
and the bureau OF markets 10 the De-
par,ment OF Commerce. Secretary OF
Agriculture Henry {. Wallace. his
associates declare, viii resign from
the cabinet IN protest,
Officials OF the agricultural and
farm organizations, who are mobil-
izing here to fight the recommend
ations, declared 10 be incorporated
IN the reorganization report. now IN
the hands of the president, asserted
today that they have assurances from
Secretary Wallace's closest friends
that he will not wait for congress TO
act OH the proposals to cut up the
Department OF Agriculture, but will
submit his resignation as All emphatic
demonstration OF his opposition to
the plan and as part OF the organ
lied effort to induce congress not to
permit the transfers.
Prot ats to President.
Secretary Wallace has made no
public statement regarding the re-
Communications, but he is known to
have protested vigorously to the
president against the transfer OF the
roads. foresty and markets bureaus
to other departments, but has not
been summoned by the president as
yet as final conference on this phase
OF the reorganization committees
report.
President Harding is understood to
be i'll favor OF the transfers. Today
Samuel Adams OF Virginia, prcs-
dent OF the Agricultural Editors as
sociation and editor OF the Ameri-
can Fruit Grower, called at the
White House, seeking an audience
with the president to protest against
the proposed changes in the De.
partment OF Agriculture OH behalf
of the Agricultural Editors asso-
citation. He did not see the presi-
dent, but conferred with Secretary
Christian, who told him to submit
his protests in writing and that they
would be called to the presidents
attention.
Editors Protest Changes.
The Agriculture, Ed1Grs 80
'ciation," said Mr., AdaIf4 tod
recent meeting in G>crago.
resolutions protesti'ned,
plan to cut the Dep New
culture to pieces anGght a -
submit the protest 'natd sideS
Harding. l have been in Washing
ton several days looking into the
situation. | have talked to the
heads OF the agricultural bureaus and
to Secretary Wallace himself, and
there is general impression that
the administration is favorably in
clined to the recommendations OF
the reorganization commission.
Heads of al the farm organizations
are cooperating in the effort to pre-
vent such a consummation.
nave dISO IdlhCu Will Joiii
Adams, chairman of the republican
national committee. | told him that
il such a program should be sub
mitted to congress by the administra-
ton, to say nothing of the possi-
bility of its enactment. there would
be quite number of seats in con-
gress change political complexion.
Mr.. Adams said he would have the
matter looked into.
Resignation Only Course.
1T is the opinion of our assoeia-
ton and we so stated in our resolu-i
ton, that if the protest against this
change is unheeded that the secretary
OF agriculture should resign
Mr.. Adams was asked if he knew
OF Secretary Wallace's intentions IN
the premises. He said he thought he
did, but that he had no right or au-
thority to discuss them. From other
sources it has been learned that Sec
rotary Wallace would have no al
tentative but resignation if the presi-
dent should send the plan to con-
gress. as it would be forwarded in
the face Of his unyielding opposi-
ton.