Evening star., 1923-12-17
.SM00T WILL PUSH
REORGAN|z|NG BILL
Believes Congress Must Act
This Session or Plan
Will Be Lost.

Senator Reed Smoot of Utah is
hopeful Of getting the bill now being
prepared providing for the reorgani-
zation of the executive departments
OF the government before Congress
this winter
Ine Utah senator, who, as chairman
OF the Joint congressional committee
on reorganization of the departments,
VIII direct this legislation, SO ex-
pressed himself today following a
prief conference at the White House
with the President. He said also that
the indications are that If the bill
gets out on the floor of the Senate
ana House there are a sufficient
number of senators and representa-
tlVes favoring the general reorgani-
zatlon plan to pass 1t.
senator Smoot said today that the
Joint committee will meet tomorrow
10 decide on program preliminary
20 putting the reorganization bill in
hnal form for introduction in the
Senate and House This program will
also specify the manner in which the
committee conduct hearings regard
ing the various recommendations con-
talned in the reorganization plan of
representative on the joint commit
tee. and which plan has been ap-
proved by the cabinet and President
Coolidge.
Believes Action Needed.
Senator Smoot repeated the senti-.
ment expressed by him on several
previous occasions that IL the organ
ization legislation is not taken up by
Congress at this session 1t will be
dropped into the discard.
Economical and agricultural condi-
tions in the northwest were described
IN tho proSjdpnf today hv F REM
known as the potato king" of the
world, and Representative Summers.
both of Washington state. Mr.. Benz
said the agriculturiSts find themselves
in prices and the increase in produc-
ton. He declared that there is plenty
of production, but no profit. To illus
trate this he furnished figures showing
that last year the farm products filled
a sufficient number of freight cars,
reached three times around the world,
and despite this fact the agriculturists
who did all this producing added
billion and a half dollars to their mort
cages. They cannot stand this sort of
thing long, and unless some remedy is
offered by the government shortly
these Americans will be bankrupt,
One remedy suggested by Mr.. Benz
and Representative Summers was that
the government apply the $56,000,000
States Grain Corporation, to some gen.
eral policy looking to the relief of the
agriculturists.
Jersey for Coolidge.
When the New Jersey delegation
to the next republican convention
casts its vote for a presidential cam
didate 1t will vote as a unit for Cal
belief expressed by Senator Edge of
New Jersey at the White House to-
day. following brief conference
with the President He told the Pres
mittee Will meet tomorrow in New
Jersey, at which time II will suggest
the seven delegates at large to be
elected at the primaries in April and
that these seven delegates will be
stanch Coolidge supporters. Senator
Edge will attend this meeting tomor-
row.
Henry J. Allen. former Governor of
Kansas and mentioned frequently as
a possible candidate for the running
Dental candidate, during 4 call on
President Coolidge today lauded his
message in every particular.
He said the recommendations OF
the President have attracted all of
the west and have made him many
new supporters. He said the people
of Kansas liked 1T principally for its
adhesion to the Harding world court
proposal, because of the proposed re-
duction in taxes and for the recog-
milton of the tragedy now existing in
the railroad transportation of agri-
cultural products.
others who saw the President were
Senator Spencer of Missouri, who is
endeavoring to land his candidate the
appointment to the vacant federal
judgeship for eastern Missouri; ].
Craig Ralston, editor of the Milwau-
kee Journal; Hulburt Taft, editor of
the Cincinnati Times-Star, and Sew
the Bankers Trust Company.