Evening star., 1924-11-08
PRESIDENT NAMES
FARM Commission
Former Wyoming Governor to
Serve as Head of Fact
Finding Body.

President Coolidge last night an
nounCed the appointment of eight
members of the Agricultural Fact
Finding Commission, which will in
NoStigato conditions and special prob
lens Of farming in this country and
viii make. specific recommends tion&.
1t will he upon these recommends
tions that q definite program for the
permanent improvement of the indus
try through legislation and other
wise will be adopted by the admins
tration
Appointment of this commission
fultlls promise made by the Presi-
dent in his speech accepting the Re-
publican nomination for President
and has since been reiterated by him
i'll speeches.
Carey Heads Rody.
Robert. D. Carey of Careyhurst
Wyo., Il former governor of thai
State. was selected by the President
to serve as chairman of this vOlun-
tary commission. In making public
the appointments at the White House
it was stated that additional ap-
pointments may be made later anG
that the commission probably will
be called together for its first meet
ing very shortly.
sion are:
o. L. Rradfute. president American
Farm Bureau Federation. Chicago
Ill; Charles S. Barrett, chairman ma
ticnal board of Farm ORGANIZATIONS
Union city, Ga: Louis j. Taber. mas
Ter the National Grange, Columbus
Ohio, Ralph f. Merritt, president Sun
Maid Raisin Growers, Fresno. Calf.
r. W. Thatcher, director of the New
York experiment. stations. Geneva, n
y; w. 6. Coffey, dean of the College
of Agriculture and director of ex-
pertinent station of the University OF
Minnesota, University Farm, St Paul
Mimi; Fred II. Bixhy, president OF
the American National Live Stock
Association. Long Beach, Calf.
Appointments Deferred.
Some consideration to the personnel
of the commission was given by the
President during the Summer. but al
the suggestion of farm leaders, ap-
pOIntmGnt was deferred until after
the elections, lest it's work become
involved in politics. Now that it has
been named il is intended that there
shall be no delay in its operation, il
being the present plan for the COM
mission 10 meet in Washington for
a conference al out the middle of the
month.
The men selected are believed at the
White HOuS" to be representative OF
farmers generally and we'll ac-
quainted with agricultural conditions
AS result it is believed a program
may be outlined by them without un-
due delay, and probably in time for
action upon any proposals requiring
legislative action at the short ses-
sion of the present Congress- which
Will convene next month.
Meanwhile ii is believed that Presi
dent Coolidge will retain Howard NJ
Gore as acting Secretary of Agricul-
ture, and not select successor to the
late Secretary Wallace until March 4
when a partial reorganization of the
cabinet is regarded as a possibility
Mr.. Gore will assume the office OF
Governor of West Virginia on March q
Nevertheless. the President is giving
considerable attention to the filling OF
this post and today he went over the
recommendations so far received fol
the office from various farm leaders
IN response to his request The list
is growing daily, and yesterday Sen.
ator Curtis. Republican, Kansas
recommended J. H. Mohler live stock
commissioner of Kansas. for the post
Another name understood to be be
core Mr. Coolidge is w c. Coffev
dean Of the College of Agriculture of
the University OF Minnesota. who was
named on the agriculture commission