The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-26
SENATE DRAWS
BATTLE LINES
ON 3 FRONTS
Coolidge Makes Public His
Position on Farm Re-
lief Legislation
QUICK ACTION NEEDED
lnsurgcnt Senators Issue
Statement in Support Of
Gerald r. Nyc
QUICK ACTION NEEDED

Washington, June 2C--LAD--Battlc
lincs in the senate struggle over farm
relief were drawn up today along
three fronts.
Reinforced with statement by
President Coolidge, supporters " the
administration had AS their OBJ
jcctive enactment of the cooperative
marketing bill already passed by the
house, with the TincherFcss credit
measure as a rider
Proponents Of the equalization fec
plan for handling crop surpluses.
which has been voted down in both
house and senate, maneuvercd to
block the drive Of the administra-
ito" forces. Their purpose was as
cribed to a desire to provide time for
shack home" sentiment, rcacting To
the defeat Thursday Of the McNary
measure. to be felt in congress in
the hope that it would be sufficient
'ly favorable to their contentious to
enable them to change the result on
a new roll call.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic floor commander, sought
to consolidate his party's ranks for
battle against the Republican tariff.
which, he holds, is the cause of the
farmers troubles. He brought for
ward a resolution yesterday to in
xtruct the tariff commission to under
take Investigations Immediately look
ing to reduction Of rates on long
list of commodities used by farmers.
Supporting Nye
InsurgSnt Republicans and other
senators who at times have been
identified with them, meanwhile, have
moved to the support Of one of their
number, Gerald p. Nye Of North Da-
kota, who is up for nomination in
the Republican primary in that state
Wednesday.
Senators Norris and Howell of
Nebraska, Frazier of North Dakota.
Shipstead Of Minnesota. and LA FOL
lette of Wisconsin. with former Sena-
tor Brookhart Of Iowa, signed a joint
appeal to Ncrth Dakota voters urging
yuFrort pf Nyc, while Senator John
son, Republican. California, issued Il
separate statement. Both stressed
his record on farm relief legislation
and the joint statement emphasized
that the cloak of party regularity
behind which selfish interests seek
special privileges cannot bind him..
President Coolidge, in making
public his position OH farm relief
legislation late yesterday after a
series of conferences with Secretaries
Jardine and Hoover and with party
leaders in congress, declared in part:
COolidge's Statement
Constructive action has been re-
peatedly proposed from various sec
tions of the agricultural community.
These proposals provide for the crea-
tion Of farm marketing board whose
duty is to secure a better adjustment
of agricultural production: the larger
development and consolidation Of
farmers marketing associations un-
der their own control: and embrace
the placing Of one hundred millions
OF dollars of public money for work
ing capital at the disposal of such
farmer-contr0llcd marketing assOcia-
tions, through farm board, for the
purpose Of better stabilizing their
markets, improving their marketing
machinery and the elimination Of
waste in distribution.
"This form of legislation would
support the whole of agricultural in
dustry--in the north. the south. the
east and the wcst-both large and
small--not any particular section or
segment.
II am in favor of this type Of legis-
lation and ! am convinced that i'm
mediate action along such lines will
profoundly assist the farmers"
Provides Loan Fund
The program outlined by the presi
dent is written into the pending CO.
operative marketing bill and tho
credit rider advanced yesterday by
Senator Fess. Republican, Ohio. The
latter would provide u $lOO,OOO.OO0
fund for loans to farmcr-controlled
cooperative organizations to assist
them in efforts to solve the surplus
crop problem. A similar proposal
introducted in the house by Repre-
sentative Tincher, Kansas. was with
drawn shortly before the Haugen
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