Evening star., 1926-06-06
DAWES AID SOUGHT
IN MOVE TO RESCUE
McNARY-HAUGEN BILL

IN MOVE TO RESCUE
| McNARY-HAUGEN BILL
| Continued from First Page)
! ence, insisted that the proposed
! amendments did away with the
| subsidy" for farmers which has been
under fire from opposition quarters.
How the Senators from the cotton
states will view the proposal that the
equalization fee shall apply immedi-
| ately in the case of cotton remains to
! be seen. The original plan was to
| grant the cotton farmers two years
leeway before the equalization fee
should work in their case.
Success of Bill Doubted.
From sources in close touch with
the situation in the Senate it was
learned last night that the friends OF
| this legislation cannot produce enough
votes to put the bill through, even
with these amendments. On the Re-
publican side of the chamber there
are Senators who do not believe in
the principles of the legislation. and
there are others who will declare that
the bill is unconstitutional. On the
Democratic side, there is group
which insists that the relief the
farmer should have can only be had
through d reduction of the tariff on
the things which he has to buy and
better treatment in the matter of
freight rates. This same group does
not see why the Democrats should
pull the chestnuts out Of the fire for
the Republicans and help put through
farm relief legislation. If Congress
adjourns without enacting such legis-
lation. then so much the worse for
the Republican party in the West, is
the view they take of it.
Other Democratic Senators, it is
| said. oppose the legislation because
ton exchanges.
During the debate in the Senate
yesterday afternoon there was a call
for an immediate vote on the farm
bill, and when this was prevented
unanimous consent was asked by
Senator Harrison. Democrat. of Mis-
slSSlppl, for a vote on the measure at
o'clock. Senator Fess. Republican,
of Ohio. however, objected.
Frazier Defends Bill.
Senator Frazier. Republican, of
North Dakota addressed the Senate
| in support of the farm bill. declaring
that the farmers We're entitled to it.
even if it was a subsidy. Congress,
| he said. did not hesitate to come to
the aid of special interests" when its
aid was demanded by them. He
, warned the Senate that if the bill
failed the aroused farmers would send
men to Congress who would put
! through much more radical legiSa-
| ton than the pending bill
The appeal. signed by six Senators
| for the nomination of Col. Brookhart
| for the Senate in the Iowa pri-
maries, made no mention of Senator
Cummins. but was confined to argu-
! ments why Brookhart should be
chosen. Its effect in Iowa is problem
atical. Friends of Senator Cummins
declared that this unsought advice
from outside the State would cause re.
sentiment among the voters. Senator
Cummins has been a strong supporter
| of the McNaryHaugen bill. and other
Senators favoring that legislation,
| outside the six who signed the appeal
undoubtedly resent the request for the
election of Brookhart over Cummins
Text of the Appeal.
The text of the appeal signed by the
six Senators follows:
1.-The eyes of the Nation are upon
the primary election to be held in
Iowa on Monday, June Z.
The undersigned desire to call the
attention of the people of Iowa to the
fact that wholly apart from the re-
suits within the State. of which the
people are the best judge. the result
of the primary Monday will have an
enormous influence upon the determi-
nation of certain great public ques-
tionS now hanging in the balance at
Washington.
above all. the primary will be re-
garded as a. test of the assumed right
of the United States Senate to over
ride the statutes of sovereign State
and to eXpel from the Senate Il mem
her duly elected under the laws of
his State by ma jority of the ballots
legally cast in the election.
THE unseating of Senator Smith
| w. Brookhart was in deliberate viola
| ton of the laws of Iowa and in de-
l'tiance of the will of the electorate as
| it was solemnly expressed at the polls.
See Action Decided.
This unprecedented action raises
an issue greater than any man or any
political organization. Iowa will de-
| cue N1OIludy WuClllCl vi IOI lIldI az
| ton Is to receive the stamp of public
approval and to stand as a precedent
| for the future.
Senator Brookhart was a brave,
able and faithful member of the Sen
ate. In the courageous discharge Of
his duty here, in the service of his
State. he incurred the lasting enmity
| of certain powerful interests.
"The people Of Iowa should also