Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-08
SENATE CONSENTS
TO VOTE ON FARM
AID BILL FRIDAY
Debate to Be Limited After
3 O'Clock Thursday, Ballot
Decides.
L0WDEN TAKES STAND
FOR EQUALIZATION FEE
Denies He Favors Theary of Curtis
Crisp Plan; Long Fight Seen
in House.

The Senate today agreed to vote
finally on the McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill not later than 4 o'clock Fri
day afternoon. After o'clock Thurs
day afternoon debate on the bill and
amendments will be limited to Is min
uteS.
Supporters of the bill insist that 1t
will be passed by the Senate.
The request for unanimous consent
to vote finally on the farm bill was
submitted by Senator McNary of Ore
gon, chairman of the committee on
agriculture and sponsor of the bill.
Had it been refused a petition to in
woke the cloture rule would have been
offered by Senator Cooling of Idaho,
it is understood.
This petition had been signed by IS
Senators, more than two-thirds, re-
quired to adopt cloture.
Banking Bill to Be Pushed.
Friep1s of the Representatives,
banking bill are expected to press for
action on that measure Immediately
after the farm bill has been disposed
of. Their acquiescence in the unani-
nous consent agreement on the farm
bill was predicated on the belief that
the banking bill would also have its
day in the Senate. The banking bill
has reached the conference stage, and
a conference report is pending on it.
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois today
added his active support to the equali-
zation fee provisions of the McNary-
Haugen bill.
In a telegram to farm leaders here
the former Illinois governor expressed
his favor for the McNary- Haugen
measure, and declared the Curtis-Crisp
substitute wholly misses the point of
legislation we have been advocating"
by emitting the equalization fee.
Support Had Been Claimed.
Previously Mr. Lowden had been
quoted in the House as favorable to
the Curtis-Crisp bill, and yesterday
one of its authors. Senator Curtis of
Kansas, the Republican floor leader.
told the Senate that the measure was
a composite product based in part on
the views Of Lowden and other leaders
of farm organizations.
The former governors telegram
was made public at the Capitol just
IS the Senate was going into its sec
ond day of debate on the McNary-
Haugen bill, with a prospect of vote
before the end of the week, and while
House leaders were lining up to be-
gin House debate on the bill tomor-
row. Twice before, in different forms.
Congress has rejected McNary- Haul
gen farm bills after the administra-
ton had thrown its full force against
them hIIf this TINA of tho
proposal are not so sanguIne over the
prospect
A prediction that President Cool
idge would veto the bill if it came to
MIN was made yesterday by Senator
Fess, Republican, Ohio, who led thu
administration fight against the Nc
Nary-Haugen bill of last session. The
White House itself, however, has
made no definite announcement
Telegram Sent to Peek.
Mr.. Lowden's telegram supporting
the bill was sent to George n. Peek,
representative of western farm or.
carnations. The message was made
public at the office of Representative
DlcKlnSon, Republican, Iowa, a farm
bloc leader in Congress. 1t read:
In my opinion, the Curtis-Crisp bill
oy It's omission of the equalization fee
wholly misses the point of legislation
we nave been advocating. 1t is, there
Tore, no adequate substitute for the
Senate bill introduced by Senator Nc.
Nary.
Without the equalization fee the
iarge-scale co-operatives of staple farm
products are, l fear, in great danger.
1 therefore favor Senate bill No
4S0S the McNary farm bilD.''
Peek had telegraphed Lowden ear.
her, calling attention to statements
oy Representative Crisp, Democrat.
Georgia, and by Senator Curtis that
ne had suggested certain provisions
OF the Curtis-Crisp bill as substitute
Tor the McNary-H augcr1 bill.
The bill is schedulR for debate i'm
the House tomorrow and it's consider
alton is expected to consume the re-
mainder of the week. with q vote he.
ing sought early next week. To carry
out the plan for tomorrow's debate the
Rouse decided to assemble at II
o'clock today, an hour earlier than
usual.
Senatorial opponents of the measure
yesterday launched an attack that
augured some rough sailing before the
vote Is reached. AS their major areu.
ment they voiced the opinion the
PRESIDENT would not sign the bill if II
were passed. Senator Tess. Renuh-
lican, Ohio, predicted the veto char.
acterizing the bill as IAN approach
to Sov1etism." His solution for the
agricultural situation was reduction
OF production and increase of con-
sumption.
Senator Curtis Of Kansas offered "a
q substitute the Curtis Crisp $3.50
100000 farm surplus measure. which
ne said eliminated the equalization
fee This latter phase of the McNary
Haugen legislation. he declared, was
unconstitutional"
Veto Claim Refuted.
Supporters of the bill. however. re-
futed the claim that the President
would veto it,
The United States Chamber of Com
merce came forth with an announce
ment of it's opposition to the bill. John
w. O'Leary, its president, declaring
in a statement that il would result
to agriculture" and that
it was substantially the same bill that
was defeated last year.
In yesterdays debate one of the
most humorous incidents of the pres
ent session occurred, when Senators
Fess and Gooding engaged in an al
most operate duet of shouting. Tess.
with a tenor, and Gooding, with
basso, tried to shout each other down
in their arguments on the bill, the
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