The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-14
TEST VOTE ON
FARM AID MAY
COME TUESDAY
McNary-Haugen Measure
Faces Three Hours of De-
bate in the House Today
PASSAGE Is FORECAST
Chairman Haugcn Considers
Parliamentary Maneuver
to Thwart Opponents
PASSAGE IS FORECAST

Washington. Feb. ll-(AP)-
Substitution of the McNary.
Ilaugen farm relief bill rs passed
by the senate for its com mpaniOn
measure now before the house
was recommended today by the
house rules committee. Substi-
tuition Of the senate bill, and its
passage without amendment BY
the house, would make unneces.
sary q conference report to the
senate and the consequent dam
ger Of filibuster against the
measure there in the closing
days Of the session.
Washington, Feb. Ia. R)--Thc
Nc Nary Hauecn farm relief bill, i:s..
ed today for fiery bath Of tnree
hours debate in the house, probably
faces the last week Of its congression-
al life.
While final vote on the measure,
which was passed last FRIDAY by the
senate, is not expected l.. the house
before the end Of the week. its sup
porters, confident of its passage, are
pressing towards this showdown so
that the bill can be placed IN the
hands Of President Coolidge by Sat
urday.
Its supporters. led by Chairman
Haugen Of the house agriculture com
mittee, Il co-author Of the measure
however. are planning to bring Il to-
morrow to a test vote, as al index C
its strength. on the parliamen.ar!
handling Of the bill.
Opponents nope tn Delay Action
The measure, football of congress:
for the last three years. although ad
mittedly in the most auspicious posi-
tion Of its legislative career. faces an
other barrier, erected by it's house
opponents in an eleventh hour effOr'
for its defeat. These adversaries ar.
planning to burden the measure Fitl
anne dments so its return to the Sen
ate for conference will be nccessitat
ed There its senate. enemies hop,
to bury it so there will be no oppor
tunity of conference report before
the present session ends.
Representative Haugen evidentl,
anticipates such a move against hi!
tempt to thwart it with parliamcn
tary maneuvcr. He plans to appea
before the house rules committee ant
ptcScut a ISSOluJIOn w dutuOIiAC SUI
stitution of the bill as approved ant
amended by the senate for the com
panion measure, now before thu
house.
Vote Might Come Tuesday
Following the three hours of gen
eral debate. which remain for th'
measure in the house, Chairman Hau
gen, If this resolution is approved b!
the committee, plans to seek the sub
stitution by unanimous consent. Thu
substitution motion is debatable fo
two hours and vote upon 1t is ex
pected shortly after the house con
vencs tomorrow.
II the substitution motion is ap
proved, as appears likely, considera
ton of the senate bill. with amend
ments will commence. At this stag
the bills opponents are expected t.
make movements to substitute tw'
other measures for the bill as whole
both onslaughts being anticipated
from authors of other farm legisla
ton. Representative Crisp, Demo
crat, Georgia, co-author of the Cur
tis- Crisp bill, is expected to advance
that measure and Representative As
we'll, Democrat. Louisiana. the bill
bearing his name.
Berger Favors Bill
Representative Berger, Socialist
Wisconsin, in a statement today an
nouncing support for the McNary
Haugcn measure. said that tn,
american ruling class demands
that farmers provide food at prices
no higher "than foreign manufactur
crs and foreign labor gets them i
foreign countries"
1.-THE Haugen bill may not b'
economically sound" he added. "ant
it may only help temporarily, bu
am for it because it is a measure
Of charity and justice"