Evening star., 1927-10-12
Action Awaits Arrival of More
NebraSkan-for President
Senators.
NEED OF FARM RELIEF
CALLED BASIS OF BOOM
Movement Is in No Sense for
Third Party" Says Statement
Issued Through Borah.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Norris for President boom,
already launched by Progressive Re
publicans of the Senate, only awaits
the return Of other members Of that
group before springing into active
operation in many of the States it
was learned today. Some of the Pro-
gressive members of this group are
prepared to enter the name Of Senator
Norris of Nebraska in the presiden-
tial preferential primaries in all II
States where such primaries are held,
including Massachusetts, Ohio and
Illinois.
In the first formal statement issued
by the group, through Senator Borah
of Idaho, it was announced yesterday
that mo action has been taken, and
certainly will not be taken, until
larger attendance is at hand, If at
all, as to candidates for President.
The feeling, however, of the mem.
bers of the conference, individually,
is that they would be glad to support
Senator Norris in any State in which
he would consent TO have his name
used"
This statement also declared the
purpose of the group to fight for legis.
lation which is needed by the aSri.
cultural West. The movement is n no
sense for a third party, but to awake
the Republican party of the East
thoroughly to the fact that the party
is national party and not an East.
ern party"
Want even Break"
zTa.,L~,-e- ae A. rr,.o,,v, xrhict, 60 Fap
includes Senators Borah, Norris,
Brookhart of Iowa, Nye and Frazier
of North Dakota, are not in sympathy
with the presidential booms Of aAy Of
the so-called big four" Republican
presidential possibilities, Lowden,
Dawes, Hughes, Hoover.
Some of them say that the farm
problem of the West cannot be settled
by the passage merely of the McNary-
Haugen bill, which Mr.. Lowden and
Vice President Dawes have supported.
They contend that freight rates on
farm produce must be lowered, and
that the Federal Reserve system must
he so amended that the farmers will
have at least an even break with the
wall Street gamblers" in the matter
of borrowing money at low rates of
interest.
Former Gov. Lowden, while he is
regarded as fright" on the McNary.
Haugen bill by the Western progress.
sives, is not their idea of the man to
lead a fight for the reduction Of
freight rates, contending that much of
the Lowden wealth comes from the
Pullman Car Co. Nor is Vice Presi.
dent Dawes regarded as a leader TO
whom they might look for such a re-
vision of the credit system and the
Federal Reserve system as they de-
sire. Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Hughes
they regard as more representative Of
the industrial East than of the West.
Just how the farm organizations,
which have boosted Mr.. Lowden for
President, will feel toward this move
ment of the progressive group IN the
Senate away from Lowden and toward
Norris remains to be seen. According
to one Senator, however, the farm or
ganizations have been using Mr..
Lowden as a weapon against Presi-
dent Coolidge, rather than because
they were particularly enamored OF
Mr.. Lowden.
Senator Curtis Mentioned.
If the progressive group cannot
have it's own candidate, Mr.. Norris,
there are some members of the group
who would be more satisfied with
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas as
representative of great agricultural
State than with any of the other pos.
sible candidates who have been prom.
inently mentioned, it was said today.
Senator Curtis will have the Kansas
delegation in the national convention
and possibly a scattering Of delegates
from other States. Senator Curtis is
the Republican leader of the Senate
and would be far more acceptable TO
Eastern Republicans than would Sem
ator Norris, it is believed.
But to date the progressives are
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