Evening star., 1927-12-03
CURTIS PROMISES
TOMEET DEMANDS
OF INDEPENDENTS
Insurgents viii Get Vote on
Farm Aid, InjunCtions and
Latin American Probe.
G. 0. P. LEADER ASSURES
WESTERN GROUP OF AID
Bloc Withheld Party Support Pend
ing Favorable Action by Re
publicans on Requests
nr the Associated Press.

H
.serronces were given today by
Senator Curtis of Kansas. the RepuhH-
can leader. that there would he votes
., tho coming session on the three
measures Western independent Ike
nuhlican Senators desire action upon.
The subjects are the farm f'l'''
hin the bill dealing with the issuance
of iniunctions by Federal courts ana
a resolution for an investigation lhlo
American actions in Central ana
South America.
"W.hile I cannot speak for the Re-
nuhlcan majority senator Ii'''
told the independents, Il can assure
vnl, personally, without commltlu'S
noyself on the matters covered pS
vour letter. ] feel that you are en-
titled to a final vote during the hfst
session of the Seventeen Congress on
the questions. As leader OF the re
nnhlican majority l will gladly make
nver, effort to secure ConSld 2rauoh
and final vote on them, when the|
are renorted from the committee 10
which they are referred.
senator Curtis told the Independents
that they should have no apprehen-
sions that the measures would oe
"niceonholed in the committees
since the chairmen of the committees
which are to handle them are Sen
ators prominently identified with the
indenendent wing of the Republican
party. 49,.
The Republican leader pointed out
that Senator McNary of Oregon heads
the committee which is to CONSIDER
farm relief Senator Norris OF Ne
braska is chairman of the committee
which will handle the bill relating 10
ini,nctions and Senator Borah Oh
Idaho is chairman Of the committee
before which the Central and South
America resolution would come.
Immediately upon receiving Sen
ator Curtis letter the independents
went into conference. They are SEN
ators Frazier and Nye OF North ia
kota. La Toilette and Blaine of WIS
consin. Republicans, and Shipsteao'
Farmer-Labor, Minnesota.
Plans Presented to Curtis.
The demands of the Western Sena-
tors were presented to Senator Curtis
of Kansas late yesterday, after a party
caucus had reelected him Republican
leader. They bore the signatures OF
Ia Toilette and Blaine OF Wisconsin.
Nye and Frazier of North Dakota. ali
Republicans, and Shipstead OF Mime
sofa. Farmer-Labor who usually casts
his ballot with the Repuellcans on Or
canization questions. Curtis said ne
would reply later, but meanwhile
withheld comment.
Nor would the independents them-
selves discuss the subject or intimate
what action they would take should
their demands be denied. Their ob-
yious method of retaliation, however,
would be to bolt the party organiza'
tion ticket thus, due to the Senates
narrow Republican margin. giving
victory to the Democrats.
In the letter to Curtis the inde-
pendents declared:
1.-The undersigned progressive Sena-
tors desire to bring to your attention
their attitude upon the question OF
organizing the Senate: >.
.'The importance of the control of
the Senate committees is recognized
by every one The legislative program
of the entire session of Congress Is
involved.
1.-THE result of the 1926 elections
has placed upon lis a responsibility
to our constituents which we must
discharge We are not so Vitally con-
cerned with individual preferment of
Senators upon committees. The more
important question with us is that
certain legislation which we think is
of paramount interest to the people
SnalI not be pigeOnnoleu IN the various
committees of the Senate which are
about to he organized.
"To that end we request definite
assurance from the Republican ma
iority that there shall be final vote
in the Senate before the adjournment
of the first session of the Seventeen
Congress upon the following meas
ures:
"0) Adequate farm relief legisla-
tion on the basis of the McNary-
Haugen bill to be reported from com
mittee on or before February l.
"(2) A bill to limit the jurisdiction
of Federal courts in the issuance of
iniunctions.
'13) A resolution for a thorough in
vestigation of the policy Of the United
States in Central and South America.
We do not ask that any Senator
shall be committed to support any
of these propositions. We are simply
determined that the organization
which we help to construct shall not
function to prevent n vote in the
open Senate upon these important
questions"