Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-16
PRESIDENT WANTS
SOUND FARM PLAN
Hopes Measure Can Be
Worked Out for Action of
Next Congress.

President Coolidge is hopeful that
the next session of Congress will
produce something in the way of
farm relief that will be both sensi-
BILE and practical but at the present
time he is not actively supporting any
definite idea or particular plan.
While discussing the subject at
the White House yesterday afternoon
he indicated clearly that he welcomes
The study being made of the subject
by Senator McNary of Oregon. chair
lhan of the Senate committee on
agriculture, as well as the one by a
special committee headed by Charles
Nagel of Missouri, former Secretary
! of Commerce, but declared he is not
backing any plan or individual
The President has repeatedly signi
fed his desire to extend help TO the
agriculturfsts of the country. hut he
has insisted that this aid must lie
of sound nature. He is still of the
same opinion. He has indicated that
he has discussed the subject very re-
Gently with Senator McNary. and that
he is sympathetic to the studies the
Oregon Senator is to make in an eff.
fort to solve the farm problem.
compromise May heSuu.
Although the President makes il
plain that he is Withholding his sup.
port from any particular plan, he has
given intimations that he might agree
to a compromise measure If it could
be worked out by the next Congress
He understands that such a compro
mise already is being planned Dy such
leaders as Senators McNary, Capper
I T. l. H.,
view to having something definite
ready for presentation to Congress
when it convenes next December, but
the President is ignorant of the de-
tails of the plan in it's present form.
During discussions recently with Sen
ators FeSs and McNary the President
assured them that he is anxious to
remedy the farm situation, but tnat he
would agree to no compromise unless
the equalization fee principle contained
in the Inflated McNary-Haugen bill,
which he vetoed during the last ses-
sion, is entirely eliminated.
The President is represented as
having expressed himself candidly to
Senator McNary. who has been advo-
eating an equalization fee as the basis
for farm relief, during their recent
conference, but at the same time told
him he was happy to have him carry
on a comprehensive study of the
subject.
Old Bills to Be Studied.
The President was represented
further, while talking about this con-
ference yesterday, as saying that SEN
ator McNary informed him that in his
study of the subject he would look
over all of the various farm relief
bills introduced in Congress during
the past year or so. the principal ones
being the McNary-Haugen, the Curtis
Grips and the Aswell bills. which
measures are looked upon as embody-
ing virtually all Of the main prin-
ciples of farm relief proposals.
After making his own position
known to the Oregon Senator, the
President assured him that the several
departments of the Government would
gladly assist him in making his study
and that the department would CO.
operate with him in the matter Of
providing information dealing with the
subject.
Senator Fess, who, during the past
two sessions of Congress, has served
as the Presidents chief lieutenant in
the Senate in the matter of farm re-
lief legislation. and who has been in
conference with the President fire.
quently during the past several weeks.
is confident that something will be
worked out between now and next
Winter that will make it possible to
enact a compromise bill that will be
satisfactory to all concerned.