Evening star., 1928-05-04
M'NARY- -HAUGEN
ACTION FORESEEN
Early Agreement in Congress
Expected to Send Bill to
President in Few Days.

Expected 10 Sen0 6llI 10
President in Few Days.
BY the Associated Press
A speedy settlement of differences in
the McNary Haugen farm relief bills
as passed by the Senate and the House
The belief increased there today that
the measure will be put up to President
Coolidge with little delay
The bill as passed by the House last
night. 2o4 to i2i. does not differ Suffi-
ciently from that approved earlier III
the session by the Senate to cause farm
leaders to foreSee any deadlock, but
Senator McNary Of Oregon. chairman Of
the Senate agriculture committee. said
today a conference undoubtedly would
be necessary to compose the differences.
Il the expectation that the conferees
will have no difficulty in reaching an
agreement is borne out. leaders believed
the bill could be sent TO the White
House in about a week. There its fate
is undetermined, but inaSmuch as the
measure still carries the equalization fee
10 which Mr. Coolidge objected last
year. a veto was predicted more freely
than approval.
Strength Lacking in House.
The Senate passed the bill by vote
Of So To 23-more than the two-thirdS
required To override q veto-but the
House roll call did not show strength
enough for such a move.
Final action BY the House last night
clinaXed a week of hectic discussion.
during which the possible effect OF
the measure on the coming presidential
campaign was referred to.
The vote came after frantic but
unsuccessful efforts had been made BY
opponents of the equalization fee to
eliminate that provision. The vote on
passage found party lines split asunder
with l0l Republicans. 100 Democrats.
Farmer-Labor members and / Social
ist joining in support of the bill, while
6S Republicans. and SO Democrats lined
up IN opposition.
Immediately before this. the House
had rejected by vote Of l85 TO l46 a
motion by Representative Aswell. of
Louisiana. ranking Democrat on the |
House agriculture committee which !
drafted the measure. To pass the bin as
framed except with the elimination OF |
the equalization fee machinery
Aswell, long an opponent Of the fee
provision, two DAYS ago caught the
Farm bloc unawares and succeeded i'm
having the House express its diSap-
proval Of the fee by a vote OF 141 to
l20.
Shattered Lines Reformed.
This unexpected reverse. however
spurred the Farm camp to greater ac-
tiyity. Reforming its shattered lines.
this group got the whip hand at the
outset OF yesterdays proceedings and
held ii to the end. With the exception
Haugen of the agriculture committee.
and co-euth0rs OF the bill, all amend
ments were turned down
The proposals offered exceeded
score In number but OF these only
three were approved They provided:
Extension of the right Of cooperative
associations to decide. through the COM
modify advisory councils that the bill
would create, when the equalization fee
would be placed in operation. This was
sponsored by Representative Kincheioe.
Democrat. Kentucky. and Is In lire
with the bin as approved by the Senate.
Application OF the fee machinery to
packers as well as live stock raisers
whenever II might be put in operation
upon cattle and swine~-of1ered By Rep
resentatiye Jones'. Democrat. Texas.
Selection of the members Of the pro-
posed advisory councils from lists of
names 10 be submitted by governors of
States. as well as co-operatives and
1shcr farm organizations--by Represent
ative Fulmer. Democrat, South Caro-
lima.
Included among the proposals rejected
vas one 70 exempt fruit from operation
Of the fee This would have conform
ed partially with the Senate bill. which
would exempt fresh vegetables and
fruits. Another discarded amendment
Eouid ave excluded cotton and tobacco
from farm commodities affected
Beef In Included.
The House bill also differs from the
Senate measure In that 1t does not ex-
empt beef and beef products from fee
operation.
An unsuccessful effort was made
b. Representative Brand, Democrat
Georgia. to have the loan privileges of
the bin apply 10 farmers who are not
members Of cooperative associations.
To carry out the loan to co-operatiYes
proposal the bill would authorize an
appropriation of t400.0 900 900 This
would be known az the revolving fund
and is use would be controlled by the
Federal farm board the bill would
create
During the long debate opponents
eontended that the bill would receive
a presidential veto upon two points al
lesst~~the equalization tee and the pro-
visions dealing with the right 0f the
farm board 10 enter into marketing
agreements
The farm bloc members also took the
position that the question raised by
opponents 0f me fee machinery was a
matter that only The Supreme CoIri
could decide and that the farmers of
The Nation never would be satisfied un-
I'll that tribunal had expressed iis
opinion,
On tne other hand opponents urged
the farm bloc ~ accept the bill with
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