Evening star., 1928-11-24
ID. c. HEADQUARTERS
| IS AIM OF GRANGE
Committee to Report on Sug-
gestion at Next Meeting
in Seattle.

Steps looking to the advisability Of
providing a headquarters building In
for the National Grange
and Potomac Grange, No. 1, of this city
were taken at the concluding session of
the sixty-second annual convention,
which adjourned during the early hours
of this morning
The idea of the proposition. as sub
mitted by the local grange. is to erect
here eventually representative build
ing to stand not only as a monument a.
to the grange organization, but provide
a permanent headquarters at the seat
of Government. A committee will be
appointed to confer with the officers of
Potomac Grange, the charter chapter
of the order, upon the problems of its
future work and development and re-
port at the next annual convention in
Seattle, Wash.
The scarcity of suitable meeting .
places here, the petition Of Potomac
Grange points out, makes 1t necessary
for the local group to look forward to
securing some more suitable aSsemblage
place in the near future. Frequent
visits to Washington Of patrons of hus-
bandry from various States make 1t de-
sirable that the meetings of the
Founders Grange. as Potomac Grange
is called, be equipped properly to enter
tain such visitors.
Methods to Be Worked Out.
1t is the feeling of the local Grange
that with the cooperation of the ma
tional body, suitable headquarters could
be provided here for national offices
and conventions and serve likewise for
the various Oranges in this vicinity.
The best methods of accomplishing
this are not clear at the present time.
but it was believed that, preliminary
arrangements could be worked out
through conferences with a committee
representing the National Grange.
The membership of Potomac Grange
who are constantly travelling over the
States, which gives them an opportunity
to aid greatly in extending the order
and strengthening its work. 1T is i'm
portant that this membership be thor
oughly grounded in the purposes and
detectives of the order and its ritual
istic work." the Potomac Grange points
out.
Opposes Hasty Program.
Agreeing with Senator McNary of
Oregon, with regard to the urgency of
farm legislation, the Grange, expressed
its views on this matter in the follow
ing language: 81 g. !.
"The time of the short session OF Con-
gress will probably not permit adequate
consideration of comprehensive pro-
gram for farm tariff legislation, there
fore.
BE it resolved, that we express our
opposition to any hasty or halfway
increases and unless a comprehensive
program including tariff revision can be
passed at the short session we favor
calling special session of Congress for
the purpose" t@f.
Insistance that the Government
honestly strive to make this country
dry was voiced in one of the resolu-
tions adopted by the Grange at its con-
cluding session, which reafirmed the
position formerly taken in favor of
rigid enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment.
Other Resolutions.
other resolutions adopted requested
the Federal Radio Commission to re-
store to full-time allotments radio sta
tions freely and regularly serving the
farmer: condemnation Of "the despic-
able policy of the power trust In making
use of our institutions of public educa-
ton TO- carry on propaganda designed
to further It's interests; urging Con-
gresS to authorize Agricultural day.
call for the continuation of present
immigration restriction policies and
commendation of the Federal Farm
Loan Board for its recent reorganiza-
ton, but criticism Of some Of It's loan
policies.
The Grange further recommended
that a committee be set up to study
the adviSability Of the Government pro-
viding free radio service to presidential
and other candidates for public office
within a reasonable limit. The idea Of
this resolution was to remove any pos
sibility of one political party having
advantages over another in radio service
during a campaign.
Another resolution contemplateS q
number of important changes In the
items enumerated in the agricultural
census, and shift to Autumn as the
census date .-