Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
DESIRE CLOSE VOTE
ON ARM MEASURE
Number of Senators to Act
Against Bill as Protest
on Debentures.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
As a second protest against the ex-
port debenture provision, number CT
administration Senators have decided
to vote against the farm relief bill at
the time a ballot is taken, either late
today or tomorrow, on final passage
of the measure.
Supporters of President Hoover like
Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re-
publican leader; Senator Moses of New
Hampshire and substantial number
Of other Republicans are endeavoring
to make the vote in favor of the farm
bill as small as possible in an effort
to impress the House that no great
majority of sentiment in the Senate
favor the debenture proposition so
strongly objected to by the White House.
In spite of this detection, however,
the measure is expected by Chairman
McNary Of the Senate agriculture COM
mittee to pass with votes to spare Nc
Nary said today he would not be one
of those to vote against the bill.
i have every hope" he said. of get
ting good farm measure In con-
ference of Senate and House members
after the bfil is passed by the Senate"
Others Share McNary View.
The view held by McNary is shared
by Senator's Thomas of Idaho and Cap
per of Kansas members of the agricul-
ture committee, who also opposed the
debenture plan.
There remained great deal of specu-
lation as to the course of action should
the House refuse to receive the Senate
farm bill on the ground that the de-
benture provision constitutes revenue
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rects the House to initiate.
Should the House decline to receive
the measure it would be returned to the
Senate, where a lengthy debate on the
constitutional question is looked for.
McNary said he probably in the end
would recommend the elimination of the
debenture plan. He thought advocates
of the proposal in the Senate might
agree to his suggestion, If the House
was determined not to receive the bill,
and later attempt to tack it on the
tariff bill
The debenture clause as it stands in
the farm bill merely gives the proposed
farm board the option of the us. of the
debenture plan. Advocates of the pro-
poSal intend, however to make Use of
the plan mandatory should they find it
necessary to make an attempt to add it
to the tariff bill.
Solid Democratic Vote Seen.
Senate leaders have clung to the hope
that controversy with the House could
be avoided. but only a majority is re-
qured for the House to refuse to receive
a Senate bill and the Republican leaders
of that chamber control. nominally at
least, 104 more votes than the Demo-
Gratis. among whom the debenture ad-
vocates look for their strongest sup
port.
Representative Garner of Texas. the
Democratic leader. has said that the
Democrats would line up almost solid
ly in favor Of the debenture plan If
it was brought to a vote in the House.
although many of them helped to swell
the large ma ajority by which the cham
ber, early in the special session, passed
its measure without debenture pro-
vision.
At that time, many Democrats in
the House were inclined to favor in
cluSion of the debenture proposal in
the tariff bill. Subsequently, Senate
debenture advocates have declared their
intention of moving in that direction
If the plan should, as administration
leaders expect, be eliminated from the
farm relief legislation which finally will
be sent to President Hoover, whose op-
position to the debenture plan made
the Senate dispute on that question
an administration contest.
The farm bill with the debenture
clause hasn't any chance of being
passed in the House." House Leader
Tilson said today How the House deals
with the bill will be settled on the floor
and not by a Republican caucus, Mr..
TilSon emphasized.