Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-07

with Congress" Investigation
by this writer among responsible Re-
publican leaders on Capitol Hill dis
closes a surprising unanimity Of belief
that the President and the incoming
Seventy first Congress viii hit 1t on"
from the start. Senators and Represent
atiyes who once held that a Hoover re-
gime would be dictatorial regime, as
far as the White House and the hiii'
are concerned, have changed their
minds. They look forward now TO nar-
mony, not discord, between the Two
ends of Pennsylvania avenue.
soeciai session of Congress. which ne
has converted for April is, viii, OF
course. outline some Of his views on the
principal issues the session Is to tackle
farm relief and tariff revision. But
no Rooseveltian big-stick or Wilsonian
bic-club is to be brandished by Mr.. Hoo
yer In either of those directions. This
Is not to say that the McNary- Haugen.
or McNary- Purnell, or McNary-Wil-
liams agricultural bill whichever 1t Is
to bel. or the Hawley-Smoot tariff re-
vision act will not typify Hoover pol
icies," They will But they are neither
of them to be Hoover bills" They VIII
originate where the Constitution re-
auires acts Of Congress to originate
In Congress The members OF House
and Senate who will, respectively: pc
responsible for the bills are pretty thor
o,lqhly acquainted with the Presidents
views. and the measures, as presented
to Congress, will reflect those views.
The farm relief act. for instance, VIII
be minus the equalization fee. The
edualizationists had their day in court
at the Kansas City convention, which
nominated Hoover. They were DEFEAT
ed. to l.. The Republican party fought
and won the 1928 campaign on an anti
equalization fee platform. The bill VIII
accord with that victory.
Committee in Accord.
The WAYS and means committee,
which will draft the revised tariff law,
is described as being In practically fuil
accord with what Mr.. Hoover thinks
ought to be done with the customs
schedules. Revision will be In the
nature of "limited changes" as both
the President and @. O. p. leader
Tilson, have termed them. Some So
per cent Of Fordney- McCumber scned-
Jules face no change whatever. There
are to be some subtractions from the
free list. The disposition In Congress
is to give agriculture nearly everything
it feels it needs to raise prices, so
proposed raises in farm produce rates
are probable. But experts think the
forthcoming Hawley-Smoot law will not.
In fact, affect much more than rs per
cent of the existing tariff rates.
When Herbert Hoover left Washing
ton for California last July, en- route
to Palo Alto for his speech Of accept
ance, the only Republican politician he
invited to go with him was Representa-
tive John @. Tilson of Connecticut, the
majority floor leader In the House. The
significance of taking TilSon was not
then generally apparent. It Is plain
now. Hoover wanted to post himself
early in the game-even long before
his election--as to the ms and outs Of
"having Congress on his hands" Col.
Tilson spent four weeks with the Re-
publican presidential nominee. He lived
at Hoover's Palo Alto home. They
fished and hunted together, and slept
under the redwoods for many nights.
Tilson talked Congress and Capitol Hill
till Hoover had been put through a
full course of sprouts with regard to
things on which, because of his past
career and experience. he confessed
himself to be wholly rusty. Later In
the year, when Hoover was President
elect. Col. Tilson felt justified in telling