The Washington times., 1929-06-13
REVOLT FACING
HOOVER IN
SENATE
By GEORGE R. HOLMES


President Hoover has the max.
ings Of a first class revolt on his
hands today that may have far.
reaching political possibilities.
The politicians awakened to this
today after one OF the bitterest
weeks the Senate has Witnessed In
years-a week that has seen two
OF the Presidents strongest Mid
West supporters in the late cam
paign don their war regalia and
accuse the Administration of break.
Senator Borah UR.) OF Idaho, who
did yeoman work for Mr.. Hoover
before and after the Kansas City
convention. is off the reservation
completely on farm relief and
tariff.
Brookhart Off Too
Senator Brookhart R.l OF Iowa.
who did much to rally the corn.
and-wheat belt to the Hoover stand
ard. is similarly off, and today
voiced threats of political revenge
at the polls at the first opportunity.
which will be afforded by next
years Congressional elections. All
this on the first anniversary Of the
Kansas City convention and before
the Administration il hardly three
months old.
While there may be consider.
able smoke to the Borah- Brookhart
rebellion. there can't be smoke
without some fire to produce 4.
And the fire, in this instance, Is
being coaxed along by the other
Ia
of the Senate, aided and abetted by
the Democrats. This coalition all
ready has thrice rebuffed the White
House in the eight weeks of tho
present session, end mere are In
store.
The farm relief fight, which viii
be ended this week by finally Civ.
ing Mr.. Hoover the kind of bill
he wants and will sign, has been
bitter. But behind it. more formid.
able and more bitter. looms the
fight over the tariff bill.
The Hawley-Smoot bill, granting
heavier duties all down the line, has
appalled, the Democrats and the Re.
publican insurgents. 1t has ap-
palled to some extent Mr.. Hoover
himself. He summoned the present
session of Congress into special SEES
sion-upon Senator Borall's advice
to- enact a farm relief bill and Tim.
tied" revision of the tariff. The
limitation was supposed to apply to
agricultural needs-it was to be q
farmers tariff"
Heavy Increases damned Through
Yet the Hawley-Smoot bill, writ
ten by the small coterie OF Repub-
lican leaders in the House and
jammed through under rules that
prevented either amendment or de.
bate by sections, heavily increases in
duties on virtually everything that
enters into the daily life of the con-
sumner.
The Democrats and mid Western
Republicans in the House couldn't
fight 1t because of the rigid rules
imposed by the leaders. But the
Senate fight is going to be knock.
down-and .drag-out affair, for the
elastic Senate rules permit Just that.
The Democrats are whetting their
knives and allowing the Senate in.
surgents to beat the tom-tons.
Senator Watson of Indiana, the
Republican leader, under savage
beckling late yesterday, admitted
that it is impossible to hold tariff
revision within the limits prescribed
by President Hoover in his call for
the special session.
Limited revision, he admitted, has
given way to general revision.
This was tantamount to admitting
that the situation has got beyond
the control OF the President or the
control of those who supported his
theory of limited revision only.
To make the tariff situation sti,l
more complex. the embittered sup