Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-02
c. O.P. FARM RELIEF
STAND IS ATTACKED
Senator NorbeCk Undecided
on Vote-Wagner Calls Bill
"DresSed-Up Scheme"

By the Associated Press.
Declaring that the last campaign
failed 70 give clear-cut decision on
the type of relief the farmer wants
Senator Norbeck, Republican, of South
Dakota, asserted in the Senate today
that the substitution "of the saloon for
the equalization fee" by Alfred E. Smith
made the election of President Hoover
certain without any regard for the
farm question"
II am not complaining about the atti-
tude of President Hoover as some SEN
ators do" Senator Norbeck declared
He has not been a disappointment to
me. I expect great things from him,
especially in law enforcement, disarma-
ment, efficient reorganization OF Gov
eminent departments, and I am going
to support him.
His attitude on the farm question
is not what / wish it were, but atter
the Kansas City convention had no
right to hope for anything better.
The Senator, who is supporting the
export debenture plan opposed by MIR.
Hoover. contended the recent statement
of Frank o. Lowden was being used by
some newspapers as an argument for
Senators who supported the equali2a-
ton fee to drop the export debenture
plan.
LOwden on Platform.
"A careful reading of Lowden's So
called Endorsement of the pending bill
will show that the bill is in compliance
with party promises-the Kansas City
platform" the South Dakotan declared.
II hope 1t has not been forgotten what
Gov. Lowden said about the platform
at Kansas City after its adoption"
During today's debate the farm bill
was attacked by Senator Wagner. DEM
ocrat New York. as a dressed up
scheme" to satisfy campaign slogans.
He proposed a substitute for the ham
ding of surplus crops by cooperative
organizations and the carrying on OF
this work by powerful board directly
under Government control.
Senator Norbeck indicated he is I'M
decided whether he will vote for the
farm measure.
IF 1 were certain that this new
Government board would not add to
the trouble of the farmer, would vote
for 1t cheerfully," he said,
The views of the President on farm
relief, Senator Norbeck said, were in
keeping with the Kansas City platform.
He said his disappointment was, not
with the President, but with the plat
form. which, when 1t was adopted,
seemed but weak repetition of a
positive promise made four years pre-
vious and not carried into effect"
Warns Of OverprOduction.
At the House side of the Capitol. Rep
resentative Tilson of Connecticut, the
Republican leader. declared in a state
ment he believed the farm bill passed
hv the House contained Wholesome
restrictive provision on oyerproduction,
but there appeared no such provision in
the Senate bill. He said that overpro-
duction should be guarded against.
Unless proper steps are taken to
guard against overproduction, he said
lit is sure to follow price stimulation
as night is to follow the day, and this
is especially true of those commodities
of which there usually is produced a
surplus above domestic market require
mentS
THE purpose and effect of the legis-
lation we are passing is to give the
food producer a preferred status in
many respects, and in my judgment,
so far as 1t can be done, without en-
tering upon scheme of governmental
price fixing. bonuses or subsidies"
The mass of amendments offered to
the farm relief bill in the Senate has
forced administration leaders to con-
clude that final action on the measure
will have to be postponed until next
week.
Senator McNary OF Oregon, chairman
of the agriculture committee Is hopeful
that the Senate will vote on the ex-
port debenture section tomorrow, but
even this seems impossible in view of
the large number of Senators who have