Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-13
Watson Indicates Willingness
for Months Rest, Starting
Early in June.
HOOVER ENTERTAINS
OPPOSING SENATORS
President Acts to Bring Scattered
Forces Together After Break
Over Farm Bill Vote.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Republican leaders today abandoned
suggestions for an all-Summer recess,
and determined to mold the party ma
jorities in Congress into working shape
for early discussions on the controversial
farm relief and tariff issues.
President Hoover took the initiative
yesterday in bringing his scattered
forces in the Senate together, inviting
Senator Borah of Idaho to luncheon,
and the critic OF the Idahoan, Senator
Fess of Ohio, to dinner at the White
House.
Besides Senator Fess other guests at
the party included some members Of
the House and Secretary Good of the
War Department.
Says Visits Purely Social.
The Republican Senators said the
Sabbath day visits were purely social,
with no reference to the involved po-
litical situation However, there were
signs at the Capitol today that Mr..
Hoover was most anxious that the
threatened discussion in the Senate to-
day of the F'eSS pseudo Republican"
letter be halted. Senator Brookhart of
Iowa, one of those mentioned in the
Fess letter as pseudo Republican"
has given notice he would speak on this
point today.
Today, Senator Watson of Indiana.
the Republican leader, put his foot down
on talk of an all-Summer recess, al
though he announced willingness to
consider a recess of three weeks or a
month, beginning early next month, aft
er the House completes the tariff meas
ure and while it Is under study of the
finance committee!
Mr.. Hoover is disturbed over the party
break in the Senate, which was brought
into the open when Senator Fess. the
Republican whip, made public letter
condemning Senator BOrah and the
other pseudo Republicans" for failing
| to support the Hoover views on farm
relief.
Hoover Studies Tariff Moves.
Tariff schedules proposed by the
House ways and means committee on
building materials and sugar are re-
ceiving close scrutiny at the White
House with clear indications that they
fail to meet with the entire approval OF
President Hoover.
Objection has been raised in admin
duties on cement and brick, which are
taken from the free list so as to protect
Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast man.
ufacturers from Belgian competition.
The proposed duty on shingles also IL
being closely studied with some admin
istration off1cials expressing apprehen-
sion. today that the effect might be to
turn over the whole roofing industry IN
this country to the patent sh1ngle
manufacturers and thus destroy the
wooden shingle industry.
Sliding Sugar Scale Sought.
Advisers of the President are under
taking to work out a substitute for the
sugar schedule on the basis of sliding
scale Of duties with the highest rates
operative only under conditions of the
keenest sort of competition with the
American cane and beet industries dur
ing years of excessive production in
foreign countries.
Changes in these and other schedules
recommended by the ways and means
committee likely will be sought during
House consideration of the tariff bill
and If this effort should prove unsuc-
ceSsful the matter will be taken up by
the Senate finance committee which viii
carefully study the House measure be-
fore laying the bill before the Senate.
Aside from specific rates, there is a
fundamental objection to the committee
bill because it is not regarded as COM
ing within the presidential proposal Of
limited tariff revision. Some
changes by the House to meet Mr..
Hooyer's views in this regard are an
ticipated by White House officers.
Easterners' Views Given.
The whole tariff situation frequently
is discussed with the President by Con-
gressional leaders who are daily callers
at the White House. Some of them told
him today that there still is strong
opposition by some Eastern Senators
against q number of the proposed House
increases In duties on agricultural
products.
This has resulted to some extent, 1t
was explained, by the arguments ad-
vanced by Senators from the farm
States that the tariff could be made
effective as to many agricultural prod
ucts only by means Of the export de-
benture plan.