Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
SEEK PRESIDENTS
FARM AID VIEWS
Five Senators Delegated to
Make White House Call, -
Headed by McNary.

By the Associated Press
A delegation of five members of the
Senate agriculture committee was ap-
pointed today to confer with President
Hoover later in the day in an effort to
obtain his views on specific provisions of
the new farm relief bill.
The delegation will be headed by
Chairman McNary and the other mem
bers will be Senator's Norbeck of South
Dakota and Capper Of Kansas, Repab-
licans, and RanSden of Louisiana and
Hef1in of Alabama, Democrats.
One of the main purposes of the visit
to the White House is to seek the Presi-
dents views on the export debenture
plan advocated for a number of years
by the National Grange. A number of
members of the Senate committee desire
TO incorporate this plan into the McNary
bill, which otherwise is satisfactory to
the entire committee.
At the same time Chairman Haugen
of the House agriculture committee an
nounced that the five members Of the
subcommittee had unanimously agreed
upon new farm relief measure.
Bill Discussed at Length.
The decision to request a conference
with Mr.. Hoover was reached at today's
executive session after lengthy discus
sion of the McNary bill, which devel-
oped that the general provisions of
that measure were satisfactory to a
great majority of the committee.
Senator Caraway, Democrat, Of Ar
kansas suggested. however. that the
bill would not be effective without some
specific provision for defraying the cost
of controlling crop surpluSes. and sug-
gested that the export debenture plan
be added to the McNary bill in such
way that the proposed Federal Farm
Board could invoke 1t whenever it saw
At.
A number of administration support
ers on the committee Immediately took
the position that the President would
veto a farm bill with the debenture
plan in it, snd when some other men,
bers contended that he would not. the
suggestion was made to appoint a COM
mittee to confer at the White House on
this and some other minor details of
the bill.
The new House measure vii be sub
mitted to the full committee tomorrow
or Saturday Chairman Haugen said
the subcommittee had decided that de-
tails of the bill should not be made
public until the measure had been sub
mitted formally to the whole commit
tee.
Seen As Constructive.
The chairman added that he and
the other members of the committee
believed that the bill as drafted is q
sound and constructive measure and
that 1t is based upon the testimony OF
witnesses who appeared before the COM
mittee at its recent hearings"
The House subcommittee which
drafted the bill Is composed Of the five
ranking members of the committee, in
Guiding Chairman Haugen. The four
other members ar Representatives Pur-
nell of Indiana and Williams of Illinois.
Republicans, and Aswell of Louisiana
and Kincheloe of Kentucky, Democrats.
While the details OF the measure were
not disclosed it is known that in general
it will follow the lines indicated by the
Republican platform and by Mr.. Hoover
In his speeches during the presidential
campaign. These call for the estab-
lishment of a Federal farm board, with
large revolving fund at its disposal
to be used in making loans to CO.
operative marketing agencies and to
stabiliZation corporations which would
be set up on the request of commodity
groups when warranted by unfavorable
marketing conditions.
Representative Tilson went over the
situation with the agricultural commit
tee leaders upon his return to Washing
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