Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-15
PRESIDENT HOOVER
SIGNS FARM BILL
Provisions Made for $780,
100000 to Stabilize AgricuI-
ture and Stimulate Marketing
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most important that q chief executive
has been called upon TO appoint for q
long time, because of the seriousness Of
the farm program in this country and
the gigantic size of the appropriation
turned over to the board to expend in
the interest of agriculture.
The farm measure, marking the cul-
n1ination of years of political and legis-
lative effort to solve the economic prob
lens of agriculture, was the last of three
major farn-relief bills sent to the White
House by recent Congresses, and the
only one known in advance to be &C
ceptable to the Chief Executive. The
other two, the McNary- Haugen bills,
both contained equalization fee pro-
visions which proved just as objection
able to former President Coolidge as the
debenture plan was to Mr.. Hoover.
The new bill was taken to the White
House personally by Secretary Hyde late
yesterday after Speaker Longworth and
Vice President Curtis had signed 1t,
shortly after the Senate, voting IA to 8,
had accepted the second report of its
representatives In the Joint conference
negotiations with the House recommend
ing elimination of the debenture pro-
vision. The House had expressed its ap-
proval earlier without roll call.
Many Democrats Tor Bill,
The vote in the Senate on the con-
ference report found practically all of
the Democrats voting for ths bill as
well as the Republicans. The eight
Senators who voted against the bill
Arkansas; Copeland, New York: Walsh,
Massachusetts,, and Wheeler, Montana,
Democrats, and La Toilette, Wisconsin;
Norbeck, South Dakota, and Pine, Okla
homa, Republicans.
1t was announced that Senator
Blaine of Wisconsin was paired against
the conference report with Senator
port, and that Senator King or Utah
was paired against the conference re-
port with Senator Stephens OF Missls-
sippi for the conference report.
II was also announced that Senator
McMaster Of South Dakota would have
voted against the bill had he been pres
ent. Nine Senators OF the coalition OF
Republican insurgents and Democrats
who supported the debenture plan were
ALI that remained faithful In the end.
Both Senator King and Senator Walsh
of Massachusetts, who voted against the
bill, also were against the debenture
clause.
The Senators voting in favor Of the
conference report and the passage OF
the bill were: Senators Allen. Kansas;
Bingham, Connecticut; Borah, Idaho;
Brookhart. Iowa; Burton, Ohio; Capper
Kansas; CouZens, Michigan; Dale, Ver-
mont; Deneen, Illinois; Edge, New Jer-
sey; Tess, Ohio: Frazier, North Dakota;
Gillette, Massachusetts,; Glenn, Illinois;
Goff, West Virginia. Goldsborough
Maryland; Greene, Vermont; Hastings
Delaware; Hatfield, West Virginia;
Hebert, Rhode Island; Howell, Ne
braska; johnson. California; Jones,
Washington; kean, New Jersey, Keyes,
calf, Rhode Island; Moses, New Hamp-
shire; Norris, Nebraska; Nye, North De-
kota; Ode, Nevada; Patterson, Missouri;
Reed, Pennsylvania; Robinson. Indiana;
Sackett, Kentucky; Schall, Minnesota;
Shortridge, California; Smoot, Utah;
Eteiwer, Oregon; Thomas, Idaho; Town
send, Delaware; Vandenberg, Michigan;
ming; Waterman, Colorado; Cutting,
New Mexico, and watson, Indiana, Re-
pvblicans, 81.
Senators Ashurst, Arizona; Bratton,
New Mexico Broussard, Louisiana;
Connolly. Texas; Dill, Washington:
Fletcher, Florida: George, Georgia;
Glass, virgins; Harris, Georgia: Har-
rison, Mississippi; Halves, Missouri;
Haden, Arizona; Heflin, Alabama; Nc
61OAIoA, 4CAA1CoOCCS OfCAAtG41S INOI
Carolina; Ransdell, Louisiana; Robin
son, Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas; SIM
mons, North Carolina; Smith, South
Carolina; Steck, Iowa; Swanson, Vir-
GINA; Thomas, Oklahoma; Trammell,
Florida; Tyson, Tennessee; Wagner,
New York, and Walsh, Montana, Demo-
Gratis, 27.
Many Express Protests.
The Senate ratification Of the con-
ference agreement was made possible by
the decision of the Democrats under
the leadership of Senator Robinson of
Arkansas, and most of the Republican
independents, who twice insisted upon
inclusion Of the debenture proposal, to
permit the legislation to pass after the
House had voted on their issue. Many,
however, expressed their protest before
voting for acceptance of the report.
Senator Robinson, the Democratic
leader, said the action was not on its
face a redemption of the Republican
pledge to put agriculture on an equality
with other industries" reiterating his
disagreement with the opposite view
expressed by President Hoover.
The next step, to be taken by the
House probably Monday. will be to
appropriate part or all of the $500, 00o,-
900 revolving fund authorized so that
the Farm Board will be able to begin
work as soon as it Is organized for
relief of the wheat situation and solu-
ton of other pressing sterilization
problems.