Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16

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The House. having written its tariff
bill, is not going to let the Senate run
rolghshod over it II 1t can help it.
House May Resent Plan.
Should the Borah resolution be
adopted by the Senate, 1t was pointed
out by its opponents last night. the
effect would be not only to instruct the
finance committee, but also the Senate
conferees on the tariff bill who will be
appointed to meet with conferees on
the part OF the House after the bill has
passed the Senate. This, 1t was de-
clared, was a high-handed and unheard-
of procedure, which would be resented
by the House. The House bill. with its
amendments to many schedules Of the
existing tariff law, would be before the
conferees, but the action of the Senate
on the Borah resolution might be con-
Strued as precluding any consideration
Of the House schedules other than the
agricultural and related schedules.
The President has won his fight on
the farm bill, which is now law in ac-
cordance with his recommendations and
without the debenture clause advocated
by the so-called Senate coalition. As
matters now are shaping up, he is likely
to win his way with regard to tariff
revision and to have "limited revision
such as he recommended in his message
to Congress.
The Norris amendment to the tariff
bill proposing the debenture clause will
not in the end prevail, it was declared
last night. But the debenturites are pre-
pared to make q strenuous fight for 1t.
The Norris amendment differs some
what from the original debenture
amendment to the farm bill in that 1t
provides that debenture certificates may
be presented to the Secretary Of the
Treasury and he must pay them out of
funds in the Treasury obtained from
customs duties on imported goods at
90 cents on the 81 90. This change, he
said, is designed to prevent undue spec
ulation or manipulation which might
prevent the benefits Of the debenture
from being passed on to the farmers
and bring about a gain merely by the
SPECTATORS.
May Name Board Soon.
The President Is expected TO send
to the Senate by Tuesday the names
of eight members 70 the Federal Farm
Board. created under the new farm
law. The Senate will be asked to con-
firm them promptly. No disclosure hal
been made yet of Of names Of the PreSi.
dents appointees. 1t Is likely however
that six or the members Will De farmers
and two of them will be men engaged
in business related to farming. 1t wal
said last night. A large number Of ner
have been recommended to the Presi'
dent for appointment as members Of
| this board.
The President will send to Congress.
| within the next day or two an estimate
from the Budget Bureau making ap'
preparations for carrying out the pro.
visions of the farm act. 1t will in
clude not only salaries for the member
of the farm board, who are to receive
| $4,000 a year each, but also an ap'
preparation for the $500, 000, 900 re.
volving fund authorized in the act. TIL.
President has been urged by Senator
McNary, chairman of the committee or
agriculture, who handled the bill in th'
Senate, to send in an estimate for thu
entire $500 10000 showing that the
| administration stands ready to use the
law to the utmost In the interest Of the
farmer. 1t Is understood, too, that the
! Secretary OF, Agriculture, Mr.. Hyde
! takes the same view. 1t Is unlikely thai
more than 5000 600, 900 will be required
this year, In carrying out the law, II
has been said. But II that is the case
no more than 5000 ,000, 900 will be ex-
pended whether the appropriation Il
| limited to 100000 900 or is fixed at
$500, 100000. Whatever sum the ad-
ministration recommends, however. viii
be granted, it was indicated last night