Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-19
HOOVER MAY NAME
z TO BOARD SOON
President Is Expected to An
nounce Federal Farm Group
Selections Within Week.

That formula. general revision as re-
spects agriculture and strictly limited
revision as respects. other industries, is
fair statement of President Hoover's
recommendation. II the tariff situation
now follows the same course as the farm
relief one, it will, after stormy contro-
versy, come back to this formula.
In the current Judgment of WASH
ington the prevailing belief is that the
oucome will not, so to speak. come out
that way. The bill already written by
the lower house departs materially
beyond the limit suggested by the
President. As to the Senate, In which
the bill now begins its course, the COM
mon expectation is that that body will
go much farther than the House toward
general revision and revision upward.
The facts favor the presumption that
the majority of the Senate wants to do
this and can do 1t.
The Senate, by It's significant vote on
the Borah resolution, broke down the
distinction between agriculture and
other industries, with one kind Of re-
vision for the first and another kind for
the others. 1t threw overheard the idea
OF so writing the tariff as to bring ag-
riculture upward to parity with other
industries. All revision and all sched-
ules and all industries are now in q
common pool. In that situation
abundant precedent shows that shrewd
traders, wanting specific raises, can
unite in an arrangement which makes
general revision and upward revision
almost unbeatable. Those who oppose
have nothing material with which to
trade among themselves and therefore
nothing to cement them into unity.
Within the next week. President Hoo
yer hopes to be able to announce ap-
pointment Of one and possibly two of
the eight members of the Federal Farm
Board, which is to administer relief to
American agriculture under the terms
Of the farm relief bill The ninth mem
Der Of this board win be the Secretary
Of Agriculture
1t is doubtful II the President will
be in position to complete all of these
appointments within the next three
weeks, but 1t is thought likely he will
not wait until he has completed the
task before making any announcements.
Indications are that as he completes
each appointment he will make 1t pub
lie.
The President has several hundred
names from all sections of the country
Of persons who are supposed to be
familiar with the needs of agriculture.
More than 100 Of the names he has had
and therefore has had opportunity to
make examination of the qualifications
Of each. During debate upon the farm
bill in Congress names OF aspirants
continued to arrive at the White House,
and since the bill has become q law
the Presidents Office has been virtually
flooded with recommendations.
Ewing Is Suggested.
Several of the Presidents congress
Sional callers today had suggestions to
make regarding the selection Of the
board. Senators Tyson and Mcclellan
of. Tennessee, accompanied by the
Democratic members Of the House from
that State, urged appointment of Felix
@. Ewing Of Springfield, Tenn, who
has been prominently identified with
organizing cooperative hurley tobacco
growers Senator Smith of South
Carolina introduced. DR.. Wade Stack
house of Dillon, s. c., whom he rep
resented as successful farmer and
mill operator. Senators Frazier and
Nye of North Dakota called in the in
terest of a candidate for this, board
from their State, as did Senator'S Jones
OF Washington and Ransdell Of
Louisiana.
President Hoover experienced one OF
his busiest days, at least so far as
the number of engagements was con-
cerned, since his Inauguration. On
his engagement list there were % au-
diences, of which called for group
photographs In the rear grounds. Be-
sides these many engagements, which
started at 10 o'clock in the morning
and are to continue UP until 4:30
| o'clock this afternoon, with an hour
and half recess for lunch, the Pres
ident received a number Of callers who
did not have engagements. as well as
several hundred tourists.
Gets Carolina Invitation.
The President posed for photo
graph with 800 members of the '24 and
| 20 classes of the Bliss Electrical School
| of this city and 125 members of the
Shopcrafts Association of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
A North Carolina delegation, headed
by Representative Hammer of that
State, extended an invitation to the
President to visit the old homestead
Of Andrew Hoover, one of his ancestors.
The President appeared pleased at this
invitation and said he would take 1t
under adyisenient.
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