Evening star., 1929-01-04
TWO ISSUES AWAIT
PRESIDENT ELECT
Farm Relief and Dry Enforce
ment Demand Early Atten-
ton With Cabinet.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
u. S. S. UTAH, January 4.-BeSides
selection of his cabinet and the MAX
ing OF other appointments of almost
equal Importance, Herbert Hoover soon
must give his attention to two of the
concededly gravest problems before his
istration-prohibitio enforcement
and farm relief legislation.
Suggestions emanating from Wash
ington that the prohibition unit be
transferred from the Treasury Depart
ment to the Department of Justice meet
no response from the President-elect.
It is. asserted that an act Of Congress
is necessary in the first place to bring
about such a transfer even If it should
be deemed advisable for adminiStra-
tive purposes, which has not yet been
conceded.
Mr.. Hoover readily recognizes the
abuses which have grown up in the en-
forcement of the dry laws, and in the
treatment of the subject during his
campaign he declared. that only an Or
ganiZed searching investigation of the
facts and causes could determine the
was for appointment of commission to
study not only enforcement abuses but
the workability of the law itself Selec-
ton Of such commission, however, he
recognizes, admittedly would be diff
cult task, especially in view of the fact
that prohibition figured prominently in
the presidential campaign.
Consideration of the farm relief queS-
ton undoubtedly will go over until after
the present session Of Congress. Mr.
Hoover does not des se to anticipate
the action of this q ngress, although
the belief is generals Anat there is no
more probability of tction now than
there was at the tirIle the President
session of the new CongrSSs to act if the
present one failed to gut through
adequate agricultural legislation.
Early Extra Session Probable.
There already is much speculation.
among Mr.. Hoover'S associates as to
when the new Congress would be as
Sembled, but the PreSident-elect nat
urally is silent, as he does not wish to
be placed in position of even indirectly
influencing action during the Coolidge
administration. However, the belief is
expressed that if there is no farm legis-
| iat1Oit pCAO1C Mai tilC llcW NUIlSItSS
would be assembled in the Spring, as
the President-elect is on record as stat
ing he wants early action, SO the meas
ure would be effective in helping with
the disposition of this years crops
III the solution of this problem the
PreSident-elect stated that he will turn
to the leaders of agricultural thought,
both in Congress and civil life. Sin
cere leaders would be invited to a con-
ference, he has declared, and asked to
Join in search for a common ground
upon which action can be attained for
the amelioration of the present farm
ing conditions.
This conference probably will precede
the actual convening of Congress, as
Mr.. Hoover expects to have a relief
plan worked out in some detail for sub
4 mission in special message to Con-
gresS.
The President-elect early today was
only two days from Hampton roads, and
still was encountering pleasant weather
While the temperature moderated to
some extent, it was not expected that
the Utah would run into cold weather
before late tonight or early tomorrow
morning The big battleship was main
tanning her average days run of around
$50 knots.
The Hoover party yesterday began
the task Of packing up in preparation
for leaving the Utah on Sunday to &C
ashore at Hampton Roads for theil
brief railroad journey back to Wash
ing on,