Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

President-elect Herbert Hoover ar.
rives in Washington today in the MIDST
of agitation for a special session OF the
new Congress to deal with farm leglS"
lation and tariff revision.
Whether Mr.. Hoover will undertake
to forestall a special session OF Congress
Immediately after he enters the Whlte
House by urging the passage now OF the
McNary farm bill remains to be seen.
One thing, however, appears to be
certain. Unless Mr.. Hoover puoncly
declares for the pending bill. or some
farm bill. and asks its passage at the
present session. none will be enacteo
now. and Mr.. Hoover will be expected
to make good on his promise TO call
special session of Congress to deal with
the farm problem. provided the present
Congress failed to care for 1t IN the
session which ends March 4.
Jones Favors Extra Session.
The farm bill must bear the Hoover
brand or it will not have ghost OF
show to pass the Senate. Even with
the Hoover brand, IL may not be able
to pass the House at this session, in the
opinion of Senators who are IN close
touch with the situation at both ENDS
of the Capitol. It seems almost IN
evitable that a special session Will oe
in order after March 4.
On the eve of Mr.. Hoover's arrival In
the Capital. Senator Wesley L. Jones
Of Washington. Republican whip OF the
Senate and a Staunch supporter of Mr..
Hoover, issued statement placing him.
self squarely in favor of special ses-
sion of the new Congress to deal with
farm legislation and with tariff re-
vision.
Senator Smoot of Utah. chairman Of
the Senate f1ance committee, which
has charge of tariff legislation, said
frankly that he believed special ses-
sion should be held this Spring to take
up tariff revision.
IT do not know what Mr.. Hoover has
in mind" said Senator Smoot, but I
believe that it would be wise to have
special session to revise the tariff"
Mr. Hoover has been represented by
many of his friends here as desirOus OF
avoiding a special session OF Congress
soon after he is inaugurated. Some
of them have frankly said he was COM
ing to Washington in an effort to
straighten out matters and get farm
bill through at the present session,
with the approval. of course, Of Presi-
dent Coolidge. Dispatches from the
U. S. S. Utah. however. have not indi-
Gated that MIR. Hoover intended to mix
in this matter. It is expected he will
confer with President Coolidge on the
situation, and that if he says anything
1t will be with the concurrence Of the
President. and that whatever Is said
may come from President Coolidge
himself.
Senator Jones in his statement
urging a special session of Congress
r-lvv nj
Senator Borah of Idaho, who has In
sisted that the pledges made by the
during the campaign can
only be fulfilled by taking up the farm
problem and dealing with it compre-
hensiyely in special session.
Agrees With Borah.
Senator Jones said:
Il agree with Senator Borah that we
should have an extra session of Con-
gresS this Spring. 1t should be held as
soon after the 4th of March as pos
sible.
We have promised two things espe-
c1ally in connection with farm relief
the proper handling of the surplus and
q sufficient tariff on agricultural prod
uctS. Neither proposition can be sat
isfactorily dealt with in this session of
Congress. The country wants no half
matured. ill-considered, hit-or-miss
farm legislation. The farmers have
in the ability of Herbert
Hoover. They are ready to follow his
lead as of no other man. He can work
out this problem If any man can do
it. He will not Shirk 1t and should
not be put in the attitude of shirking
it, He was looked to during the cam
paign to solve 1t and he should be left
to do it,
THE tariff cannot possibly be con-
Sidered during this session, and yet
it Is part and a very important part
of the farm problem.
1T is said tariff revision should be
put off until Fall because it viii, disturb
business. Business knows We are going
TO have revision. The sooner it Is done
the better and the less disturbance will
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