Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
DIFFICULTIES FACE
COALITION IN HOUSE
Tariff Situation Becomes
More Complex After
Garner Overture.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Plans of the House Democrats to seel
a coalition with the progressive Repub.
licans to work for the rates on farm
products written into the Hawley-Smoot
bill by the Senate Democratic-inde-
pendent Republican combination yester-
day, increased the completely of the
tariff situation.
Representative Garner Of Texas, the
minority leader, in making an overture
to the progressive Republicans, said
that If they are consistent in their dec
larations that they favor rates which
would assure parity between agriculture
and industry, they should "join the
Democrats in voting the Senate rates
and sending to conference only the ad-
ministrative sections"
The Texan believes that II the pro-
gresSive Republicans in the House
would join the Democrats, there would
be enough strength to force q record
vote on the agriculture rates, although
a score of Democrats voted for the
Hawley bill.
The program drew from Senator
Borah of Idaho, one of the Senate coa-
lition leaders, the opinion that the plan
might be made effective, and from Rep
reSentative Ramseyer of Iowa, a leader
OF the House farm group, the assertion
that the til talk about coalitions
is after ~ definitely what the
Senate :. 4Inally agreed upon"
Wants Completed Bill.
The Iowan added that mo one can
fV1fo inra FAf it,Ee a,k NF h.
Senate rates and how they will af-
feet the farmers until the completed
bill is sent to the House"
Garner said 1T is the duty of the
Progressive Republicans to take ad-
vantage Of this opportunity 20 render
a service Of inestimable value to agri-
culture" and contended that II the
Progressives favor equitable tariff
rates they should have no hesiStancy
in going on record"
II believe the Progressive Republi-
cans are sincere in their declarations
that the burdens of agriculture must
be reduced; that the Hawley bill is
not representative Of the interests of
agriculture" Garner said. But the
trouble with many of them is that
their devotion to the Republican party
Is stronger than their devotion to the
farmer.
If they favor equitable tariff rates
they should have no hestiancy in going
on record. Voting the rates will limit
the work Of the conference to the adj
ministrative provisions and greatly ex-
pedite final action"
Charges Inconsistency.
The Texan said that 1t had been
the general practice for the Republi-
can leaders to appeal to agriculture In
the campaign years and TO vote addi-
tional tariff favors for industry hem
ever adjustment of tariff rates was
under consideration.
In. q statement issued through the
Democratic national committee, Sen
ator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana,
said the Senate Democrats and Pro-
greSsive Republicans were entitled to
credit in keeping down the exorbitant
increases in many manufactured arti-
cles."
He expressed hope that the people
would understand that but for the Sen
ate coalition the people generally would
have had foisted upon them the worst
tarin ever written in the history OF
tariff making in the country"
Senator Wheeler said the measure
would be rewritten by the conferees of
the two branches and that Chairman
Smoot of the Senate finance committee
would play the leading roll.
Wheeler said 1t was claimed by some
that the coalitionists were carrying out
President Hoover's policies, but that
there was division of opinion. He said
confusion existed among the Senate
Republican leaders as a result Of lack of
knowledge as to which leader lis sup
porting his party chief at the other
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