The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-21
GROUPSCALL HYDE
FOR FARM. POLICY
Senate and House Leaders
Are Attempting to Get
Viewpoint of President
Proposals DISCUSSED
Chief Executive Denies He
Will Unite Relief Measure
on Views of Congress

Wednesday, March 20. - Con-
gressional committees charged
with formulating an administers
ton farm relief bill will seek the
cooperation of Secretary Hyde
from whom they hope to obtain
an outline of the views of Presi-
dent Hoover.
Chairman McNary of the senate
committee already has invited the
new head of the agriculture de-
partment to appear at public hear
ings which are to be started next
week on a senate draft of the pro-
posed measure.
Representative Dickinson of
Iowa, one of the Republican farm
leaders in the house, called at the
White House today with request
that Mr.. Hoover have Secretary
Hyde detail the views of the adj
ministration to the committee.
Several other congressional lead
ers recently have discussed farm
relief with the President and pub
LEGATIONS as to what occurred at
these conferences led to the state
ment today at the White House
that the principles of the agricul-
tural relief program announced by
the Republican party were well
known and no doubt would be
formulated into legislation by the
congressional committees.
1t was reiterated that the Presi-
dent must maintain the constitu-
tional relationship between the
executive and congress and that he
did not propose to write bills and
impose them upon congress. When
congress has prepared such bills
he will be glad to discuss their de-
tails with house and senate leaders
and whether they square with par
ty pledges.
The chief executive will set forth
his views in message to the spec
ial session of congress which will
convene April Is.
1t is expected that he will treat
the agricultural subject in much
the way he did during his cam
paign. AT that time he interpret
ed the Kansas City platform as
one calling for federal aid in TAX
ing care of the surplus crops
through farmer-owned corpora
tons.
Conclusion in the proposed farm
bill of changes in the federal ware
house law to give the federal gov
eminent more rigid control over
warehouse receipts and of clause
providing a minimum standard for
canned fruits and vegetables was
urged upon the president today by
Representatives Mapes and Ketch-
UNI, both Republicans of Michigan.
These proposals were embodied
in measures passed by the house
at the last session, but which failed
to receive action in the senate.
The warehouse project would re-
move the storage establishments
from the interference of state
laws, they said, and they pointed
out that in some states it was
possible to remove stored crops,
thus weakening their value as COL
lateral for loans to the farmers.
They also told the chief execu-
tive that under present regulations
there is no required standard for
canned goods and that fruit and
vegetables of an inferior quality
command the same price as those
of much better quality.
After discussing the legislative
program Of the special session with
the President, Representative Til
son, the Republican leader in the
house, said that it still was the
plan to limit legislation to farm re-
lief and the tariff. He predicted
that these measures could be dis
posed of within two or three
months.
H. Edmund Machold, New York
Republican state chairman, who
last night participated in a confer
ence intended to work out "a plan
for cooperation between the pat
ronage committee appointed by the
President and the New York Re
publican members of the house,
called at the White House again
today TO discuss the question fur
ther with some of Mr. Hoover's
advisors.