Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24
WORK ON FARM AID
STARTS TOMORROW
Senate Committee to Meet
to Begin Drafting
Legislation.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Confident Of the cooperation CT
President Hoover. leaders in Congress
will start this week to work out farm
relief plan to take the place Of the twie-
vetoed McNary-Haugen bill. The Sen
ate agricultural committee will meet to-
morrow to begin drafting measure for
introduction at the opening Of the spe-
cial session called for April IS to deal
will the farm and tariff questions.
Although Mr.. Hoover does not intend
to suggest a specific farm relief plan,
because he believes this TO be the pre-
rogative of Congress, farm leaders have
been assured that they can expect his
cooperation as the work progresses. He
will convey his ideas TO them after the
measure has taken form. Senator Nc
Nary of Oregon. chairman OF the COM
mittee, has been asked to call at the
White House after the opening meeting
tomorrow, and similar conferences with
committee members are expected to take
place throughout the hearings.
Hyde Unable 10 Appear
Senator McNary had hoped to call as
his FIRST witness MIR. Hoover's Secretary
of Agriculture, Arthur M. Hyde. in the
hope of obtaining a concrete expression
of the administrators ideas as to how
tn; farm relief legislation should be APP
preached, but the Secretary has left
Washington TO attend to his personal
affairs In Missouri and has notified Nc
Nary that he will be unable to appear.
There Is every expectation among
committee members, however, that Mr..
Hyde will consent TO give his views
before the hearings are closed, and q
renewal of the invitation for him TO
come before tn committee, therefore, Is
expected.
In proceeding with its discussion. the
committee viii use the McNary bill, in
troduced last session. as a basis for its
work. This measure, which had the
support of the Coolidge administration,
calls for q Federal Farm Board with
$500 100000 revolving fund to be APP
propriated from the Treasury to assist
sterilization agencies in taking care OF
crop SURPRISES.
Surplus Principal Task.
The solution of the surplus problem IS
|
the principal task before them. While
the various plans suggested by farm
organizations for accomplishing this
still viii be before the committee. Sena-
tor McNary feels that there is general
disposition to accept any plan favored
by President Hoover.
The NcNary bill does not aim TO deal
with the surplus by disposing Of 1t IN
foreign markets, but would set up ma
chinery to hold SURPRISES IN this coun-
try and let them out on the market
gradually in order to maintain com
| paratively constant price level. The
| practica hility OF this plan has been dis
puted by some farm organizations. no.
| tably the American Farm Bureau Fed
| Grafton. which supports the equalization
fee proposal.
| Representatives will appear before
the committee, as will those Of the Ma
/ tional Grange, which has sponsored the
debenture plan for meeting surplus crop
| control charges. The committee OF ~.
headed by George NJ Peek, which was
the most insistent supporter or the
equalization fee plan, has declined to
appear, but has notified Senator Me-
Nary that 1t was willing TO let any
plan advocated by President Hoover
! have trial.
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! Among the first witnesses scheduled
| to appear at the hearings Is Senator
Brookhart, Republican, Iowa, who has
/ 900 900 TO enable the Government to
purchase surplus crops. Eric Olson OF
+, the Department Of Agriculture. who
! had leading hand In framing the Nc
Nary bill, will be another witness at the
openinc session.
President Hoover and congressional
| leaders have reached an understanding
whereby the executive and legislative
branches are each to work on their own
responsibility, but full cooperation VII
be extended.
This arrangement was discussed at q
conference yesterday between MI.
Hoover mad Senator Watson OF Indiana,
the Republican leader Of the Senate.
and the agreement was declared &C
ceptable by Mr.. Watson.
The attempt Is certain to be made at
the extra session for repeal Of the new
immigration provision. but there Is
sharp division in the Republican fold on
this point and no one last night was
willing to predict what the outcome
would be.
Leaders Committed.
With the approval of Mr.. Hoover, the
congressional leaders are committed TO
the consideration of the reapportion-
ment and census bills ut the extra ses-
sion. These measures were Withdrawn
by their sponsors when legislative jam
threatened in the Senate In the closing
hours last session, but with the under
standing that the measures would be
brought up in the extra session.
House leaders are demanding that the
Senate act first upon these bills in order
that they may be taken up later by the
House without the necessity OF organ
izing committees for their consideration.
Senator Watson has held the position
that since the reapportionment bill was
distinctly House affair it should ortgi-
nate in that body, but he is represented
as willing to cooperate and have the
Senate take II up at the extra session
before 1t Is acted upon again by the
House.