Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-27
JOHN D. JR., ASKED
FOR FARM VIEWS
Added to List of Magnates
Invited Before Senate
Committee.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
John D. Rockefeller, jr.. was added
today to the list of magnates invited to
give their views on farm relief before
the Senate agricultural committee.
Chairman McNary of the committee
said he mad invited Rockefeller along
with Henry Ford, Charles M. Schwab
j. p. Morgan, Paul M. Warburg and
Owen D. Young.
Chairman McNary received the first
reply from kilograms sent out TO tne
group of financierS and manufacturers
to appear before the committee. the
reply was from William Higgins, assist
ant secretary to j. p. Morgan, and
read:
Telegram received. Mr.. J. P. Nor
gan is abroad on reparationS matters
and not expected to return for consider
able time
Two Committees Busy.
Farm relief overshadowed all else at
the Capitol today as the agrlcuituie
committees of both House and Senate
for the first time simultaneously turneo
their attention to the formulation OF
IeElSld vi tLllS SubJCCt Ava @s~NA~N~ -
the Hoover administration.
The Senate committee had two days
of work behind it,
AT the other end Of the Capitol the
House committee was called for its f1rst
meeting since the SEVENTEEN Congress
passed into history, but the interim has
been used by its members for more than
one informal discussion OF the question
A number of the House members
feel that the Republican convention In
Kansas City buried the equalization fee
proposed by the twice-vetoed McNary-
Haugen bill and also eliminated any
suggestions looking to price-1xing and
the placing of Government into bust
ness
It is known, on the other hand, that
a number of the members believe the
convention placed the administration on
record to provide for a Federal farm
board, the enactment of legislation
looking to the creation Of sterilization
corporations, the further development OF
cooperative marketing and the estab-
iishment of farmer controlled machinery
for the operation Of the agricultural
business
Limit of Testimony.
The House today decided to limit the
testimony during its hearings to sug-
gestions for aiding the farmer. ex-
Guiding details of present conditions.
Among rules Of procedure adopted
at the opening of the hearings was
the decision to set up q subcommittee
to sift through the applicants for hear
ings and arrange for their appear
ance. Accredited representatives
of farm organizations would arrange
with this subcommittee for time and to
it other persons desiring to appear
would present their claims.
The committee decided to hold both
morning and afternoon sessions.
After the adoption of rules. Chair
man Haugen appointed Representatives
Purnell of Indiana and Williams of Il
linois. both Republicans. and Aswell OF
Louisiana, Democrat, as members OF the
schedule subcommittee.
Chester A. Gray Testifies.
Chester A. Gray, legislative repre-
sentative Of the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation, appearing as the first
witness before the committee, said that
his group, while not relinquishing its
position In favor OF the equalization
fee, was willing to accept any mode of
relief which would follow the lines it
had advocated in the past.
He said the federation desired that
the relief extended be effective, that
surplus control be provided and that
agriculture be not subsidized.
Gray said that while the farm Or
CARNATIONS were interested in various
legislative proposals such as Muscle
Shoals development and an extension
of farm credits. they did not consider
that these separate proposals would az
ford farm relief.