The Washington times., 1929-06-15
PRESIDENT
TO HURRY
ACTION
By WILLIAM s. NEAL
international News Service


President Hoover will dis
regard politics and politicians
in the selection Of the eight
members of the Federal Farm
Board created under the $780,
100000 cooperative marketing.
bill, according to members OF
Congress who have discussed
the subject with him
Expressing a desire to carry OUT
the campaign pledges of his party on
agriculture-as he interprets them
with the least possible delay, MT
Hoover is already considering canui'
dates for the board and will name 1t
soon after the bill is signed, his
callers say.
LOwden or Barnes
Confessing that he does not know
lust what new farm board, backed
by a huge congressional appropria'
ton. can do to bolster the wheat
market, Mr.. Hoover has, neverthe-
less, indicated to members of Con-
gress that he will have the board
tackle the problem.
Two names are outstanding in the
proposals of congressional and farm
organization leaders for the position
of chairman of the board. They are
Ex-Governor Frank o. Lowden of
Illinois, who opposed Mr.. Hoover for
the Presidential nomination, and
Julius II. Barnes, of New York, head
of the export grain activities Of the
Government during the war.
Farm organization heads, it is
learned, are anxious to see Lowden
named. but doubt if he would accept
1t. They oppose Barnes.
The change in the farm bill under
which salaries were fixed at $12, 900
a year for each member, instead of
permitting the President to fix the
salary and term of the chairman,
may affect the Presidents selection.
House advocates of an unrestricted
i salary for the chairman had de-
clared that the President ought to
pfy 100000 year if necessary.
DeIuge OF Candidates
{. The White House is being deluged
with candidates for the board. They
include:
H. L. Hartahorn, Ford, Kan, large
wheat farmer and active in the CO.
operative movement, urged by Kan
sas congressional delegation.
w. H. Marshall, Fort Lauderdale.
Fla, fruit grower, indorsed by
Louisiana and Florida delegations.
Walter Dickinson, Russell county,
Va. urged by Republican Congress.
men.
William F. Schilling, of North
field, Mimi. president Twin City
Milk Producers Association, urged
by. co-operatives and some members
of Congress.
John Thompson, publisher Iowa
Homestead; Arthur Huntington, Of
Cedar Rapids, agricultural engineer:
J. P. Larsen, Fort Dodge, Iowa, sec.
retary COOPERATIVE Elevator Asso.
citation, and r. M. Gum, of Black
Hawk county, farmer, all suggested
by members of Iowa congressional
delegation.
DR.. John Lee Coulter. president
North Dakota Agricultural College,
backed by Congressman.
James c. Stone, Lexington, KY,
head of Burleigh Tobacco Growers
Cooperative, suggested by Con-
gressmen.
Ex-Representative Eugene Black
of Texas, backed by Texas delega'
tion.
Frank o. Lowden, Ex-Governor
McKelvie, of Nebraska, Governor
Hanna, of North Dakota. and w. H.
Settle, of Indiana. urged by wheat
co-operatives.
Others With Backing
Other members whose names have
been sent to the White House by
farm organizations or individuals
include: Thomas Campbell. Of Mon
tana, worlds largest wheat pro-
ducer; C. o. Moser, Dallas, Tex,
head of cotton co-operative; Eugene
Funk, Bloomington, ILL.,; E. w.
Bowen, Eslphi, Ind, C. G. league,
California cooperative leader; James
r. Howard, of Iowa, ex-farm bureau
head; John G. B, own, Monon, Ind,
farm bureau leader.
Ex-Gov. Howard Gore, of West
Virginia; C. r. White. New York;
u. v. Black, North Carolina; c. B.
Denman, Missouri, president Ma
tional Livestock Producers Associa-
{ ton; Henry Parke, Illinois; John
Brandt, Minnesota; Carl Williams,
oklahoma; Ex-Congressmen Ira Her.
sey, Maine; A. A. Wolff, Kansas,
Charles Lansdale, Kansas City and
Sherman Houston. Missouri
The American Farm Bureau, ac-
cordinS to it's officials. will sponsor
no candidates for the farm board.