The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-31
HOOVER ENTERS
1880 FACED BY
CRAVE WORRIES
0bStreperouS Congress Is
Chief Thorn in Side
of President.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER,
United Press stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3l.-The
new year will bring new worries to
President Hoover.
He has only ten months of his
term behind him. But it has been
enough to reveal that he has
fractions congress on his hands. And
next spring and summer the con-
gressional elections will be held with
every indication that an even more
obstreperous congress will be
chosen.
Congress has been the source of
most of the worries which PreSi-
dent Hoover has struggle with in
his first year. Succumbing to the
wiles of Senator Borah in a per-
suasive moment, Mr.. Hoover, while
still presidential candidate
promised, if elected, to call an
extra session Of congress to deal
with farm relief.
Difficulties Began
The session met the second month
Mr.. Hoover was President, and from
that time his major difficulties be-
gan. Industrial interests demand
ed some tariff increases inasmuch as
agriculture was to be helped at the
special session. Mr.. Hoover agreed
that some industries in special J Led
of additional tariff protection should
be helped: But he did not specify
details. The house ways and means
committee drafted q tariff revision
bill which granted hundreds of in
creases and provoked strong dis
sent from the farm belt Republic
ans.
Farm Relief Victory
Meantime congress had been
working on the far12 relief bill. The
senate, over the Presidents protest,
added the farm debenture plan of
relief to the administration bill. The
house refused to accept it, enabling
Mr.. Hoover to come out victorious
after much grumbling in the senate
The house followed this up by
passing the Stariff bill within few
days without any detailed con-
sideration of its provisions on the
floor. Democrats laid down heavy
barrage of criticism. Republican in
surgentS in the senate supported
them. The senate finance commit
tee made some changes in the house
bill. But in the absence of any oil
rect word as to whether Mr.. Hoo
yer favored wholesale revision as the
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committee did not attempt to elimi-
nate the numerous increases whole
sale.
Scale Down Items
AS the year closed the senate
still was wrestling with the bill,
scaling it down on various items
through the coalition Of Democrats
and Republican insurgents. The
flexible tariff provision which Mr..
Hoover specially wanted to retain,
was stricken out by the senate.
The President has grappled with
executive political problems. He
replaced Hubert Work as chairman
of the Republican national commit
tee with ClaudiuS Huston. He is
trying to reorganize the Republican
party in the south.
In foreign affairs Mr.. Hoover has
been extremely active. He has re-
vived the effort for further naval
limitation which resulted in the
visit to the United States of Prime
Minister Macdonald and the calling
Of the London arms conference for
next month. This achievement, if
carried through to a successful con-
clusion, will end one expensive and
potentially dangerous kind of naval |
competition and remove the danger
of serious disagreementS with Eng |
land for years to come probably.
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