Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-15
DEBENTURE FACES
BATTLE IN HOUSE
Republican Leaders Will De-
termine Course Following
Senate'S Amendment.

The farm relief bill, amended by the
Senate to include the debenture plan,
was sent back to the House at noon
today.
The bill is on the Speakers table,
awaiting decision OF Republican lead
ers as to the course to be followed.
Scarcely had the House assembled to-
day when the Speaker recognized the
Senate clerk bearing the farm bill. The
clerk announced that the Senate had
passed House bill No. / with certain
amendments; that 1t returned the bill
to the House and requested concur
renee in the Senate amendments, and
that the Senate had appointed con-
fereeS. The announcement by the Sem
ate clerk was greeted with applause on
the Democratic side of the chamber.
where there has been an effort to line
up members in support of the debenture
plan, opposed by President Hoover, as
the Democrats were lined up in the
Senate for that plan.
Democratic Support Not Solid.
Democratic support for the deben-
ture plan will not De Solla in Cne House.
however. Representative AsweIl a rank
ing Democratic MEMBER on the COM
mttee OF agriculture, immediately
issued statement declaring that he
would oppose debenture. His statement
follows:
II shall oppose the debenture plan
appendage attached by the Senate 10
the House farm bill for four reasons.
i. The Senate has violated the spirit
ana purpose OF the Constitution by
initiating revenue legislation. I shall
not willingly surrender the constitu-
tlonal rights OF the House to the SEN
ate in matter OF this Importance.
z. II the farm bill goes 10 the Presi-
dent with the debenture plan attach
ment, the President will veto the meas
ure and we shall have no farm legis-
lation at this session of the Congress.
The farmers are weary of sham battles
in Congress in the name of farm relief.
l Will not vote for an amendment that
I know will cause the farm bill to fail
of enactment in the law.
"3. am eager to have the, Congress
. enact farm legislation now and 1 know
the bill as 1t passed the House can and
will become law. -.
Defends House Bill.
q. While the House bill offers no
! instant or magic release, it is a sound
and constructive measure, that if prop
| erly administered will improve and re-
| vitalize the cooperative and stabilize
and uplift farm prices. 1t proposes a
| permanent, well financed program OF
| policy for the merchandising of all
! agricultural commodities. The House
| bill is the plan that l have repeatedly
! presented to the House during the past
! six years"
J The decision of the Republican lead
| ers regarding the course to be pursued
with the farm bill may not be known
until late today or tuntil tomorrow. The
House after receipt of the bill went
| into a committee as a whole for con-
sideration of the tariff measure.
! Majority Leader Tilson, before the
! House met. said that a group Of Re-
| publican leaders. including members OF
| the rules committee, would confer on
! the farm bill. He said 1t was still I'M
decided whether the House should send
| the bill back to the Senate with the
assertion that inclusion of the doben-
| ture plan was a violation of the con-
stitutional provision directing that
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