Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-13
SENATOR
DEFENDS
POSITION
Brookhart Hits Back At
Title Of Pseudo-R -Republi-
can.
ATTACKS YER
Iowa Solon Says Presi-
dent Called Pseudo Farm
Relief Session.
By PAUL r. MALLON
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent1


WASHINGTON, May 13. U.P)--
Senator w. Brookhart of Iowa
struck back in the senate today at
those who have been calling him
pseudo Republican" by accusing
President Hoover of calling "a
pseudo.special-session of congress to
enact pseudo farm relief BILL,
''That S where the spuriousness,
the fraud and the counterfeiting
comes in,' Brookhart shouted to
crowded floor and gallery filled
with distinguished personssincluding
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and
Mrs. Dolly Gam, figures in Wash
ington's social dispute, who sat to-
gether in the vice president 5 row
of the gallery.
The Iowa senator said the pend
ing farm bill adds nothing more
than the 1928 law already provides
through the intermediate credit
banks. The law was found to be in
adequate to meet the farmers needs,
he said. The new one also will be
inadequate, Brookhart declared.
Brookhart said he made 200
speeches for Mr.. Hoover in the
campaign, telling the farmers that
the President had fixed the price OF
farm products in war times and
would now do it in peace time.
The Republican National Commit
tee sent out million and a hall
copies of his speeches, he said. But
since the election, "none of the
stand-patters have even consulted
me about farm relief,o Brookhart
added.
81 do not wish to detract from
the credit which is given to Senator
Borah for persuading Mr.. Hoover to
call this extra session during the
campaign" he continued. "But I
spoke to Mr.. Hoover about it as far
back as July II. l had been in
Georgia investigating some stand
pat maneuvers in post office APP
pointments.
Consider Coolidge
"Mr. Hoover readily assented.
Dr. Work was present. 1t was sug-
gested that in order not to rufflc
the feathers of President Coolidge,
; they would make it so that the spe-
cial session would be called if no
action was taken in the regular ses-
sion.
"Now I am called a pseudo Re-
publican. / put it in the congress
sional directory that l am a Progress
eive-Republican.'
Brookhart s speech started tho
session which was to bring final
passage of the bill before night, m-
/ less subsequent debate delays final
action until tomorrow. The farm
bloc, Brookhart included, has thrown
its support with the DEMOCRATS to
control a majority in favor of the
bill which will be vetoed by Presi-
dent Hoover if it ever gets through
the house, administration leaders
say.
The house was occupied with
desultory debate ON the tariff, in
preparation for meeting of tho
Ways and Means Committee tomor-
low where administration forces
plan to get together with the farm
bloc in an effort to settle difficult
ties over the tariff.
Senator Fcss of Ohio instigated
the controversy when he sent let
ter to an Ohio constituent saying
Borah, Brookhart, Hiram johnson
and others who voted for the deben-
ture provision in the farm bill were
pseudo Republicans because they
had not supported the President, al
though they campaigned for him.
johnson is in the unusual position
Of supporting the President on ma
tional origins against Reed Of
Pennsylvania, and opposing the
President on the debenture plan.