Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10
FARM PROBLEMS
TOLD TO HOOVER
National Grange Committee
Finds President-EIeCt Hope
full of Early Legislation.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The executive committee of the Ma
Sional Grange, headed by L. j. Taber,
national master, today discussed with
President-elect Hoover the agricultural
problem.
The National Grange has gone on
record in favor of special session of
Congress next Spring to deal with
the farm problem, unless compre-
hensive program of farm legislation
can be passed at the present short ses-
sion of Congress.
MIR. Tabor said after the committees
conference with Mr.. Hoover that they
had called to pay their respects to the
President -elect, to wish him success
full administration and success in deal
ing with the farm problem. The Ma
tional Grange, with 100000 members,
MIR. Taber said, believes there must be
revision of the tariff in the interests of
the farmer and sound land policy. He
said he believed Mr.. Hoover was very
sympathetic and anxious for a proper
solution of the farm problem. Mr..
Taber said he himself believed such a
solution would be found within the
next year.
Will Receive ENJOYS Today.
Accompanying Mr.. Taber were Lester
r. Smith of Boston, Eugene Eckert of
Illinois and Albert S. Goss of Seattle.
This afternoon Mr.. Hoover will receive
visits of the Chilean Ambassador and
the Minister of Uruguay. Other callers
will include Representative Hawley.
nh DIV rft 11o u
committee, and Representative Tread
way of Massachusetts,, member of the
same committee 1t is presumed they
Will inform Mr.. Hoover regarding their
plans for tariff revision. The committee
now Is holding hearings on the tariff
schedules, in preparation for a bill to
be submitted to the new Congress.
Engagements have been made for MFR
Hoover through Monday. 1t now is
expected that Mr. Hoover will leave
Washington for Florida by the middle of
next week.
Slemp Not Seeking Office.
c. Bascom Slemp, Republican nation
al committeeman from Virginia and
former member of the House, after a
visit to Mr.. Hoover today said he
hoped the Republican organization in
the Old Dominion would be kept intact
and that it would be possible TO elect
a Republican governor there
Mr.. Slemp, whose name has been
recommended to M Hoover for ap-
pointment to the cabinet as Secretary
of the Interior by Representative-clect
Schafer of the ninth Virginia district
insisted he was not candidate for
public Office. He said he had called
upon MIR. Hoover to pay his respects
and discuss the political situation. Mr..
Slemp expressed the hope, however,
that Southerner would be appointed
to Mr.. Hoover'S cabinet.
Mr.. Slemp, power in the Republican
organization in the South for many
years, was strong supporter of Mr..
Hoover for the presidential nomination
and played an important part in the
campaign.
Recommendation for cabinet appoint
ment was made to Mr.. Hoover today by
Senator Gillett of Massachusetts,, who
declined to say whose name he had
advanced. Senator Gillett, who favors
a prompt revision Of the tariff, did not
indicate, however, whether he had
urged upon Mr.. Hoover the need of
special session this Spring to deal with
tariff revision.
George W. Laughlin, legislative repre-
sentative of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, who called upon Mfr
Hoover, said afterward his organiZa-
ton had a candidate for the cabinet,
presumably for Secretary Of Labor, but
did not reveal the name of the man he
had proposed. w. N. Doak, vice presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, however, has been prom
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