Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26
DROP DEDENTURES,
SENATE IS ASKED
Republicans Who Abandoned
Farm Fee ASSailed
by Robinson.
By the Associated Press.

/ By the Associated Press.
Coincident with the transmission Of
the administration farm relief bill from
| the House. a move was made in the
! Senate today by Senator Watson Of
Indiana. Republican leader. to eliminate
the export debenture plan from the
Senate measure to make it conform
more nearly to the views Of President
Hoover.
The motion. facing long hours of
debate. was placed before the Senate
shortly after 1t convened Just when
a vote might be obtained was uncertain,
as q number of members Immediately
| Indicated they wished to discuss the
proposal.
The dcbenture plan strenuously OBJ
iected To by the Chief Executive. was
written into the Senate measure by Its
agriculture committee; On the other
hand. the House Agriculture commit
tee refused to incorporate the proposal
in the bin 1t framed and the House
later sustained this action.
Shortly after Watson's motion today
Senator Robinson of Arkansas. Demo-
cratic leader. took the floor and de-
Iivered an attack upon Republican SEN
ators who have abandoned the edualiza-
ton fee as part Of the farm relief
program
Robinson directed his address particu-
larly to Senator Watson and Senator
McNsry Of Oregon, the chairman OF the
Senate agriculture committee, both Of
whom. he declared, "eloquentiy" asked
| the Senate early last year TO adopt the
! fee as economically sound and just" !"
after it had been vetoed by Republic
| can President.
Robinson contended that these Sena-
! tors were willing now TO abandon the
i principles they once stood for on the
| plea that they must remain loyal TO
the administration.
F., The House completed the ma ior phase
/ Of its work on the subject yesterday by
| passing its bill and ordering 1t forward
| ed to the other chamber.
The vote in the House-oficially re-
corded at 36T to 34-was regarded as
/ a clear indication that President Hoo
ver's opposition to the export debenture
| plan. vii be needed in the final action
of Congress on the subject.
Close Vote Is Conceded.
Conceding that the vote on the de-
Z
senate leaders are convinced after a
check OF the membership that 1t will b.
| defeated. Their latest estimate is that
| seven or eight Democrats will vote
| against the plan and that 10 TO "a Re-
publicans will vote for It,. Practically no
! opposition to other sections Of the Senate
/ bin has been indicated.
Defeat of the debenture provision, ad-
! ministration supporters believe, will elm
mate the principal obstacle In sight to
bringing about an agreement between
the Senate and House on the phrase
ology and provisions Of the measure, al
though at present they are somewhat
different.
The bill sent TO the Senate by the
House Is regarded by administration
leaders in both chambers as having
the approval of President Hoover. Like
the Senate bill, its principal clauses
provide for the establishment OF Fed
eral farm board with a $500, ,000, 900 re-
volving fund at its disposal TO be en-
ployed largely through cooperative
agencies and commodity stabilizatior
corporations In an effort TO enable the
farmer to help himself toward pros
perity and economic equality with work.
ers in other industries.
House Accepts Three Changes.
More than two score of amendments
10 the bill were proposed during the twt
DAYS the House devoted to consideration
of changes In the draft received from
its agriculture committee but onlN
three acre accepted and these were al
proposed by members Of the comr1itte'
with the intention Of clarifying thu
language.
The debenture provision and tn
equalization fee which caused two Nc
Nary -Hsugen bills TO be vetoed both
were proposed as amendments in th'
House. but did not come TO a vote, be-
ing ruled out on points of order as rep
, reSenting plans of farm relief differen
, from that under consideration.
Only two Republican Representative
: voted against the bill on the final rol
call and many Democrats joined tn
majority OF chorus of noes" In tn
rapid rejection Of amendments TIL
process Of considering the bill in tn
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