Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-21
Controls Possibility of Law
to Restore Confidence,
Legislator States.
OLD GUARD Is CHIDED
BY SENATOR HARRISON
Comment en- Article Hoover Favors
0pposition's Measure Goes
Unanswered.

Republican independents and Demo-
Gratis in the Senate, who are in con-
troll of the tariff bill were assailed to-
day by Representative Treadway, Re-
publican, Massachusetts,, who asserted
that the future of business depended
upon the coalitions action on the
tariff.
The Massachusetts Representative
said the coalition controlled the pos
sibility of the passage of measure
which will stabilize business and re-
store the confidence of the people"
Replying to a recent speech by Rep
resentative Byrns, Democrat, Tennessee,
who had said the administration and
the Republican party were responsible
for depression in industry, Treadway
defended President Hoover He said
there was some unemployment, but
praised the Chief Executive for steps he
had taken toward stabilizing business. p"
Involved in Argument.
Treadway became involved in an ar
gument with Representative Douglass
and Connery. Democrats, Massachu-
sets, after he had asserted that un-
EMPLOYMENT conditions were not as bad
as they had been. Both Connery and
Douglass declared the situation in
Massachusetts was very bad. Douglass
added that it was worse than it had
ever been under a Democratic adj
miniStration.
At one point in Treadway's speech he
was asked by Representative Yon, DEM
ocrat, of Florida whether statements
from the White House had not con-
tributed to the inflated condition" that
led to the Stock Market break. Tread
way replied that only truth" had come
from the White House.
Meanwhile in the Senate the Old
Guard Republicans were chided by SEN
ator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi
about an article appearing in the Kan
saS City Star recently, which said that
President Hoover actually favored the
tariff bill being written in the Senate
by the coalition of Democrats and
Western Republican independents.
Senator Harrison took the floor after
Senator Grundy.. an Old Guard Repub-
lican of Pennsylvania, had circularized
the story from the Kansas City Star
among some of his colleagues.
There was no doubt today that the
article had prompted much informa
discussion among the Republican regular
leadership IN the Senate.
1t was learned by the Republican.
that 'the Stars rowing correspondent
who wrote the story. had called upor
the President before he wrote the article
and there were persistent, but nebulous
rumors that the Republican regular;
wanted to have some word from Mr.
Hoover about it.
Remarks Go Unanswered.
Senator Harrison's remarks went un-
answered in the Senate.
Harrison. after quoting part of the
story which appeared in the Kansas
City Star on January &c. concluded:
II say that even though the informa-
ton has to come from the sidewalks
We are proud to learn that the PreSi-
dent is with us in this fight"
The Star story in part said that Mr.
Hoover is prepared to accept the Demo-
acknowledgements Republican coali-
ton bill because "it is the kind of Q
tariff bill this Republican President had
asked "a Republican Congress to enact.
Senator Grundy, in an interview to-
day with newspaper men. declined tc
discuss the reported attitude of the
President but did say:
My attention was called to the
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