The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-07-24
PRESIDENT DEFEATS SENATE ON
EVERY IMPORTANT PROPOSITION

T.
The United States Senate has been much
in the public prints ever since President
Hoover called the Congress into special ses-
sion in April, 1929, few weeks after he be-
came chief executive of the United States.
With the assembling of the Congress a
group of senators began a vigorous campaign
to block and defeat the Presidents program.
The first piece of important legislation
to be passed by the House was the bill to Or
ganize the Federal Farm board and set up
the machinery with which to operate it.
No sooner had the bill came to the Sen
ate than Senators Norris, LaFolette, Blaine,
Shipstead, Schall, Borah and group of 9TH
ers set out to amend the measure and ham,
string any efficiency it might have. The De-
benture clause, was added to the measure in
direct opposition to the Presidents wishes.
The House was with the President and when
the bill was sent to conference the Deben-
ture feature was eliminated, and the Senate
lost
After President Hoover had, with great
care selected Federal Farm board of I'M
usual ability, outstanding integrity, and es-
pecially fitted to carry on the work, the aug
ust Senators held up the confirmation for
some time. After each prospective member
had put on the senatorial grill they were con-
firmed
The Senate wrangled over the tariff
measure for months. To their credit they
did improve a number of agricultural sched-
ules. In other cases, notably the casein
schedule, the dairy farmer was given a black
eye. This low schedule was handled by Sen
-ators from Wisconsin, LaFollete and Blaine
Wisconsin is one of the leading dairy states
of the union. Wisconsin is also the home of
several large paper mills which use casein ex-
tensively in the manufacture of book papers,
The love of the Wisconsin senators for the
paper moguls may have outweighed their
affection for the dairy farmer of Wisconsin.
The Senate injected the Debenture fea-
ture into the tariff bill and voted to take the
flexible provision out of the present law.
President Hoover was opposed to the Deben-
lures and was strongly in favor of the Flexi-
BILE provision of the tariff law.
When the tariff bill went to Conference
the Debentures were eliminated the Flexible
feature was retained, and the Senate accepted
the amended bill.
Just before the regular session of Con-
gress adjourned bill purporting to be for
the relief of the World War veteran passed
both houses President Hoover promptly
vetoed the measure, pointing out it's weak
ness. The Senate, with hurrah, carried the
bill over the Presidents veto. The House
sustained Mr.. Hoover.
In his message giving his reasons for
vetoing the measure the President indicated
the sort of a message he would approve. A
bill to his liking was Immediately introduced
in the House, quickly passed and sent to the
Senate which they accepted with one or two
minor amendments.
The Senate endeavored to make politi-
cal football out of the London Naval treaty,
intending to pass it's consideration up to the
December session. The President imme-
diately reconvened them on the day of adj
journment There was much buster and
lot of bluffing, but Monday the treaty was
ratified by a vote of SO to 9. On the final
vote Senator Shipstead voted against the
treaty and Senator Schall for it,
The treaty was ratified with one minor
reservation. 1t could just as well have been
ratified at the regular session. Senators get
very liberal mileage allowances for attending
special sessions. It is estimated that this
session cost $270,O00 to get one little insig-
nificant reservation offered by Senator Nor
ris added to the original treaty
The enemies of the President have lost
no opportunity calling attention to his weak
ness" during the Congressional sessions In
view of the fact that he has eventually had
his way with the Senate on every major
proposition, the average citizen is beginning
to realize that there is strong hand at the
Ship of States helm
FARM CLUB WORK