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10 HELP FARMERS essage Also Favors Tariff Revision of Limited Scope During Session. (Continued From First Page.) nomics and would result in constructive action. The administration is pledged to create an instrumentality that will investigate the causes, find sound reme- dies and have the authority and re- sources to apply those remedies. Marketing System Ideas. Mr. Hoover sees in the creation of such a farm board an opportunity for the reorganization of the marketing sys- tem on sounder, more stable and more economic lines. He said frankly that the board will require funds to accom- plish this to ald in creating farmer- owned and farmer-controlled agencies for a varlety of purposes, including ac- quisition of adequate warehouse facil- ities, adequate working capital to be advanced against commodities placed in storage, and necessary advances to be made to corporations owned by farmers marketing organiations. The farm board, in tae opinion of the President, can be of great aid to the farmers through investigations which will enable the farmers to eliminate unprofitable marginal lands and their adaption to other uses and to develop industrial by-products. The President is strongly against any plan that will result in undermining the freedom of the farmers or subject them to bureaucratic and governmental domination. He is against, too, any activities which would result in increas- | ing surplus production of crops. And wherever private funds are available to ald the farmer in meeting his problems, he is opposed to duplication by the Government. Progressive Move Praised. “The most progressive movement in all agriculture,” said the President, “has been the upbuilding of the farmers’ own marketing organizations, which now embrace nearly 2,000,000 farmers in membership and annually distribute nearly $2,500,000,000 worth of farm products. These organizations have ac- quired experience in virtually every branch of their industry, and furnish a substantial basis upon which to build | further organization: { Mr. Hoover lays great stress in his message on the need of making a start toward the relief of agriculture on more permanent lines. He says: Time Needed for Cure. 1 “The difficulties of agriculture cannot | be cured in a day: they cannot all be PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Hoover Reaffirms Election Pledge in Urging Congress to Give Relief to Farmers and Revise is u‘;: text of President Hoover's message °°"‘{,“' “To the Congress of the United States: “I have called this special to redeem limited changes in the tariff, “The difficulties of the icultural industry arise out of a multitude of causes. A heavy indebtedness was in- herited by the industry from the defla- tion processes of 1920. Disorderly and wasteful methods of marketing have de- veloped. The growing specialization in the industry has for years been increas- ing the proportion of products that now leave the farm, and in consequence prices have been unduly depressed by congested marketing at the harvest or by the occasional climatic surpluses. “Raliway rates have necessarily in- creased. ‘There has been a growth of competition in the world markets from countries that enjoy cheaper labor or more nearly virgin solls. There was & great expansion of production from our marginal lands during the war, and upon these profitable enterprise under norme! conditions cannot be maintained. Meanwhile their continued output tends to aggravate the situation. Local taxes have doubled and in some cases trebled. Work animals have been steadily re- placed by mechanrical appliances, there- by decreasing the consumption of farm products. There are many other con- tributing causes. “The general result has been that our agricultural industry has not kept pace in prosperity or standards of living| with other lines of industry. Problem One of Method. “There being no disagreement as to| the need of farm relief, the problem before us becomes one of method by which relief may be most successfully brought about. Because of the muiti- tude of causes, and because agriculture | is not one industry but a score of in-| dustries, we are confronted not with a | single problem alone but a great num- | ber of problems. Therefore, there is no| single plan or principle that can be| generally applied. Some of the forces | working to the detriment of agriculture can be greatly mitigated by improving our waterway transportation: some of them by readjustment of the tariff; some by better understanding and ad- justment of production needs, and some by improvement in the methods of mar- | Keting. | “An effective tariff upon agricultural | products that will compensate the| farmer’s higher costs and higher stand- ards of living has a dual purpose. Such a tariff not only protects the farmer lni our domestic market but it also stimu- | lates him to diversify his crops and to | grow products that he could not other- wise produce. and thus lessens his de- pendence upon exports to foreign mar- | pes kets, The great expansion of produc- tion abroad under the conditions I have mentioned renders foreign competition THREE PROBLEMS CONFRONT HOOVER President Excludes Other Matters, to Be Studied at Future Date. Tariff. strength and importance equal to that of those which dwlean have m‘;fd hl:r transportation an king, we give im- mediate assurance of the determined purpose of the Government to meet the difficulties of which we are now aware and to create an agency through which constructive action for the future will . this treatment of this “In re: nt of recognize the responsibility of the people | BY the Associated Press. as a whole, and we shall lay the foun- | President Hoover has three dations for a new day in agriculture, [lems at hand and is from which we shall preserve to the!these to the exclusion of other matters, Nation the great values of its individu- | the study of which he believes may well ality and strengthen our whole national | be deferred until some later time. fabric, This accounts to a large degree for “In’ considering the tarift for other|the lack ‘of reaction from the White industries than agriculture we find that [ House to suggestions for a considera- there have been economic shifts neces- | tion of relations with Soviet Russia, & rmblem we sitating a readjustment of some of the tariff schedules. Seven years of experi- ence under the tariff bill epacted in 1922 have demonstrated the misdom of Congress in the enactmend of that measure, On the whole it b ‘worked well. In the main our wages Rave been maintained at high levels; our exports and imports have steadily increased; with some exceptions our manufact: ing industries have been “rospero Nevertheless, economic changes h: taken place during that time which have placed certain domestic products at a disadvantage and new industries have come into being, all of which creates the necessity for some limited changes in the schedules and in the administrative clauses of the Iaws as written in 1922, Test Is Proposed. “It would seem to me that the test of necessity for revision is in the main whether there has been a substantial slackening of activity in an industry during the past few years and & conse- quent decrease of employment due to insurmountable competition in the prod- i new naval arms conference and other subjects within both the foreign and the domestic fleld. Foremost among the present problems Is k%‘: redeeming of the party campaign pledges for farm relief and tariff re- vision. the chief subjects with which the Seventy-first Congress soon will be- gin to grapple at this, its first and extraordinary session. Of only slightly less importance is the completion of the reorganization of £ |the administrative machinery of the Government, which has been in process almost since March 4 and still is far from an accomplished fact. Law Commission to Be Set Up. Third in the list is the setting up of the law enforcement commission, which is to conduct an exhaustive study into the operations of enforcement machinery in all of its branches and into working of the prohibition enabling acts in particular. Administration officials foresee little difficuity in getting through a farm re- lief measure along the lines lald down in the Republican party platform and in the campaign addresses of the Presi- ucts of that industry. It is not as if wz“wered ufittm‘;padn::.rxu of pro- tective duties. e seven years)yithout undue dela; nd tl special ago. What we need to remedy now is| session enue‘}‘i wllh:n 'Lgmmar four whatever substantial loss of employment | months. ;r‘ny have resulted from shifts since that, They also expect that within that ime. time administrative reorganization will “No discrimination against any for-|be practically completed. Substantial eign industry is involved in equalizing | progress has been made in that direc- the difference in costs of production at | tion and announcements probably will home and abroad-and thus taking from | be made this week of appointments of foreign producers the advantages they |the full personnel of assistants to the derive from paying lower wages to labor. | Postmaster General and the Attorney Indeed, such equalization is not only a|General. measure of social justice at home but; This will leave only two departments by the lift it gives to our standards of | —State and Commerce—in which re- living we increase the demand for those | organization work will be incomplete. goods from abroad that we do not our- | That in the State Department is await- selves produce. In a large sense we | ing a further study of the situation by have learned that the cheapening of | Secretary Stimson, while that in the the toiler decreases rather than pro- | Commerce Department awaits the re- motes permanent prosperity, because it | turn here of Dr. Julius Klein, director reduces the consuming power of the of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. dent. and they are hopeful that limited ople. “In determining changes in our tariff we must not fail to take into account| Some Changes Contemplated. the broad interests of the country as 8| Some in bureaus snd tariffl revision can be acgcomplished | the Husband Kills Man After Setting Trap ' For Check on Wife By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., - A cockleburr placed in car of Edwin Woods, 38, and alleged to have found in the clothing of Mrs! Overton, 25, led to the fatal shooting of Woods Sun- day by Tom Overton, 29. the woman’s husband, and Woods' former employe. ‘Woods, station operator, fleelng was shot five times while from his place of business. He died en route to a hospital. Mrs. Overton denied any relationship with the slain man, that her husband had an another woman “who broke up our home.” HOOVER S MESSAGE DRAWS APPROVAL Democratic Quarters Inclined to Criticize First Address to Congress. President Hoover's first message to Congress drew approval today from many of the leaders of the Senate and House. In Democratic quarters there was an inclination to criticize the message, partly because it was not more specific in recommendations for legisl: n and partly because of the attitude of the Democratic opposition to the Re- | publican protective tariff. {G. AR, CONVENTION Both houses adjourned soon after the reading of the message. It was sent to | Senate and House by a messenger from the White House. Senator McNary, | chairman of the committee on agricul- | ture, approved the message, but called | ! attention to the fact that the President | had not discussed in it the export de- | | benture plan of dealing with the ex- Jp\'n'uble surplus, which his committee now Is considering. | Senator McNary, Republican, of Ore-| | gon, chairman of the agriculture com- | mittee—"It is a good description of the | farm conditions and made rather clear | his notions on the remedy, amplifying ; | his St. Louls speech. However, it ex-| 1 pressed no opinion regarding the de- | benture plan. The outline of the struc. ture is followed pretty closely by the bill T introduced last year and along the line of the House bill.” Robinson Comments. l Senator Robinson, Democrat, of Ark- | ansas, the minority leader: “The Presi-/ | dent’s message is brief and clearly states the farm problem. It is, perhaps. un- OPENS WITH PRAISE Building of Tomb for Un-| known Revolutionary War Soldier Lauded. Patrigtic exercises and m from leaders of the Children a!fi:‘fimen- can Revolution, the Daughters of the | American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution, featured the for- mal opening of the thirty-fourth an- nual convention of the National So- ciety Children of the American Revolu- | tion in the auditorium of the National Red Cross Building today. A ! Mrs, Josiah A. Van Orsdel, national president of the Children of the Amex- ican Revolution, who called the conve: tion to order, in her annual mes:sa to the society, called attention to work and achievements during the pas: | four years in which she has been asso- | ciated with it. Mrs, Van Orsdel described as “the great outstanding achievement” of the soclety during the past year the erec- tion of a tomb to the memory of an Unknown Soldier of the American Rev- ! olution in the yard of the old Presby- | terian Meeting House in Alexandria, | Va. “The prompt response from so- | cieties in contributions to the tund for the erection of this tomb has been high- ly gratifying.” she said. She also declared that the members of the society have been liberal in their contributions toward the restoration of Wakefield, the birthplace of George Washington. Referring to the work ! within the society itself, se alluded to the preparation of a history of the or- ganization, which she said will, when completed, be of great value as a matter of rkerord of the organization and its < work.” Reads D. A. R. Message. Mrs. Van Orsdel read a message to ;?e National Soclety, C. A. R., from rs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president gen- eral of the Daughters of the American | Revolution, in which Mrs, Brosseau, re- ferring to the Children of the Ameri- can Revolution, declared: “They are to carry on after we have laid down the reins,” and urged all members of the Children of the Ameri- can Revolution to strive to become good members of the two adult organizations -~—the Daughters of the American Revo- lution and the Sons of the American Revolution—in later years, Prank B. Steele, secretary generai of the National Society, Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution, in a brief address re- counted the work of organization and growth of the D. A. R, 8. A. R. and €. A. R. organizations. Col. Alonzo Gray, president of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the American Revolution, warned For Impaired Vision —consutt an Eye Physician A ceasus of one of the ! largest cities in the coun- try shows that of several thousands of children ex- amined over 66% had de- fective vision, EDMONDS === O PTI CIAN=—= 918 Fifteenth Street WASHINGTON Establiched 1899 PR TR R RERE Plumbing Fixtures First Quality Guaranteed At Prices That Save You Money Always! Pive fofort BATHROOM COMBINATION Beautiful enameled tub. white vitreous and _enameled Complete - with tings, only.......... O sinks | Spisots Bathtubs Drainboards Water Heaters Toilet Seats o Lavatories Range Bolles Laundry Tra: © Toilet Outhts A fefelef ot Convenient Branches MAIN OFFICE-6™ & C.Sts. SW. CAMP MEIGS- Fla. Ave. N.E. BRIGHTWOOD-5921 Ga Ave. NW. it ' B .0 8 N B R.'.8 changes ST R BT cured by legislation; they cannot be cured by the Federal Government alone. But farmers and their organizations can be assisted to overcome these in- equalities, Every effort of this char- acter is an experiment, and we shall find from our experience the way to further advance. We must make a start.” He looks forward to the foundation whole, and such interests include our | divisions of other departments also are | trade relations with other countries. ll‘.comemphled. These will be brought obviously unwise protection which | about gradually as the new cabinet of- | sacrifices a greater amount of employ- | ficers are able to study the situations ment in exports to gain a less amount | in each case, so as (o determine to | of employment from jmports. “I am impressed with the fact that we also need important revision in some of the administrative phases of the tariff. The Tariff Commission should in our export markets increasingly seri- ous. It seems but natural, therefore, | that the American farmer, having bee; greatly handicapped in his foreign mar- ket by such competition from the younger expanding countries, should ask that foreign access to our domestic | market should be regulated by taking into account the differences in our costs of production. avoldably, _indefinite wilh respect to | agalnst propaganda, spread by radicals medies. I take issue With the decla- | ¥ith a view to undermining the Gov- ::nnnl”thlt fle?nblzu tarift provl:fo:m! ernment of this Nation and the funda- ;l:ou\dbel :mn)'-llmfl}i ‘1 think s’;;hama! menu‘:' agn;ncipl’eldugon ‘Km:;h t:lemNa- repealed. low It expec that | [ound A ie forefathe: VeciT peviaion Wl sid farmees? What |and declared the Children of the Amer- schedules does the President proposé | can Revolution must uphold the Con- shall be revised? There is real danger stitution. that the benefits from any farm relief | Mrs. David D. Caldwell, state regent bill which may be passed may be offset | Of the District of Columbia Society | thelr own satisfaction whether sweep- ing reorganizations are necessary. Having filled the important post of | Ambassador to Great Britain with the | selection of former Vice President | of a new day in agriculture which shall be of benefit to the entire nations. A perusal of the message leaves no doubt of the President’s earnest desire to aid agriculture and to place it on a stable basis. Concerning the question of tariff revision for industries other than agri- culture, President Hoover suggests a limited revision and lays down as a measure for revision the following test: Question of Activity. “It would seem to me that the test of necessity for revision is in the main whether there has been a substantial slackening of activity in an industry during the past few years and a conse- quent decrease of employment due to insurmountable competition in the prod- ucts of that industry. It i= not as if ‘we were setting up a new basis of pro- tective duties, We did that seven years ago. - What we need to remedy now is ‘whatever substantial loss of employment may have resulted from shifts since that time.’ Mr. Hoover points out that in the main American industry has thrived under the Fordney-McCumber tariff act, and for that reason there is no ne- cessity for a general tariff increase all along the line. Nor does the President believe it wise in making tariff changes. | to fail to take into account the broad interest of the country, which include trade relations with other nations. “It is obviously unwise protection which sacrifices a greater amount of | employment in exports to gain a less amount of employment from imports.” Discrimination Is Denied. | 1In the opinion of the President, how- ever, no discrimination against any for- eign industry is involved in equalizing the difference in cost of production at | home and abroad “and thus taking from foreign producers the advantages they derive from paying lower wages to labor.” ‘Turning to the administrative features of the tariff law, Mr. Hoover urges the strengthening of the Tariff Commission, by reorganization and placing it upon a basis of higher salaries. He believes that the flexible tariff clause of the present law has proved its value, but that it be made still more valuable by the adoption of a different formula upon which the commission must act before it submits its reports and recom- mendations for tariff changes to the President. He recommends, too, that Congress provide for a sounder basis of valuation when it comes to levying the tariffs upon imports. ‘The President’'s message contains no brand-new suggestions with regard to farm relief. But it does set forth clearly the situation which confronts the farmers and the imperative need of governmental ald. And it does give definite lines to the program of relief. $10,000,000 LAND FRAUD LAID TO THREE Florida Realty Company Officials " Are Accused in Federal | “The Government has a special man- date from the recent election not only to further develop our waterways and revise the agricultural tariff but also to extend systematic relief in other direc- tions. Federal Marm Board. “I have long held that the multi- plicity of causes of agricultural depres- sion could only be met by the creation of a great instrumentality clothed with | Tariff sufficient authority and resources to as- sist our farmers to meet these prob- lems, each upon its own mierits. The creation of such an agency would at once transfer the agricultural question from the fleld of politics into the realm of economics and would result in con- structive action. The administration is pledged to create an instrumentality that will invesiigate the causes, find sound remedies and have the authority and resources to apply those remedies. “The pledged purpose of such a Ped- eral farm board is the reorganization of the marketing system on sounder and more stable and more economic lines. ‘To do this the board will require funds to assist in creating and sustaining farmer-owned and farmer-controlled agencies for a varlety of purposes, such as the acquisition of adequate ware-| d housing and other facilities for market- ing; adequate working capital to be| advanced against commodities lodged | for storage; necessary and prudent ad- | vances to corporations created and! owned by farmers’ marketing organiza- tions for the purchase and ‘orderly mar- keting of surpluses occasioned by cli- | matic variations or by harvest conges- tion; to authorize the creation and sup- port of clearing houses, especially for perishable products, through which, un- der producers’ approval, co-operation can be established with distributors and processors to more orderly marketing of commodities and for the elimination of many wastes in distribution; and to provide for licensing of handiers of some perishable products so as to elimi- nate unfair practices. Every penny of waste between farmer and consumer that we can eliminate, whether it arises from methods of distribution or from hazard or speculation, will be a gain to both farmer and consumer. Inquiry Held Essential. “In addition to these special provi- sions in the direction of improved re- turns, the board should be organized to investigate every field of economic betterment for the farmer, so as to fur- nish guidance as to need in production; to devise methods for elimination of unprofitable marginal lands and their adaptation to other uses; to develop industrial by-products and to survey a score of other flelds of helpfulness. “Certain safeguards must naturally surround these activities and the in- strumentalities that are created. Cer- tain vital principles must be adhered to in order that we may not undermine the freedom of our farmers and of our people as a whole by bureaucratic and governmental domination and interfer- ence. We must not undermine initia- tive, There should be no fee or tax imposed upon the farmer. No govern- mental agency should e in the buying and selling and pi fixing of products, for such courses can lead only to bureaucracy and domination.. Gov- Indictment. By the Associated Press. 0 , Fla., harged in an ent returned by a Federal grand jury here with an alleged $10,000,000 land fraud scheme. ‘The men, all of whom have been Tre- leased under $5,000 bond each, are Ray L. Selden of Daytona Beach, president of the concern; Abraham Gratz, alias Gratch, of Pittsburgh, Pa., vice presi- dent, and Frank Andrew Bemnett, alias David Kramer Gratz, alias Wil- brother of Abraham Fall. Injuries Schoolboy. “I‘t’ 1224 Owen i o o . His mother ital where ernment funds should not be loaned or facilities duplicated where other services of credit and facilities are available at reasonable rates. No activities should be set in motion that will result in increasing the surplus luction, as such will defeat any plans of relief. “The most ive movement in all agriculture has been the upbuilding | ida, of the farmer's own marketing organi- zations, which now embrace nearly two million farmers in membership and an- nually distribute nearly $2,500,000, worth of farm products. These organi- zations have acquired experience in vir- tually every branch of their industry, and furnish & substantial upon which to build further organizations. Not all these marketing tions are of the same type, but the test of them is whether or not they are farmer owned or farmer controlled. In order be reorganized and placed upon a basis of higher salaries in order that we may at all times command men of the broad- est atlainments. Seven years of experi- ence have proved the principle of flexi- | ble tariff to be practical, and in the| long view & most important principle to | maintain, ! Tariff Commission Changes. “However, the basis upon which the Commission makes its recom- mendations to the President for admin- istrative changes in the rates of duty should be made more automatic and more comprehensive, to the end that! the time required for determinations by the Tariff Commission shall be greatly shortened. The formuls upon which the commission must now act often re- quires that years be consumed in reach- ing conclusions where it should require only months. Its verv is de- feated by delays. I believe a formula can be found that will insure rapid and accurate determination of needed changes in rates. With such strength- ening of the Tariff Commission and of its basis for action many secondary changes in tariff can be left to action by the commission, which at the same | time will give complete security to in- try for the future. 1 ‘Furthermore, considerable weak- | nesses on the administrative side of the | tariff have developed, especially in the valuations for assessments of duty.| There are cases of undervaluations that | are difficult to discover without access to the books of foreign manufacturers, which they are reluctant to offer. This has become also a great source of fric- tion abroad. There is increasing ship- ment of goods on consignment, particu- larly by foreign shippers to concerns that they control in the United States, and this practice makes valuations dif- ficult to determine. I believe it is de- sirable to furnish to the Treasury a sounder basis for valuation in these and | other cases. It is my understanding that it is the purpose of the leaders of Congress to confine the deliberations of the session mainly to the question of farm relief and tariff. In this policy I concur. There are, however, certain matters of emergency legislation that were partially completed in the last session, such as the decennial census, the reapportion- ment of congressional representation, | and the suspension of the national origins clause of the immigration act of 1924, together with some minor admin- istrative authorizations. I understand that these measures can be reunder- taken without unduly extending the ses- sion. I recommend their consummation s being in the public interest. “HERBERT HOOVER.” “The White House, *-ril 16, 1929.” MRS. OWEN SPEAKS AT SESSION OF DRYS Woman Members of Congress Represent Womanhood of U. S, She Says. First Congrega- ressed the desire to pledge of allegiance to the , aftes the word ‘allegiance,’ the yhr?sg 'e.ver; law for which my flag stands will' be sacred to me.'” Upon the woman members of Con- gress, Mrs. Owen sald, rested the re- sponsibility of re, in a way not only their tuents, but ulsoum womanhood of the United Mrs, Owen spoke briefly, to by Clinton N. chairman of the National United Com- business | mittee, to her father, William Jennings ture, g difficulties of agriculture cannot be cured in & day; they cannot all be cured by B cured by the But farmers by increased burdens growing out 015 tariff revisions. I also take issue with | the President’s declaration that the ex- | penses incident to farm relief shall not | be borne by the crops benefited. The iministration | Charles G. Dawes, whose nomination is | expected to be cenfirmed promptly By1 the Senate, the Chief Executive is giv- | ing little thought to other diplomatic | appointments and changes. Secretary Stimson wants to canvass | the whole field and he will be given all | the time necessary for the completion of this rather stupendous task. Conse- quently, the naming of a successor to the late Myron T. Herrick, as Ambassa- dor to France, probably will be deferred for several months, as will various transfers in the diplomatic corps. President Hoover has made in selecting members’ of the Law En- forcement Commission, but thus far he has been able to keep his selections secret. ‘The personnel of the commis- sion probably will be completed within a week or 10 days, and it will organize I?r h‘iork as speedily thereafter as prac- ticable. When the commission reaches the study of prohibition enforcement, all sides will be given an opportunity to be heard, and this phase-of the inquiry |alone probably will corsume some weeks. The dry organizations are ex- pected to join forces for a presentation of their case, as they di Senate inquiry, while the wets will be represented largely by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, PSR FARM BILL HINTS OF LONG SESSION ON PRICE CONTROL | From First Page.) Here are two paragraphs that will come in for much debate: “Any stabilization corporation receiv- ing such advances shall exert every reasonable effort to avoid losses and to secure profits, but it shall not withhold any commodity from the domestic market if the prices thereof have be- come unduly enhanced, Tesulting in dis- tress to domestic consumers.” The foregoing paragraph implies that if the cost of living goes up, due to the operations of the stabilization corporations, the Federal Farm Boar shall step in, just as the Federal Re- serve Board has endeavored to intervene when the price of money for commer- cial uses recently became excessive. There is no way of telling exactly what machinery will be available to prove that prices to the consumer have been “unduly enhanced,” or is there any provision to penalize the stabiliza- tion corporations except by withholding further advances, though when the prices to the consumer are high it is contended that the stabilization cor- rations will not need funds from the ‘ederal Farm Board. Ancther Unusual Trend. Another significant paragraph is the following: “The board shall require any stabiliza- tion corporation to establish and main- tain adequate reserves before it shall pay dividends out of its profits. If by eason of unforeseen conditions & loss is sustalned by any such corporation, which exceeds its capital and reserves, viously accumulated, such loss shall repaid out of the profits subsequently earned, but shall not be assessed against the stockholders of the corporation.” This last principle is so far different from anything Federal Govern- ment has ever undertaken with re- or private institutions that it may bring a revival of the planks once advocal by Western Democrats for the guaran- tee of bank deposits by governmental institutions. The joint stock land banks have just had big assessments made 3t m institutions which had suffered losses, the Federal Government be losses of stabilization corporations, but e ibility of a precedent for all institutions which are indirectly or di- rectly related to the agricultural credit structure. ‘With these new and vital points in House bill, the expectation is that Senate will have a hard time re- writing the measure there at the outset a showdown on mental principles and a willingness of the ma; hich, the. MaNary-Hatom sros -Haugen group insisted was inevitable, jd during the i d | ted | all its committees will oren the way | Senator Sackett, Republican of Ken- | tucky, chairman of the Republican steering committee: “It is & good, clear we are not in for anything that will ,:ucurh the present prosperous condi- Senator Caraway, Democrat Arkansas: © “The President's message | was described by a Prince of Norway in answer to & question of his swee: heart 400 years ago. Ophelia asked | Hamlet what he was reading and he | said, ‘words.’” ! Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of | Michigan: “President Hoover's official recognition of the reappo ent issue does great credit to his constitu- tional consistency. It is logical that | the leader who asks the country to| obey the Constitution should insist first | that should yield to the same mandate. Yet I believe this is the first | presidential recognition of reapportion- | ment in all the years of nullification | since 1920.” H Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn-| sylvania: “The American people will not permit the immigration law to be | weakened. To repeal or suspend the! national origins clause would be a sur- | render to foreign blocs. I do not think Congress will modify the la Clear Message, Says Jones. Senator Jones of Washington, Repub- lican, said: : “It is a clear and comprehensive | message on the subjects the President desires to consider. His suggestions re- garding agriculture are comprehensive | and concrete. It is a wise and business- like message.” Senator Swanson of Virginia, Demo- crat, said: i “The President presents very clearly and forcibly the wretched condition to which agriculture has been reduced : after elght years of Republican admin- | | istration. ‘The distress of agriculture | and necessity for relief are not univer- | | sally conceded. The proposed relief is very vague and general, contains many pleasing platitudes and cannot be spe- | cifically approved or disapproved un- til the bills to carry out the suggestions | have been reported and considered.” Senator McKellar of Tennessee, Demo- crat, said: e “There are so many glittering gen- eralities I did not understand it. It will be impossible to limit the legisla- tive program, in the Senate at least. Undoubtedly, legislation will be intro- | duced to alter the Federal reserve laws, and there will be a great deal of dis. cussion on that point.” SENATE IS FACING | FLOOD OF BILLS| Battle in Prospect Under Rules Limiting Business to Presi- | . dent's Program. By the Associated Pross. Completion of the Senate organisa. tion Tguruhy with the setting up of of for consideration of any of the flood of bills and resolutions which are being drafted in"the face of the administra. tion’s plan for a limited legislative pro- gral ‘Taki advantage of their more | stringent rules, however, House leaders will organize only the three committees necessary to put through the program of President Hoover for farm relief and | tariff revision. In Rghh situation lies the prospect of a battle between the Senate and House, as &eell as a contest between the ity to put the Federal Gov- | are {DUTIES OF Daughters of the American Revolution. 1in greeting the society cescribed it as a “truly worthy organization,” and praised the work of Mrs. Van Oradel as presi- dent. Band at Meeting. The meeting was opened with selec- tions by a section of the U. S. Marine Band and invocation was delivered by | Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the U. 8. House of Repre- ntatives. The convention color bearers and pages, including two children dressed | in Lolonial costumes, serving as flower | pages, marched in at the beginning of | the program. Liitle Randolph Coyle, 4th, dressed in & Marine uniform and wearing a sword presented him by the President of Haiti, while he was there with his father, an officer in the Marine Corps, the platform as “aide to the e moesly Iso includ e_morning program al cluded “The Salute to the Flag,” led by Julia Carlton Bell; the recitation of “The American’s Creed,” by William Tyler Page, its author, in the absence of his grandson, William Tyler Page, 3d, who was - prevented from attending due to illness; plano selections by little Home Stephens McAllister of the Richard Lord Jones Society, C. A. R.; greetings from the first member of the society, Mrs. Margaret M. Lothrop; piano selec- tions, by Jacqueline Churchill: vocal se- lections by Mrs, Harriet Harding Guth- | rie, and other musical featw Presentation of the State flags of Massachusetts, North Carolina and Vir- ginia were made at the meeting. This afternoon’s meeting is being devoted o reports by the various national officers of the society. Tomorrow will be given | over to reports by State directors of the | soclety and patriotic exercises, with the | annual election of officers and conduct of other business Thursday morning. ’ RIS | D.A.R. HEAD, on national CLASSED AS BURDEN Mus. Brosseau Foresces Time When Tasks Will Require Aid of Vice Presidents General. | 1 | | ! The prediction of Mrs. Alfred J.| Brosseau, retiring president general of the D. A. R.; that it may be necessary | to elect more than one head of the Na- | tional Society was a subject of consid- | erable discussion among delegates to | the congress today. | Mrs. Brosseau's expression was con- tained in her annual report, which she | presented yesterday afternoon. | “Yearly the burdens of the president | general become increasingly heavy,” | she said, “and as I close my tenure of | office, I cannot refrain from making the | prediction that the time is not far dis- iant when DO One Woman can Carry | them alone. { “It is my opinion,” she said, “that no- more constructive bit of work can be done during the next three years than the devising of some means whereby the vice presidents general may, in a very practical way, be allowed to relieve the president general of a part of her cares outside the domains of her Wash- | ington office. “Your chief executive should now, figuratively speaking, be a composite creature, possessing the qualifications of a business woman, a social leader, .a globe trotter, a writer, a public speaker | and last, but not least, an impartial judge of all matters of a problematical nature, from chapter controversies to national policies. “The strain of living up to these many requirements, to say nothing of the re- sponsibility for the success or failure of a three years’ administration, is very great and soon only a superwoman will be able to qualify. As most of us are just women, the problem may some day- be acute. “The natural deduction is that more and more of our intelligent, experienced and efficient women must be chosen and trained for high State office. Those ac-, cepting the offices must do so with the | goal of still higher office in sight.” . MR CRASH._ VICTIM DIES. coPYRIGRT SUPPEXHEINIZ TIGERTWIST by Kuppenheimer Ever had a suit of real homespun? _ This fabric is much like it. In looks it been “citified,” of course, and made smarter. But the old rock- ribbed sturdiness is dl there. This is a British cloth that Kuppenheimer confines solely to us. *65 Other Suits $2725 g0 $90 CROSNERS 1325.F.STREET