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...Voted 66-14 to take up McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill (see FARMERS...
...quick succession, the Senate and House Agriculture committees reported favorably the revised McNary-Haugen bill. But how to get a vote with so much other important legislation pending? There now appeared one morning after a fashionable dinner at which he had been the lion, the Vice President of the U. S. A banker, Mr. Dawes has nevertheless allowed his blessing to rest on the McNary-Haugen scheme. A man of great resourcefulness, he whiffed the political air and he smelled a bill dear to "big business." That was the McFadden branch banking bill, with which is involved the fortunes...
...Heard that the House Agriculture Committee had approved, 13 to 8, of immediate action on the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, had laid aside the Curtis-Crisp compromise bill...
...Senator McNary of Oregon informed the President that, contrary to the opinions of Secretaries Hoover and Jardine, the West was hostile to the Administration's farm program. He said he intends to reintroduce the McNary-Haugen farm bill, which was defeated at the last session of Congress, and which the President opposed...
...farm bloc scoffed, called it "a sop to the farmer vote." If they couldn't have the dear old Haugen Bill, they would see to it that no agricultural legislation got through. Senator Watson (Rep.) of Indiana, always a good schemer behind the scenes, tried to have the World War Veterans Bill given the right of way and thereby shelve all farm matters. Senator Willis of Ohio objected and prevented the Senate from totally disregarding the President's views...