Washington, D. . C, June 9 -Criti
cising the majority -of the House for
failing to give . any farming section
representation on the powerful Re
publican "steering committee," . and
accusing the majority party of indis
criminate - slashing of appropriations
for 'agriculture, Representative Wil
liam L.- Nelson, of Missouri, analyzed
how little had been ' dene for the
farmers of the . country at this ses
sion -of Congress.
I find from the recent speech of
Representative Henry T. Rainey, of
Illinois," said Representative Nelson
"that the 'steering committee" is con
stituted of four men, one coming
from Chicago, another Cincinnati and
two others from Rochester, N. Y.,
and Worcester, Mass. They are re
puted to be millionaires, all of them.
So the farmer, whose work places
him in closest partnership with he
Master or the Vineyard, is unrepre
sented on this master committee of
Congress." -.
As pointed out by Mr. Nelson, the
steering committee of the ' House
virtually dictates all legislation. It
determines .what bills shall be given
the right of way, or what measures
shall be side-tracked or put at the
bottom of the calendar. For instance,
when the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds wanted to re
port out a public building bill at this
session, the "steering committee"
refused to O. K. the program and the
bill was never reported.
