Speech #680125987

If this motion to strike out the enacting clause is agreed to. the Sixtyeighth Congress subjects itself to the samne criticism. The rich and the powerful have never failed to receive a respectful hearing by this Congress. Trhey have brought into this House every character of legislation in their own behalf. from the Mellon plan to the immigration bill. and have been accorded every consideration. Their bills have been debated at length. and every opportunity has been afforded for full consideration. but when the farmer. bankrupted by unfair discrimination and petitioning for relief from conditions the existence of which are universally conceded. comes in at the eleventh hour with a plea for restitution it is proposed that we throw the bill in his face and close the doors and go home. Elemental justice denatds that agriculture receive the same opportunity which has been accorded every other interest in the country since the session began. and if a motion is offered to strike out the enacting clause and deny further consideration it should be decisively defeated and the farmer given at least an opportunty to present his case.