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one per cent of that energy to really helping the 

 farmers through cooperative marketing associations, 

 and they will solve their wheat problem and other 

 problems in less than five or seven years." 



The Sixty-eighth Congress adjourned without act- 

 ing favorably upon either of the proposed bills for 

 the relief of agriculture. When the Sixty-ninth 

 Congress convened a renewed effort was made to 

 secure the passage of one or more of these legisla- 

 tive proposals. Most of these measures were re- 

 drafts of bills that had been submitted previously 

 to Congress. 



Of the numerous bills introduced only three re- 

 ceived serious consideration. The first was the 

 Curtis-Aswell Bill, which had for its purpose the 

 organization with governmental aid of a nationwide 

 cooperative association. This bill provided for the 

 coordination of all existing cooperative marketing 

 associations of the country, and it further provided 

 for the encouragement of the organization of addi- 

 tional cooperative associations where they were 

 found to be needed. This bill failed to provide ade- 

 quately for marketing the surplus farm crops, and it 

 is probable that this was the reason it did not receive 

 more favorable consideration. 



The second farm relief bill was known as the 

 Tincher Bill. This bill was designed to promote 

 commodity marketing by lending the cooperative 

 associations money at low rates of interest. It was 

 reported that this was an administrative measure 



