12 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



Pat Harrison, of Mississippi ; Wesley L. Jones, 

 of Washington; Eobert N. Stanfield, of 

 Oregon; Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota; 

 Charles A. Rawson, of Iowa, and Claude A. 

 Swanson, of Virginia. 



A similar movement was started in the House 

 and a group of Representatives with the same 

 purpose and non-partisan objective was or- 

 ganized to represent the leading agricultural 

 districts. The group has not been so thorough- 

 ly established as in the Senate, however, nor has 

 it functioned in such an effective manner. 

 Agricultural matters have usually received 

 more attention in the House than in the Senate. 



The Agricultural Bloc was the result of the 

 conviction forced upon the more thoughtful 

 representatives of the farmers that they must 

 unite on a simple and direct program in order 

 to bring the nation to see the nfeds in the 

 emergency and to act before it was too late. 



