144 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



The Grain Futures Bill, to prevent gambling 

 in grain futures, a subject long discussed, had 

 been passed. 



The Packer's Control Act, which had been 

 pressed for ten years, was enacted, bringing to 

 a close a long-drawn-out controversy on this 

 subject. 



The McNary Bill amending the War Finance 

 Corporation Act to provide relief for producers 

 of agricultural products was passed. 



The end of this session of Congress found 

 the Agricultural Bloc in the Senate working 

 steadily along the lines laid out at the beginning 

 with no change or deviation except as had been 

 found advisable as more careful study of the 

 projects developed. Early in the Fall the Bloc 

 took up the program again with renewed energy 

 and placed first on its list for favorable action 

 the enactment of the Capper- Volstead Coopera- 

 tive Marketing Bill which had long been pending 

 in the Senate and had received but limited 

 support. 



It was decided that the bill providing for 

 representation for agriculture on the Federal 

 Reserve Board should be supported and the 

 bill so drafted as to secure the appointment of 

 an actual farmer upon that Board. It was also 



