Washington, Mar. 9. President Hoover has asked Congress to appropriate $10,000,000 to be immediately available as part of the Farm Board's $500,000,000 Fund, which has. been created to make loans to assist in the effective snerchandizing of agricultural pro-was recently announced that the Fund was being called upon to supply $25,000,000 worth of corn Jor famine relief in China. In this connection the Agricultural Committee of the Senate decided to consult Mr, J. V. A. MacMurray, until lately United Siates Minister 46 China, and Mr. John B. Payi 'Chairman of the Red Cross' Society.
President Hoover's action is regarded as possibly foreshadowing abeld expansion of the Farm Board's
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