The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-12
Proposes Passage of Ship ping Bill as Temporary
 Emergency Measure
HOUSE BUSY WHILE
 SENATE MARKS TIME
President Still Determined to Push Measure Even to Point of Extra Session = Effort to Pass
 Cloture Rule Today

Washington, February IA compro- mise proposal designed to extricate the administration ship purchase bill from the deadlock that has blocked it's passage in the Senate, and to avert an extra ses- sion was put forward tonight by House democrats through Representative Kitch- in of North Carolina. chosen majority leader of the next House
 The new plan, which proposes the pass age of the shipping bill as a temporary emergency measure, was developed at con- ferences on the House side of the capitol -whiie the Senate marked time with both opponents and supporters of the measure sparring for advantage. An adjournment of the Senate tonight advanced the plans of the democratic leaders to force a cloture rule that would end the deter mined filibuster
 To Propose New Bill
 As announced by Representative Kitch- in the compromise contemplates the pass age through the House next week of the bli 6StSttu py StDdloT tore WlIn an amendment that would terminate the gov ernments activities in the shipping busi- ness two years after the close of the Eu- ropean war. Despite President Wilson s announced determination to stand by the Senate bill in it's present form, Represen- tative Kitchin said, House leaders. anx- ious to avoid an extra session, proposed to put this measure before the Senate and give the President an opportunity to &C., pending bill
 The desire of both republicans and dem- ocrats to avoid an extra session, Repre- sentative Kitchin said probably would give the proposed plan sufficient support to get it through before March 4.
 Representative Kitchin, Majority Lead CT Underwood, Representative Atkinson and other House leaders, after conferring with President Wilson at the White House today, returned to the capitol with the assurance that despite the gloomy out look in the Senate, the President was still determined to press the purchase bill even to the point of calling an extra ses- sion The House leaders told the Pres ident that they believed that an extra session would prove futile because the ship bill would fail to get majority in the nex. House.
 Seek to Limit Debate
 In the Senate the day again was devoted to speeches and to informal conferences after numerous notices had been given of cloture rule to limit debate. Senator Lea of Tennessee late in the day gave notice of-an amendment to the rules to provide for fixing a time for vote on any pending bill whenever the Senate shoult sustain declaration that ob- structive tactics were being employed. Senator Norris, who gave notice sev- eral days ago of rule to limit debate on bill to three hours for each senator. had his amendment referred to the com mittee on rules which will meet tomor- row.
 An effort to pass some cloture rule will be made tomorrow.
 Democratic leaders expected that mo- ton would be made to take up the post office appropriation bill today but, in ,'iew of the cloture rule efforts and the fact that Senate and House leaders were con.
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