The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-03
FATE OF PRESIDENTS SHIP PURCHASE BILL
 ||S VIRTUALLY SEALED
Many Believe Measure Will Not Appear AgainCo gress Is Working for
 Adjournment

Washington, March 2.-ConRress set pected to be continuous session until the savel signalizes it's end at noon, March 4.
 The House marked time for few hours after sending the government ship purchase bill back to conference, while committees labored on final agreements the billion-dolIar appro- priation for government expenses. Meanwhile the senate sought cnerget- icalIy to catch up on the legislative prog ramme.
 The days developments virtually sealed the fate of the ship purchase bill, admin istration leaders agreeing thai it would be almost impossible to act on the confer epce report in the Senate after it is dis posed of by the House. Some democratic senators asserted tonight that the meas ure probably would not appear in the Senate again, while others thought it might be offered at the last moment
 The ship bill was shunted aside late in the day in the House, and returned to conference on point ot order made py Representative Mann the minority leader who contended that the conferees had ex- ceeded their authority in increasing to three years the period to elapse follow ing the close of the European war before the Weeks naval auxiliary provisions should become effective.
 Speaker Clark sustained the point of oruer, and a further conference with the Senate was requested to make the report conform to the rules.
 rA~-x s-.4r Al tered upon conference reports on appro- priation bills. Agreement was reached during the day on the naval and legisla- tive, executive and judicial supply meas ures, and on the army bill, except as to a House provision prohibiting the use of speeding up methods in army shops. The Senate conferees yielded to the House on a similar provision in the naval meas uye
 Conferees on the army bill agreed to all the financial features and both houses adopted that portion of the ,ort which carries a total outlay of $1gl,9i4.165. House conferees won point in having stricken out provision for an aviation plant at San Diego, Cal It was provided. however, that a commission of army officers be ap- pointed to look into the selection of a site for such a plant.
 The agreement on the naval bill leaves the naval programme for the year as fol- lows:
 Two battleships six or more torpedo boat destroyers. two seagoing submarines,. IS coast defense submarines and one oil ship The bill carries total of O0000, the total amount for the building pro- gramme aggregating $45, 5,06S,S01.
 Pass Deficiency Bill
 Late in the day the Senate passed the general deficiency appropriation bill. cer- ryine >s.082.S72. An amendment empower ing the interstate commerce commission to have access to the correspondence files of carriers was stricken out on point of order made by Senator Oliver, who de- clared that such eleventh hour legisla- ton in an appropriation bill was unwar- ranted. The bill carried amendments ulak- ing $3o0.06o immediately available for use of the new federal trade com -issiop and appropriattne c6oOoo for the use of the President in executing the neutrality law and for unforeseen emergencies aristng in the diplomatic and consular service. Action of the Phi1fppine iegislature In increasing internal revenue taxes on ac- count of the war Was legalixed, but pro- vision enpowertng tho legislature to en- act further emergency revenue legielation was defeated. Another amendment aPpro- priates $71.0oo to pay claims for Americans tllled on the M9xlcan border.
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