The Detroit times., 1916-11-20
Most of Short Session
Will Be Devoted
to Problem
APPROPRIATIONS
TO BE LARGE
Suffrage and Dry Ad-
vOcates Will Be
Active
From siar corre.ponaerr.

ing out Of the eight.hour day laE
will occupy the attention OF congress
during It's short session which be
gins December { and ends Marco g.
just three months later Aside tron.
the passage OF the big annual sup.
ply bills for the government depar,
msnts. and consideration o' The
railway bills. which we're SIDE.
tracked during the closing dag ot
the last session as soon as the eight
hour measure VAS put thru. 4 is
not believed many other important
matters Of legislation VIII be taken
up.
The short session % congress
ends automatically on March 4 and
II Ia generally believed that a nine
months recess OF congress will fol
low. No one feels that any OF the
matters awaiting congressional &C
don viii be regarded by President
Wilson Of sufficient importance 70
justify him In calling an extra ses-
sion 70 dispose OF them. With
reduced Democratic majority in the
house at best, IL Is doubtful whether
any party measures could D.
enacted.
Strenuous Efforts will be made 20
get votes on two resolutions for the
submission of constitutional amend
ments 10 the individual states. The
prohibitionists want the subject OF
nationwide prohibition, so far as
congress is concerned, disposed OF
IN the short session, and the suf-
Z fragists are equally insistent that
tAs resolution for nationwide WON
ans suffrage shall be acted on this
winter
Tomorrow the Newisnds Joint
congressional committee will begin
consideration OF the bills 20 meet
The transportation problems OF the
country. and the house naval com
nittse Will open its hearings on the
new ss75.0o0,o00 naval appropria-
don bill In order that the commit
tees may be in position 10 recon
mend specific measures 20 congress
soon after the two houses meet the
FIRST Monday in December. The es-
bills will be submitted 70 congress
by the secretary of the treasury
the fret day the house is in session
and the committees handling the
appropriation measures Wili begin
work without delay Usually little
10 done until after the Christmas
holidays, and a two weeks recess
b ordinarily taken a. tha, time. bui
this year II Is proposed 20 do away
With the holiday recess altogether.
Indications are that The aEEre.
safe appropriations made during the
short scssioD will he considerably IN
oxcess OF billion dollars
Several bills. which deal with the
relation OF railways and their en-.
ployes, we're drafted b. Senator
Fewlands. chairman ~ the inter
state commerce committee shortly
Before congress adjourned last fall.
and these are 10 be used as the
basis Of the hearings and delibers.
tione. scheduled TO start tomorrow.
vor the most part these bills we're
drawn up by the department OF JUS
uce AZ the time nation-Wide tieup
vas Imminent. One OF these meas.
ures would postpone any stuks or
lockout, affecting the operation o.
railroads. until there has been an
Investigation and report by public
body. II authorizes the president in
oertsin contingencies 70 operate the
railroads for military purposes.
Another Dill instrucis the inter
u<ate commerce commission to con
hlder Increases in wages in deciding
whether these should be increased
ln freight rates. A third bill pro
poses an increase in the interstate
commerce commission from IL,
present membership OF seven e
nine. and allows It TO divide int,
groups TO expedite it's work. Thh
NIL has passed the house.
There Is an insistent demand 10
the passage OF a law, endorsed b.
the administration. which woui'
give American business firms tn
right TO form trade combinations 70
development OF the export business
Under existing conditions. foreig
governments encourage bushes
combinations for the development
- foreign trade. but firms In tn
Omitted States. under the terms n
the sherman law. cannot take sin
slar steps. As result, n has bee
pointed out American concerns ar
handicapped in competing Wit
European nations for the expor
euNde.
The vocational education bill
which proposes a nfty-nfty arrange
Dcnt between the states and 10
odersi government. has passed IN
innate and 10 awaiting action in IN,
opuse. n n generally admitted
III pase fhsrv - soon AZ u reaches
vule
4 sxrrpt przctees biB vii