The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-09
Following Adjournment the
President Issues State
ment to This Effect
REST OF PROGRAMME
MERELY POSTPONED
Leaders Will Be Expected to Com
plete Solution of Eight-Hour Prob
lem-Members Are Hurrying
Away From the Capital

Washington, September S.-Adjournment
OF the first session of the Sixty-fourth
Congress at 10 o'clock this morning with
out hitch in the plans of Senate and
House leaders was quickly followed by
q general exodus of members Fastening
homeward for rest or the national political
campaign.
While the closing saw the administra-
tion legislative programme mainly COM
pleted. some things wait to be continued
at the winter session. notably the re-
mainder of the Presidents programme of
railroad legislation which was partially
enacted to prevent the threatened STRIKE
In a formal statement President Will
son, speaking of the work of Congress.
gave notice that the remainder of the
railroad programme would be pressed at
the new session.
PRESIDENTS STATEMENT
His statement was as follows:
"a very remarkable session of Congress
has just closed full as all recent sessions
of the Congress have been of helpful and
humane legislation which constitutes con-
. tributions of capital Importance to the
defense. the economic progress and the
wholesome life of the country.
1T is to be regretted that the session
could not have continued long enough
to complete the programme recently pro-
jected with regard to the accommodation
OF labor disputes between the railways
and the employees, but it was not feasible
in the circumstances to continue the
the most immediate pressing parts of the
programme could be completed.
, The rest it ia agreed has merely been
postponed until. it can be more maturely
deliberated and perfected. l have every
reason to believe that it is the purpose
of the leaders of the two houses immedi-
ateiy upon the reassembling of Congress
to undertake this additional legislation.
1t is evident that the country should be
relieved of the anxiety which must have
been created BY recent events with re-
gard to the future accommodation of
such disputes.
tees bill and the bill to permit combina-
tons of American exporters to meet for
eign competition abroad went over.
CLOSING HOURS QUIET
The closing hours of Congress were re-
markedly quiet Only the presence of
the President in his room near the SEN
ate chamber served to attract interest to
what would otherwise would have been
an uneventful ending Of an eventful
Congress.
Informal conferences of a few admins
tration senators and congressman turned
after adjournment from thoughts OIL
what had been achieved to contemplation
of the future No matter what happens
in the November election the democratic
Congress has three months of work
ahead and an ambitious programme to
complete. There was disappointment, but
not bitterness over the failure of some
measures during the long session and
democrats are proud of their legisla-
tive record. with its $500. 100000 national
defense appropriation the creation of the
farm loan board and rural credit bank
ing system, the child labor law. the pre-
vention of the nationwide railroad
strike, establishment of a government
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