New-York tribune., 1917-06-11
Aims to Clear Way for New
Legislation That Will
Occupy a Month
Spy Measure to Pass
Publishers Excess Profits and
Income Taxes Delaying
Revisionists

Washington, June 10. - Congress
plans this week to dispose finally OF
important war measures long pending
and to begin consideration OF new
legislation promising at least a month
or six weeks more work.
Before the week ends it is hoped
! to send the delayed war budget and
/ espionage bills to President Wilson.
I Meanwhile the Senate Finance Com
mittee will continue revising the war
( tax bill, expecting to have it ready for
debate in the Senate the first Of next
week. On the House side, discussion
Of the river and harbor bill will be re-
sumed tomorrow and the Agriculture
Committee will complete its draft OF
the food control bill, to be submitted
about. the middle Of the week.
After disposing Of the conference
report Of the espionage bill, stripped
Of newspaper censorship provisions
the Senate tomorrow will resume de-
bate on the Newlands railroad regula-
tion measure. The espionage report
has been approved by the House and Is
expected to occupy little of the Senate's
| time, the important export embargo
/ provision having originated there
/ The railroad bill, giving the Fresi,
/ dent authority 10 order preferential
/ handling of food and other necessarles,
/ is meeting opposition from Few Seha-
| tors. but its passage without delay IS
generally expected. If II Is disposed
/ of Tomorrow. Senate leaders probably
will agree upon a few days recess
| while waiting for the war tax bill
Stumbling Block
Publishers excess profits and IN
come taxes are the stumbling blocks
/ facing the Senate war tax reviSlonists
/ when they resume work tomorrow
with a new confidential draft Of the
/ bill as changed in more than TWO
weeks of committee consideration.
/ Senator'S are predicting radical changes
in the re-draft after II gets into the
| Senate. where a debate Of two or three
weeks is looked for.
An early opportunity will be taken
this week for an executive session OF
tho Senate TO consider the many I'M
portant army promotions presented 10
/ the President for the new army. W Nnile
considerable criticism of some OF the
promotions is voiced privately, 1t is
expected that all the nominations VIII
20 through without serious oppos!-
tion. an
providing funds urgently needed Ior
military purposes as well as S'oo'ooo,-
coo for the new merchant MARINE
which was returned to conference by
the House because of an alleged exces-
sive appropriation for purchase OF the
Jamestown Exposition site for a naval
base. awaits final action. Each branch
of Congress is charging the other with
DELAYING the Appropriation measure
while a compromise on the jamestown
site question is sought.
Food Bills Expected TO Pass
Passage Of the food control bills
without the proposed maximum price
fxinp authority is predicted, as Her
bert c. Hoover and the Administration
are presented as agreeing to ellmina-
tion of such a provision, though IN
favor of minimum price-hxing power.
Both House and Senate have passed the
first food bill, providing for food
census and measures to stimulate pro-
duction, but differences between the
two houses are causing delay. Mem
hers who will be the House conferrees
arc drafting the control measure, while
Senator Gore. chairman Of the Senate
committee and head of its conferrees,
is engaged with the war tax bill.
Prohibition questions are coming into
prominence as the food and revenue
legislation nears committee completion.
Prohibition measures during the war
are involved in both. The Senate
Judiciary Committee meets tomorrow
~ consider resolutions of Senators
S&eppard. Curtis, Thompson, Jones, Of
Washington; Shafroth and many others
proposing national prohibition. The
committee is understood TO favor re-
porting out one of the resolutions for
submitting a constitutional prohibition
amendment. .,
An amendment TO the war tax bill
provides a prohibitory tax on distllla-
tion of foodstuffs into whiskey and
other distilled spirits during the war.
Senator Gore also has a prohibition
rider pending 20 the railroad bill in
the Senate, proposing to prohibit inter
state shipment of liquor during the
war. Various other prohibition amend
ments are planned in connection with
the revenue and food measures. Pro-
hibition advocates are meeting fre-
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