Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-04-13
APPROPRIATION MEASURES MUST
HAVE ATTENTION OF CON.
oREss WITHOUT DELAY.
MANY TO EE ACTED UPON
scher-e of National Defense involved
in Proposed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Correspondents Take Measures to
Prevent Leaks-War Department
Changes.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

to securing as quickly as possible the
passage of all appropriation bills
which failed of passage at the last SEES
sion, and such legislation as bears on
the international crisis.
Ii was not President Wilson's desire
! to call congress into extra session. pro-
vided. of course. that the war issue did
not become acute. He hoped that all
of the appropriation bills which the
house passed at the last session would
be acted upon by the senate so that
when March dawned the country
would be prepared in money way to
carry it through another fiscal year.
Then came the sharp necessity of an
extra session, because of the looming
of the prospect of war. The admins
tration became somewhat reconciled
to the failure of the appropriation
bills when 1t discovered that an ex-
traordinary session was a necessity.
To Rush Appropriation Bills.
The big appropriation bits which
failed at the last session either already
have been or will at once be re-intro-
I NuNth IA AttC Abt IA al NIANh my
! ually passed the house of representa-
| tives at the last session. Appropri-
| ations for the national defense aggre-
| eating half billion dollars are car
| ried in the army, the sundry civil, the
general deficiency and the military
academy bills. not one OF which passed
| the senate at the last session.
81,
appropriated by these measures were
as follows Army. $4,000 900; sun
dry civil, $13s,OO0O0O general de
ticiency, S62 600 900; military academy,
| S134S 900
AT the last session river and har-
Dor hin carrying appropriations of 49,
| 000,000. and a public building bill car
rying $32,0O00OO failed Of passage.
There seems to be no likelihood that
these two measures can be put through
| congress at the present session.
It is understood, in fact senators and
| representatives repeat 1t as fact
daily, that the president has told the
leaders in congress that while he con
tinues TO hold office as president he
! viii veto any bill which contains what
he considers unwarranted appropri-
ations for public buildings. Mr.. VIII
son also has let ii be known that he
| considers the omnibus public buildings
bill which was passed by the house but
which the senate failed TO sanction at
the last session, was indefensible from
any point of view.
Tariff to Be Subject of Debate.
Whether the present session of con
greSS Is short or long. it will be marked
sharply BY manifestation of interest
in the tariff Neither war talk nor any
other Kind of talk cln keep the tariff
out of debates in congress. 1t is al
ways a live issue. When the nations
| Of the world settle down and cease
fighting, one of the arguments is that
America viii need a high tariff wall
to keep out an influx of cheap manu-
factured ma rial which will come In
from Europe TO compete with Ameri-
can-made goods There are. of course,
arguments quickly and sharply adj
vanced in opposition TO this position.
/ 1t makes little difference which party
| 10 the dispute is right neither will adj
nit that the other is right. and so II is
that the tariff. even when there is no
| chance of passing bill affecting il.
remains an ever-present subject for de-
bate In the two houses of the cou-
! greSs of the United States
important News Tipped Off"
Some weeks ago there was con-
| Quoted by committee of the house
| what commonly was known as the
leak Investigation II will be remem-
bered that information concerning
President Wilson's so-caled peace
note leaked out in advance of its pub
LEGATION. information which was used
10 advantage by certain stockholders.
1t was found that two newspaper
men had tipped Off" the news that
such note might be expected. Only
one of these newspaper men was en-
titled to admission 10 the press gal
leries of congress. This one received
no money for his tip and he did what
he did through personal friendship
for friend However, Il was Rener-
ally considered that he violated CON
hdence and one of the unwritten rules
governing the conduct of correspon-
dents in Washington.
Move to Stop Further Leaks"
AS result of this leak investiga-
ton" the standing committee % CORE
spondents as IL was then ..stituted
met and adopted a resolution TO the
effect that the entering into employ
ment by any correspondent for the
purpose of furnishing advance infor-
nation to stockbroking houses was a
violation of the spirit of the rules of
the press galleries. This was as far
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