Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
j JEfS FRAME BILLS
AIMED AT GERMAN FOES HERE
1Mnsa FROM raze one
M known Il likewise bitterly opposed to
1(ay bridc'' profits.

oNusa FROM Fare one
M known IA likewise bitterly opposed to
<(oy bride" profits
FINANCES FOR WAR
X f II FAR as leaders can determine at this
Y time revenue legislation will follow the
(; lines laid down in the special revenue bill
passed by the last Congress. "A cher feature
Y will be excess profit taxes on war munitions
From all over the country there are coming
I'm protests against any action which VIII
n permit munitions manipulators to reap
4 Fabulous fortunes out of war traffic IL is
.aafe 10 predict therefore. that pronls Oh
munitions will he taxed the limit anu tne"
y some more. , ia
Means rommittee also considered the ques-
(. zion of filling vacant committee chair'nan
y rl,ips and memberships made by the re'ie
4 1nent of many members at the close Oh '%'io %
Hast Congress. They went ahead WIN ~, ~.
\ tentative selections on the assumption a' .,ae
\ the Democrats are TO organize the f'o"Se
next week 90 an
4. E The most important chairmanship 10 MI
n that of the Rules Committee in'S 10
one of the most powerful committees III Wv =.
House and speculation is rife whetner ~
win go TO Representative Pou OF Nor'n
Carolina. ranking member, or kepteseu,"",
tive Garret of Tennessee Precedent wou,u
accord the plum to Pou, but Carrots irlehuS
are active in his behalf
WANT DEFINITE ACTION
~ The President will have to he positive
Aefipite and specifc i'm detail If he gets
what he wants from Congress. rms Is the
Impression today ION the hill.
A vast ma aiority of the 40 uer cent oil tne
new Congress who are here ready for the
Monday opening feel that way about IL
They saw that If the President shows any
inclination i'm his coming war MESSAGE 10
( be too general or 'timidy suggestive ol
e., of nTNtn
will result. and perhaps disastrous delay III
q real program.
Congress leaders and the men in the
4 renks saw natly-if a bit hrutally--that
right now the temper of Congress taNors Il
leader to tell them why he called them mo
extraordinary session ana WHAT he ""''S
them to do about 1t.
with all pre Congress preparedness steps
now virtually taken the big question
hinged today on what the President VIII
say next Tuesday when he addresses the
Joint session.
The congressional temper evident among
early congressional arrivals was forged
hack home" They all say they are re.
turning with a completely renovated set OF
ideas, especially grown in the backbone
garden plots
While this temper described predominates
at the Capitol, there is also evidence that
some Western members brought SiSht
. cooling of the war spirit with them.
Certain Representatives and some Sem
ators who have strongly and openly opposed
war with or without warlike actions toward
Germany all along still maintain that "a
majority of the people do not want war
However, most of these admit that If
the President does not mince words they
will do the Presidents bidding
TO INCREASE ARMY
President Wilson has now taken all the
steps within his power to bring the navy
to its maximum strength for the present.
He may still ask Congress that it be
raised to l00. 900 men.
He still has several ways open whereby
he can bring the land forces to greater
strength, although speculation is that he
will get his main increase by asking vol
unteers or by having Congress pass COM
pulsory training law.
The means whereby. the larger army
oould be obtained are:
Increase of the militia from l5e000
to full war strength-450 900.
Increase of the army from 10000
to war strength, 100000, by bringing
company units to their entire quota
Increase of the army by adding at