Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-07
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Washington Officials Declare
No Way to Avoid Special
Congress Meeting.
TO REVIVE DEFEATED BILLS
Outlook Is That War Depart
ment Cannot Continue De-
fense Plans Unless Aided.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-An extra
session of congress not later than
June now is generally conceded among
officials here to be assured.
Altho President Wilson has not given
any definite indication that he has
abandoned hope that an extra session
might be avoided, there is an almost
unanimous sentiment among senator's,
representatives. and officials of the
executive department that one must
be called. They declare that even If
the international situation does not
demand it, congress must come back
10 complete its legislation program
and fill up gaps in the governments.
financial scheme caused by failure OF
some of the important appropriation
measures.
Date only Thing I'm Doubt
So certain are many members of
congress On this point that they are
spcculatlng only on the probable date
OF the session. The general cNpecta.
ton among them, said to be based on
word passed out by officials close to
the president, is that the end Of May
or some time i'm June will be the time
for the convening of the new congress.
Progress made by senators today
toward carrying out the presidents
recommendation for "A rule limiting
senate debate generally was regarded
as strengthening the likelihood of a
special session within a few weeks.
1t rs pointed out that in his statement
Sunday night, the president conveyed
the impression by implication that
such a revision Of senate rules would
be step preliminary to bringing CON
grcss back to finish its program. After
cnumerating the important measures
which had failed, the statement con-
tined that 1T would not cure the diff
ficulty to call the SiXty-fifth congress
in extraordinary session" unless the
parliamentary barrier to action in tho
senate were removed.
War Department Puzzled.
How the war department can con-
tinue at all with it's preparedness
plans is, in fact, a problem for which
officials generally believe an extra
session offers the only practical So
luton. There have been rumors in
congress that some especial arrange
ment might be made by treasury Of
ficials to avoid calling congress to-
gether by an emergency allotment Of
funds to the army and establishment
under executive authority, but so far
as has been revealed, nothing of tho
sort has taken definite form.
For lack of the $62, 600 to have
been provided in the gcnral deficiency
bill, all departments and bureaus will
suffer Here, too, the war depart
ment will he hardest hit for it had
counted on S3S,000,000 from the
measure. large part of it to have
gone to pay debts incurred in pur-
chasing equipment for the national
guard while it was on border duty.
The navys share of the bill was more
than S7,000,000, asked for to meet
miscellaneous expenses not covered in
the regular navy bill.
Five Big Measures Failed.
In all five big supply bills carrying
a total of more than a half billion
dollars failed. Besides the administru-
ton has considered it almost impera-
tive to pass a number Of general leg
islatiVe measures that failed, includ-
ing the amendments to the shipping
and federal reserve laws, the supple
mental legislation to reinforce the
Adamson law. conservation measures,
the bill to permit combinations for
foreign selling and that to enlarge the
Interstate commerce commission.
Most of these were enumerated in
the presidents statement under the
head of most necessary legislation" ."