Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-11
TOD|SPOSE FINALLY
OF WAR MEASURES
Congress Hopes Long-Pending
Legislation Will Be Enacted
Before Week Ends.
THEN TO TAKE UP NEW BILLS
Prohibition Questions Looming
Into Prominence in Food and
Revenue Discussion.
THEN TO TAKE UP NEW BILLS
GBy Associated Press. J

WASHINGTON, June i0-Resisned
to another hot weather session. Con-
gress plans this week to dispose final
ly of important war measures long
pending, and to begin consideration Of
new Legislation promising at least Il
month or six weeks more of work
Before the week ends it is hoped to
send the delayed war budget and
espionage bills to President Wilson. In
the meantime. the Senate Finance Com
mittec 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-
Committee Will complete its draft Of
tie food control bill.
After disposinG of the conference
report on the espionage bill. stripped
OF newspaper censorship provisions.
tho Senate tomorrow will resume de-
bate on the Newlands railroad rcgula-
ton measure. The espionage report
has been approved by the House. and
is expected to occupy little time OF the
Senate, the important export embargo
provision having originated there. The
railroad bill, giving the President au-
thority TO order preferential handling
OF food and other neccssaries, is meet
ing opposition from few Senators,
but it's passage without delay is gem
orally expected
RADICAL CHANGES PREDICTED
IN REDRAFTED TAX BILL,
Publishers excess profits and income
taxes are the stumbling gblocks facing
the Senate war tax revisionists when
they resume work Tomorrow. with a
new confidential draft Of the bill as
changed in more than two woeks, com
mittce consideration. Senators arc pre-
dieting radical changes in the redra n
after 1t 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
'he senate to consider the many i'm
portant army promotions presented bv
v,
considerable criticism of some of tho
promotions is voiced privately. IL IS
expected that all the nominations will
go through.
The oo.ooO,00O war budget bill,
PEoNidihs FUNDS urgently needed for
ihiii'arE purposes, as we'll as sT5O0OO.
w" lot the new merchant marine.
Which WAS returned TO conference by
INC mouse bccauSc of an alleged ex-
csSS!Ve appropriation for purchase of
| 'he jamestown Exposition site for a
''"Na' Hhsc' awaits final action. Each
"i"'ch or congress is charging the
''"ef WIN delaying the appropriation
Whlic compromise on the
Jamestown site question is sought
iasSaEe or the food control measure
/ without the proposed maximum price
"N'hE "u'hority is predicted. as Her
bert C. Hoover and the administration
arc represented as agreeing TO elimi-
nation OF such provision, though in
favor Of minimum price-hxinr nou.r
'RoHIBITIoN QUESTIONS
iNNoLNED IN LEGISLATION
Prohihition questions are looming
INTO prominence as the food and reye
nue. legislation nearS committee com
7 pIetioi frohlhitlOn measures during
The war are involved in both. The
Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow
meets To consider resolutions of Sena-
tors Sheppard. Curtis. Thompson.
Jones. OF Washington. Shafroth and
/ many others proposing national pro-
h!hition. The committee is understood
to favor reporting out one of the rcso-
| lutions for submitting Il constitutional
! prohibition amendment
I'm amendment to the war tax bill
provides prohibitory tax upon dis
tiiiation Of foodstufs into whisky and
other distilled spirits during the war.
senator Gore also has prohibition
rider pending TO the railroad bin 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 fire.
quentiy.
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