New-York tribune., 1918-05-13
Congress Leaders Believe
Temporary Solution Can
Be Found for Problem
Overman Bill To-day
Investigation of Aircraft Stu
alton Will Begin
This Week

WASHINGTON, May 12.--1nterest at
the Capitol centres this week upon the
question whether plans for adjourn
ment about July shall be abandoned
to undertake new revenue legislation.
Many other important matters are
pending, however, including disposition
by the House of the Overman BILL with
its blanket authority for the President
to reorganizc the government depart
ments, and launching in the House of
the $4,000, 100000 army programme.
The revenue situation will be dis
cussed Tuesday at a conference Ae-
tween Secretary McAdoo and Senator
Simmons and Representative Kitchin,
of North Carolina, chairmcn of the
Senate Finance and House Ways and
Means committees, respectively.
Action Depends on McAdoo
President Wilson is expected to par
ticipate in later conferences, to de-
eide finally whether it is necessary for
Congress to remain in session. Con-
gressional leaders believe action now
can be avoided through some tempo
rary expedient, but the financial show
ing made by Secretary McAdoo will
settle the question.
Debate on the Overman bill begins
tomorrow in the House by unanimous
consent Its disposition before the
week end is regarded assured, and Ad-
ministration leaders are confident of
its passage without substantial amend
ment by as decisive a majority as it
received recently in the Senate.
Chairman Dent of the House Mill
tary Committee hopes to report the
mammo 9th army appropriation bill by
mid-week and have it in position for
discussion next week.
Ready to Start Air Inquiry
Inquiry by four Senate military sub
committees into the aviation situation,
aircraft patent licensing, ordnance
production and the Quartermaster
the week, and probably will be pre-
ceded by further Senate debate on the
Gutzon Borglum affair.
Chairman Chamberlain, of the Mill
tary Committee, plans to name the
aviation subcommittee after adoption
by the Senate of his resolution giving
the committee broader powers it re-
CARDS necessary.
Final action is expected in few
days on the bill extending the draft
law to youths attaining twenty-one
years of age since last June. The
measure is in conference because of
house objections to a Senate provision
exempting theological and medical stu
dents from registration.
Roosevelt to Answer Burleson
The S1,500,0OO,O0O naval appropria-
tion bill will be considered Tuesday
by the Senate Naval Committee.
The Senate plans disposition this
week of the $371 100000 Postofice
measure. During the debate a reply
from former President Roosevelt to
Postmaster General Burleson's chal-
lenge that Mr.. Roosevelt name publica-
tions the Administration is alleged to
have Disseminated in favor Of and
against, is expected to be placed in the
record.
In the House, the $11 100000 emer-
gency food appropriation bill, extend
ing functions of the Department of
Agriculture authorized in the food
control law, is scheduled to follow the
Overman bill
Secretaries Baker, Lane and Hous-
ton are invited before the House In
terstate Commerce Committee to-mor-
row for final hearings on the water
power legislation. Prominent steel
manufacturers have been asked to ap-
pear tomorrow before the Senate
Mines Committee, which is considering
the ore control bill.