The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
CONGRESS WANTS ID 60 HOME BY sFIRST OF JULY Effort Made to Postpone McAdoo's Taxation Plans
 This Session BOTH HOUSES HAVE BE BUSINESS AHEAD Chairman Dent Hopes to Report Army Appro-
 priation Bill by
 Midweek

Washington. May I2,--Intcrest at the
 capitol centers this week upon the
 question whether plans for adjourn
 ment nbout July 1 shall he abandoned to undertake new revenue lcGfslntion.
 Many other important matters arc
 pending. however. including disposition
 by the House of the overman bill, with
 its blanket authority for the Prcsi-
 dent to rcorgnnixe government depart
 ments and launching In the House of 1 the Sio.0O0 100000 army programme. The revenue situation will be discussed Tuesday al a conference between Sec-e- tary McAdoo and Senator Simmons and Representative Kitchin of North Caro- lima, chairman of the Senate finance
 and House ways and means committees
 respecUsely. President Wilson is ex-
 pecteds to participate in later conier-
 ences. 70 decide finally whether it $
 necessity for Congress to remain in ses-
 sion %sngreasSonal leaders believe ac-
 ton nAw can ,he avoided through some
 temporary expedaent, but the financial showing made by Secretary McAdoo will settle the question.
 OVERMAN BILL DEBATE
 Debate On the Overman bill begins to-
 morrow in the House by unanimous con sent It's disposition before the week
 end is considered assured and adm.nis- ttratioa lgaders are confident of it's pas sage without substantial amendment with. as decisive majority as It re- 1 ceived recently in the Senate after long and bitter debate
 Chairman Dent of the House military
 commtttee hopes to report the mammoth l army xappropriatio bill by midweeK, to
 have lsttn position for discussion next week. It
 ! CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES Inquiry by four Senate military sub committees into the aviation situat:on'
 aircraft patent licensing ordnance pro duction and the quartermaster general
 bureau IS to begin during this week, tnd probably will be preceded by more sen
 ate debate on the Gutzon Borglum affeir. Chairman Chamberlain of the military committee plans to name the aviation
 subcommittees after adoption by the Senate of his resolution giving the com
 mittee broader powers it regards neces- sary.
 Final acton is expected in d few days on the bill extending the draft law to youths attaining 2l years of age since
 last June. The measure is in conier- ence kecause of House objections to
 Senate provision exempting theological and edical students from registration. Th4Ca. .50o.Ooo,ooo naval appropriation
 bill Erl.te considered Tuesday by the Senate Iaval committee
 2 xPOSTOFFICE MEASURE The senate plans disposition this week
 During the debate a reply from former
 President Roosevelt to Postmaster Gen
 eral Burleson's challenge that Mr.
 Roosevelt name publications. the admin
 istration ia alleged to have dscriminated
 in favor of against, is expected to be placed in the record.
 In the House the S11, ,0o00o0 emergency food appropriation bill, extending tune tions of the department of agriculture authorized in the food control law, is scheduled to follow the Overman bill Secretaries Baker, Lane and Houston are invited before the House inters ate commerce commission tomorrow tor l final hearings on the water power legis- ! lation. Prominent steel manufacturers have been asked to appear tomorrow ne- l fore the Senate mines committee, which 1 is considering tNa ore control bill.