The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
CONGRESS SURE
TO MEET IN MAY
Party Leaders at Capital Look
for Session in Middle
of Month.
DATE PERHAPS EARLIER
President, It Is Thought, Will
Not Await the Signing of
Treaty of Peace.
DATE PERHAPS EARLIER

FARIs, March 21 (delayed) A spe-
American Congress probably will be
called to assemble about the middle of
May, the date when President Wilson
hopes to return to the United States.
It Is possible that II the treaty Of
peace is sufficiently advanced to war
rant such a course a special session of
the Senate may be called even earlier
to afford 1t opportunity to deal with
this subject before being called upon
to direct it's attention to other impor-
tant matters. chief Of which will be
financial affairs.
It is held to be unnecessary for
! President Wilson to be in Washington
| when the call for such a special ses-
sion is issued, for this may be cabled
from Paris in advance Of his departure
from France. Mr.. Wilson. however,
has reached no decision regarding the
question and is reserving the shaping
Of his course of action until he has a
more definite idea Of the date Of his
return to America.
| Tho President also Is keeping in touch
with the development of sentiment In the
| United States toward a League OF Ma
tions II the situation appears to him tc
demand such action 1t is not unlikely
that soon after his return from Europe
no will make an extended speaking tour
presenting his view Of the issue directly
! 10 he in he at wh
tors are opposed to tho ratification of the
League plan.
President May He Home. May I.
WASHINGTON, March ?2.--It was salt
unofricially at the white House to-day
that President Wilson might return tc
the United States by May /, leaving
Paris Immediately after reaching ar
agreement on the principal featues Of thu
peace treaty, without waiting for thu
actual signing of the document.
An extra session OF Congress not late
than May is now Is regarded as 1
certainty among officials and leaders II
Congress. and II the President is ab
TO return as early as May l, both house
may be called to meet very soon afte
that date. Government departments, b.
resortlng to various expedients. ar
meeting the situation created by tn
failure OF appropriation bills in the las
Congress- but It Is regarded as essentia
that these measures be passed before tn
end of the fiscal year. June so.
Democratic and Republican leader
still in Washington agree that the soone
Congress Is called the better II would be
Il am glad the President is going t
do It," said Speaker Clark. THE quicke
the better in my opinion
should he in Session Now.
Representative Mondell (wyoming
Republican floor leader. asserted tina
Congress should be in session now.
II am glad" Representative Monde
said. ito know that the President antici
J pates calling an extra session and ap
parently has reached some definite con
clusion about H. I hope. however. tina
he calls it before the middle of Ma,
Congress ought to be In session now.
Every day Congress is not in sessio
embarrasses and interferes with tn
work of those Government bureaus an
departments for whom deficiency approx
riations were asked and which were pre-
vided for In the deficiency bill tha
failed. In any event. Congress shoul
be called not later than May l. and
will require at least two months to cor
slider properly the six great supply bill
and the deficiency bill which failed
the last Congress"