The Washington herald., 1919-03-24
EXTRA SESSION
BY MAY Is, is
S0L0NS' GUESS
Approach Of Peace Treaty
Signing Causes Predic6on
By Lawmakers.
MAY SETDATE BY CABLE
Republican House Leaders
speeding Up Organization
Plans to Be Ready.
MAY SETDATE BY CABLE

In the light o. recent development.
senators and Representatives Uho
have remained in Washington sine.
the adjournment OF Congress- are
agreed In the belief that the e4tr.
session Will be called not later thar
the middle Of May. The most prob
able date suggested is Tuesday. NAV
H. Thirteen is President wusop'x
lucky number.
The desperate condition Of "a.
Ireasury's finances. the lack OF an
propr1auons for a number OF the zov-
ernmental departments. and the rnnIs
progress being made in the Peso.
conference are the considerations re-
sponsible for the expectation OF /.
cal half Il month earlier than the
president originally expected.
Cable dispatches during the mas,
several DAYS have indicated that The
peace treaty viii be COMPLETED befo-s
may II this proves TO be the case
.ne PRESIDENT Is expected 10 lose no
'iine IN returning TO the Unlted States.
May Cable Call.
The President has take, ,bo -
uon that any official document sI-r.-
Cd in the America Embassy in Ps-,.
Is strictly legal Representative sue-
gest that assuming this attitude n.
could issue the call for en- extra SOS
sion over there and cable Il 10 this
country. The date could he set sum
GENTLY in advance for him 10 reach
washington before the opening dsv
. In anticipation OF an early call. the
Republican leaders OF the House are
speeding up their final Organization
plans. They realize the great respon-
sibility that WIZ rest upon them In
meeting the legislative demands OF
the neconst stTuctlon period. II will be
their policy 20 clear all prelimlnaries
out OF the way in order TO be aof
at the gong"
The Appropriations Committee and
possibly other committees having
power 70 recommcud spBropriations.
probably will soon begin hearings
on the six great supply bills which
failed in the last Senate. Repre-
sentative James W. Good. OF Iowa.
the new chairman OF the Appropris-
tions Committee, is hopeful Of ac-
complishinE the task Of passing the
supply bills before the new fiscal
year begins. July I. without hsv-
ing TO resort to continuing resolu-
tions.
LonEwOrth Mry Fight.
Although Representative Long
worth has declared his inteutior OF
taking to the caucus his hEht
against the slate prepared by the
So
believed that the committees
recommendations will be departed
from in any important particular.
The Republican organization will
include: Speaker. Frederick II. Gil
lett. Of Massachusetts: floor leader.
Frank ". Mondell OF wyoming:
whip, Harold KnUtson. OF Mime
sofa: chief clerk. w. Tyler Page, Of
Maryland. serEeant-at-arms, Joe l.
Rogers. Of Pennsylvania: door
keeper. Bert l. Kennedy. OF Michi-
gan.
Champ Clark undoubtedly will be
the minority leader with Representu- .
tive Claude Kitchin as his chief aide
Aside from the appropriation bills.
some Of the important matters 70 be
considered in the next Congress are
army and navy reorganization plans.
revenue and tariff. prohibition enforce
ment, woman suffrage and soldiers
welfare measures.
Representative John NJ. Baer. mons
partisan, Of North Dakota, will urge
favorable consideration OF his bill to
give honorably discharged soldiers.
sailors and marines bonuses OF "a
years pay. lie states that he conf
IDENTIFY expects TO get at least six
months pay as a bonus for the hght-
ing men.