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The Foreign Relations Committee It.
self offers about the only field OF battle
the Republicans will have in this prelim-
mary meeting. There has been some
talk in the last few weeks about opposi-
ton to Senator Penrose (Pa.) as chair
man of the Finance Committee but this
has faded away in the last few days in
view of the necessity for concerted &C
ton on the League Somg of the -sena-
tors who are opposed to Mr. Penrose
may absent themselves when the time
comes TO approve his choice but that Is
about as far as any opposition rs ex-
pected to 60.
There will be three vacancies, how
ever, on the Republican side Of the For
eign Relations Committee and three SEN
ators 30 far are known to have a prefer
ence for this assignment, Moses IN. H.
Kellogg. (Minn.) and Kenyon TIA }.
Senator Moses Is an out and out oppo-
nent of the League of Nations; Senator
Kenyon is expected to support amend
ments that will be offered and Senator
Kellogg may go this far. Neither of the
latter two, however, Is vigorously against
the covenant.
Republican leaders were not inclined
tonight to admit that the position of
Senators on the covenant will be the
whole consideration in placing men on
this committee. but It is generally known
that II will have great weight. Leaders
do not expect to fight the covenant in
| committee. but on the floor of the SEN
ate. They would naturally. however,
prefer an unfavorable report on the
| covenant than one giving 1t committee
| approval
There is no question about the chair
, manship of this committee. Senator
Lodge will have this place and lead
the tight against the present covenant.
At the head OF the Senate committees
there probably will be: Appropriations.
Senator Warren: Military. wadsworth
| IN. W: Naval, Poindexter wash
Banking and Currency, Mclean &C )nn.) ;
Rules, Knox (Pa.); Education and
Johnston (Cal).
In talking Of legislation Senator
Smoot said he believed it was possible
that an effort would be made to remove
| the so-called luxury taxes in the rev.
enue law, but that beyond this he did
not expect Congress to go either in rev.
| enue legislation or in revising the tariff
| generally. II do not find" he said
| that the people of the country are &c
| dissatisfied with the taxes they have
TO pay as with the nagging kind OF
| taxes We have, but 1 do not believe II
| would be worth while to attempt to leg
islate at this session with the small ma
| jority we have in the Senate and a
Democratic President in the White
House. About all we could hope for
would be to place the party on record
with the legislation Congress might en-.
act"
Keen Debate on League Expected
For the first few weeks of the session
It Is certain the Senate will be talking
quite exclusively about the League OF
| Nations and the debate there is ex-
| pcted to be as spectacular as any tina
has been there in many years. Nobody
cares to predict when a final vote may
| be reached on the treaty. but II previou.
debates Of much less Importance fur
nish any guide, 1t will be many weeks
Aside from the League OF Nation!
there will be plenty of general legisla
ton of a most important character.
is probable the extra session will merg,