The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-19
BALES Of
BILLS ARE
UN|OADED
Congressman Have Mass OF
Measures Ready for Action
at Special Ses-
sion.
REPEAL LUXURY TAX
Return Of Wires, Anarchists, Equal
Suffrage, Daylight Savings and
Cost Of Living on
List.
REPEAL LUXURY TAX

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, May 19.-Bales of
bills were unloaded today lns ootn
house and senate as congress pre-
pared to get under way.
One of the first will be repeal Of
the luxury taxes Representative
Moore, Pennsylvania, prepared tie
measure in the house and Senator
Penrose in the senate. They promise
to get speedy action on it. If passed
it will take off those new tay.s OF
clothes over certain price, Ice
cream sodas and many every Cay
"luxuries." u
other important measures ready
included:
Return of the wires.
Representative Steenerson, Mime
sofa, and Senator kellogg have iden-
tical resolutions for immediate res
.toration of the telephone and tele-
graph properties to their owners and
demanding an accounting from Post
master General Burleson of the way
the money appropriated for govern
ment. operation was spent.
Budget System.
Many bills dealing with establish
ment of a budget system have been
drawn. Senator Mccormick, Illinois,
formulated a series of them. Under
their provisions, the president
would assume direct responsibility
for all financial recommendations
made by departments and congress
would assume responsibility for ap-
propriations and for auditing expen-
ditures. One or McCormick's bills
would create a congressional audit
bureau for this purpose,
Senator Kenyon has resolution
creating a plan for budget system,
after thorough study of methods in
use in other countries.
Anti-boIsheviki Bills.
In both house and senate numer-
ous measures are aimed at curbing
bolsheyiki. anarchists and 'red" pro-
pagandists. Senator Overman, chair
man of the senate committee that
investigated bolshevik propaganda
has a drastic bill covering many
phases of the subject.
Senator King, Utah, has one max
ing it an offense to belong to the l.
w. w, or any other organization
teaching sabotage or interference
with the government in any other
way. Another measure of Kings pro-
yides the death penalty for sending
a bomb through the mails.
Limitation of immigration, depor-
tation of anarchists and bolshevik1
and suppression of "red" publica-
tions is sought in other bills.
Suffrage.
The woman suffrage resolution is
scheduled for early action in both
houses. 1t must pass the house
again, as this is new congress.
Daylight Saving.
Demands for repeal of the daylight
saving law will be made in behalf
of the farmers and workers who
have to get up early. Senator Cap
per. Kansas, may introduce bill for
this in the senate.
Packers and Cost of Living.
Senator Kenyon has formulated
measure for rigid government regu-
lation of the packing industry.
Resolutions and bills for investiga-
ton of various phases of the cost OF
living also will be offered early.
Miscellaneous.
Senator King has a bill directing
the state department to negotiate
treaty with Mexico for appointment
of Joint commission on claims of
American citizens who suffered loss
depraditions of bandits.
He also has a bill providing that
all public lands shall be ceded by the
federal government to the states
within which the lands lie. Another
King offers provides that
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