New-York tribune., 1919-11-20
Many Important Laws, In.
Guiding Deficiency Meas
ures, Passed Since Called
byPresident to MeetMayl9
Big Program Completed
Republican Leader Monde]l
Shows Saving of Nearly
$94O,00O,00O by Slicing
New York Tribune
Ftshi;.,1'on ,Yursau

WASHINGTON, No.. &C. Thc .Youse
OF Representatives adjourned SINE die
to-day while the Senate was reaching a
vote on the peace treaty.
The House has been waiting TO end
the special session, convened on May
10 upon the call of President Wilson.
since Monday, when the Esch railroad
bill, the last measure on it's program.
was passed The corsent of the Senate
to adjournment of the Hou e before
the Senate reached a decision on the
treaty was granted last night
The House met perfunctorly at noon
today and adopted reso ution giving
ITS consent to the adjournment sine die
OF the Senate at any time before De-
cember 1. A committee then called at
,he White House and notified President
Wilson that the House was ready to
adjourn sine die. The President
granted permission, and adjournment
was taken at few minutes after 4
o'clock.
Republican Leader Mordell, in a
statement, reviewed the work of the
ession. In addition to passing many
important measures, the Republican
Congress saved nearly $4,000 900 by
cutting down appropriation bills, Mr..
Mondell said.
Saved Money. He Says
Certain Democrats have said that il
was Republican flibuster that pre-
vented the pas age of seven of the
great supply bills in the closing days
of the last Congress" he added. 81
have never been particularly sturbed
~ that effort of the majority of the
Sixty fifth Congress to charge it's fail
ures to the minority, as it simply
serves to emphasize the fact that if it
were Republican fibuster that de-
feated those bis it saved the Ameri-
can people about S940'000,0o0, as COM
pared with the Democratic bills that
failed. and 81 ,685 900 600, as compared
with the sums of the estimates for
those bills as submitted by the Demo
cratic Administration.
The passage of the Esch railroad
bill completes the program of CON
st"uctive legislation proposed for this
session, which includes among the i'm
portant work accomplished by legisla-
tive enactment:
The passage of seven great supply
bills that should have been passed by
the preceding Congress and other
necessary appropriation and deficiency
bills, as follows
agriculture appropriation bill army
appropriated bill. District of Colum-
ba appropriation bill. Indian appro-
priation bill, navy appropriation bill.
.sundry civil appropriation bill railroad
deficiency bill, deficiency bill to meet
1919 deficiencies Of appropriations of
1919 deficiencies for pensions and war
risk family al owances deficiencies act,
1920 largely. for war risk bureau and
election and prosecution of crimes in
cluding enforcement Of anti boarding
and profteering acts nationrl proh hi
tion and laws for punishment and de-
portation Of anarchists and seditious
agitations.
General Legislation
in general legislation the following:
"The return Of the telephone, telc-
graph and cable lines Of the country to
their owners; the adoption of the
woman suffrage amendment; the plac-
ing on the statute books of complete
and comprehensive national prohibition
law; the enactment of liberal pro
Wis ons for vocationa' training and re-
habiitation of wounded soldiers and
sailors and generous appropriations for
the same; the extension and enlarge
ment Of the food control act with a
view of preventing boarding and prof.
tcerirg, and with add tional penalties
for the violation of the s.ntute; pro-
vision for additional travel pay for en-
listed men discharged from the regular