The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-24
c, O,P, GETS READY !.
FOR EXTRA SESSION
MIDDLE OF MAY
Desperate Condition OF
Treasury Calls for
Early Meeting.
TO ORGANIZE SOON
Push Suffrage and War
Time Prohibition Laws
Right from the
Start.
TO ORGANIZE SOON

wasAtnxtom. March ce.-In the
Nxht Of recent Developments sem
.tsxs ana representatives who have
remaiueA In Warrington since the
aalourM m e nj of congress arc
agreed In the belief TINT the extra
sessten will be called not later than
the nsiadle Of May. The most prob
able date auGKested In Tuesday.
May IL. Thirteen In President
wllSen's sIueky number.
TIE desperate condition Of the
treasuPyes finances, the lack Of APP
prUpriations for = number Of the
wuvernmentni departments. and the
rapid proGress being made in the
peace conference are the con-
alterations responsible for the ex-
peetatien Of call half n month
.nrifer than the president oraEan-
ally expected. Cable dispatches
from abroad during the past sew
ernI days have Indicated that the
peaee treaty viii he completed be-
fore the nr~t 81 May. II this
proves 10 he the case. the pre~i-
demt II expected to lose no time I'm
returning tn the United states
The PRESIDENT has taken the position
tina. any official document signed In
aAe American embassy In Paris Is
strictly legal. Congressman suggest
that assuming this attitude he could
issue the call for an extra session over
there and cable II 70 this country.
The date conld b. get sufficiently In
advance for him to reach Washington
before the opening day.
Nspuhileans Get Busy.
fnyAnticipation Of an early cali the
Republican leaders Of the house are
speeding UP their inal organization
plans They realize the great respon-
sthiIfty which viii rest upon them in
meeting the legislative demands OF
tha reconstruction period. 1t will he
their policy to clear all preliminarie.
ont OF the way in order to be -of al
AZ soon as President Wilson issue.
the call tho Republican caucus date
will be announced The ffnishins
touches will be put on the organlza-
tfon plans at tho caucus and the ma
ehinery OF the house is expected to be
ready to begin functtoning within less
than \ week after the session liz con-
vened.
The appropriations COMMITTEES and
possibly other committees hsvtn
power TO recommend appropriations
ef--.N- ~. s-ript ,s-esAe haaytpEs -4sN ~
sir great supply bills which failed In
the last senate before congress meets
Representative James W. Good. 81
| IOWA. inc new chairman VA RHE 1pFfp'
srtations committee, Is hopeful of ac
| nonplishing the almost sunerhnraF
task Of passing the supply bills before
the new fiscal year begins July
without having to reaort to continuing
resolutions
n the beginning Of the session Il
delayed longer than the middle of Ma,
Il ID believed II viii be impossible Il
avoid continuing resolutions AS tn,
10 ArS nv
war conditions they would not be con
tinued in force for more than month
or two at time.
n IL the desire Of both Republican,
and Democrats TO cut OF all the tenn
porary activities started as result o
var conditions without delay. II con
tinuinx resolutions prove necessary. i
Ii feared that somo OF tho war branche'
81 the government might be continued
NTH they were actually suspended b,
congressional mandate.
Reus> Organixatfow.
AfAough Representative LonRworsh
cf Ohio. has declared his intention o.
taNinR to tire caucus his hEht agains
line slate prepared by the committe,
~, ecsssustt4o S., H.. ao4 bAiiAxad4 th,
,ommittee's recommendations will b
departed from In any important par
t,cular. The Republican organization
viii include:
speaker--Frederick n. Gliett, o,
Floor ioader--Frank w. Mondefl. o.
wyoming.
sWhip---Harcld q Knntaon. of Mime,
Sete: ,y<,s-.,55a
chief clerk-w. Tyler Page. o.
maryland
feant-at-arms--Joe L. Rogers. ol
pNnnsylvania-
Doorkeeper-Bert L. Kennedy. o.
hftchlgan.
Champ Clark undoubtedly will bt
me minority leader. with Representa-
tee claude Kitchin, OF North Caro-.
linia. leader in the last house, as nh
chief aide.
Aside from the appropriation bill:
some Of the important matters to 81
cnnsidered in the next congress are
army and navy reorganization plans
,evenue and tariff. prohibition en-
eorcement, woman suffrage and sol
tiers welfare measures.
Representative Julius Kahn. o.
california, new chairman Of the house
niiitary committee. Is IN France
fsIdyinx conditions In the army. III
m return with nrst hand informa
HSv adjustment Seven othel
sSnNerr OF the committee have In
7trsfed their intention to 60 abroad
sj5R secretary Baker. Mr.. Kahn Il
Sffoug advocate Of universal mill
- frA{n7uR. He is expected to urEs
%S noltcy IN the next congress-.
EfsnnareAsionaI support OF Secretary
S}HlS biR navy policy. rays Repre-
sTfS3ixe Thomas s. Butler, Of Penn
pntinasd IA Pages Twn.l