New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-30
CONGRESS PLANS
TO TAKE RECESS
VACATION IN JUNE MAY BE Elk
TENDED WELL INTO MONTH
OF JULY.
INSURANCE FOR SERVICE MEN
Terms of Settlement Include Payment
in One Sum, Elected lnstaIIments or
AIIotments Through Life-Pensions
for Civil Service Employees.
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BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.
Washington.-The members of the
steering committees of the nat and
house of representatives have had
their heads together again and this
time they have decided that it will not
be possible for cangreSs to finish up
It's work before June s, the date
on which the Republican national
they have passed III the word that
congress will take "A recess during the
! month of June and possibly may eN-
tend this recess until the middle of
July or later. Under the Constitution
the Legislative body cannot take IL
ecess for more than three days at a
time so the old practice of meeting
twice a week and %adjourning without
transacting any business will be oil
lowed. In revising the summer pro
gram the steering committee were ILL
iluenced by several considerations.
One of these was n report that Pres
ident Wilson would call the Legislators
back should they take an Adjournment
and would be able to make II point
against the party in control of CON
gress by showing that it had left ii
great deal of business unfinished. An
other consideration and probably the
controlling n was HAT the leaders
foresaw the impOSSibility of the two
houses finishing up by June. The sem
ate steering committee was inSistent
on a recess rather than an adjourn
ment. 1t realized that in all probable
ity the international situation in some
form or other would occupy consider
able time in the senate between now
and the first of June. This committee
took the position that congress would
be reCreant To its duty should il adj
journ and leave n lot of work undone.
The house leaders had set their heads
on n final adjournment not later than
the 9TH Of June, but they finally ne
cepted the view of the senate.
Adjourn Before October l..
Assuming that this latest program
for the summer is not revised 1t Is
safe to say that congress will be here
until along toward election day. The
thought in the minds of the MEM
bers of the two steering committees
is that adjournment shall be taken
not later than October |. II Is now
fOreseen that congress will not have
n finished program To submit TO the
national political conventions for
their consideration. The leaders hope,
they say, that 1t will be possible to
dispose of all important matters be-
fore election day.
There is still n good deal Of con-
fusion about what shall be done with
respect to some pending matters Of
large importance. One of these Is the
proposed bonus for service men and
the related subject of al increase In
government revenues. Recently there
has been n good deal of quiet talk to
the effect that the house might proba-
bly, pass the bonus bin and send IL
Over to the senate prior 10 the cleo
ton with the understanding that the
senate would not take IL up until the
next session. Service men interested
in the Legislation who have heard talk
Of this sort are letting it be known
that any such arrangement would be
entirely unsatisfactory to them. They
propose to Insist on action. so they say,
before adjournment is taken. There
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about the bonus legislation going
through If the majority In control of
congress could discover a desirable
way for raising the money with which
TO meet the cost OF such Legislation.
Ready to Deliver Converted Policies.
The government Is about ready
TO begin delivering converted In
surance policies To service men.
After months Of delay the terms
under which soldiers, sailors and ma
rines who served in the world war
may convert the insurance which they
took out when they entered the serv-
ice into permanent insurance have
been approved by the treasury depart
ment. The insured under the terms
that have been finally agreed on has
three optional settlements: Insurance
payable in one sun. insurance payable
in elected installments, insurance pay
able in installments through life. In
uranc will be paid in n sum pro-
vided the insured selects this option
during his lifetime or names IL In his
last will and testament. Under the
installments option insurance
would be paid in a number of month
~ installments mot less than 800 des-
ignated by the beneficiary. Under the
third option insurance would be pay
able throughout the lifetime Of the
designated beneficiary. i'm such in
stallmcnts as the beneficiary might
designate.
The policies that are TO he issued
to the soldiers, sailors and marines in
lieu of the policies they took out when
they went into the service provide for
total and permanent disability bene-
covering the entire period the
policy is I'm force. and during the pc
riod of the insured's total and per-
manent disability. The total and per-
manent disability feature is also in
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