Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-31
Old Faces Will Disappear
From Congress and
Departments.
PEACE PROGRAM
IN FIRST PLACE
Important Legislation to Be Delayed
Until Extra Session Of Congress 10
Be Called by Harding After March
4-Farm Legislation and ApPro-
priation Bills at Present Session.
Budget System Possible.
BY Associated Press.

by ASSoCiateG L iS-s.
Washington. Dec. 81. With the
change Of administrations early in
the year will come the adoption Of a
new foreign policy, stakcup In fed
eral departments. many new faces In
congress, and /, start on the legisla-
tive program which republican lead
ers are formulating.
oecupsins prominent place In
public interest will he the peace pro-
gam OF the new administration. in
cluding the formal. ending Of the
state of war with Germany and the
framing of new commercial treaties
Tariff and reys..ae revision also is In
the front rank on the republican pro-
gram for the extra session which
President Elect Harding Is expected
to call otter his inauguration.
Acton by the present congress Is
expected TO be limited to urgent busi-
ness. including appropriations for
next year farmers relief measures,
government regulation OF cold stor-
age. md possibly establishment OF a
federal budget system, together with
preliminary preparation OF legislation
for the extra session.
Legislation in prospect for the ex-
ira session includes that dealing with
reorganization OF the government de-
partments. development OF the
American merchant marine, revision
OF Panama tolls, new army and navy
policies. aisposa, of enemy alien prop
erty seized during the war. regulation
or immigration and alien land owner
ship. provisions for former service
men, and the establishment of<poli-
cies for closer relations between the
federal government and business and
labor. *
House Pegsing Away.
With the senate beginning Its Now
Years recess today. the house stuck
to the task of disposing of the sum
dry civil appropriation bill, with
leaders determined to wind up rem
eral debate on the measure before
adjournment over Saturday This
would clear the way for considera-
ton Of the bill next week, item by
item. Of which there are more than
1000 calling for an aggregate appro-
priation Of S3S3.6lI,ss
Echoes Of yesterdays debate on the
measure, in which Representative
Good, Of Iowa, chairman OF the APP
preparation committee, launched an
attack on the shipping board and de-
clared mot a single penny would be
appropriated for the board IL he
could prevent It," were looked for In
today's discussion.
The Committee rejected an item OF
$147 100000 for the boards emergency
fleet corporation in reporting the bill.
It was expected that democratic
members from the south would rally
to the support Of Representative
Byrnes Of Tennessee. In his flisht TO
include sio,ooo,00o for completion oi
the dam across the Tennessee river,
as a part Of the Mussel Shoals nitrate
plant project. .N..
Senate TO Oppose Farm Bill.
Opposition to the house emergency
tariff bill and to the passage at this
session of the soldiers bonus bill was
indicated today by Senator penrose.
OF Pennsylvania, chairman Of the
senate finance committee, who re-
turned to Washington yesterday
after, an absence OF nearly a year,
occasfoned by serious illness.