Evening star., 1920-12-19
What Congress Is Doing
The Senate.
M q. GOULD LINCOLN.


TIME Senate during the second
week Of the present session
took It's coat Off" and roll
ed up a record of iegisla-
tive achievement that has rarely
been equalcd SO early In n session
of Congress. 1t put through the
Gronna joint resolution providing
TOR the re-es.ahlishment of the
War Finance Corporation as
measure OF assistance to the farm
ers who desire to increase their ex-
port trade. 1t also passed the Shep-
pard- Towner bill for federal aid. in
co-oprration with the s.ates. to
mothers and infants. and It passed
the Capper- ITermans bill. exempt-
ing cooperative marketing organ
izations of farmers from the OPP
GRAFTON of the Sherman antitrust
law.
In addition to these accomplish
ments. the Senate reached an
agreement to vote on the Kenyon
bill for the federal regulation of
the meat packers on January "a.
The date was selected SO as to
make II possible for Senator Sher-
man of Illinois. an opponent of he
bill. to re urn to Washington and
take part In the debate. Senator
Kenyon and other snoDor ei.s of
the measure believe they Will be
able to n.u ter enough votes TO put
the bill through the Senate. It's
opponents are doing their best.
L. T.. ~
defeat the bill Th.aF figure thai
the packer ''iil will have Il rough
road in The House.
But the u, ,st rs onishiu" B"s-
formance of the Senate dur ng h.
week was the passage of the bill
introduced by Senator Poinlextsr
of Washington to prevent strikes
on interstate railroads. Without
debate, this measure which came
up during consideration of the Sem
ate calendar was passed while it's
opponents were away-from tn. Sem
ate chamber. Debate would or
dinarily have lasted a mont, or
more on such a controverted meas
ure. Senator La Toilette of Wis
consin has entered motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill
was passed. He will seek action on
his motion within a short time. IL
Senator Poindexter should move to
Law the La Toilette motion on the
table, however. and should he be
backed up by sufficient votes, tn.
matter, SO far as the Senate is con-
. cerned. would be closed without
further debate. the motion to lay
on the table being not debatabie.
The Senate finance committee
gave a series OF hearings on the
on1diards ht1I n fo
tiyes of the various organizations
of service men. 1t will hear Secre-
tary Houston of the Treasury De-
partment Thursday. Tho indications
are that the Senate committee win
not recommend the passage Of a
cash bonus bill.
Proposals to suspend or restrict
immigration into the United States
will be considered by the Senate
immigration committee Tuesday.
The Johnson bill passed by the
House. suspending immigration for
year. Is before the committee,
along with bills introduced by
Senators Dillingham; and Sterling,
providing plans for restricting Inn
migration rather than cutting 1t
OF. Inquiry among the senators
indicates a much stronger senti-
ment in favor of temporary sus-'
pension OF immigration than was
at first supposed to exist.
The movement in the Senate for
a reduction of armament received
new impetus when Senator Borah
OF Idaho introduced a resolution
looking to an agreement by the
United States. Great Britain and
Japan to curtail their naval pro-
grams SO per cent for the next Eve
years.