The New York herald., 1920-01-12
NEW LEGISLATION
ON CALENDAR FOR
WEEK IN CONGRESS
Many Investigations ana Dem
,ocratic Leadership Caucus
Also on Programme.

/ WASHINGTON. D. c., SUNDAY N7
legislation embracing wide array OF 81
jects viii engage the attention OF con-
mittees will hold meetings, while in the
Senate the Water Power Development b'll
has the right of way beginning tomorrow
and the House will take up the Post Office
Appropriation bill. The deficiency, dplo-
matte and navy pay Increase measures
are to follow the post office bin in the
House.
| One of the outstanding events of the
week in the Senate will be the caucus
Thursday of Democratic Senators 10 elect
a minority leader to succeed the 'lat,,
Senator Martin, of Virginia. \ close re &C
between Senator Hitchcock, Of Nebraska,
administration leader in the treaty con-
| troversy, and Senator Underwood of Ala
bama, Is in prospect
Consideration of Secretary Glass
quest for $50, 00oo 900 additional credit loans
! for European food RELIEF Will be started
tomorrow by the House Ways and Means
Committee, which viii hear Herbert
Hoover on the food situation abroad
Red Propaganda Inquiry.
| Plans for its investigation Of Russian
radical propaganda will be made tomorrow
by the Senate Foreign Relations Sub-Com-
mittee. Ludwig c. A. X Martens Soviet
| Ambassador" and his secretary. Santcri
Nuorteva. have been subpoenaed to testify
llater-probably on Tuesday.
Army legislation will be considered to-
morrow by both Senate and House Military
committees. the former taking M the sub
committee bill proposing an army of 200"
men and universal military training. The
House committee is understood to be apou;
ave Iu ont hp nf n
a bill including the military training pro-
vision.
The Anti-Sedition bill passed yesterday
by the Senate. will be transmitted to the
House and the House Judiciary Commit
tee plans prompt action on final legis-
lation.
Proposals OF Senators Kenyon. Repuh-
lican, and Kendrick. Democrat. for federal
regulation of the meat industry will be
taken up at an executive session tomorrow
of the Senate Agriculture Committee, with
prospects of early report Of a modified bin
dealing with the meat packers. stock yards
land aligned industries.
Navy Was Decorations Inquiry.
Procedure in the Investigation Of Navv
war decorations will be outlined tomorrow
by the Senate naval Subcommittee headed
by Senator Hale, Republican. of Maine.
with early hearings planned despite re-
fusal of the House committee to join IL
Ilne inquiry. AHOLlef Seldle ltNdl sun"
committee plans hearings this week on
proposals for limiting DEVELOPMENT OF thu
Charleston S. c., Navy Yard.
Hearings expected to last week OH the
proposed budget system will be started
tomorrow by the Senate Budget Com
mittec with Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler.
q champion of the budget plan, as the
first to be heard.
Further witnesses are TO appear to
morrow before counsel Of the Senate
foreign relations subcommittee conduct
ling the Investigation of Mexican affairs
A start toward investigating the Ford
lNewberry senatorial election contest from
Michigan will be made next Thursday by
the Senate Elections Committee with
recount OF the ballots a probable first
step
Conferences will be continued on the
railroad reorganization legislation and the
oil, coal, gas and phosphate land leasing
bill The railroad conferees hope to reach
during the week the principal contro-
versies in the Cummins and Esch bills. in
Guiding the anti-strike provisions.