South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-30
CONGRESSMAN TO
MEET IN EXTRA
SESSION IN 1920
Regardless of Election Out
come Must Get Together in
Fall for Important Laws.

WASHINGTON. y. C.. July o.
An extra session OF congress I'm the
spring OF 1927 is looming up as "a
certainty, regardless Of the out
come 81 The November election.
Political leaders and government
officials at tire national capital can
see no other outcome except an cX-
ira session of the laV-makirg body
that viii begin soon after tHe new
president is inaugurated and extend
indefinitely INTO the late summer coz
fall
The short session OF congress
which vii begin ON the first Mon
day OF the coming December and
end On March 4 next VIII hardly
suffice for the passage OF the reg
ular appropriation bills. il the re-
publicans should win iE the tlll
election congress might proceed 10
frame the laws 20 which Senator
Harding and the party stand COM
mittcd, but with "a democratic preSl
dent i'm the white nCusc until
March the bills which congress
would put up TO the white house. II
70 had the time 20 lick them IA
shape. would be decapirdtcd by the
presidential veto.
on the other hand, II Governor
Cox should be elected. an extra ses-
sion OF congress would still be in
evitable, as IL is uncomfortable that
the establishment Of peace and the
final negotiations and ratification OF
the peace treaties, 20 say nothing
OF important domestic legislation
Will be possible at the short ses-
sion
Many Matters.
Aside from the question OF the
establishment OF peace there are
many important matters with which
q. new congress must deal, partic
ulaTly II IL be republican congress.
With the republicans in power UNI
doubtedly the tariff laws viii be
revised and a return made 70 a pro
tCctIve tariff % take the place OF
q tariff for revenue only. But few,
IL any, OF the republican leaders be
heve. however, that there will be "a
return 20 the very high tariffs
which existed. for instance, under
the Paync-Aldrich law, the last one
written by the republicans, which
had a fatal effect upon the party
ia the congressional elections OF
1910.
Whether Cox or Harding wins
congress Will take mp the matter OF
revising the present federal tax laws
which promises TO be- monumental
and long-drawn- task. There will
be an attempt to eliminate the eX-
cess profits tax as II now stands
no matter which party is successful
II is clear. however. that the IN
come tax and surfaces upon the
larger incomes viii be continued.
National Budget.
Among the subjects which viii be
tackled az the extra session of con-
gress IL the republicans win will be
a national budget system, prepared
ness for national defense, immigra-
ton legislation, child labor legisla-
ton, federal legislation against
lynching, financial legislation and
federal aid 10 solve tho housing
problem.
Considerable attention also will be
paid. II the republicans win, 10 leg
islation for deflation Of the cur
rency That part OF Senator Hard
iugs notification speech i'm which
he declared that the federal govern
nent should make its liberty and
victory bonds worth all that the cit
liens paid for them was hailed with
vcCiferous applause. That is a mat
tor which touches millions of Amer
leans closely. whether Cox or Hard
ing is elected president the;e un-
doubtedly viii be a strenuous de
Inand for some legislation or cxecu-
tive action or the part OF the gov
eminent looking 20 the deflatiOn Of
credits and currency which viii
make the bonds approximately what
was paid for them and which will
restore IN q measure the purchasing
value OF the dollar.
Texas leads the country in the
nmonnt authorized for good roads.