Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-06-15
CONGRESS- QUITS
TILL DECEMBER 6
Second Session of the Lawnak-
ing Body Adiourns Z
Sine Die.
SPECIAL SESSION UNLIKELY
President Clings to War Powers as
He Lets Repeal Bill Die-100
Acts Are Signed by Him
at Close.

Washington, June S.-The second
session of the Sixty-sixth congress ad-
journed sine die. Unless summoned
in special session it will not reassem-
BILE until December g. In the interim
President Wilson will remain clothed
in all his wartime powers, and in pO-
sition to make nearly 200 recess APP
tant posts 1t is regarded as unlikely
that he will call a special session I'M
less forced to do so by a grave emer-
gency.
Only the insiStent desire of con-
gresSmen to end the session-with ma
tional conventions calling them urgent
ly-enabled the president to continue
in possession of dictatorial powers. BY
Withholding his signature to the meas
ure repeating all wartime laws, eX-
cept the Lever act, the trading with
the enemy act and the Liberty and
Victory loan legislation, the president
allowed the repeal resolution to die.
he cannot legally sign bill after con-
gress has adjourned.
The session closed without the
usual last minute rush of bills. the
house particularly being in a watch
ing the clock" frame of mind while it
waited for the senate, in which some
minor f1libusters developed. There
was the usual eulogy of the session by
the majority leader and the customary
denunciation of its wOrk-0r lack of
work-by the minority's chief spell
binder.
Representative Mondell, Wyoming
Republican floor leader, pointed with
pride" to the work of the session, de-
C1aring that, except as to certain bills
for the protection of American indus
try, which passed the house but failed
in the senate because of Democratic
opposition" the program of legisla-
ton announced by the Republican
conference at the beginning of the
first session had 'been carried OFT to
the letter." He said the session had a
right to be proud of the economy it
had instituted and the constructive
legislation it had passed.
Representative Garrett, Democrat,
Tennessee, charged the Republicans
with responsibility for long list of
sins-both of commission and Omis-
sion-concluding with the remark that
the session had been ''pitiful and gave
the Republicans nothing to be proud
Of"
More than 100 bills of major and
minor importance were signed by the
president before the session closed.
Among those which he permitted to
die by failure to affiX his signature,
the water power legislation. which was
passed after more than decade of eff
fort, was regarded as next in impor-
lance to the war law repeal resolution.
A measure looking toward relief of the
print paper shortage in the United
States died in similar manner
Among the important measures
signed by President Wilson were the
naval appropriation bill, S436, OOO.0OO;
the army appropriation bill, S394'929.-
900; the sundry civil bill, $43G,000,OOO !;
the District of Columbia, $1S.373 900 !;
the diplomatic and consular apprOpria-
ton, $9,21S,537; the third deficiency
bill, $58.000,000; the army reorganiza-
ton bill the merchant marine bill the
post office nay increase bill bill pro-
viding for the exclusion and depOrta-
ton of alien anarchists; bills 70 pen
sion veterans of the Spanish, Philip
pine and China campaigns, and to in
crease pensions to certain of their de-
pendents; the industrial vocational re-
Mobilization bill bill permitting gov
eminent radio stations to handle pri-
vate messages; an amendment to the
trading with the enemy act restoring
seized property to citizens of newborn
countries who, when war was declared,
were enemy aliens; an act establishing
a swoman's bureau la the department
of labor.
In addition to the bills signed or
vetoed, other important legislation
passed by the present session, which
began December l, 1919, included the
transportation act, the woman suf-
frage amendment, the mineral land
leasing bill, the Volstead prohibition
enforcement law, the civil service re-
tirement measure, the Sweet war risk
act. the extension of the Lever law to
punish protiteers.
Ten Fishermen Drown.