The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-08
NORMAL BUSINESS PROGRAMME ID BE
 TAKEN UP TODAY
Congressional Attention to Be Turned to Business Prob lens as Soon as Appro-
 priations Out of Way
By Associated Press

Washington, December 7.-Congres- sioDil, consideration of methods to aid in restoring normal business conditions appeared in the offing tonight with the announcement that majority members of the ways and means committee would meet in conference tomorrow to discuss legislative programme with respect to commerce and industry.
 The enormous number of bills dealing with farming and industry presented yesterday and today, together with an apparent desire of leaders to do some- thing for business generally made 1t appear certain that congressional at tention would be turned to business problems once the appropriation bills are out of the way. Leaders in the Sem ate and House do not believe that ac- tual enactment of any such legislation can be accomplished during the pres ent brief session, but they are evidently agreed that the foundations should be laid through committee consideration for prompt action after March next.
 The ways and means committee will have before it a wide range of pro- posals for bills already dropped in the Senate and House hoppers include measures providing all the way from far-reaching tax and tariff reforms and &STlculluTdl TeneI 10 aIQ or pTOleCIlOH to limited groups of industries
 WOULD PROBE UNEMPLOYMENT
 Some of the. measures submitted would direct congressional investiga- ton of unemployment. Among such measures was resolution presented today by Representative Mason, repub lican, of Illinois, calling for series of House committee investig gations and conference of governors and federal off, ficials to ascertain facts and figures and make recommendations.
 MT. Mason's resolution set forth that there now were more than 100000 per sons in the United States in enforced idleness.A
 Permission to deduct income taxes paid this year from next years assessi- ble income was proposed as a business relief measure by Representative Ack- erman, republican, of New Jersey. who declared that the burden of taxes should not further be increased by taxing money already paid or to be paid into the federal treasury.
 TO STIMULATE BUSINESS
 Bills were offered in the Senate sin large number, with the general aim of stimulating business, whether agricul- tural, manufacturing, mining or export ing. The programme of Senator Cap per- republican, of Kansas, for farm re- lief legislation, found expression in sew eral measures to regulate grain ex- changes while Senator McCumber. re- publican, of North Dakota, introduced bills to prohibit the importation for one year of grain and grain products and live stock and other food commodities and the appointment by the President of a commission to prepare for Con gress a general system of cooperative marketing.
 Cooperative marketing also was dealt with in House bills. Means of taking care of the surplus cereal crops and at the same time assuring the far mer a proper sale of his products was the stated object of bill by Repre- sentative Christopherson. republican. of South Dakota, who proposed to revive the United States Grain corporation as the machinery to handle the farm sur plus.
 All of the measures dealing with re- lief for farmers were designed. their proponents declared to aid the con- sumer as well as the producer, but the urban members were not overlooking opportunities to render assistance by legislation, where possible, to the busi- ness of finance and manufacturing through changes in the federal reserve act and banking laws.