The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-01-16
CONGRESS RESUMES
FOR BUSY SESSION
LITTLE REST IN SIGHT ron LAW.
MAKERS UNTIL PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN STARTS
PEACE TREATY HANGING FIRE
Action 10 Hoped for This Month That
Will End state Of War-Railroad
Reorganization Bills Are Also
Waiting to De Acted on

Washington. Jan. S--CongreSs recon-
venes at noon today after fortnight's
holiday. with months of hard work in
sight and adjournment expected by few
leaders before the presidential cam
paign next fall. The only recess look
ed for is n brief one in summer when
the national party conventions are in
session.
Innumerable domestic and interna-
tiOnal problems await the attention
OF congress with partisan politics of
the presidential election to the fore.
Political speeches OF presidential can
didates and members of congress up
for reelection are expected to flood
the Congressional Record.
The senate will resume today con-
sideratiOn of the sedition bin Of Sena-
tor Sterling, Republican. OF North Da-
kota, and later begin work on the
house water department measure. The
Victor Berger election case is on to-
days program in the house, where
leaders plan to reject Immediately the
reelection certificate of the Milwau-
kee socialist. ousted in the last ses-
sion.
The senate hopes to dispose of the
German peace treaty this month. de-
spite no substantial results from com
promise negotiations during the re-
cess. Some immediate move. however,
is expected.
The motion of Senator Underwood
for appointment of Cancellation
committee is awaiting consideration
and ON the calendar. AS is the resolu-
ton Of Senator Knox. proposing rati-
fication of all peace terms except the
league of nations.
Other treaties to be considered are
the French. Austrian. and Polish.
and the Panama canal settlement
with Colombia. and. if possible the
Turkish peace treaty.
Congress also must consider many
measures affecting commercial. finan.
cial and other relations abroad, aris-
ing as war aftermath.
The railroad reorganization bills and
the oil, coal, gas and phosphate land
leasing bill. both in conference, are
scheduled for final action this month.
Unusual committee activity is on the
program. Army reorganization plans
of the two military committees are
complete and differ only in details,
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silent on universal military training.
The senate committee will take up
Friday the bill drafted by the SUBJ
committee.
Many Investigations will be pros
ecuted by both senate and house. Be-
sides the house war expenditures in
quiry senate committee will con-
,inue the Mexican investigation here
and on the border. Mrs. Sturgess,
whose husband was murdered ut
Chipas, will be heard to day.
Inquiry into navy decorations will
begin soon at a joint hearing of the
senate and house naval committees.
Plans will he laid tomorrow by the
Scuile COIu1ilttcc.
Investigation of bolshevik activi-
Ties and Ludwig c. 4. X. Martens.
Soviet ambassador" is to begin Fri
day by foreign relations commit
tee. headed by Senator Moses, Repub-
lican. of New Hampshire.
Other senate Investigations planned
include the coal situation by the
committee headed by Senator Freling.
huysen, the Ford-Newberry election
| contest from Michigan. investigation
of the federal trade commission and
| charges of Senator Watson. Republic
| can. of Indiana. that some Of its EN-.
p!cyes are socialist prOpagandist>.
and the newsprint paper situation.
The Kenyon-kendrick bills for fed
eral control Of the meat industry are
to he taken up today by the senate
agriculture committee. testimony of
the 'big five" packers and other in
terests having been concluded. Fri
day the committee will hold hearings
on n bill to extend the maximum limi,
of federal farm loans.
| The senate plans to pass this week
| the first of the remedial bills urged by
the senate labor committee. providing
for the AmericaniZation of foreigners
| Laws TO deport and exclude aliens
are to be considered Immediately. in
Gliding the johnson deportation bill
passed last month by the house and
the administration measure extending
power TO veto undesirable immigration
legislation by denial of passports.