Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-26
IMPORTANT AND
BUSY WEEK plan
OF LAWMAKERS
Legislation and Investigations
in Congress Promise Fur
ther Action Of Rapid
Fire Activity.

| Washington, Jan. 25.-Althougl
developments in connection with th'
peace treaty are of transcendant in
terest,, congress tomorrow starts an
other week of action on importan
legislation and investigation.
With vote on the Kenyon Amer
icanization bill. expected tomorrow
the senate will begin consideration
Of the bill to increase pay of the
army, navy and coastguard person
mel. In the house the regular ap'
preparation bills will be pushed dur,
ing the week. leaders still firm in the
hope of adjourning congress sine
die about June |.
OF the many Investigations in
progress, the senate naval subcom,
mittec inquiring into the Sims-Dan-
icls controversy over awards of navy
war decorations plans to conclude its
hearings and make a report to the
full committee late this week. Sec
ietary Daniels is expected to testify
Tuesday and may be on the stand
two or three days. After ending the
decorations inquiry. the subcommit-
tee in the new inquiry promises fur
ther spirited debate OH the senate
floor. Another naval subcommittee
also will consider further the ques-
tiou of investigating charges of lm-
moral practices at Newport, r. |.
Probe Red Propaganda.
Inu,iiry into bofshevik proDapanda
will be resumed tomorrow by the
senate foreign relations subcommit-
tee headed by Senator Moses. repub-
lican, New Hampshire. Ludwig c. A.
X. Martens, soviet Ambassador"
and his assistants are to resume their
testimony. Sensational developments
have been promised by members Of
the subcommittee.
An army reorganization bill is to
be reported out early this week, pos
sibly tomorrow, by the senate mill
tary committee. 1t will include
universal military training provision.
The house military committee, di-
vided on universal training, will con-
tinue work on its bill this week, with
further developments expected from
opposition to the house steering
committees nomination of Repre-
sentative Harold, Oklahoma. an op-
ponent of universal training, to
military committee vacancy.
New Meat Bill.
Another important bill scheduled
to reach the senate calendar this
week is the senate agricultural COM
nittee's measure for regulation Of
the packers, stock yards, live stock
commission merchants and other
agencies Of the meat industry. The
committee measure is to be sub
stitute for the Kenyon-Kendrick
bills, which met with strong oppo-
sition from the packing and other
business interests.
Conferences on the railroad re-
bill may bring the anti
strike and other controverted sec
tions before the house and possibly
again in the senate for vote. The
conferees are nearing the stage OF
being able to report partial agree
ment on some of the disputes be-
tween the Cummins and Esch bills,
but with deadlocks on the anti
strike and other major features.
Sedition legislation may bring
further controversy in the house
this week. No action on
the house floor Is expected this
week.
Appropriations requested by Sec
retary Glass and others for food re-
lief work in Europe are to be con-
sidered further this week by the
house ways and means committee.
Herbert Hoover and others may be
called before the committee.