South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-12
CONGRESSMEN TO
FRAME MANY new
LAWS This WEEK
Committeeman in Senate and
House to Act on Score of
important Measures.
DEMOCRATS TO NAME LEADER

10y Arsb'lateH lIfnS
WASHINGTON. Jan ll.-New
Legislation embracing a wide array
of subjects Will engage the atten
tion of congress this week. Nearly
a score OF committees viii hold
meetings like the senate the water
power development bill has the
right Of way beginning Monday. and
the house Will take up the postoffice
appropriation bill. The deficiency,
diplomatic and navy pay increase
measures are 10 follow the postof-
flee bill in tho house.
one of the outstanding events Of
he week in the senate will be the
caucus Thursday of democratic
senators elect n minority leader 10
succeed the late Sen. Martin. OF Vir-
ginia a close race between Sen.
Hitchcock. of Nebraska. administra-
tion leader i'm the treaty contrOver-
~. and Sen. Underwood, of Ala
bama. is i'm protest.
Consider Report.
Consideration Of Sec'y GLASS; re-
quest for S15O,OOO.0OO additional
credit loans for European food re-
lief will be started Monday by the
house ways and means committee.
which will hear Herbert Hoover on
the food situation abroad.
Plans for its investigation of Rus
sian radical propaganda will be
made Monday by the senate foreign
relations subcommittee. Ludwig G..
A X. Martens, soviet ambassador. 4"
and his secretary, Santeri Nuorteva.
have been subpoenacd 10 testify lat
er, probably Tuesday. Army legis-
lation win be considered tomorrow
by both senate and house military
committees, the former taking up
the subcommittee bill proposing an
army of 275,000 men and universal
military training. The house COM
n.ttee is understood to be about
evenly divided on the question of
reporting a bill including the mill
tary training provision. The anti
scdition bill passed Saturday by the
senate viii be transmitted 10 the
house Monday and the house ju-
dietary committee plans prompt ac-
tion on final legislation.
May Modify Meat Bill.
Proposals of Sens. Kenyon, repub-
lical,. Of Iowa. and Kendrick. demo
crat. OF wyoming. for federal regu-
latiOn of the meat industry will be
taken up at an executive session on
Monday of the senate agriculture
committee with prospects for an
early report of modified bill deal
ing with the meat packers, stock
yards and aligned industries.
Procedure in the award of naval
decorations will be outlined Monday
by the naval sub committee. headed
by Sen. Hale. republican, of Maine
with early hearings planned despite
refusal of the house committee TO
join in the inquiry.
Begin Budget Hearings.
Hearings expected 10 last a week
on the proposed budget system will
be started Monday by the senate
budget plan. as the first TO be
heard.
Further witnesses are to appear
tomorrow before the counsel of the
senate foreign relations sub-cOm.
mittee conducting the investigation
OF Mexican affairs.
4 start toward investigating the
Ford -Newberry senatorial election
contest from Michigan viii be made
next Thursday by the senate cleo
tion contest from Michigan Will be
made next Thursday ythe senate
elections committee with &. recount
of the ballots as a probable first
step.
conferences viii be continued on
the railroad re-organization leglisla-
tion and the OIL coal. gas and phos-
phatc land leasing bill The rail-
road conferecs hope 10 reach during
me week the principal controversies
i'm tho Cummins and Esch bills. in
Guiding the anti-strike provisions