Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-12
MANY MATTERS TO ENGAGE
 THE ATTENTION OF CONGRESS

Washington, Jan l11@New legisla- tion embracing a wide array Of sub jects Will engage the attention of con gross this week. Nearly a score of committees will hold meetings. while i'll the senate the water power develop ment bill has the right of way begin ming tomorrow and the house will take up the postoffice appropriation bill. Inc deficiency, diplomatic and navy pay increase measures are to follow the postoftice bill ill the house.
 One of the outstanding events of the week in the senate will be the caucus Thursday of democratic senators to electIa minority leader to succeed the late Senator Martin of Virginia A close race between Senator Hitchcock CT Nebraska, administration leader in the treaty controversy, and Senator Underwood Of Alabama is in prospect
 Consideration of Secretary Glass request for $150,000,000 additional credit loans for European food relief will be started tomorrow by the house ways and means committee, which will hear Herbert Hoover on the food situation abroad
 Plans for it's investigation of Rus sian radical propaganda will be made tomorrow by the senate foreign rela- tions subcommittee. Ludwig c. A. K. Martens, soviet ''ambaSsador" and his secretary, Santeri Nuorteva. have been subpoenaed to testify later, probably Tuesday.
 Army legislation will be considered tomorrow by both house and senate military committees. the former taking up the subcommittee bill proposing an army of 275,000 men and universal military training. The house commit tee is understood to be about evenly divided on the question of reporting a bill including the military training provision.
 The anti i-sedition bill passed yester- day by the senate will be transmitted 10 the house tomorrow and. the house judiciary committee plans prompt ac- tton on final legislation.
 Proposals of Senators Kenyon. re- publican, Iowa. and Kendrick, demo- crat, Wyoming, for federal regulation of the meat industry will be taken up at an executive session tomorrow of the senate agriculture committee, with prospects of early report of a modified bill dealing with the meat packers stockyards and allied industries. Procedure in the investigation of navy war decorations will be outlined tomorrow by the senate naval sub committee headed by Senator Hale republican, Maine, with early hear ings planned despite refusal of the house committee to join in the inquiry Hearings expected to last d week or the proposed budget system will be started tomorrow by the senate. budget committee, with Dr. Nicholas Murray ] Butler, a champion of the budget plan l first to be heard.
 Further witnesses are to appear to- 1 morrow before counsel of the senate ] foreign relations sub committee con ducting the investigation of Mexican | affairs. A start toward investigating the Ford -Newberry senatorial election contest from Michigan will be made next Thursday by the senate elections
 committee with a recount of the bal 1 lots a a probable first step.
 Conferences will be continued OF the railroad reorganization legislation and the oil, coal, ras and phosphate lani | leasing bill. The railroad conferees | hope to reach during the week tht principal controversies in the Cum mins and Esch bills, including the | anti strike provisions.