The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-06
CONGRESS BILLED
 ID WHISTLE WITH MONEY PROBLEMS
President-eIect's Appearance To-day and MT. Wilson Tues- A Are Outstanding Fea-
 ture of Coming Session
By Associated Press

Washington, December 5.-The Sixty
 sixth Congress will convene at noon to-
 morrow for it's third and final session
 with, as outstanding events. the attend
 ance tomorrow at the Senate session of
 President-eeict Harding and the presen-
 tation Tuesday of President Wilson's an-
 nual message.
 Senator Harding was due to arrive in
 Washington shortly before midnight to-
 night from Bedford, Va, where he made
 an address today and is expected to go
 to his office at the capital about g
 O clock tomorrow and at noon to go to
 the Senate chamber to answer the Sem
 ate roll call, probably for the last time.
 Whether Senator Harding would make a
 brief address in response to the demon
 stratiop of welcome expected from his
 colleagues and spectators, still was in
 doubt tonight and was dependent, repuo- lican leaders said, on the turn of de-
 veslopments tomorrow,
 Another uncertain feature of the recon
 vening of Congress was whether Pres i6ent Wilson would deliver his message
 ir person or send it to Congress Tues
 day. Opinion generally was that the latter course would be followed. There
 was practically no information regard
 ing the contents of the message, but the belief was prevalent that it would deal with America's international relations
 and pressing reconstruction problems, in- cluding taxation.
 The final session of Congress opens with only three months of allotted of ficial life ending just before the in- , auguration of Senator Harding on March oy,d xxytth hx4fv ! ward in prospect
 Appropriation bills would constitute the principal task at this session Secretary Houston of the treasury will transmit to Congress tomorrow the annual budget of estimates for the fiscal year ending l June 30, 1922 said to aggregate between l four and five billions of dollars. These estimates will form the basis for the ap- propriation bills.
 l Except for the demon stration expected I to attend the appearance of President elect Harding in the Senate the opening ! sessions promise to be brief and routine. The programme called only for roll calls | in Senate and House, appointment of committees to notify each other and | President Wilson of their converting and adjournment until Tuesday. The Pres l lent will receive the notification com mittees in person and advise them re- gtrding the delivery of his message Tues l day.
 Actual work of both branches of Con- ! gresss is to heRin Tuesday, Tfr usua' opening avalanche of bills is expected to- morrow in the House and Tuesday in | the Senate. Consideration of minor mis- 1 cellaneous measures on the unfinished | business calendar probably will be started 1 Tuesday in the House and Wednesday
 the Senate will begin debate on the Ken 1 yon-K endrick bill for federal regulation ! of the meat industry
 A tentative programme of Legislation. l in addition to the appropriation bills, is ] expected to be determined this week by l republican leaders in conferences among them selves and with President-elect Harding. who will remain here over Tues day for brief but busy period of coun- sells legislative as well as political. Republican leaders predict that Con- gress will be forced to work steady to complete the appropriation bills by March f. In addition to these bills other legislation likely to be taken up include ! measures to repeal war legislation for relief of farmers and probably a few other emergency bills Committees how ever, were prepared to work generally on matters to be considered at the extra session.
 A full attendance of both Senate and House tomorrow is in prospect. Vice President Marshall Speaker Gillett and all floor leaders, together with most of the members of both branches, had ar rived in Washington tonight.