Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-23
What Congress Is Doing
The House.
By WILL p. KENNEDY.

Consideration of the agricultural
appropriation bill, in which VS.
100000 was Topped from the de-
partmental estimates, will continue
to occupy the attention OF the
House during the early part of this
week. BY Wednesday or Thurs
day it is expected that either one
or both the Army and Navy ap-
preparation bills will be reported
to the House. to be taken up fol-
lowing the passage of the agri-
cultural supply measure.
There are still eight OF the big
appropriation bills yet to come
has not yet been sent to confer
ence, the House refusing yesterday
to send the District appropriation
bill to conference by unanimous
consent. The question of procedure
on new legislation inse. ted by the
Senate is under debate. Repre-
sentative Haugen of Iowa contends
that when the Senate puts on les
islative riders they should be re-
ferred to the proper legislative
committee of the House for con-
sideration before they are made in
order for consideration in the
House.
The sending of the District bill
to conference will be the item of
greatest interest to District resi-
dents this week. The Temple Sun
day blue law bill, on which hear
ings wede tentatively arranged
for Tuesday, has been pigeon
holed for This session. The House
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consider the Washington street
railway problem in executive ses-
sion on Wednesday,. Representa-
tive Norman ]. Gould Of New York
and Representative James p.
Woods of Virginia are determined
to force some action looking to-
ward a merger of the two COM
panies.
Hearings of the Walsh special
committee investigating the Ship
ping Board are shifted again to
New York. where they are to be
resumed tomorrow.
Favorable report was made by
the commerce committee Friday on
the Winslow bill amending the
transportation act to permit the
railways to get partial payment
from the federal government on
accounts due under the federal
guarantee.
Appropriation of $4,000, 900 for
veterans is favored by the COM
mittee on public buildings, Chair
man Langley annonced.
Agricultural interests are now
appearing before the ways and
means committee in regard to tar
if readjustment. These hearings
will continue all this week.
The House, by a decisive vote
on Wednesday, continued the pres
ent size of the House-435-for the
next ten years.
The Indian appropriation bill,
carrying approximately $4,000
600, was passed on Thursday
Warning against hasty reduction
of Army appropriations was made
to the military affairs committee
on Wednesday by officers of the
American Legion.
Herbert Hoover, former federal
food administrator. told the agri-
cultural committee on Wednesday
how gambling in futures on the
grain exchanges could be checked
by voluntary agreement. julius
Barnes, former head of the Unit
ed States Grain Corporation. urged
suspension of all proposed legisla-
ton to regulate grain future
= transactions.
Investigation Of the purchase of
fourteen German airplanes at a
cost of 100000 by the War, Navy
and Post Office departments, was
demanded by Representative Mar
tin B. Madden.
The five-cent cigar will never
return unless tariff and tax 1evfes
on tobacco drop, witnesses told the
ways and means committee.
The House voted 285, to 4 to di.
rect the Secretary Of War to cease
enlistments when the Army reach
es 175,000, the limit set in q Senate
resolution.