Arizona republican., 1921-03-22
F0RDNEY TARIFF MEASURE WILL BE RUSHED THROUGH EXTRA CONGRESS SESSION
(Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

WASHINGTON, March 21-The Fordney emergency tariff bill. as vetoed by former President Wilson. will be rushed through congress in the extra session.
 Acceding to the request of President Harding for passage of measure de- signed to help farmers. asking for pro- tection against foreign competition, Republican members of the house ways and means committee turned about to- day and voted to revive the Fordney bill after agreeing a week ago not to consider any emergency legislation ahead of a permanent tariff and revenue revision.
 Senators Penrose Smoot and Me Cumber, of the senate finance com mittee agreed to the new program which, it was explained. meets approval Of the president. Senator Penrose ex- pressed the belief that the emergency measure would be in the hands of MT. Harding within 10 days after the con- vening of the special session April Il. Several members of the house com mittee, including Chairman Fordney and Representatives Longworth and l Green, conferred with Senator Pen rose, who heads the senate finance committee. after the former committee had reached it's agreement From this conference came the prediction that the i measure would be rushed through the house under special rule and through the senate possibly under limitation of debate as enforced by cloture. The new Fordney bill will be pre- sented with six months limitation but it's provisions will expire earlier should the permanent bill be enacted before expiration of the six months period
 Decision upsninsoas
 The house ways and means commit tee, after an all day wrangle appar- ently was in the utmost harmony. Call ing in newspaper men at the close Chairman Fordney set forth the final program with everybody expressing 1 approval After disposing of the emergency
 measure in the first few days of the
 extra session. the house will take up
 ana pass the anti dumping bill which | will be followed by the allied meas s,1re
 fixing an American valuation on goods paying ad valorem
 Then will come the permanent tariff
 which Republican leaders hope will he broad enough to satisfy all interests demanding an upward revision. The actual work of framing it will begin
 tomorrow.
 While the house is working on tb.
 tariff the senate finance committe.
 Will consider revenue revision and it, printed testimony will be available te l the ways and means committee 1yhicf
 Will write the bill. In this way. Mr I F'ordney predicted congress woult work at high speed. The house would pc considering revenue while the tariff was still before the senate
 All differences have been irone, ! out said Chairman Fordney and ",
 now have definite working plan"
 The Fordney bill, said Chairman Penrose, will be put through eongres. l Wlthout the crossing of T or tn, ! dotting of an l." The president stepped into the figh early today when he telephoned MT
 Fordney suggesting an agricultura \ emergency bill be enacted in atlvanc,
 Of tariff or revenue legislation. Tn : proposal took the committee off it I feet
 There were runblings of diseontent especially among western member who obected ito the idea of going he
 lore congress a second time this yea to ask for special bill. The presiden z asked that senate Republicans b II 1 sounded and there bobbed up the fea c that without cioture rule the meas11r o might be long delayed Senator Pen | rose, however, said cloture would b
 invoked if necessary
 a The cabinet had expected to take II IS the tariff revenue tangle tomorrow, bu r in view of the sudden agreement. tn e question may not be discussed. el When the house meets April II, ther y will be three bills awaiting action If emergency tariff, anti dumping an st American valuation. How soon there
 after the permanent measure might | > ready members declined to say. gl The plan adopted came as a surpris m to members generally. in view of tf g house committees refusal to consfd, ,- a temporary tariff bill at it's meetin ir last week with the senate finance con ii mittee. In some quarters there was s- belief that an attempt might be mao
 in the senate to hold up the Fordnc
 bill, but revenue framers said tn
 possibility did not exist, since u
 measure had the presidents endors