Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-08

Washington. March T.-Opinions about the tasks of the coming special session of congress were exchanged by President Harding and the ranking leaders of his party in senate and house tonight Tt White House dinner inaugurating the new chief executives policy of consultation among publac officials
 score ofasenators and representatives including chairmen of the committees which are expected to have most 10 do in the special sesion. were in the group invited to the dinner It was understood that the principal subjects on which M-. Harding sought a comparison Of views were the tariff and taxation programme. The question of a peace resolution. dis armament. and the date for which the session should be called.
 Tomorrow the president is expected to discuss most of these problems with his cabinet at it's first meeting. The call for assembling the. executives official circle of advisers was issued today from the White House. Vice President Coolidge being abors those invited
 Although the legislative policies of the administration are expected to have large part in the first round table dis cussion of the Harding cabinet. the sit ua ton with respect to Panama and Costa Rica and many subjects relating to pre- liminary organization in the various de- partments also will come in for consider alton. The president has seen each of his secretaries individually at least once ] since inauguration, but he feels that a l general discussion among them will do much toward perfecting his administra- | tive machine.
 1 During a busy day, which included 1 talks with many callers on many sub- l jects, Mir. Harc'ng gathered advice re- | gardinS the special session which he pass l ed along to his conferees at the dinner
 tonight. One of those with whom he 1 discussed the subject this morning wa. Senator Underwood of Alabama, the dem l ocratic leader of the senate, who is un.
 derstood to have urged that the date o T the session be delayed for a month al
 least in order to permit senators to gel
 home and attend to personal business.
 At the dinner. places of precedence
 were occupied by Senator Lodge 0 Massa chusetts. republican senate leader
 and Representative Mondell. Wyoming republican leader of the house As among those invited were Senator Pen
 rose of Pennsylvania, chairman of tn Ssenste finance committee. and Represen
 tativA E'ordney. of Michigan, chairman o the house ways and means committee These are the two committees which vii
 frame tax and tariff legislation.
 To speak regarding the plan for pas
 sage of a peace resolution the presiden invited not only Senator Lodge, who
 chairman of the senate foreign relation
 committee on foreign affairs. and Senate
 Knox of Pennsylvania. author of such resolution which the president is under
 stood to have endorsed in substance An
 other name on the list of guests whic attracted particular attention was ths
 of Senator Johnson of California. tn former progressive party leader and car
 date for the republican presidential nom
 >ination.
 S The other guests chosen by Mir. Hard [ ing for his first formal legislative cor - ference were Senators Curtis of Kansa Warren of Wyoming. Cus1mins of Iofi
 Wadsworth of New York and Po.ndextt
 of Washington, and Representatives Man . of Illinois. Longworth of Ohio. Krile r of Michigan. Anthony of Kansdr. S,tin I of Virginia, Campbell of Ohio. Towner I Ohio and Winsiow of Msssachus atts NIy.
 of those on the list are chairman c
 important committees.