The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-09-21
CONGRESS WILL
MEET TOMORROW

| washington, Sept. 2O.-CongreSS
will reassemble tomorrow noon, after
a recess since August "a, with a full
program for the remainder of the ex-
ira session which may lapse into the
regular December session.
Activity at first is to center in the
senate which will consider the tax re-
vision bill; the peace treaties with
! Germany, Austria and Hungary; the
arti-beer. railroad debt funding, the
allies debt refunding and other bills.
The treaties are to be transmitted by
President Harding tomorrow and are
to be pressed at once.
The house will reconvene under a
gentlemen's agreement to transact vir-
tually no business until October A.
| Comparatively few representatives
were in Washington tonight and the
leaders were not expected until next
month. The bill to reapportion the
house membership is slated to be TAX
en- up when the house begins workk.
Presentation to the senate of the
peace treaties with the revenue bill
was expected to be the principal event
tomorrow although leaders tonight
indicated possibility that the ses-
sions tomorrow might be perfunctory
and business put over one day. Death
of house members during the recess,
it was said, might out Of respect cause
an immediate adjournment of both
senate and house.
Vice President Coolidge was here
tonight ready to open the senate, but
the house will be presided over by
Representative Walsh (Republican) of
Massachusetts, IN the absence of Speak
er Gillett, who will not return before
October. The house agreement pro.
vides for three day recesses until Oc-
tober 4.
A definite legislative program for
the rest of the session is to be ar
| ranged soon by Republican steering
| committees whose members will con-
fer with President Harding The tax
bill is to have senate precedence, ac-
cording to present plans, although de-
bate on it is not expected to begin un-
til next week.
In view, however, of the admins
tration, :desire to press the peace
treaties, it was said by leaders tonight
that the tax bill and the treaties might
be considered virtually simultaneously
lhx. discNsstgG 3 the treaties during
Hap % sdeb8te on stheStAx bE1ksFtlt1s
publican leaders. it, lis understood. in
tend To- have the treaty debate after
action by the foreign Yrels1 1G0nn c6ln-
tnaitt in executive session; but ,aef-
Forts 10 open the doors are planned by
democrats and by some Republicans.
| The iaant-b beer bill also is to- be
fpressed at once, according to Senator
Sterling (Republican) Of South Da-
Bota, who is in charge OF. it. AS the
conference report was adopted by the
house just before the recess, the bill
has parliamentary priority in the sen.
ate even overy the tax bill orr the
treaties.
After disposalSof the tax bill, the
tsenate finance committee is to resume
work on the suspended tariff revision
] measure, but with little prospect of
final enactment before early spring.
The railroad debt funding bill is TO
be urged at the first opportunity in
the senate, according to Republican
leaders. 1t passed the house just be-
fore the recess.
On October 10 under formal agree
ment entered into last month, the SEN
ate will vote on the Borah bill to re-
store to American coastwise vessels
free tolls privileges in the Panama
| canal. ~ '.r
Much senate and some house dis
cussions of, questions involved in the
armament conference are in prospect.
Good roads Legislation is in con-
tference with Anal action on the Town
1 send-Dowell federal aid bills expected
next month.
The joint, congressional committee
investigating agricultural rellsf is to
continue hearings in October.