The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-09
CONGRESS FACES
VERY BUSY week
Tariff and Naval Appropriations
to Be Taken Up in
the Senate.
ARMY APPROPRIATION
BILL FOR THE HOUSE
Inquiry By the Senate Into the
Railroad Situation to
Begin Tuesday.
(By The Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, May S.-Congress
has before it the busiest week thus far
of this session. Besides a number of
important Investigations and hearings
before committees the senate is to go
forward with the emergency tariff bill
and later the naval appropriation bill,
while the house will take up tomorrow
the army appropriation bill and later
consider the measure for the regula-
ton of grain exchanges.
The long heralded inquiry by the
into the railroad situation is to begin
Tuesday with railroad executives as
the first witness. The committee plans
to go in to rail conditions generally
and the inquiry is the first formal step
of a widespread campaign for reduc-
ton of railroad rates. Hearings on in
ternal revenue tax revision will be
opened tomorrow'by the senate finance
committee with the sales tax plan
the first to be considered. Thursday
this committee will continue consider
alton Of the fight being waged by
Senator Johnson, republican, Cali
fornia, against senate confirmation of
David III. Blair, of Winston Salem, n.
c., to be internal revenue commits
sioner. On the house side, probably
the most important hearing of the
week, will be that by the judiciary
committee on the bill Of Representa-
tive volstead, republican, Minnesota,
to tighten up prohibition enforcement
and rescind the ruling of Attorney
General Palmer that physicians may
prescribe beer for the sick. Tomorrow
the house special committee will re-
sumo its investigation into the escape
of Grover Cleveland Bergoll. Philadel-
phia draft evader. The senate cleo
lions COMMITTEES may take up the
Ford Newberry election contest this
week to determine to what extent the
decision Of the supreme court setting
aside the conviction of the Michigan
senator affects the contest: Senator
Newberry is expected to resume his
seat in the senate early this week
One matter of international aspect
will come before a senate committee
| tomorrow. The inter- oceanic committee
VIII take up three DlllS TO restore Tree
toll privileges to American vessels
passing the Panama canal. Senator
Borah, republican, Idaho, chairman of
the committee plans prompt action to
nullify the free tolls repeal law of
the Wilson administration. but the
subject promises to bring about nego-
tiations with the executive branch of
the government and also many diplo-
matte questions.
Passage Of the emergency tariff bill
by the senate Wednesday is planned
and the measure then will go to con-
ference for the composing of differ
ences between the senate and house
Two important measures, the immigra-
ton bill and the budget measure, are
| in conference with final enactment of
the former late this week planned by
leaders.
Renewal Of the long fight over the
future of the regular army is expect
ed when the house takes up the army
appropriation bill while senate con-
sideration of the naval measure is ex-
pected to precipitate fight over in
terna tional disarmament.