Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-08
HARDING To CALL
SPECIAL SESSION
Congress Will Not Meet Be
fore April 4, May Be
Week Later
PROGRAM OUTLINED
To Keep Columbian Treaty-Disasree
Over TnriG-Peace MT Taken Up
Johnson Among Guests

Washington, March = Pres!den
Harding announced early today thai
the special session of Congress woult
De called not before April 4 and might
oe a week Later.
The announcement was made after
White House dinner which Republi.
can leaders of the Senate and House
attended. The conference lasted fol
four hours and the President said the
legislative program had been discus.
sed.
The President said this was the oe.
ginning Of a program Of cooperation
Various subjects were discussed, he
added, in an attempt to ascertain the
most important to be taken up by the
next Congress.
After the conference BROKE up and
MS guests had departed, the Presi.
dent came out on the front portieo OF
the White House to talk to the 30
newspaper correspondents.
Asked about the special session, tie
President said.
q can only say to you that it VIII
not be carrier than April 4 and il
might possibly ;e a week later.
I'VE also discussed a taxation pro-
gram for the session. We. were tTyln
to determine which was the real pres
sing business for Congress, whether
it vas emergency tariff legislation OF
a complete revision Of the tax sche-
dulles.
I'VE passed the matter up foI
further conference after there has
been a canvass Of the committees IL
charge Ct that legisla ton. 1t meana
that instead of going into = SESSION
of Congress without knowing whisae1
we are going, we are trying to can
vass the whole, situation and arrive o.:
! program.
This is the beginning 81 the pro
gram OF ,co-cpe=asian between tn:
President and Congress. ltis an early
step iu the fu!fjlment of what be-
l:eye the best policy Of conducting ihe
government, bringing the fellows to,
gether and getting them acqussnte-
with others views.
Ratification. tue Columbian treaty
was mentioned, the President said, but
he indicated that there had been n:
decision. This trpaty, by which the
United States would pay $4,000, ,oN
10 Colombia for the part:tionins ol
Panama, was reported out yesterday
by the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mitEe.
The President said army ana nav!
matters t&d only been discussed "ver5
casually" The failure of the appro
priation bills had been referred to, h'
said, in considering what the spec!a
session would have to handle.
Opposition to the re-enactment o:
tha payne Aldsjch Tariff law as q sto,
gap measure until new law can b
enated developed at the conferences
according to some Of those attending
! Chairman Forduey, CT the Hous'
Ways and Means Committee, was sas'
to have laid before the conference h:
plans fer tariff revision and the pro
posal to re-enact.. the Payne-Aidric!
Law. met, with instan. opposition fr'n
Senator'S present: s..
One member OF the House said tn
legislative situation 50 far as it at
feeted tariff revision was more mud
died." 10 his mind, than it was ,bebSr
he conference. He referred to differ
ences be5weep Chsirmsn FoIdney az
Representative Lo4ssIwunth, CT Ohio.
member. Of, the Ways and 'sleans Com
mittee, o7er tariff re7ision' but whe
ther these were aired at the e>eoHfr'
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| presented an. eauaHzation tariff tpla
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