The Monmouth inquirer., 1921-03-31
TARIFF SESSION
OPENS APRIL II
Harding Formally Issues Call
for New Congress to Assem-
BILE ''in Public Interest.
MAY APPEAR IN PERSON
President Likely to Follow Custom of
Wilson in Delivering His Message.
Dumb on Foreign PoIicy-Do-
mestic Matters Expected.

Washington.-A formal call for an
extra session of Congress, to meet on
April IL and receive legislative rec
concentrations from the new admins
tration, was issued by President Hard
ing.
None of the specific problems to be
laid before the legislative branch were
named in the proclamation, the Presi-
dent merely declaring that an extraor-
binary occasion required that Congress
convene ito receive such communica-
tion as may be made by the executive" :"
Harding already has indicated, how
ever, that tariff and taxation will be
foremost in his message to the special
session. He is expected to make spe-
'cial plea for prompt relief to the ma
tion's agricultural interests, and the
list of recommendations may touch
many other subjects, such as the rail-
way situation, the merchant marine
and immigration.
One recommendation relative to re-
construction measures within the gov
ernment machine itself is expected to
suggest the creation of general COM
mission to dispose of many kinds of
property acquired by government agen-
cies during the war. Whether the mes
sage will touch on foreign relations is
a matter of speculation, but the Pres
ident has indicated that his primary
desire for the session is that it work
out a plan of governmental and in
dustrial rehabilitation at home.
Some of the Presidents friends be-
lieve he will follow the custom of
President Wilson in delivering his mes
sage to Congress in person. 1t was
said at the White House. however, that
no decision on that detail had been
reached.
None of the subjects to be consid-
cred was mentioned in the call for the
session, the text of which follows:
Whereas, public interests require
that the Congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session at
II o'clock noon on the eleventh day of
April, 1921, TO receive such commune
cation as may be made by the execu-
tive;
''Now, therefore, 1, Warren G. Hard
ing, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and de-
clare that an extraordinary occasion
requires the Congress of the United
States to convene in extra session at
the Capitol in the city of Washington
on the eleventh day of April, 1921, at
u o'clock noon, of which all persons
who shall at that time be entitled to
act as members thereof are hereby re-
quired to take notice."
Actual work of framing perma-
nent tariff bill was begun by the House
Ways and Means Committee which ap-
pointed five subcommittee to prepare
various schedules to be presented to
the full committee. Only Republican
members will participate, as is the
usual legislative custom.
A subcommittee consisting of Repre-
sentatives Young, North Dakota; Had
ley, Washington, and Timberlake,
Colorado, will take charge of the emer-
gency tariff to be introduced by Young
on the opening day of the extra ses-
sion. The Fordney bill, passed last
session and vetoed, will be presented in
it's same form, except that it will run
for six months instead of ten.
The Young committee will draft re-
port showing the need of immediate ac-
ton in order to relieve the agricultural
interests demanding protection from
foreign competition.
The subcommittee and perment tar
iff subjects to be handled by each are
Chemicals-Longwort Ohio; Cop
ley, Illinois; Hadley, Washington.
Metals-TilsoR Connecticut; Mott,
New York; Timberlake, Colorado.
Agriculture-Hawle, Oregon; Young,
North Dakota Frear, Wisconsin.
Cotton = Green. Iowa; Treadway,
Massachusetts; Bowers, West Virginia.
Wool-Fordney Michigan; Bacna-
rach, New Jersey; Watson, Pennsylva-
MIA.