Evening star., 1921-04-10
CONGRESS OPENS
SPECIAL SESSION
TOMORROW NOON
Sixty-Seventh Body to Con-
vene Confronted With
important Issues.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED
Revision of Tariff Laws and Rati-
fcation of Peace Treaty to
Receive Early Action.

The Sixty-seventh Congress sum-
moned by President Harding in s,e-
ciaf session to consider matters Of
supreme ."iportance-both foreign
and domestic-will meet tomorrow =,
noon.
The republicans control both ss,
a'e ana House by overwh helmins ma
1orities With a republican President
IN 'he White House. the party has
clear held when it comes to do-
'erninins the policies of the govern
ment.
ne dominating questions confront
ing the new Congress are the revisio,
OF the tariff and internal revenue
laws. and the lowering Of IN. 90,
of living.
me foreign relations of the country
"hlch for more than two wears have
heen undermined. largely because n,
the refusal of the Senate TO rat;fv
the Versailles treaty of peaoe must
be settled.
Expect President to Appear.
PRESIDENT Harding. it is expected
VIII appear before the Congress in
JOINT session on Tuesday and deliver
message outlining his views re-
sarding both domestic and foreign
policies.
Two or the big annual supply bills.
'he army and Navy bills. which failed
OF passage in the last Congress. must
De put through. They will be intro
! duced FIRST in the House and nut
through that body. A serious efror,
VIII be made by a strong group in
ooth the Senate and House to reduce
the appropriations for the military
and naval Services to the lowest pos
! sible limit
| The House will deal with the tariff
and revenue legislation first also
The ways and means committee is
expected to report out almost imme-
| diately the so-called emergency tar
if bill designed to give protection 10
the agricultural interests of the
country. and also the so-cslled
American valuation bill, under which
importations will be given an Amer
lean valuation in computing the tariff
duties.
To Settle Colombian Treaty.
The Senate. under unanimous con-
sent agreement made at the special
executive session of that body imme-
diately following the inauguration
of President Harding. is 10 vote on
the proposed treaty between the
United States and Colombia. provid-
ing for the payment of $4,000, 900 to
the Colombian government as kind
of indemnity for the loss of Panama
and the Canal Zone. The date set
for the vote is ten days after the
convening of Congress. There will
be ;trong opposition to the ratif1ca-
tion of this treaty, mostly from a
group of republican senators. A mo-
ton to consider the treaty in open
executive session will be made, and
probably will be adopted.
Almost every train arriving today
will bring members of the Senate and
House to Washington, though many
had arrived last night.
The opening sessions of both houses
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expected, and only routine business
will be transacted. Both houses.
after ascertaining the fact that
quorum is present. will appoint COM
mittees to wait upon the President
and inform him that Congress is in
session and awaiting any information
he may desire to convey to ii.
In the House. the organization of
that body will be perfected with the
election of the Speaker and other Of
fcers, and the adoption of rules. In
the Senate the officers have already
been elected and the rules hold over
from the old Congress. An amend
ment to the rules increasing the
membership of ten of the major COM
mittees will be submitted. however.
and this will go over until Tuesday
under the rule.
Government Reorganization.
The new Congress will be expected
to wrestle with the questions of gov
ernment reorganization, looking to
greater efficiency and economy A
budget bill providing a more har-
monious and scientific method Of
submitting the estimates of govern
ment expenditures and the revenue
needs; a measure reclassifying the
civil service employees of the govern
ment and a measure reorganizing the
government departments are included
in the program.
The railroad situation is to be in
vestigated thoroughly by the Senate
interstate commerce committee un-
der a resolution which will be intro
duced by Chairman Cummins Of that
committee. The resolution has been
prepared and will be offered tomor-
row or Tuesday.