New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
Senators Split
Over Summer
Vacation Issue,
Leaders Favor Recesses or
Adjournment Until Tar
Tiff Bill Is Ready, Others
Vigorously Oppose Plan
Want Farm Acts Passed
Credits, Grain Futures and
Packers Legislation Are
Held Pressing Problems
From The T,4bune.s WASHINGTON Bureau

WASHINGTON, July q Whether
the Senate shall take a vacation for
the next month or six weeks or shall
keep on working is the subject of a
controversy which has arisen among
members of that body and which
threatens to become bitter next week.
Senate Republican leaders, with the
support of some of the Democrats, are
seeking to put through program un-
der which the Senate either would take
q series of three day recesses or would
adjourn until the Finance Committee
is ready 10 report the tariff bill
This plan is strongly opposed by the
Republican and Democratic Senators Of
the agricultural "bloc." The agricult-
ural Senators declare that much I'M
portant legislation demands attention,
and they say they will resist adjourn
ment or recess, and not only that, will
carry the issue to the country if the
Senate halts in the business Of law
making for any considerable time. They
charge the Senate leaders are seeking
to kill off a number of measures ia
vored by the farmers and in the Pr S.,
interest, and are trying to do ii ~
recess or adjournment until the tariff:
bill is taken up, when there will be no
opportunity to consider other legisla-
ton.
Needed Legislation Specified
The Senators of the agricultural
"bloc" asserted to-day they would OPP
pose adjournments or recess until the
Senate had passed credits legislation
to aid the farmers, the grain futures
bill, the Norris bill for farm export
financing corporation and perhaps
others. They want the packers bin
brought out of conference and finally
passed.
On the other hand, Senators Lodge,
Curtis and others Of the Republican
steering committee conferred informal
ly and decided to recess or adjourn
until late in July, when the tariff bill
will be sent to the Senate from the
House and then referred to the Finance
Committee. After that they purpose
to recess or adjourn through most Of
August.
Senator McCumber has been object
ing to the Senate quitting until the
ished business. The leaders are will
ing to permit this to be done or, at
least, tried.
The champions of the maternity bill,
who have secured an agreement to dis
pose of that bill on the tenth calendar
day after June 80, also are inclined to
oppose any plan for a long recess or
adjournment period.
House Won't Oppose Program
The Senate cannot adjourn for more
than three days without the consent
of the House. However, Senator Lodge
has been told the House will not stand
in the way of Senate adjournment
while it is considering the tariff bill.
Under discussion along with the
question Of the legislative program
and whether to recess or adjourn, is
the much mooted problem Of whether
to undertake tax revision ahead of
tariff. Senator Watson, of Indiana, is
still pressing his plan for tax revision
ahead of tariff. Other Senators, in
Guiding Chairman Penrose of the FL
nance Committee, say this is imprac-
ticable.
In connection with the talk of tax
revision ahead of tariff, details of tax
revision plans are being much talked
in an informal way among Senators
One plan which some of the prominent
members Of the Finance Committee
are Advocating is an increase of the
postage rates, including an increase of
the regular rate from two cents to
three cents and an increase Of the
one-cent rate on unsealed letters to
two cents