The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-04-11
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
SIXTY SEVENTH CONGRESS
CONVENES AT NOON TODAY
Emergency Tariff Bill Will Be
One of First Measures
Taken Up.
HOPE FOR FINAL VOTE
BEFORE END OF WEEK
Senate Will Begin Work on
S25,000,000 Colombian
Treaty.
,ey The Associated Press).

NA5tliANN iO4N, ApIll III ne nSW
republican administration will get un-
der full headway tomorrow when the
sixty seventh American congress con-
venes at noon for the extraordinary
session called few weeks ago by
President Harding.
The program tomorrow is expected
10 be limited to the usual opening for
malities, including the adoption OF res
olutions providing for a joint session
Tuesday to hear tho presidents ad-
dress and to organization work. Com
mittees of leaders also will be appoint
ed tomorrow TO notify the president of
the assembling OF congress.
Domestic needs, including tariff and
tax revision, are expected to be en-
phasized by President Harding, but he
also Is said TO be planning a consider
able discussion of international ques-
tions. Republicans prominent in con-
gress received reports tonight that ne
would state with considerable defi-
niteness his attitude toward the pro-
posaI to establish peace with Ger
many by congressional action.
Tomorrows program calls for
reading in both bodies OF the presi-
dents proclamation calling the extra
session and for the election of officers.
Speaker Gillett is to be reelected In
the house, after the call of the roll
by states. Committee states also are to
be adopted with Representative Mon
dell. of Wyoming, TO continue as ma
iority leader, and Representative
Kitchin. OF North Carolina, succeeding
the late Champ Clark as minority
leader
The usual opening flood of bills and
resolutions is due tomorrow in the
house. but not until Tuesday in the.
senate.
The first legislative achievement
promises TO be enactment of the emer-
gency tariff bill vetoed at the last ses-
sion by President Wilson. This Is to he
introduced in the house tomorrow and
reported during Tuesday. 1t will be
taken up for debate Wednesday, and
republican leaders will press for final.
vote before the week end. Senate lead
ers will also press the measure, hoping
TO get It into the presidents hands hy
next week.
Work in the senate will begin on the
SOS 600 900 Colombian treaty, probably
Tuesday. Taken up during the spe-
cial senate session last month, the
senate is under agreement to reach
final vote April 10, with ratification
generally predicted. A hard fight,
however, is in prospect. despite Presi-
dent Harding's request for ratification.
II Is planned to have most of the de-
bate In public.
Hundreds OF nominations are eX-
nected to be received this week by
the senate from President Harding.
Many recess appointments are to be
included Among these is the nomina-
tion OF former Representative Esch, of
Wisconsin, TO the interstate commerce
commission. The diplomatic list is
scheduled TO be headed by George Har-
vev of New York for ambassador TO
Great Britain.
Committee reorganization of the
senate as we'll as the house is to be
arranged tomorrow, with republican
representation greatly increased.
Few chairmanships in either body.
however. will be affected. Dozens Of
unimportant senate committees. with
peraulsites of patronage, are to be
abolished.
Committee work is TO be begun I'M
YlpdinteiX on II nuulptI VI SupJNStS' III
Guiding tariff and tax revision and the
American import valuation, the anti
dumping and soldier bonus bills.
TO expedite the program the senate
s,nonce committees will start hearings
.ris week on internal revenue revision,
be added. by the sales tax proposition,
rims 10 establish a budget system, to
reorganize the government depart
r,ents and to reclassily federal en-
,ioves also are to be pressed at once.
While the house is engaged largely
with fiscal legislation the senate VII
,,,ork on the Colombian treaty and af-
terward take up the immigration Oil,
,yhieh was vetoed at the last session.
T,he Knox peace resolution and other
nroposals FOR bringing about peace
YaIso promise much discussion ana pos
|sibly early action Senator Knox OF
pennsylvania. plans TO introduce MS
peace resolution soon, but probably
NOT during the first few days OF the
session. The army and navy appropA-
alton bills, with their huge budgets,
which failed in the last congress and
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