New-York tribune., 1921-07-10
Senators Urge
4 AK Revision
Before Tariff
Advocates of Plan Become
Active as Bonus Legisla-
'ion Ia Regarded as Def
nitely Out of The Way
Farm Relief imperative
No Chance Seen for Recess
Until Some Measures for
Agriculture Arc Passed
From Ths Ts1buno's Washin gson B,trcou

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WASHINGTON, July 9.-Regardins
the plan to recomr.it the soldiers
bonus bill to the Finance Committee
IN accordance with the wishes OF the
PRESIDENT as settled, leaders Of the
Senate to-day turned their attention
to other phases of the Legislative pro-
gram.
Advocates of the plan to force con-
slderation of the tax revision bill
ahead of the tariff bill became incrcas-
ingly active. They insisted the Presi-
dent coincided with their view and
some of them predicted the tax bill
would take the lead in the Senate and
would be passed first. They would like
to have the President advocate tax re-
vision first in his forthcoming special
message and are understood to have
urged him to do so, although with what
result is not disclosed.
While supporters of tax revision
ahead of tariff are working hard for
their objective, there is no arrange
ment yet in sight for supplanting the
tariff bill. The House will pass the
tariff bill July 2l and send it to tho
Senate July 22. The House Ways and
Means Committee will then deal with
the tax bill, report it to the House and
that body will pass it. 1t probably will
pc close to September l before the
House. passes the tax bill, in the opin-
ion of Ways and Means members, al
though leader Mondell, of the House.
puts the date earlier.
Bare Chance to Advance Bill
The Senate Finance Committee, after
July %, will have number of weeks
Of work on the tariff bill. If the
House should pass the tax bill before
the Finance Committee has finished the
tariff bill, it might be possible to shove
the tax bill ahead in the Senate, but
it is by no means a certainty it could
be done even then. One of the pro-
posals is for the Senate to hitch the
tax bill to the tariff bill as an amend
ment, in order to save time.
Senate leaders, although they will
recommit the bonus bill, have thrown
up their hands in the matter of an
adjournment, and also in the matter of
preventing legislation other than tariff
and tax revision. The President wants
the Senate to quit work until Septem-
Der !, and to confine the legislative
But this program will not be followed.
No adjournment of the Senate evil
IDENTIFY can be forced until the agricul-
tural "bloc" is satisfied by the passage
of certain farm legislation. The pro-
gram on which the leaders are now
working, Is to permit the "beer emer-
gcncy" bill to be passed, allow several
bills for rslief of the farmers to 90
through, and also permit the free tolls
bill and the maternity bill to become
law. That will keep the Senate busy
up to July %, when the tariff bill will
be sent over from the House and re-
ferred to the Finance Committee. After
that the Senate leaders hope to get an
agreement for series of hree-day re-
cesses for month. 1t is obvious that
unless they permit passage of the bills
enumerated or most of them.
Borah to Push Tolls Bill
Opinions differ as to how much con-
troversy the free tolls bill will stir up.
eral Senators expressed the view there
would not be prolonged discussion of
the tolls bill.
One of the agricultural bills which
the Senate will be forced to consider
is the Norris bill for a Federal farm
export corporation. Although there is
much opposition to the bill, Senator
Norris is prepared to fight against any
adjournment until it is passed. Lead
ers talked to-day about plan to make
the Norris bill unfinished business and
permit it to be discussed indefinitely.
1t promises to arouse much dsputation,
in any event. Senator Borah will ask
to have the tolls bill follow the Norris
bill.
Although the Caprcr grain futures
bill has been reported to the Senate it
Is not certain that it will be pressed
for passage at once. Two bills that
Will be passed are the one to increase
to $4,000 the limit of loans by the |
Farm Loan Board, and the other to put
on the reserve board a representative |
Of agriculture.