The New York herald., 1921-12-05
Regular Session, Starting
+, To-day. Expected to Last
| Many Months.
BIG EXPENDITURE CUT
Estimates Showing Effects
i of Dawes's Drive Are
/ Looked For.
SHIP SUBSIDY is FAVORED
president to Deliver Message
\ Tomorrow - Important
7 Legislation Programme.
Srecal Despatch to THE NEW YORK HEaALp
New York Herald Eureau

iSpecial Despatch to THE NEW YORK HEaALn.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington. ID. g., Dec. A..
The first regular session of the
Sixty-seventh Congress will begin to.
morrow with heavy programme Of
highly important legislation. The en-
act,nent OF new protective tariff will
Feature the session. which will continue
many months and which, among other
things, will consider ship subsidy, a
bonus for soldiers of the world war.
reorganization OF the Government de-
conduct of the Government for the
fiscal year beginning July ] next
President Harding will submit the
estimates for the appropriations as
soon es the session starts. They have
been turned over to him by Gem
Dawes. in charge of the Federal bud
get. and will be the basis for a series
OF appropriation bills.
While no figures on the expected cost
OF running the Government for the next
year are available for publication to-
night. il is certain that material re-
tluctions in the estimates will result.
These are possible from the Administra-
lions vigorous retrenchment policy. and
tle curtailment in many ways of Fed
eral activities. The saving, 1t is ex-
rected. will amount to several hundred
millions of dollars.
Harding Message Tuesday.
President Harding will deliver mis- reg
ular message to Congress on Tuesday.
when the Senate and House will be in
joint session. In this he will recommend
The immediate passage of the tariff law,
which is now in fairly definite form. as
il had been developed during the ex-
traordinary session which ended week
ego.
Mr.. Harding will inform Congress that
he regards economic conditions as suffi-
GENTLY we'll Strengthened out to permit
the enactment Of the tariff law. 1t had
been felt for time that the early pas
sage of che tariff law would tend to
disrupt conditions further. and there was
:. strong sentiment to let matters alone
Jor some months. Mr.. Harding, however.
lss been studying trade and financial
reports to an extent that he believes the
with beneficial instead OF detrimental re-
suits.
II will be spring in all probability be-
fore the tariff law will go through.
While the bill is in fairly good shape,
the expectation is that much revanlp-
5ng will have to be done in order to
safety the various elements. Up to
Ibis time most of the work has been in
committee. When the bill gets on the
lioor much time will be consumed.
President Harding's present plan pro-
vdes for a special message to Congress
some time in January on the question
OF ship subsidy. which the Atlminis-
tts tion favors. Just what will be pro-
posed Is not entirely clear, but the OK
recitation Is that the Administration
viii pat forward concrete proposals for
Crvernment help to shipping that will
jnsnre an adequate american merchant
marine.
RearrenTement of Bureaus.
The new Congress also will be called
s'r on to provide rearrangement OF the
Government departments along lines
that win give greater efficiency and re-
duce expenses. IL Us expected that soon
after the session starts the committee
of which Walter r. Brown is the head
viii submit it's programme for a re-
alignment of the departments. This pro-
Rfemme, the completion OF which had
been expected several months ago. is
being worked out with difficulty, due 70
the failure OF some or the department
heads to agree on some OF the features
Tncse. however. are being overcome
gradually.
The last of the appropriation bills TO
be taken up by the Congress will be for
naval expenditures. This Is necessary
because Of the Conference for the Liini-
tation Of Armament now in progress in
Washington. Naturally the whole naval
programme will be altered by the re-
adjustments that will be brought about
in the agreement reached. although
foi the present the total Of the naval
appropriation will be just about the
came. Among other items a special sum
will have to be provided for the scrap
ping OF the thirty battleships as pro-
vided In the Hughes plan.
The personnel OF the Senate and the
House during the coming session will
b. virtually the same as during the last
session. The House membership is that
witch was elected a year ago last
November. but which came 70 Wash
irgton last April at the call OF the
President for the extraordinary session.