The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-10
(By H. K Reynolds. International

News Service Staff Correspondent)
 Washington, Sept 9-MuItitudinous asks, including revision Of the tariff and internal revenue laws, the rati- ficaton of the German peace treaty and scores of lesser important bits of legislative business will confront the September to complete the work un- dertaken during the extraordiary ses- sion of Congress called by President Harding in April.
 turned upon the upper branch of the national legislature when the wheels of law-makfng machinery begin to revolve again, because the major pur- poses of the present session have at- ready been accomplished by the low CT house, and it is now up to the Senate to finish the job. House leaders point with pride'' to the grist which has come from their part of have decided to let the Senate go it have decided to let he Senate go it alone for a few weeks after Congress Ireconvenes, while they remain in ses- sion only formally and transact no business.
 Chairman Penrose, of the Senate Finance Committee, will bring out the Fordney Revenue bill soon after the Senate gets back on the job and when it is tinkered with and finally passed. will give his colleagues a if bill. Many weeks will be occu- pied before these important fiscal measures are adjusted in conference between the two Houses and sent to | the White House for Presidential ap- prova1- There are whispered rumors
 that action on the Tariff bill may be
 deferred until after the Disarma-
 ment Conference. which is due to get
 under way in November.
 1 Many weary weeks will pass while the Senate argues over the ratified
 IGn of the peace treaties with Ger
 many and Austria, and it is, generally l q q m Tod hat I ,+c
 will not receive Senatorial approval
 during the extraordinary session,
 though it is probable that there will
 be some discussion of them.
 | To Oppose Finance Bill. l One of the big party fights of the
 wind-up of the present session will be | over Senator Borah's bill to grant | free passage through the Panama Ca
 nal to American vessels engaged in | coastwise trade President Harding
 has indicated his disapproval of the legislative method of granting free 1 tolls to American ships, believing that the matter should be adjusted through diplomatic channels; but
 Borah insists that the Senate pass his 1 bill. and he will make a strenuous ef- i fort to put it through.
 The Administration plan for au- | thorizing the War Finance Corpora | tion to purchase railroad securities,
 now. held by the Railroad Admins | tration, and to use the money thus
 acquired to extend financial relief to the steam lines to the extent of half
 a billion dollars will encounter some stiff opposition when the Senate takes up the Winslow-Townsend bill,
 already passed by the House. Demo-
 crats Of the Senate Interstate Com
 merce Committee will lead the fight on the bill and they will receive able and nratra cted assistance from Sena- tor LaFollette, of Wisconsin, Admin fstration leaders want to get the bill
 through but even the most sanguine | of them for it's
 ment before the beginning of neXt session and probably not until the
 middle of January.
 In addition to engineering the Tariff and Revenue bills through the
 Senate Senator Penrose, as chief o-
 the Finance Committee, will alsC
 have big job on his hands in se' curing the passage of his bill to give
 the Secretary of the Treasury blanke
 authority for the liquidation of tht
 s11.o0o,eoo.00Oz indebt sdness of for States Senator Simmons. of Nortf
 Carolina, ranking Democratic mem Der of the Finance Committee, is eX pected to file a minority report or the Penrose bill
 And-Beer Bill Fight Near. In conferences between member: of the Post Office and Post Road! Committees of the Senate and Hous' providing a different method for thu extension of Federal aid to the va rious States in the construction O :, highways The last action on thi subject was taken by the Senate il the passage of the Townsend bill ap propriating s75.000000 for this pur- } pose during the present fiscal yea ) and giving the Secretary Of Agricu1
 ture authority to control the distribu 5 ton of these funds The House ha ideas of its own as to how this road l. building money should be passed out r and some interesting sessions Of tn good roads, conference committee
 are in prospeSt before compIet
 agreement is reached
 8 The antl-beer fight will be reopen
 ed in the Senate, with members o1