Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
What Congress Is Doing
The House..
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Members Of the House who have
been chatting all week in their inn
patience to vote on the $13, 200. 900
hospital bill to provide adequate IA
cilities for the war heroes expect to
get their chance under suspension Of
the rules and unanimous consent to-
morrow. House Leader Mondell ex-
poets that the good roads bill. which
provides s1oo.ooo.o 900 during the next
fiscal year for road construction work
in cooperation with the states. and
the Winslow bill to allow railroads
to collect part of the government
guarantee will also be passed.
Tuesday morning the program calls
for a vote on the military appropria-
ton bill. which has ridden through
the storm in about the same shape
IS 1t came out of the committee.
The rest of Tuesday viii be devoted
to the deficiency appropriation bill.
The naval appropriation bin will be
taken up probably on Wednesday and
will continue to occupy the attention
Of the House for a couple Of days
preparation measures, the fortifica-
tons bill, which will carry about
$15,00O.000. reported out of the COM
mittee on Wednesday,
Gen. Pershing Is expected to testi-
fy tomorrow before the special COM
mittee investigating the conduct OF
the war, on the insistence Of Rep
resentative Hal d. Flood, democrat,
of Virginia.
On Wednesday the subcommittee
of the House District committee
yryhi hoc spc <orJ To 1rof q,
bill designed to force a merger Of
the two street railways in Wash
ington will hold its third executive
conference
Chairman Mapes Of the House Dis
trict committee fled minority re-
port yesterday against the bill draft
ed by orders Of the committee to re-
move the legal obstacle to the con-
solidation Of the Potomac Electric
Power Company and the Washington
Railway and Electric Company.
Chairman Butler of the naval affairs
committee announced Friday that the
United States will call an interna-
tional conference on disarmament
soon after the Harding inaugural
Rear Admiral Sims. president Of the
Naval War College and formerly
commander of the American over
seas naval forces, and Rear Admiral
Charles J. Badger. president Of the
Navy general board. testified on Fri
day regarding disarmament.
Gen. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago.
who was practically the purchasing
authority for the American overseas
forces. gave the liveliest testimony
of the entire session before the spe-
cial committee investigating the con-
duct of the war. Interpreted with
many "cuss words" which were later
deleted by the congressional censor,
he defended those who won the war
and sharply criticised petty political
critics.
The House in agreeing to the
Army appropriation bill voted to hold
the Regular Army at 10000 enlisted
men.
Alonzo Tweedale. who for twenty
four years was auditor Of the Dis
the week before the special committee
investigating the Shipping Board. He
assured the committee that every
dollar will be accounted for. and
showed that since he has been with
the Shipping Board as treasurer and
controller general an efficient auditing
system has been established.
The first legislative bill from any
of the old appropriating committees
that were shorn OF their authority TO
make appropriations when the super
appropriations committee OF thirty
Ave members was established as part
Of the federal budget system was in
troduced yesterday by the rivers and
harbors committee. 1t carries au-
thorixation for a number Of new sur
veys and for continuation Of work on
projects for which appropriations
have already been made.