The Washington herald., 1921-01-24
BULK OF PRESENT
CONGRESS WORK
REMAINS UNDONE
Revival of War Finance
Board Only Action
Yet accomplished.

With only thirty-hve more legis-
lative days to; its credit the short
session Of the. Sixty-sixth Congress
has perfected but one piece of major
legislation-revival of the War FL
nance Corporation which was passed
over the Presidents veto-and that
is said to be of doubtful import
ance.
In. the various stages OF progress
are the many appropriation bills.
including that of the District of. Co.
lumbia, carrying s22, 200, 900 which
is in a conference tangle that may
delay it until after March 4. The
,$2s3,6l1, ,292 sundry civil appropria-
tions bill, the. &265. SOC, 900 pension
appropriation bill and other import
ant fiscal measures have not been
reported in the Senate, and other
measures of paramount Importance
which have made but little progress
are the barkers' bill, now under
debate and to be voted on in the
Senate today. soldier bonus. reap
portionment, immigration, tariff and
disarmament.
Measures Acted On.
Measures that have been acted
/ upon by the Senate within the past
| few weeks, some OF which are in
! confere1ce, INCLUDE army reduction,
nitrate and 3 anti strike. and ma
| teTnity and Infancy. Before vari-
Gus committees is swarm of other
measures, passage of which before
the beginning of the Harding re-
gime is hopeless with few excep-
| tiOns
The only appropriation bill that
has become a law this session is
that providing $4,000 for expenses
of the Harding Inauguration, which
has been denounced as an extrav-
agance out Of harmony with Repub-
lican campaign pledges.
Every subject known has been
discussed. some OF the debates last
ing for days. The bill reviving the
war Finance Corporation for the
/ purpose of extending credit abroad
as a means OF helping American
farmers to sell their surpluses was
/ before the Senate for more than a
week and consumed long period
OF time in the House, while that
authorizing a corporation to build a
oam across the Tennessee River at
Muscle Shoals. Ala, in the further
J development OF the big nitrate plant
Tor fertilizer and munitions produc-
ton. was debated for nearly two
/ weeks on beth sides OF the Capitol
Hustle Intended.
! The short session was to hive
been one of snap and hustle, putting
aside general Legislation and push :
ing all appropriation and emereency
measures. 1t was hoped that the
! budget system by which the Repub-
/ licans expect to pull the govern
ment~ out of the rut and place il on
business basis, would be ,adopted
BEFORE the Inauguration. so the new,
| system could get into working or
! der soon after the beginning OF the
new administration. but with MANY
! other bllls crowded TO the front This
, one mas been delayed. despite MANY
! expressions of sentiment in lis
favor. 'S
The present week Is the most
! hopetul OF any since Congress be.
gan ITS snort session DeCemba. Il
me packers control bill. fathered
by Senators Kenyon KendricE
"ronna and others. and the mini
mum wage bill. affecting 10000
federal employees receiving lass
than 81 day, including some o.
ooo in the District Of Columbia are
| expected to he passed =" III, Senate
To-Day, and with them , y Of lhz wav
the emergency tariff bill. upon
which the Senate Democrats are ar
rayed for a desperate night will
come up. Several District of Ca
Iumola measures will trickle in this
week following committee hearings
hm"ng them probably that which
creates board of welfare and an
other regulating child labor und - =
forcing school attendance. The
child labor bill was taken I'D by tbo
Senate District Committee yest.r-
day and the hearings Will be re-
sumed today.
Ihe government reorganization
Dill has become a law, but commit =
tees of Congress have not started
work on planning the reorganiza
ton of the departments and bureaus,
keclassification will be a feature of
thls work it is understood