The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-08
President Makes Announce ment After White House Dinner and Conference
 Lasting Four Hours
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 Congress.
 Asked about the special session, the President said:
 T can only say to you that it will not be earlier than April and it might pos sbly be a week later.
 ''We also discussed a taxation pro gramme for the session. We were try ing to determine which was the real pressing business for Congress, whether emergency tariff legislation or com plete revision of the tax schedules.
 We passed the matter up for further conference after there has been cam vass of the committees in charge of that legislation. It means that instead of going into a session of Congress with out knowing whither we are going, we are trying to canvass the whole situation and arrive at a programme
 PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION
 This is the beginning of the pro- gramme of cooperation between the President and Congress. It is an early step in the fulfillment of what I believe the best policy of conducting the gov ernment, bringing the fellows together and getting them acquainted with others views"
 The President said army and navy matters had only been discussed "ve:y
  tions bills had been referred to, he said, in considering what the special session would have to handle.
 Ratification of the Colombian treaty was mentioned the President said, but he indicated that there had been no decision. This treaty, by which the United States would pay $25,000 900 to Colombia for the partitioning Of Panama was reported out yesterday by the Senate foreign relations com mittee.
 Opposition to the enactment of the Payne Aldrich tariff law as a stop gap measure until new law can be or acted developed at the conference, according to some of those attending.
 Chairman Fordney of the House ways and means committee was said 10 hafe laid fore the oonference his plans for tariff revision and the pro- posal to re-enact the Payne -Aldrich law met with instant opposition rom senators present.
 One member of the House said the legislative situation, in so far as it affected tariff revision, was more ''muddled" to his mind than it was be- fore the conference. He refbred to differences between Chairman Ford ney and Representative Longworth of ofio, 1utUlDtiS Ol IH6 WAYS anu nctHS committee. over tariff revision. but whether these were aired at the con- ference was not made clear.
 Chairman Fordney was said to have presented an equalization tariff plan to protect American industry designed to place foreign goods on the Amer ican market on par with the whole sale prices of similar goods.
 President Harding said international affairs had not been discussed and some of the guests said specifically that the adoption of the Knox resolu- tion to declare the state of war at an end also had not entered into the dis cussion.
 Tomorrow the President is expected to discuss most of these problems with his cabinet at his first meeting. The call for assembling the executives of- ficial circle of advisers was issued to- day from the White House, Vice Presi- dent Coolidge being included among those invited. MT. Coolidge said he would be present. having decided ne should not let precedent outweigh the urgent request of the President.
 FIRST ROUND TABLE
 Although the legislative policies Of the administration are expected to have a large part in the first round table meeting of the Harding cabinet, the po- sition with respect to Panama and Cos ta Rica and many subjects of prelimi- nary organization in the various de- partments will also come in for consd- eration. The President has seen each of his secretaries individually at least once since inauguration, but he feels that general discussion among them will do much in perfecting his adminis- trative machine.
 During a business day, which includ- ed talks with many callers on many subjects, MT. Harding gathered much advice regarding the special session which he passed along to his conferees at the dinner tonight. One of those with whom he discussed the subject this morning was Senator Underwood of Alabama the democratic leader of the Senate who is understood to have urged that the date of the session be delayed for a month at least in order to permit senators to get home and attend to per sonal business.
 At the dinner places of precedence were occupied by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican Senate leader, and Representative Mondell of Wyoming. republican leader of the House. Also among those invited were Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, chair man of the Senate finance committee, and Representative Erdney of Michigan. chairman of the House ways an1 means committee. These are the two committees which will frame tariff and tax legislation.
 PEACE RESOLUTION
 To speak regarding the plan for pas, sage of a peace resolution. the Presi- dent invited not only Senator Lodge. who is chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, but Representative fSorter of Pennsylvania, chairman Of Me House committee on foreign af- fairs, and Senator Knox of Pennsyl- vania, author of such a resolution which the President is understood to have in- dorsed in substance. Another name on the list of guests which attracted par ticular attention was that of Senator Johnson of California. the former pro gressive party leader and candidate for the republican presidential nomination.
 The other guests chosen by MT. Harding for his first formal lsgisla- tive conference were Senators Curtis of Kansas Warren of Wyoming, Cummins of Iowa. Wadsworth of New York. and Poindexter of Washington, and Repre- sentatiyes Mann of Illinois. Longworth of Ohio. Kelley of Michigan Anthony
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