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Cabinet HAS
FIRST MEETING
Withdrawal Of U. S. Troops
From Rhine Not Considered.
TARIFF AND TAX PROGRAM
President Harding Soon to Get Plans
For Revision of Customs and Eeve-
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Washington, March 9.-Withdrawal
of the American forces from the Rhine
is not under consideration. Secre-
tary IF War Weeks announced after
the first meeting OF President Harding
and his cabinet.
Earlier reports of the meeting were
to the effect the proposed withdrawal
was one of the principal subjects dis,
cussed.
1t had been the understanding after
the cabinet meeting broke up this ques
ton had occupied a large place in the
discussion, but when asked specifically
Mr. Weeks reiterated his statement The
question was not ROW one under dis
cuSSion.
The Panama-COSta Rica situation
also was discussed and the latest in
formation on this subject was before
the cabinet. In the absence of Il RELY
from Panama to the last American
note. there was nothing 10 indicate
what the next step nf the United States
would be.
After the meeting. which laste(
more than two hours and which Vice
President Coolidge attended at the
request of the president, it was IN
nounced at the White House Mr. Hard
ing would call his official family to
gether again Friday ana thcreafte.
meetings would be held al least oncI
every week and perhaps oftoner.
A program for tariff and revenue
legislation is to lie laid before PreSi
dent Harding by congressional lead
Grs within a few days. Republican
members Of the senate finance anC
house ways and means committees arc
to meet and appoint joint sub-com
mittee to present formal recommended
tions.
This was agreed upon at the White
House dinner conference, according tC
information from members Of congress
who attended.
President Harding was reported tC
be disposed to favor new temporary
tariff law to have effect for about one
year pending restoration of more stable
conditions and the preparation OF q
permanent law to replace the Under
wood act.
Action on revision of internal reve
nue. taxes during the coming special
session of congress also is contemplate
ed congress leaders said.
The purpose of naming joint sub,
committee of Republicans represent
ing the senate and house committees
to reconcile differences between mem
berS of each committee and of the tive
committees regarding the future fiscal
program.
Several leaders are urging virtually
simultaneous consideration. of tariff
and internal revenue revision and in
view of prospective delay of the fiscal
legislation, it was reported that April
II. rather than April appeared to be
the more probable date for converting
of the extra session.
After conference with Representa-
tive Fordney, chairman of the house
ways and means committee, Senator
.Penrose, chairman of the finance COM
mittee of the senate, announced for
mally the leaders plan of action. and
said Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
and Representative Good. chairman of
the house appropriations committee,
would be called into conference with
Republicans of the two committees.
Work on the tariff legislation, Sen
ator Penrose said, probably would pro-
coed simultaneously by both commit
tees with an early start. Senator Pen
rose said the drift of opinion was
for the passage first of an agricultural
amarponnv tariff Hill