New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
Harding Will
Call Special
Session Nov.2O
Hopes to Speed Up Work So
Both Houses Will Have
Clean Slate When They
Adjourn ON March n
Ship Subsidy Measure Up
Dyer Anti-Lynching and Ap-
preparation Bills Also
Will Receive Attention

| From The Trtbunc'a Washington Bureau
] WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.- President
Harding will call Congress to meet In
extra session November TO- The de-
cision Of the President was made
known officially at the White House
to-day, and confirms the date hereto
fore announced in The Tribune. The
call will be issued probably Thursday
or Friday Of this week. The President
| reserves the right to "change his
mind" but is not expected to do so.
It will be reluctant Congress which
is called back here to convene for two
weeks work prior to the opening Of
the regular short session the first Mon
day in December. President Harding
has been urged by a number Of the
leaders not to call the extra session.
He is moved to do it, however, on the
advice of some other leaders, who say
that by calling an extra session he will
help the chances for ship subsidy leg
islation and also may enable Congress
before March 4 to complete number
Of big legislative tasks, and thus avoid
an extra session next spring.
VIII Break Record
BY meeting again in extra session
the present Congress will break the
record for the number Of its sessions.
BY the time it expires, March a next, it
will have four sessions to it's credit,
two regular and two extra. No other
Congress has had more than three ses-
sions.
The effort to force ship subsidy to
L., O..
sion as 1t is now forecast. President
Harding will ask the House to take
the bill up promptly in the extra ses-
sion and pass it before the regular ses-
sion opens. 1t is generally assumed
the House organization will comply
with his wishes and drive the bin
through with the least possible de-
lay, although there will be bitter oppo-
sition. One factor which will help in
the passage of the bill will be the
large array Of flame ducks" AS many
Of, them will be looking for Federal
jobs it is assumed they will as rule
line up for the legislation the Admin
lstration wants.
whether the bill can be forced to
vote this winter in the Senate. Senate
Republican leaders plan, If need be,
to hold night sessions. On the other
hand, the Dyer anti-lynching bill will
be brought up in the Senate at the out
set of the extra session and the de-
bate over this bill will be protracted
and is likely to interfere with the eff
fort to> expedite subsidy.
The President hopes to have the plan
for reorganization of the government
departments ready TO submit to Con-
gress when it convenes. Much conten-
tion will be aroused over this if it is
pressed
Discussion Of the anti-lynching bill
is likely to run through the extra ses-
sion and into the regular short session
beginning December 4. Much of the
time of Congress this winter will be
taken up with the appropriation bills,
carrying about $3,ooo,000, 900. 1t is not
expected the House Appropriations
Committee will have any Of these bills
ready for the extra session, although
it may do SO. 1t plans to have five of
the appropriation, or supply bills.
ready for the House by December D.
and may have one or two ready before
then.
Important phases Of the railroad
question, including the railroad Labor
Board and the overhauling of the law