Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-10

called by President Harding tonight to | meet in extra session November ze., ex- actly two weeks in advance Of the regu- 1 lar session. The call. set forth as Is us ! usal in the form of proclamation de clared the extra session was made neces- sary by pubic interests. The text Of the proclamation follows:
 Whereas public interests require that the congress of the United States should he convened in extra session at 12 o'clock noon. on the twentieth day of November. nineteen twenty-two to receive such com munication as may be made by the exec utive:
 Now. therefore. I Warren C. Harding, president of the United States of Ameri- ca, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the congress of the United States to convene i in extra session at the capital in the city of Washington on the twentieth day i of November, 1922 at 12 o'clock noon. of which all persons who shall at that time | be entitled to act as members thereof are | hereby required to take notice.
 '1n witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the 1 United States to be affixed.
 | Done at the city Of Washington, this ! Our Lord. one thousand nine hundred ; and twenty-two and of the Independencs of the United States, the one hundred and forty-sevsnth.
 WARREN G. HARDING"
 Announcement that the call would be issued either today or tomorrow had AAen made early this week from the White
 House and prior to that statements made
 by congressional leaders after confer
 ences with the president indicated that
 the executive had practically made up his
 mind to convene congress in special Ses-
 sion, although the call would not be
 sent out until after the election.
 The call of the special session two
 week in advance of the regular meeting
 has been approved generally by repub-
 lican leaders in congress. who have felt that by getting an earlier start on legis-
 lation that would be afforded by the
 regular session practically all important
 bills including the appropriation meas.
 ures would be disposed of by next Marcl
 {, when tine sixty-seventh. ..coRCresS mus
 adjourn sine die. Leaders have asserted l. that unless the speciar session were call l ed 1t Would be necessary to have an extr; 3 sission after March 1 and work into th' summer months.
 2 Although the nature of the presidenti
 recommendations 10 be presented to thi
 extra session when ot convenes Novembei
 20 have not been definitely outlined th' opinion Of republican leaders has beei . that the house will proceed directly C [ consideration of the merchant marin Q bill The president agreed to postpone
 ment of action on this measure at tn
 last session upon assurances of part,
 leaders that it would be taken up withou , delay when congress reconvenes
 n While the house itself is working ol this bill its appropriations committee di t..frs E-.s1 .Ess. "a.
 the supply measures which really proyid D the most important task. facing congres
 at the regular session. The members c the appropriations committee have bee l. called by Chairman Madden to meet tc is morrow to begin the work of providin y the government with appropriations fo l. the fiscal year ending June 90, 1924. an IT budget ireau estimates for most of th
 departments are virtually complete'
 Leaders hope to have four or five apprC H priations bill ready for the house by De l. {, when the regular session will begin. 1 The senate has several important meal l. ures left over from the last session, iI al cluding the Dyer anti-lynching bill whic
 has been passed by the house and h
 probable that President Harding vi Ie make some definite recommendation Z, the outset Of the session as to chang. ed in the transportation act.
 ao The senate also will receive numb, eI of nominations soon after 1t convenes il s- ciudtng the name of tbs successor
 Associate Justice Day of the Supren court, appointments to the more than az score Of federal judgeships created lu congress at tn elast session and mar he others ro Except in the case of vacancies none
 the new members of congress chosen
 Tuesdays election will take their se h. until after next March f. Two new fac an probably will appear in the senate win t 1t meets November 20. Walter F. Geori n. lu was elected Tuesday in Georgia to 1 H. the vacancy caused by the death of Sc k ator Watson and if a recount in Del
 ware confirms unofficial returns showil
 Thomas F. Bayard, democrat, to ha 70 been elected over T. Coleman Dupont, T ns publican. who is serving out the une i bored term of J. c. Wolcott, resIgne ,e' Mir. Bayard will take his seat when | n special session Is convened.
 Two women will sit in the house
 the same time for the first time wh d that body meets November 20. Miss All I'd Robertson of Oklahoma, is a member . the present congress and Mrs: Winnifr n, M. Huck. was. elected in Tuesdays els sd tion as representative at large. frS ,s Illinois to ,ill-t the seat in the s7th ca
 gress left vacant by the death of |
 father, Representative William Mason.