New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
Harding Likely
10 Call Extra
Session Nov. 20
White House Still Anxious
to-, TO Obtain Ship Subsidy
Bill, in Spite of Opposi.
ton of Congress Leaders
Dyer Act Also Pressed
Strong Demand From Col
ored Voters in North for
Anti : Lynching Measure

From The Tribuas's WASHINGTON s,..a..
"AshlNGTON, Oct. 12.-President
harding is expected to call Congress in
extra session November 20.
Decision to this effect is not vet
formally announced and probably will
oe withheld until after the elections.
nevertheless, it has become known that
plans arc going forward to convoke the
extra session on that date. The chief
purpose of the extra session will be to
expedite action on ship subsidy.
a number of the House and Senate
leaders have endeavored to dissuade
President Harding from calling an ex-
ira session. They have told him Con-
gress would do little if called back here
soon after the middle of November.
Some of them have told him there was
much opposition to ship subsidy legisA
lation and that it would hurt the Re-
publicans In the campaign to have this
proposed legislation strongly pressed
from the White House. When the re-
cent session ended number of the
leaders predicted the President would
not call an extra session.
Aims to Avoid Spring Session
The President, however. is still
He wants the subsidy bill passed this
winter and he also is anxious to have
Congress so far dispose of important
legislative matters before it as to make
it unnecessary to call an extra session
next spring.
The Administration program, as sit
now stands, according to House and
Senate members who are keeping in
touch with the White House, is to have
the extra session meet Monday, No
vember 20, and to have the House at
once take up the merchant marine bill
and seek to pass it under special rule.
1t is believed by Administration lead
ers the bill can he passed by the House
in the extra session, then sent to the
Senate and be taken up by that body
early IN the regular session, which will
meet the first Monday in December.
anticipated. In fact, the outcome as to
the bill both in the House and Senate
is in doubt. The supporters Of SUBJ
sidy take the view that the recent hold
ing Of the Attorney General that liquor
should be excluded from American
shipping will help materially in the
passage Of the bill in Congress and
will win the support of some of the
drys. e~
Lynching Also on Program
An important part of the program
as it now stands is to have the Senate
take up the Dyer anti-lynching bill
while the House is considering the
marine bill. Opponents of
the anti-lynching bill said at the close
Of the recent session that the measure
was dead. AS result, part of the col
protesting to Republican leaders that
only mild effort was made to pass
the Dyer bill in the Senate. Demand
is being made that the bill be taken up
again by the Senate and passed. A
ajority of the Senate will vote for
the bill if forced to vote. However,
it will lead to protracted discussion.
Chairman Madden of the House Ap
Committee will convoke
that committee November 10, and one
or more appropriations bills will be
prepared so they may be taken up by
The House as soon as the subsidy bill
is out Of the way in that body. Part
of the program for the winter is to
hurry the appropriation bills through
the House and then through the SEN
ate as speedily as possible, in order to
avoid failure of some of the supply
measures at the close of the winter
session March a. Such failure, of
course, would force an extra session in
the spring
Rail Action Also Possible
In addition to ship subsidy, anti
lynching and appropriations there are
numerous other questions Of moment
calling for consideration the coming