Evening star., 1922-02-26
What Congress Is Doing
The Senate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The foreign relations of the
United States will occupy the at
tention of the Senate this week,
1t is expected. The treaty imme-
diately before the Senate for con-
sideration-the unfinished busi-
ness-is that between the United
States and Japan dealing with the
Island of Yap. a cable center in
the Pacific.
The Senate foreign relations
committee has ordered reported
favorably the naval Limitation
treaty, the submarine and poison
gas treaty, and the four-power Pa
cific treaty-with a reservation
all treaties e'nanating from the
Washington conference. The COM
mittee still has to pass finally upon
the nine-power treaties dealing
with China. the general Chinese
3 treaty and the treaty on Chinese
customs duties. 1t Is expected that
the committee will vote to report
these treaties also early this week.
All these treaties frs N the Wash
ington conference will be reported
together, if present plans are car
tried out. AS soon as the zap
treaty has been disposed Of. Chair
man Lodge Of the foreign relations
committee will call UP the four
power Pacific treaty. and the 9th
ers in turn. All of the treaties
will be ratified, it is now believed,
by large vote. The reservation
to the four-power treaty specifles
that the pact is not to be consld-
cred an alliance or to call for the
use of armed force by the United
States
The>Senate finance committee is
engaged in rewriting the tariff
bill to meet the proposal of Sen
ator Smoot of Utah in regard to
valuation of goods. Members of
the House ways and means com
mittee have protested vigorously
against the abandonment of the
American valuation plan adopted
by the House.
. Much progress has been made
with the regular APPROPRIATION
bills for the government. Two OF
the bills, the legislative and the
Interior Department bills. were
passed by the Senate last week.
Two others, the Treasury Depart
ment and Independent offices bills,
had been passed by the Senate pre-
viously.
The District appropriation bill is
before the Senate appropriation
subcommittee. and it is the eNpec-
tation of Chairman Phipps that
the measure will be ready for re-
port to the Senate early this week.
The Senate last week put
through a bill authorizing the pur-
chase of the Patterson tract. the
Klingle Ford tract and the Piney
Branch tract for public parks in
the District. 1t is expected that
items for the purchase of these
tracts will be inserted in the Dis
trict appropriation bill.
The Burson bill giving to the
disabled emergency officers of the
Army who served during the war
with Germany the same retirement
privileges as Regular Army officers
has been passed by the Senate, and
now awaits action by the House
The Jones joint resolution pro-
yiding for A constitutional amend
ment to give the citizens of the
District national representation
and the Poindexter bill providing
for the election of a District dele
gate to the House were reported
favorably to the Senate and are
now on the Senate calendar.
Investigation of the activities
of the alleged dyestuffs combine
is under way by a special commit
tee of the Senate.
The bill extending the life of
the Ball rent act for the District
of Columbia for two years from
May %, 1922, was ordered favor
ably reported to the Senate by the
District committee. The report
probably will be made tomorrow
by Senator Pomerene of Ohio. ).