The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
By JOHN EDWIN NEvIN Special Dispatch to The Age Herald Copyright, 1929, by The Age-Herald


 from the people Congress gets back
 on the job Monday.
 Called to meet in special session
 to consider the administration' pet
 subsidy bill, the members will re- | fleet the home" sentiment toward 1t
 and all other administration prob
 lems. It is admitted that the short
 session. into which this special gath | ering will merge on December 4, will
 be momentous.
 Until March 1, when the life of the
 Sixty-seventh Congress expires by | constitutional limitation, the admin 1 istration will have the advantage of
 overwhelming party majorities in 1 both houses to enact legislation af-
 fscting party policies. And 1t is no
 secret here in Washington that Presi- dent Harding intends that if pos 1 sible measures will be passed to rem
 edy some of the conditions that re- l suited in the losses to the republi-
 can party at the recent elections. Press Farm Relief Bills l Chief of these, 1t was learned to- 1 night, will be relief for the farmers.
 All of the returning senators and
 representatives, who lost out on No l vember ', make no secret of the fact
 that a sullen and embittered agricul- l tural electorate voted against them l because they felt their interests had | not been properly cared for. l President Harding will deal with | this condition in his message to the l regular session. At that time he l will submit a suggestion for legis- | lation which will extend farm credits l on very extensive scale. The whole l force of the administration will be | put behind this and the ship subsidy | legislation and administration forces are convinced that they will be able 1 to secure action on both before | March 4.
 1 Foreign Questions Up l Usually the short session has all 1 that it can do to dispose of the ap- 1 propriation bills. It was because he | realized this that the President
 called the fortnight's special ses- | sion. Working through the rules l committee of the House he will be able to get the approval of the lower body for ths subsidy bill by No vember 29. The special rule will all low three days for debate of the pro l posed law with vote on that date. | This will permit the Senate to take up the subsidy bill and deal with 1 l
 which such legislation must be initi-
 ated, to prepare and pass the annual appropriation bills.
 1 Already 1t is evident that the pos sible effect of ship subsidy Legislation
 ont he foreign relations of the country
 will bring that phase of the admins | tration's policy early to the front. In l fact there are murmurings among
 some of the senators and representa-
 lives that part, at least. of dissatis- faction throughout the country to the, party in power may be traced to
 belief that the foreign policy of the
 government has been weak.
 l Suggestion Is Resented 1 This suggestion is bitterly resented by persons closest to the administa-
 tion. They insist that when it is pos
 sible to reveal all of the facts there
 will bea general chorus of approval everywhere for the work which Pres ident Harding and Secretary of State Hughes have accomplished. 1 Republican leaders, who reflect the administration viewpoint, suggested today that 1t will be possible in the very near future for the administra-
 tion to throw light on the situation
 that will electrify Americans regard 1 less of party.
 They recall that just q year ago
 the country was overjoyed because | the President and Secretary Hughes 1 had taken the initiative at the arma- ment conference then in session here | in Washington and laid the ground
 work for naval limitation. While l 1t is admitted that the program still remains to be carried out, it also is recalled that this is due to develop | ments over which the United States had no control-namely. the Near | East crisis.
 Keep Eyes on Lausanne l And 1t is from that very critical
 development that whispers are sent l forth another bombshell can be ex- pected
 Keep your eye on Lausanne" is
 the suggestion. that comes from sena- tors and representatives who are in the confidence of the administration. i They say that the American observ-
 CTS who will sit in there when the Near East parleys open Monday will take very prominent part in the proceedings. They will, of course,
 have nothing to do with any appor- tionment of territory involved and will demand no favorite national status. But they are expected to se-
 cure from the conference equality of trade rights, protection for all Amer 1 ican interests and the agreement on
 measures for the protection of reli- gious minorities 1 This latter move is expected .by1 the President and his advisors to be an adequate reply to the agitation in | religious circles throughout the coun- try. which has demanded that Amer ican troops be sent to the Orient to protect Christians from the Turks. From the Lausanne conference and the American observers there, 1t is hoped agreements will be se- l cured which will make possible ns- gotiation of a treaty with the An gora government that will prove satisfactory in every way to Amer beliefs. May Adopt Reservations Suggestions that an effort would be made to put the administration in hole by introducing a resolution asking for the present status of the treaties that grew out of the naval armament conference of a year ago find no real response among sem ators of either party who are back in Washington.
 It Is realized that the failure of France to act has been entirely due to internal policies, while naturally. so far as Italy is concerned her newly evoked policy of nationalism l prevents consideration of the treaties 1 at this time. There will be no ob- 1 jecticn here in Washington, senators 1 say, to adoption by both nations of | reservations which their leaders be- 1 lieve are needed to safeguard na- tional honor.
 l It will be determined very early l whether the radicals in the Senate 1 will try to hold up legislation in or l Ger to force the President to call a l special session of the recently elected