New Britain herald., 1922-07-27
CONGRESS- PLANNING ID ADJOURN OCT. 1
 Tariff Bill Must Be Passed, Then Bonus Measure

Washington, July T.-Tentative plans for adjournment of congress on October have been made by the republican leaders of the senate with the consent of the democrats, who are as anxious to get away from Washington as the republicans.
 Under these plans the tariff bill will be voted on September and Immediately sent to conference, From two to three weeks will then be de- voted to consideration and passage of the bonus bill. which will be sent to a sure veto by the president and which will come back to the senate and be defeated on the attempt to Noass the measure over the veto.
 A deficiency appropriation bill and other minor matters will be taken up and disposed of while the con- ferees of the tariff bill are trying to reach an agreement. IL Is expected this will permit adjournment by October 1. and, if necessary, debate on the bonus measure will be short ened to make possible an adjourn ment by that time.
 It will be observed that under this plan the ship subsidy measure will not be disposed of at this session. It is planned to take 1t up on the day of adjournment and make 1t the un- finished business of the senate. ready for debate when congress meets again in December. The house will not even take the measure up, as many of the republicans, especially those from the middle western states, are afraid the subsidy might cause their defeat in the November elec- tion.
 Harding Disappointed.
 President Harding Is not party to the plan to lay the subsidy bill aside and has frankly stated to Con- gressional leaders that he hopes they may yet find a way to pass the bill at this session. However, the presi- dent has been told that it is out of the question to expect the members of the house and senate. who are candidates for reelection to stay in Washington longer than October 1, which would give them only five weeks in which to make their cam paigns. Even this, it has been point ed out to the president, will make one of the shortest campaigns on record, and it is out of reason, the congressional leaders insist, to think of asking the members to shorten the campaign further in order to take up the subsidy measure, on which there is sure to be long fight.
 But even though he is not a party to the arrangement, the president will not carry out the threat he made some time ago to call congress in special session to consider the sub- sidy measure if 1t were not disposed of prior to adjournment. The presi- dent Is represented as being most re- luctant to see the subsidy measure laid aside and he is afraid that Al bert T. Lasker, chairman of the shipping board, will resign If the measure is not disposed of at this session, but he has finally accepted the view that he can do nothing un- der the circumstances and that dis posal of the subsidy early in the next session Is the most he can nope for.
 There seems to be little question of the passage of the tariff bill. Although there have been severe fights on a number of schedules and although the finance committee amendments have been overturned in several instances. there remains a substantial majority for the bill on the republican side. which will be enhanced by the votes of several democrats.
 Delay In Conference.
 The main obstacle in front of the tariff bill is the conference between the House and Senate, which may not be concluded within the month after the passage of the bill by the Senate on September 1 or there abouts. In such case the Senate and House would take three days recesses working under a geneltman's agree n,ent to transact no actual business until the conference report was ready, when the members would re- turn to Washington for final vote on acceptance of the conference re- port.
 Members of the House Ways and Means Committee have recently in- dicated strong opposition to some of the rate increases in the bill by the Senate and say they will never sign a conference report until the rates
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