The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-16
LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS HAS
 RECONvENED
Members Will Not Return to Work, However, Until Senate Has Passed Tariff Bill.
| By A. O. HAYWARD
 International News Service Staff Cor

International News Service Stan COf-
 respondent
 Washington, Aug. 16.-The House of Representatives today ended it's six weeks recess. The members will not return for work, however, until the Senate has passed the tariff bill, and the date of this is uncertain. The legislative program of the House at it's approaching session is: Passage of the Fordney tariff re- Passage of the soldier bonus bill. Passage of the additional Federal judges bill.
 Passage of the ship subsidy bill. To this program the Southern Dem- ocratic members and some of the Midwest farmer representatives will endeavor to add the Muscle Shoals ! bin which auth onhzes leasing to Henry Ford of the governments pow | CT and nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Alaba ma, who is pledged to the man | ufacture of commercial fertilizers at the plant should it be turned eyer to | him.
 When the House recessed June 30 it was anticipated by Senate Repub1i- I can leaders that the tariff bill would have been passed by the Senate not | later than August IS, and it was de- sired that the House should be in ses- sion to send it to conference immed- lately to avoid delay in final agree ment between the two houses and passage by Congress of the 1egisla- | ton.
 House Enters Agreement
 House leaders were doubtful that the Senate could complete it's work by today an dthey entered into an agreement that members of the Hhouse should not be called until the tariff bill hal been returned to the House by the Senate. While the House reconvened officially today the few members expected back, should the. tariff bill still be held by the Senate, will adjourn the House from day to day or for three days at a
 time and permit a longer vacation for such members as desire to remain
 away.
 President Harding gave his ap. proval to the House recess with the
 understanding that the members !; could go back into their districts
 and ascertain sentiment of the peo- pie on the ship subsidy legislation
 but with a, pledge from the House
 Republican leaders that they would take up the ship subsidy bill or their return and act on it before the
 close of the coming session. This pledge will be kept but House leaders ' are in no hurry to take up the work fident the House will pass the shiI subsidy bill, and he will use his in
 uence to get the legislation through
 the Senate without delay and before
 the winter session. Senate leader
 are in doubt whether this can b.
 done.
 } To Take Up New Bill House leaders plan to take up tn additional judges bill after the tarif $ bill has been sent to conference. Thi
 bill provides for the appointment o 23 new Federal judges for Fedora districts where there are no judge at present and to Federal district 7 where the calendars are overburdenet f with cases and litigation is dragginl
 out to unreasonable delay. The Vol v stead prohibition enforcement Iav
 has burdened the Federal court calen
 dars with many cases.
 When the judges bill has bee, ' passed finally by the House, it hay
 ing been through conference and ap
 proved, the ship subsidy bill will b g taken up for consideration. It is eS = pected that it can be put through tn
 House in a week or ten days. Am e pie time is to be given to debate an . Y widest latitude for amendments an y fchanges to perfect the legislation an D to put the measure in such shap v that it will command the largest pos
 sible number of votes.
 5, The subsidy bill is to be fought bit
 terly by most Southern Democrats an
 by some Midwest Republicans. Tn ,, Republican majority of 169 in tn
 House is expected to be held in lin
 well enough to insure passage of th
 bill. President Harding is behind th J. bill as submitted by the Shippin
 Board, and it pressing it as a part l. measure of conservative characte IF measure of a constructive characte