Evening star., 1922-06-18
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
TO AWAIT TARIFF
House Leaders Tell Presi-
dent Passage Likely
Early in July.
PLAN TEN-HOUR DEBATE
Mondell Says Liquor Sale Angle
to Be Settled When Meas
ure Is Discussed.
PLAN TEN-HOUR DEBATE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Under compromise plan suggested
to President Harding yesterday by
House republican leaders. and which,
it was said, did not meet his dis
approval, the House will take up the
ship subsidy bill Immediately after
the Senate has passed the tariff bill.
While the question will be con-
sidered further at White House con-
ferences this week, Chairman Camp
bell of the rules committee. who
outlined the situation to the Presi-
dent declared last night II was
morally certain no action will be
taken on the subsidy bill by the
House until the Senate has concluded
consideration of the tariff"
Meanwhile party leaders professed
to be relieved that solution of
an admittedly veXatious problem had
been reached. 1t meant they said,
that the Presidents insistence that
the bill be put to vote prior to
adjournment would be met and oppo-
to hasty action withdrawn.
See Passage in July.
How long it might be before the
Senate ended it's tariff fight no mem
Der of the House would predict.
Leaders declared, however, that if
the suggestion laid before the Presi-
dent by Mr.. Campbell was definitely
accepted, the House about July l
could begin three-day recesses to
run approximately month A
quorum would be needed to send
the tariff bill to conference, and with
this out of the way these members
believed the ship subsidy bill, once
before the House, could be passed or
defeated within a week.
The republican steering committee
committee had scarcely begun a joint
meeting yesterday to discuss the SUBJ
sidy situation, when Mr.. Campbell
was hastily summoned to the White
House. Returning to the Capitol, he
explained that he had told the Presi-
dent of some opposition in the party
to consideration of the bill without
| lol lIS Pio-
visions and before the country had
had time to understand it. There
was a frank exchange of views and
while the President insisted the bill
should not go over until the Decem-
ber session, leaders were Informed
he would not object to a reasonable
delay, provided vote was reached
a1innYnrpRnf
Congress.
Liquor Angle Noted
The President had been informed
leaders said, that injection "of the
liquor angle" had put new phase or
the situation.
Representative Mondeli, the repub.
Iican leader, announced that the
House would be given an opportunity
to vote on the ship liquor question.
Fines Proposal in Bin.
The proposal to impose fines on
ships of foreign or domestic regis
try which touch American ports on
voyaees on which liquor was sold
was incorporated in separate bill
introduced yesterday by Representa-
tive Edmonds. Pennsylvania, ranking
| republican Of the merchant marine
committee. Mr.. Edmonds, indicated
| he might offer it as an amendment to
the subsidy bill, and Representative
Rankhead, democrat. Alabama. de-
clared he would offer his amendment
to deny any part of government aio
to ships on which the sale of liquor
was permitted.
A resolution which would give righ,
Of way to the subsidy bill was for
mally presented by Chairman Greene
It calls. for ten hours of debate.