New Britain herald., 1923-02-05
Likely to Ask That Both House and Senate Give Approval Without Much Delay
Committee Favors Measure to Restrict New Immigra. ton to Half of What it is.

Washington. Feb. b. President Harding today prepared statement 10 congress asking for approval ol the British debt funding settlement negotiated by the American and Brit, ish debt commissions. It was indi. cated that he probably would submit his recommendation 10 the senate and. house tomorrow with an urgent request that approval be given with, out delay.
 Meantime congressional leaders con. tinued in conference over the most acceptable way to insure passage oi the authorizing legislation before congress adjourns on March 1. The measure is expected to be brought be- fore both senate and house before tho end of the week. with all the driving force of administration influence be- hind it.
 Numerous Conferences.
 There also were number of White House conferences regarding the pros- poets for legislative action and 1t was evident the president was preparing to act only after he had informed himself fully as to the state of con- gressional opinion on the subject. Early callers at the executive offices included Senator Watson, republican. Indiana, and Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the republican floor leader of the house, with both of whom the president is understood to have discussed what form of author izing legislation would be least likely to encounter serious opposition.
 Many of the senate and house leaders would prefer to see general amendment of the present funding law, broad enough to enable the debt commission to negotiate settlements with all the debtor nations on terms analogous to those embraced in the British agreement.
 Immigration Bill.
 The number of immigrants eligible to admission to the United States under the existing restriction act would be reduced by more than half under q section of q new immigra- ton bill approved today by the house immigration committee.
 Admissions under the proposed act would be limited to two per cent. of tho number of foreign born indi- riduals of any nationality resident in the United States as determined by the census of 1890. The present re- striction is' three per cent. as de- termined by the census of 1910.
 Members of the committee esti- mate that under the new restriction clause the total of immigrants enter- ing the United States in any one year would not exceed 16S,S37. Ad- missions under the existing law total S5S.023 yearly.
 New Blockade Likely,
 A possibility that the Lenroot- derson-Capper farm credits program may be blocked in congress unless there is some assurance of action on nI the administration shipping bill wasl foreseen in some quarters today after a series of conferences to discuss the legislative outlook for the remaining four weeks of the 67th congress.
 After a talk with President Hard ing, Representative Mondell of Wyo- ming, republican leader of the house, declared there were so many ''diffi- rulties" in the way of an agreement, | that it was entirely possible the farm credits measures could not be finally written into law before March 4, de- spite the fact that legislation on the subject had passed both the senate and house.