The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-06
CONCRESS' TRUCE
 ONLY TEMPORAR
Real Fight Believed Yet To Come, And Battle Flags
 Will Go Up Again
By THOMAS L. STOKES

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.--Although the House of Representatives finally has become organized, after two days of absolute deadlock, and a temporary truce has been sealed between the defiant IT progressives and the regu- lars of the old guard, the real fight is yet to come.
 The standards in this battle-the legislative pattle-will go up again about the first of the year, after the committee assignments have been worked out. The lines will be drawn again just as sharply as they were In the organization fight. The House will meet and adjourn, every three days after the Presidents message is received Thursday. This will con tinue until committee organization Is worked out, which is expected to take the rest of the month.
 The three dominant personalities who have figured in the organization fight will lead in the legislative bat tle-.Niek" Longworth of Ohio, re- publican floor leader. deboniar, easy hammered, capable; John M. Nelson of Wisconsin, leader of the progressive group, quiet but very persistent, and Finis Garrett of Tennessee, democrat ic floor leader and skillful worker
 Even before the legislative struggle begins. there will be the fight over
  old guard will be faced, on many prospective revisions, by the combined democeRts and progressives. In the legislative fight which will last dur ing the whole session, here's what Longworth faces
 Nelson and his progressives have formulated a very definite legislative program It differs in many respects from the type of legislation favored by conservative republicans. The pro- gressives are insistent on their pro gram, and announced after the or ganization row was settled Wednes- day that they will make every effort to carry it through to the letter set clement of the organization row has nothing to do with legislation, they' made plain.
 Not only wtll the progressives have the backing of the IT who held up the House for two days, but many of the nnilder progressives will stand With them on some parts of their program. who stood behind Representative Graham of Illinois, for floor leader, agree with Nelson's aims for farm relief, and reduced freight rates.
 Then there are the democrats. For political reasonss they will stand in the way of all legislation whose en- actment would rebound too greatly to the glory of the republican party
 In the face of this dilemma. Long worth has chosen the only course open. After the committees have been organized, he will call a gen. eral legislative conference composed of one republican from each state. He explained to the United News. He will get their ideas on Legislation, in vestigate the possibilities of certain measures, and then formulate defl nite but limited program, which he will announce. Smoothing republican differences as far as possible, he will then go ahead.
 Some kind of tax reduction meas ure appears to be the only matter upon which any general agreement Is likely to be reaeched. Democrats favor reduction, and so do progress sives, except that the Nelson group wants to go further and restore the excess profits tax, raise present high surtaxes, and increase inheri- tance taxes. None of these proposals sit well with conservative repub- licans.
 Ideas on farm relief, railroads. shipping and other matters are wide ly divergent, and little concrete ac- ton on these problems is expected A bonus bill, of course, will In all likelihood be re-enacted by the House, which voted five to one for it last