The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-02-27
THREATS TO TURN
DOWN ARMY MEASURE
POSSIBLE THAT PORK" SEN
ATORS MAY FORCE EXTRA
SESSION OF CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The con-
gressional appetite for pork now
threatens to kill the army appropria
ton bill and force President Harding
to call an extra session of congress
after March 4th.
Enraged at reports that the presi-
dent would permit the expenditure OF
no more money on rivers and harbors
than the budget estimate of S27,OOO,-
900, the pork brigade has served no
tice on administration leaders that 1t
will flibuster against the army bill,
which includes the rivers and harbors
appropriation, unless it receives salts
factory assurance that the entire $780,
100000 barrel will be distributed.
The threat OF the pork brigade, if
carried into effect, would create an al
most indescribable legislative chaos.
The administration is frankly worried
about the prospect and leaders are
busy, trying to work out pacitylng
schemes.
From Death Battalion
Pork senators are now being told
that President Harding has been
somewhat misunderstood as to his at
titude on the rivers and harbors eX-
penditures Although he was exceed
ing1y concerned to have congress keep
the rivers and harbors appropriation
within the budget estimate, his spokes-
men say that he will exercise his dis
cretionary powers in such way as to
guard against the waste OF public
moneys. Such assurances do not seem
to satisfy the pork brigade and bat
talon of death has been formed.
President Stands Firm.
Following his statement to congress
sional leaders that raids on the treas
ury" will be prevented, against which
the present budget system is designed,
President Harding has announced that
he is going to support it to the limit.
Referring to the rivers and harbors
bill, which congress submitted with
proposed appropriation of $56,000,000,
Mr. Harding pointed out that the
budget system called for 27,OOO,OO0,
no more no less, and that amount is
Small
The president, knowing that con-
gress can approve the $56,000,000 limit
uCSDllC Ills ODJCNllOIlSs - no. AAN4iitNN
TO veto the whole army bill, to which
the rivers and harbors provision has
been tackled. Rather, he will approve
the bill and then take executive steps
to keep army engineers within the
4 S27 100000 mark. The president has
power to take this action.
Squad Shaping New Schemes.
Apparently thwarted, those who are
championing lagely increased appro-
priations are busy connecting new
schemes to compel the president to
distribute the $56.000000 barrel pro-
vided in the rivers and harbors sec
+ ton OF the bill.
a Resentment was expressed by MEM
bers of the brigade when they heard
THAT the president would refuse to
4spend money for rivers and harbors
over and above the ST 100000 recon-
mended BY the budget bureau. They
declared they would devise way to
force the president to spend the whole
amount.
In its present form the rivers and
larbors section provides lump
sum" appropriation OF S56,0O0,OOO to
be expended under the direction and
supervision OF the secretary OF war
ana the ARMY engineers. NJ iIlSil!Ch
rs made in the measure OF specific
projects, but there is an understanding
hat the S56,000,000 will be distribut-
d in accordance with the annual re-
,ort of the army engineers, which
bowed how this amount could be
pent
Plans of Brigade.
The administration, it is understood,
1terprets the measure as granting 1t
discretionary powers under which 1t
ould withhold or distribute the $50
10000 as it sees fit. In view OF this
eported Interpretation the pork bri-
ade is now planning to insert in the
rmy bill additional provisions remov-
lg the discretionary power OF the ad-
Illustration and designating the prof.
cts specifically on which the money
to be spent.
Sugar has been made recently at
liverpool University by the action OF
ght on carbonic acid.