Evening star., 1924-05-07
Confers With Party Leaders
in Effort to Push Impor-
tant Measures.
THREATS OF COALITION
SPUR G. O. P. TO ACTION
Adjournment of Congress June Z
Suggested to the
Executive.

cratS and inSurGent Republicans to
hold Congress in session during the
national political conventions in June.
President Coolidge and Republican
organization leaders in the Senate
and House today reconsolidated their
lines in preparation for an aggressive
effort to clear the congressional cal
endars of important legislation.
The President and Republican
leaders had a breakfast conference
and later met with Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, Republican Senate
leader, and Chairman Smoot Of the
Senate finance committee.
Meets House Leaders.
The President went over with the
Republican House leaders the legisla-
tive situation in that body in detail,
discussing the measures pending be-
fore the House, including legislation
to afford farm relief
The House leaders attending the
conference included Speaker Gillett,
Representative Longworth of Ohio,
the floor leader; Chairman Smell of
the rules committee, Representative
Begg Of Ohio. Chairman Green of
the ways and means committe, Chair
man Madden of the appropriations
committee and members of the Re
publican steering committee.
Suggest June az Date.
The House leaders, in their talk
with the President, suggested June
Z. the Saturday before the opening
of the Republican convention at
Cleveland, as the adjournment date
for Congress- They told the Presi-
dent the House would have its legis-
lative slate clean by that time
While Senator's Lodge and Smoot
were at the White House Senator
Bhrah, Republican, Idaho, also was
called into their conference, which
had to do primarily with the status
Of financial measures, including the
tax bill and the Bursum pension
measure vetoed last week. The pos
sibility of enacting some sort of rec
lamation legislation also was con-
sidered.
The Presidents callers left the
White House under the impression
himself definitely on the particular
form farm aid should take, although
there was some probability that a
specific recommendation on the sub
ject might be transmitted to Congress
later.
Wants Farmers Aided.
The President was said to be firmly
of the belief that something should
he done before the. close of the ses-
sion to relieve distress among the
farmers. But he is said to look
askance at the provision of the Nc
Nary -Haugen bill which would re-
quire the government to supply
5000, 100000 capital for the corpora
tion that would be set up to. sell
surplus farm products abroad.
In line with his attitude "a the
McNary- Haugen bill and the exL>ndi-
lures that would result from it's en-
actment, the President is taking a
firm stand against any legislation
which would increase expenditures
without affording means for bring
Ing additional revenue into the
Treasury.
Bonus Bill Veto Expected.
His attitude on this point led most
of the House leaders to believe that
he would veto the soldiers bonus bill.
which has been submitted to him, and
might he lukewarm toward the
postal salary bill unless 4 provision
is incorporated to raise funds for
meeting the pay increase by an in
crease in postage rates.
Particular importance also is at
tached by Mr.. Coolidge to the Bur
sum pension bill, which he vetoed
last week. He is understood to have
asked for assurances that it's passage
would be prevented, but the congress
sional leaders were unable to give
him any positive information on that
subject.
Conversation at the White House
conference hinged for time on the
efforts of a Democratic-R Republican
insurgent coalition to put through
lhe BarkIey bill to abolish the Rail
road Labor Board. All of the House
leaders who participated in the dis
was taken up Monday, and they in
formed the President they believed
they could stave off action. They
conceded, however, that inslstence of
supporters of the measure to press 1t
10 a vote might jeopardiZe a number
of other important measures which
the House would be unable to reach
If Consideration of the railroad bill
WAS protracted.
VIII Not Push Pension Measure.
Senator Bursum said today he
would not press Immediately his mo-
ton to pass his pension bill over the
Ir6SlQent ) Nelpp dS Huluptl VI
senators who desired to vote are alb
sent. lie had planned to call it up
yesterday. but abandoned the effort
hecause of the general row over in
yestigation of the prohibition bureau.
II have not made a complete poll
Of the Senate he said, but un-
doubtedly the vote will be close. /
still am hopeful that the bill can be
passed over the Veto"
Textile Inquiry Blocked
The proposed inquiry into the de-
pression in the textile industry re-
ceived another setback today in the
Senate, when Senator Smoot, Repub-
lican, Utah, objected to consideration
of the resolution authorizing it.
Later, Senator Walsh, Democrat,
Massachusetts, author of the resolu-
tion, declared he would object to fur
ther recesses of the Senate unless
opportunity was given to consider
his proposal.
This is the third time it has been
blocked" he said. Il consider the
necessity as great for obtaining this
informa tion for the thousands of men
thrown out of employment in the
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