The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
HOUSE RULES ROW ID BREAK MONDAY
Amendments To Report To Be Offered By Both Demo-
 crats And Insurgents

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The rules fight in the House. forced by the re- publican insurgents as condition to the reelection of Speaker Gillett, will break tomorrow. It will center on the report of the rules committee which is unsatisfactory to both the insurgents and the democrats.
 The main points at issue are the recommendation of the committee that petitions for the discharge of committees from the consideration of legislation must bear 150 signatures and it's refusal to repeal the Under wood rule which restricts amend ments. from the floor to tariff and revenue bills.
 Amendments to the rules will be offered by both the democrats and the insurgents. The democrats will propose repeal of the Underwood rule and a minimum for signatures on pe- titions seeking the discharge of com mittees below the figure fixed by the rules committee. The insurgents plan to support both these moves, and of fer a number of additional rules amendments. A
 Public Hearings to Begin.
 Having completed its consideration of the administrative features of the Mellon tax bill, the House ways and means committee will begin public hearings tomorrow on. the treasury secretary's recommendations for tax reduction. Some republican leaders. including Representative Longworth, the party leader, and Chairman Green of the committee are or the opinion that the Mellon bill must be
 ovYd O m a = jority in the House, while others, among them members of the commit tee, have announced that they are opposed to any compromise.
 With a member of their party elected as chairman of the Seue-e in- terstate commerce committee over Senator Cummins. republican. Iowa, democratic leaders said today they would not press at this time '-- the election of a president pro ten-, the office now held by Mir. Cummins. With this prospective fight out of the way, the Senate will be able to proceed with it's business 'n the ccived no important Legislation from any of its committees.
 Take Up shoals Tuesday.
 Muscle Shoals and Russian recog- milton will be the most important SnD1eCtS mittees in Congress during the week Tuesday the House military commit tee will begin consideration of the Ford and other offers for the govern ment nitrate projects on the Tennes- see river. The Senate foreign rela- tions subcommittee. to which has been referred the Borah resolution nroposing a declaration in favor of the soviet government will probably | be called together tomorrow by Chairman Borah with view to be- ginning public hearings Tuesday.
 House and Senate committees will continue their consideration of farm relief measures.
 Riils for the amendment of the transportation act will be taken UT by the Senate interstate commerce committee within a few days, put Il may be some weeks before any pro- gram of railroad legislation is ready for the Senate.
 Vaccinations Come First.
 Chairman Smith will call the com mittee together not later than Tues- day, but It's first work will De con sideration of nominations Of members of the interstate commerce commls- sion and the railroad labor board which have been hanging fire since early in the session due to the dead- lock over the committee chairman ship. .. ..;, road legislation in the House VII! await the preparation by Chalrman Winslow of the commerce committed of a series of bills incorporating the views of the administration on the question. He hopes to have the meas ures ready for introduction within few days. al,
 Facing a row over US rules. the uousa has laid aside the interior de- nartment appropriation bill on which general debate was concluded yes terday. After this measure IS diS- posed of other annual supply pllls