The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-21
C0NCRESSMEN
 WILL BE TOLD ,. OF BOX AWARD
Outstanding Bus inc 8 s With Russian Situa-
 tiO.. This Week

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The Box peace award and the Russian situation will be the outstanding subjects of in- quiry by congressional committees this week. Other questions to be considered will include the lease of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve, Muscle Shoals railroad and farm relief legislation and tax reduction.
 Edward w. Box, of Philadelphia, will appear tomorrow before a special Senate committee to explain his $1OO,- GOO award for the best world peace plan. His examination will be conduct ed by Senator Reed, democrat, Mis- souri, author of the resolution direct ing an investigation of propaganda de- signed to influence the foreign policy of the American government and the action of Congress in revenue and other measures.
 Opening it's investigation of the Rus sian question, Senate foreign rela- tions subcommittee will hear state de- partment officials who will be ques- toned particularly as to the basis of the non-recognition policy of the ad- ministration.
 Soviet Recognition
 The subcommittee has before it the resolution of its chairman, Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, proposing Q Senate declaration in favor of the rec ognition of the present Russian soviet government.
 The Senate public lands committee which for some months has been in- quiring into the lease of the naval oil reserves, will receive tomorrow the re- port of Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon- tana, who made a special trip to Flor ida to examine Edward B. Mclean, Washington newspaper publisher, with reference to the $10O,000 loan which Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior said Mir. Mclean had made to him to improve and enlarge his New Mexico ranch after the lease of the Tea Dot Dome oil reserve had been negO- tiated with the Sinclair interests.
 The Muscle Shoals question which has been before Congress for several years will come up again Tuesday be- fore the House military committee. In addition to the original offer of Henry Ford, which he announced still stands, the committee will have before it the bid of group of southern power com panies, for the leasing of the govern ment plant on the Tennessee river.
 Tax Reduction
 Having concluded its public hear ings, the House ways and means com mittee tomorrow will resume it's study of tax reduction. After disposing of some odds and ends of the administra- tive features of the Mellon bill, the committee will devote itself to the tax schedules in an effort to compose diff ferences as to the extent that reduc- tions are to be made all along the line.
 The agricultural committee of both the House and the Senate will con- tinue to devote their attention to farm relief measures, while the Senate in- terstate commerce committee is consid- ering amendments to the transporta- tion act, designed to lower freight rates on commodities produced and used on the farm The interstate commerce committee has asked for a report as to the present condition of the rail- roads under the Esch- -Cummnis law and this information will be basis for consideration of the various amend ments to the existing laws which are before it.
 The only important legislation pend- ing before either the House or the Sen ate is the annual appropriation bill for the interior department which may come to a vote in the House before the weekend. No outstanding meas ures await the action of the Senate, which can do nothing on tax reduction or the annual supply bills until the House has acted.