Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-12-01

SESSION
FOR CONGRESS
Appropriation Bills Is Main
Work for the Coming Ses-
sion of Two Houses
CONFERENCES HELD
CONFERENCES HELD
President CooIidge's Annual
Message Will Probably Be
Given on Wednesday

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE
sixty-eighth congress assembled to-
day for it's farewell session with little
prospect for the transaction OF any
important business beyond passage
of the annual appropriation bills.
The gavels fell at noon with Sena-
tor Cummins of Iowa, the president
pro tempore, presiding in the senate,
and Speaker Gillett in the House.
The opening sessions were brief.
After prayer by the chaplain and
quorum calls, the oath of office was
administered to new members; COM
mittees were named to inform Presi-
dent Coolidge that the congress was
ready to receive communications
from him, and resolutions on the
death of members during the recess
were presented and adopted. Ad-
journment then was taken out of re-
spect to the memory of departed
senators and representatives.
Adjourn Until Tomorrow
The adjournment was until noon
tomorrow, but neither house will
really begin work before the receipt
Wednesday of President Coolidge's
annual message which is to be trans
lIilllCd ny inCScCif6Ct anu ~eS AAA NAA y
two houses separately.
The annual budget carrying the
Administrations recommendations
for appropriations is to be received
by congress Thursday. Meantime,
however, the House appropriations
committee has drafted several of the
departmental supply bills and has
ready the first of them-that for the
interior department. Several others
will be in the hands of the House
within a few days.
Crowded Calendar
The senate has a calendar fairly
we'll crowded with general legislation
of important character, but imme-
date action is not contemplated. The
Republican steering committee Will
take up the order of consideration of
pending subjects late this week.
Eighty-two of the ninety-five sem
ators answered the opening roll call.
In the House the call showed 36S
members out of ABS present.
The House was in session 55 min
utes, adjourning after adopting reso-
lutions of regret over the death dur
Ing the recess of three representa-
tives and three senators.
While some immediate aftermaths,
such as protests from several leading
senators. are to be expected to fol-
low the action of the Republican con-
ference. the full effect probably will
be slow in developing and will be felt
the more strongly as the life OF the
session progresses. One result gen.
orally looked for is the slowing up
of action on legislation in general
with a consequent increasing of the
probabilities of an extra session of
the new congress elected last month.
The senate has a large amount of
legislation pending on its calendar,
including the deficiency bill, the
| Muscle Shoals project, and railroad
and farm legislation. Generally
speaking, farm aid is regarded as the
most important of all the subjects,
but since the president has appointed
commission which is engaging in
a study of this whole field it is likely
that a decision as to the form this
legislation is to take will await the
report of that commission.
With Henry Ford out of the field
and several new bids in hand, the
Muscle Shoals question very likely
will be sent back to the senate agri-
culture committee for further cons.d-
Grafton.
Although this is a Eold-over con-
gress number of new faces will be
seen on the floors of the two houses
and there will be important CHI nges
in the standing committees, particuA
larly in the senate. New members
in the, senate include William M.
Butler, of Massachusetts, chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee, appointed to succeed the late
Senator Lodge; Jesse H. Metcalf, of
Rhode Island, and Rice w. Means,
Republican, who succeeds Alva B.
Adams, of Colorado, Democrat, hav-
ing been elected on November 4 to
fill out the unexpired term of the
late Senator Nicholson. Senator
Adams was appointed to the vacancy
and served through the last session.
New senate committee chairmen
Chief attention will be given to
the annual appropriation bills, but
whether all of these can be disposed
of is now by no means certain. Much
J general legislation still is pending
and there is going to be strong pres
sure for consideration of a number
of measures on which there is wide
difference of opinion among the
membership.
But these natural differences of
opinion are not the only hazards that
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