The Washington times., 1924-12-10
P[.ANS LAID
To PRESS
Il BILLS
Others May Be Given Q. K. by
WadsWorth's New Group
in Later Parleys'
By WILLIAM HARD.

Ihat long wanted and long
delayed Leadership" in the Re-
publican party in the Senate
burst out suddenly yesterday and
today into full flower in the per-
son of Senator Curtis of Kansas,
floor leader, and in the persons
of Senators Wadsworth Of New
York, Pepper Of Pennsylvania,
Willis of Ohio, Mckinley of Ill-
nois, Norbeck of South Dakota,
Gooding of Idaho and Butler Of
Massachusetts, members of the
Republican senatorial Steering
Committee" which now announces
that, having been lying dead and
dumb for many years in the cata-
combs under the Capitol, it has
successfully resurrected itself and
now intends to hold meeting
every week and will try to steer
the majority in the Senate re-
spectfully but earnestly toward
q large harvest Of legislative ac-
complishments.
Eleven Bills Listed.
1t has already picked and listed
eleven such accomplishments for
the Republican party in the Senate
TO achieve in this short session, and
it is stated by Senator Wadsworth,
chairman of the steering commit.
tee" that various ether feats Of
legislation will be added to this list
~ the committee at its approaching
weekly meetings.
Thus the old Republican Sena-
torial regime, which was typified
and managed by the late Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu.
sets during his reign as Republican
floor leader now really finally passes
away, and in it's place there rises
the new Republican Senatorial
regime typified and managed by
Senator Curtis as Republican floor
leader and by Senator Wadsworth
as Senator Curtis assistant in i'm
mediate titular command of the
Senator Lodge was a solitary
leader. He did honor to the idea
of a Steering Committee" by ap-
pointing one, but he then consulted
his own preference by not having
1t meet.
Believes i'm Conference
Senator Curtis believes absolutely
IN the value of conference and
intends TO accomplish all the con-
ferring possible. 1t is really di.
rectly through his ideas and deter.
limitations that the Steering Com.
mittee" has been called back from
the dead and has been given a
considerably new personnel and
has been put to work again.
Senator Pepper. of Pennsylvania,
Senator Willis of Ohio and Senator
Mckinley of Illinois today all ex-
pressed a conviction that the work
OF the Steering Committee" will
expedite legislation and will in.
crease the volumne of desirable
legislation and will be of genuine
practical value to the country as
Well as to the Republican partv.
The committee has held only one
meeting, but managed at that meet.
ing TO agree upon a policy of sun.
porting and promoting eleven
named bills, outside of the annro.
prlation bills, and it expects IN
agree upon numerous other bills
before long. vans
Two Tests Applied
1t is with good reason believed
that the eleven bills so far selectAd
were chosen with regard to the
TWO following testss
l. What bills can he pos.nd
with the least controversy?
idge want? oVo''
Senator Curtis Of Kansas, as Re-.
publican floor leader, and Senator
mckinley OF Illinois, as a member
OF the Steering Committee" made
q trip to the White House and
found out what bills the President
wanted or, at any rate, what bills
We're not obnoxious to him.
IN the meeting of the committee
II was not noted that Senator
Butler OF Massachusetts made anv
attempt to set himself forward as
any especially anointed "pres.
1dential spokesman"
Senator Butler undoubtedly was
put on the committee because az
MS coming from the Presidents
state and because of his haying
peen the Presidents campaign man.
ager. ''
Butler Diplomatic.
# can be absolutely confidently
understood and accepted, however.
that Senator Butler is showing too
much sense to try to make him.
een into any sudden Senatorial
Lord High Executioner" with
orders and flats and sentences Of
execution from the White House.
Things may happen that way in
tneory. They do not happen that
way IN TACT. In. fact, two older Sena.
tors-Curtis and McKinley--went to
the White House and in the rood
old.fashioned Senatorial way siT1nulv
lnauired and discovered a certain
number OF bills which the President
would be likely to sign.
Vhe eleven bills thus discovered
and thus Endorsed by the Republican
Senatorial Steering Committee in.
clude only three Of any broad general
controversial interest. They are as
follows:
One-The Wadsworth Resolution
for an amendment to the United
States Constitution providing that
hereafter all constitutional amend.
nlents, when they ca to he Stptee
for ratification T,ov. ~ 80 .sSs.a