New Britain herald., 1924-05-07
REPUBLICANS WANT
 ADJOURNMENT SOON
Making Plans to ThWart Demo-
 cratic Opposition

| Washlngton, May 1.-Aroused by
 the threat of democrats and insur-
 gent republicans to hold congress in
 session during the national political conventions in June, President Coolidge and republican organization leaders in the senate and house to- day reconsolidated their lines in
 preparation for an aggressive effort to clear the congressional calendars Of important legislation.
 The legislative program in general, and means of speeding up action,
 was discussed by the president with republican leaders of the house at
 breakfast conference and later with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. the republican senate leader, ana Chair man Shoot of the senate finance committee.
 The president went over with the republican house leaders the legisla- tive situation in that body in detail, discussing the measures yet pending before the house. including legislation to afford farm relief.
 The house leaders attending the conference including Speaker Gillett, Representative Longworth, of Ohio, the floor leader; Chairman Shell of the rules committee: Representative Begg of Ohio: Chairman Green of the ways and means committed; Chairman Madden of the appropria- tions committee; and members of the republican steering committee.
 The presidents callers left the White House under the impression that the president might not commit himself definitely on the particular form farm legislation shoslld take, al- though there was some possibility that specific recommendation on the subject might be transmitted to congress later.
 of the belief that something should be done before the close of the session to relieve distress among the farmers, but he is said to look askance at the provision of the McNary- -Haugen bill which would require the govern ment to supply s200.000,000 capital for the corporation that would be set up to sell surplus farm products abroad.
 In line with his attitude on the McNary- Haugen bill and the expen- ditures that would result from its en- actment, the president is taking firm stand against any legislation which would increase expenditures without affording means for bringing additional revenue into the treasury. 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 be lukewarm toward the postal salary bill unless provision is. in- corporated to raise funds for meeting the pay increases by an increase in postage rates. tached by Mir Coolidge to the bursum pension bin, which he vetoed last l week. He is understood to have | asked for assurances that its repas- sage would be prevented, but the | ieaders were unable to | give him any positive information on that subject.
 Conversation at the White House hinged for a time on the efforts of mocratic-republican insurgent coalition to put through the Barkley bill to abolish the rail- road labor board. All of the house leaders who participated in the dis- cussion fought the measure when 1t was taken up Monday and they in- formed the president they believed they could stave of action. They conceded however, that insistence of supporters of the measure to press it to 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.