Evening star., 1924-12-01
failed of action in the closing hours
of the last session.
Galleries Well FILLED.

OI the last SESSION.
Galleries Well Filled.
The galleries of the Senate were
well filled with spectators. Among
those in the row reserved for the
President were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Stearns of Boston and Mrs. Butler,
wife OF the new Senator from Massa-
chusetts.
With crowded galleries the House
opened its session with a prayer by
the chaplain, Rev DR.. James Shera
Montgomery.
House Leader Longworth was Civ
en- an ovation when he took his place
on the floor. and Speaker Gillette, who
has just been elected to the United
States Senate, was also given Vigor-
Gus applause as he raped the gavel
for the opening of the session
Mrs Nicholas Longworth occupied
the front seat in the Speakers gal
lery and behind her We're scores OF
those prominent in Washington So
ciety.
Mrs. Nolan Welcomed,
On the floor Mrs. Mae Nolan of
California, who retires at the close
of the present session, was surround
ed by fellow members, welcoming her
back She had with her daughter,
Miss Corlin Nolan, who is a student
at local seminary.
Practically all OF the more prom
inent veteran members were in their
seats and were congratulated py tnelr
fellow members on their reelection.
Former House Leader Frank w. Mon
dell. who took a prominent part IN
the recent national campaign. was
the center of a crowd of former col
leagues. who congratulated him upon
the success Of his efforts for the
election of Coolidge and Dawes
Four new members of the House
were sworn in today. Representative
L. S. Guyer of Kansas, successor TO
the late Representative, Edward c. Lit
tie Representative Thomas Hall Of North
Dakota, successor to Representative
George Young. who resigned; Repre-
sentative stephen W. Cambria OF
Maryland successor to the late Rep
Sydney f. Mudd, and
Representative Robert Leach of Mas
successor to the late Rep
resentative William Greene.
Program for Week.
Mr.. Longworth today announced
the program for the week as fol-
lows:
Tuesday-The budget message.
Wednesday-Th Presidents mes
sage. On Wednesday the committee
on naval affairs has the call for leg
islation awaiting action on the calen-
dar.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
will be devoted to consideration of
the Interior Department appropria-
tion bill.
Get Message Wednesday.
On Thursday the real work Of the
session will begin. but how much can or
will be accomplished before automatic
on March remains big
question in the minds of all leaders
alike.
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
general legislation still is pending
and there is going to be strong pres
sure for consideration of a number
of measures on which there iss a
wide difference of opinion among the
membership.
New Troubles Added.
But these natural differences of
opinion are not the only hazards that
have a place in the legislative field.
The recent National political campaign
has created new sores, which appar-
entity have been aggravated by the
action Of the Senate Republicans in
reading out of their councils Sena-
tor La Toilette of Wisconsin and his
chief Senate lieutenants. Senators
Ladd. Brookhart and Frazier.
While leaders of the House Re
publicans have no intention now of
taking like action with respect to
the La Toilette followers at their
end of the Capitol, admittedly the
action of the Senate Republicans has
had it's effect there and has served
to widen the breach between the reg
ular and ihsurge mt Republicans so
often apparent at the last session.
While some immediate aftermaths,
such as protests from several lead
ing Senator's, are to be expected to
follow the: action of the Republican
conference, the full effect probably
will be slow. in developing and will
be felt the more strongly as the life
of the session progresses. One re-
suit generally looked for is the slow
ing up of action on legislation in
of the probabilities of an extra ses-
sion of the new Congress elected
last month.
After the usual preliminaries OF
new session have been disposed of
during the first half of this week, the
House will get to work on the appro-
priation bills. taking up first that
for the Interior Department. Mean
time. the Republican steering COM
mittee Of the Senate will meet to
map out a program for immediate
Senate action, which may or may not
find approval with the Democrats and
who will continue to hold
the whip hand.
The Senate has a large amount OF
legislation pending on it's calendar,
including the deficiency bill, the
Shoals project and railroad
and farm legislation. Generally speak
ing, farm aid Is regarded as the most
important of all the subjects. but
since the President has appointed a
which is engaging in
study of this whole field, it is likely
that a decision as to the form this