Evening star., 1925-03-26
FUTILE, IS OPINION
ON EXTRA SESSION
LongWorth Does Not Expect
Coolidge to Call Con-
:, gress, He Says.

Little likelihood looms of an, extra
session of Congress being called by
President Coolidge, in the opinion OF
Representative Longworth OF ONO,
Speaker of the next House, who was
in conference with the President at
the White House today.
Representative Longworth can see
no reason now for summoning Con-
gress to Washington before the regu-
lar time, and he is inclined to think
that the President is of the same
mind. He appreciates the anxiety on
the part of many party leaders and
others to get an early start on legls-
Jation to further tax reductions, but
does not believe that an extra session
would be any help.
THE ways and means committee
will meet" Mr.. Longworth said,
"early in the Fall, and from that time
on until Congress convenes this com
mittee under the leadership of Chair
man Green of Iowa, will be busily
engaged in framing the tax reduction
legislation. This committee can Work
better with Congress not in session,
inasmuch as it's membership will have
no Interruptions, which would be the
case If Congress was meeting.
Confident of Action.
Mr.. Longworth feels confident that
the House will have disposed of the
tax.reduction question before the mid
die of January, and that the Senate
will then have disposed of the World
Court question and will be ready to
resume tax reduction discussion.
Senator McNary of Oregon con-
ferred with President Coolidge today
relative to an appointment to the
United States Shipping Board when
Benjamin Haney of Oregon resigns,
which is expected to be the last OF
June. Senator McNary said that
Oregon always has been represented
on the Shipping Board, and although
he has no one in mind for Mr., Haney's
place at this time the object of his
call today was to seek promise from
the President that Oregon again Will
be given an appointment.
President Coolidge's conference with
Senator Borah, chairman of the for
eign relations committee, late yester-
day afternoon was looked on as an
other definite step in arranging for
an international conference on naval
armament which the President de-
sires to hold some time in the Fail, II
possible.
The Idaho Senator said after his
talk with Mr.. Coolidge that he was
heartily in favor of another arms
conference and that he wished to do
all he could to promote its success
He has long been convinced that cut
ting down of great ornaments is a
necessity not only for world peace,
but also as a means of lifting some
of the heavy burdens of taxation
which standing armies and immense
fleets have involved.
While Senator Borah is anxious to
do everything he can to bring about
another conference and to assure it's
success, he maintains that public
opinion throughout the world can ac-
complish more in bringing about the
end desired than can diplomacy. In
this position he shares the view of
one school here which seems con-
vfnced that international association
viii mean nothing unless public opin-
ion in various countries has been ed
ucated to point where it will de-
mand that armament be brought down
TO the minimum necessary for self
protection. He said also that not
much can be accomplished unless
Russia is recognized and invited to
participate.