Evening star., 1925-12-26
Personnel of Geneva DeIeqa.
tion and Funds for Trip
Still to Be Settled.
PRESIDENT is ASSURED
MONEY WILL BE GIVEN
Madden Says $4,000 Request Will
Pass-Building Bill
Action Seen.

With his mind made up regarding
acceptance of the League of Nations
invitation to the United States TO par
tlclpate in the preliminary arms limita
ton conference to he held in Geneva,
President Coolidge now is giving his
attention TO the details incident to this
gathering.
The President Is understood TO have
determined upon the size of the Amer
lean commission, but has not yet
made up his mind as TO its personnel
1t was learned at the White House
today that the President estimates
that the cost of sending this delegation
to Geneva will be approximately S75.-
900. Congress will be asked to ap-
propriate this sum, and assurances
already given the President indicate
that there will not be any objection.
Representative Madden OF Illinois,
chairman of the House appropriations
committee. conferred with the Presi
dent today. 1t was learned afterward
from an authoritative source that the
invitation and an appropriation TO
meet the expense were among the sub
iects discussed. Mr.. Madden admit
ted this much and added that he heart
lily approved of acceptance of the in
vitation
Personnel Problem.
1t is thought by those who are in
close touch with this subject that
those who will serve on the American
commission will be selected by the
President in time to make their names
public simultaneously with the formal
announcement of his acceptance of
the leagues invitation. If the com
mission personnel is not made public
at that time it will he very shortly
afterward.
Representative Madden said that he
and the President discussed also the
general legislative and administrative
situation and before leaving the White
House he presented an invitation to
the President to participate in the
George Washington birthday celebra-
ton to be held in Chicago February
- under the auspices of the Union
League Club and the public schools of
that city. The President took the
matter under advisement
Mr.. Madden believes the general
public buildings bill. which now has
the approval of President Coolidge
and which will call for an appropria-
ton of $4,000, 900. OF which 0.0O0,-
600 will be for Government buildings
in the District of Columbia. will be
brought up in the House before all
the departmental appropriation bills
have been disposed of.
Sees BilI's Passage.
Mr.. Madden expressed confidence in
the passage of the public buildings
hill
member of Congress is convinced of
the necessity for better housing facili
ties for the Governments activities,
not only in Washington but through
out the country.
Mr.. Madden was not quite so hope
full regarding the substitute reorCan-
ization bill which has been introduced
in the House by Representative Mapes
of Michigan and in the Senate by
Senator Smoot of Utah. both of whom
are members of the joint congress
sional committee on reorganization
While he personally thinks very high
iN of this new plan for solving the
reorganiZa ton problem, he fears that
there will be some opposition, at least
sufficient to call for considerable de-
bate when the measure is being con-
sidered on the floor.
The fact that the President ap-
proves Of the plan, along with the
general feeling among the members of
the House and Senate that the time
mas come for some practical form of
reorSa aniza ton, Mr.. Madden believes
will go a long way toward enhancing
the chances for enactment of the pro-
posed legislation.
President Coolidge was at his desk
al the customary time this morning.
the fact that yesterday was Christmas
and today a holiday failing to cause
him to make any change in his rou-
tine. He had only two engagements
the one with Mr.. Madden and the
other with Senator Howell of Ne
braska