Evening star., 1926-06-08


die the rivers and harhors legislation,
closeted With the President for 20
minutes.
Jones Fears Postponement.
Senator Jones admitted that III the
present time it looks as though this
legislation may result In postponlng
adjournment. He stated that notice
has been served on him already by
some members Of the Senate that they
intend to fight this bill to the bitter
end" Senator Willis of Ohio is among
these opponents and he threatens TO
fllibuster Il no other means can be
found TO defeat this legislation. Sena-
tor Jones pointed out that the princi-
pal objection In the Senate is not TO
the so-called pork barrel feature Of
the House bill, but TO the alleged di-
version Of the waters OF the Great
Lakes by deepening the channel OF
the Illinois River.
Senator Jones said his committee
would within the next few days take
up this bill for consideration. but he
would make no prediction as to the
probable outcome He did say that
if the House refuses to accept a bill
drafted by the Senate. or amendments
to It's bill, and If it proposes to hold
out. it looks as though the session
would run well up into the Summer.
Look to President
II Is thought, however, that Presi-
dent Coolidge, after more consulta-
tions with leaders in the Senate and
House, may be successful i'll bringing
the House and Senate together on this
matter, at least to the point where
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il out later when they meet next Win
ter.
The Presidents congressional advis'
el.s are not SO sanguine about his abil-
ity TO smooth out SO easily the farm
relief muddle in the Senate. The lead
ers had hoped that they could display
enough strength to ward off any at
tempts to get through any radical
legislation, as the administration re
fers to the Haugen bill, and TO bring
about an adjournment just so soon
as the French debt ratification had
been disposed Of. The latter, how
ever. depends upon its ratification
first bv the French Parliament,
But with the Brookhart result ap-
parently strengthening the Senate
farm bloc, it is feared the administra-
ton will not be in supreme command
of the agricultural situation in the
Senate, at least not to the extent OF
disposing OF this question when and
how II so desires.
No Date Reached.
President Coolidge is known TO
have said to callers To-Day that no
tentative date for adjournment has
been reached. He doubts very much
If the leaders of the House and Sem
ate themselves could speak with
any authority upon this point. he
realizes that there are several mat
ters before Congress which may be
the means of blocking an early ad-
tournament but he is hopeful that
very shortly the House and Senate
leaders will arrive at some agree
ment which will result in q resolu-
ton setting the day for adjournment.
While the White House remained
silent as to the outcome In the Iowa
primaries yesterday, and as to the
possibilities that the agricultural leg
islation will now assume more Serl-
Gus proportions. it was made known
that the President looks with favor
upon the rivers and harbors bill as
it passed the House. ana will prob
ably sign it if it comes to him. How
ever, before doing so, he will want TO
study it carefully and to satisfy HIM
self that the benefits outweigh the
detrimental features. While the
President is not familiar with the bill
in it's entirety. he is represented as
approving it as whole. especially 80
since the bill is an authorization for
river and harbor developments and
does not actually appropriate public
money. Appropriations for the items
authorized in this bill must be OBJ
these items are deemed to be espe-
cially Objectionable or unwarranted,
the President is satisfied that they
can be defeated when the time comes
to ask for appropriations.
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