Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-23
Legislation and Probes Pill
ing Up at Rate to Make
Leaders Watch Clock.
CAN 1T BE DONE BEFORE
| MARCH q, is QUESTION
Philippines, Campaign Funds, Pro-
hibition, Farm Relief Only Few
of Controversial Issues.


Members of Congress began their
Christmas-New Year vacation today,
but like most folks who have regular
jobs. their freedom was not without
the usual price of work piling up to
be done when the holidays end.
When the Representatives go back to
work, January 3, they will have plen-
ty to do in committees and on the
floor, while the Senate'S list of in
vestigations was increased yesterday,
and a number of other matters were
jammed in the off1ng waiting for con-
sideration. Meanwhile, the leaders
who are kept busy charting legisla-
tive courses are compelled to bear In
mind that the Sixty-ninth Congress
goes out Of existence March 4.
In the eleventh-hour rush to get
away for the holidays, the Senate
made quick work of the Interior De-
partment supply bill, the second regu-
lar appropriation measure 1t has
passed, and the House hustled it into
conference for adjustment of differ
ences. But other developments of the
day were portentous of more pro-
longed disputes.
Rivers Dill conferences.
The House received from the Senate
its version of the hotly contested
rivers and harbors bill and from a
committee the Swing-Johnson Boulder
Canyon Dam proposal, and the Senate,
in receipt of the alien property ad-
justment bill passed by the House,
heard the first thunders of the fight
against 1t by Senator Borah, Repub-
lican, Idaho. and was given Controller
General McCarl's report on the con-
duct of the Alien Property Custodian's S
Office
Senate hearings were begun to find
out what the Federal Trade Commits
sion and the Department Of Justice
did to curb possible monopolistic ten
dencies when they took cognizance of
the financial districts reports of the
Ward General Baking Co.
merger. Steps also were taken to
learn whether the Chester concessions
in the Mosul oil field affected Turkish.
American relations. what can be done
to aid in bringing about order in
Nicaragua, and what the trade com.
| mission knows about stock dividends.
Prohibition Bills Coming Up.
Prohibition and the overwhelming
ramifications of the campaign funds
investigation were other problems
given to the members of Congress to
think about during the holidays. The
| Philippines question was revived by
| the presentation of Carmi Thompson's s
report Of his investigation there as
President Coolidge's personal repre-
sentative, and the campaign funds
! fight against the appointment Of Cyrus
| E. Woods of Pennsylvania to the
| Interstate Commerce Commission.
| Resumption of the session is ex.
pected to find the prohibition admin.
| istration's bill to permit concentration
| and manufacture of medicinal whisky
! by a Government-controlle corpora.
! ton ready for consideration. 1t was
| introduced by title yesterday by Chair.
man Green of the House ways and
means committee, procedure which
allowed the writing in of details dur.
| ing the recess.
Coal and Other Issues.
Coal, railroad consolidation, farm
relief and immigration also are listed
on the program Of House committees
! for consideration soon after January g.
Chairman Parker of the interstate
commerce committee plans to put
forward his bill to give the President
power to control the coal industry, in
times of a national crisis January 4
and his proposal to facilitate railroad
| consolidation January IL.
The new McNary Haugen farm re-
lief bill will have the right of way in
the House agricultural committee
Chairman Haugen announcing that
hearings would commence January G.
On the same date, the immigration
committee is to discuss the Senate bill
which seeks to permit entrance into
the United States of close relatives
of aliens already in this country, even
though quotas have been filed.