Evening star., 1926-12-05
CONGRESS STARTS
SHORT SESSION At
NOON TOMORROW
Both Houses Will Adjourn
Quickly to Honor Lately
Deceased Colleagues.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
WILL BE READ TUESDAY
Three Senators-Elect to Take Seats.
Farm Relief and Taxes Are in
Van for Consideration.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The legislative wheels begin to
grind again at noon tomorrow. The
Sixty-ninth Congress opens its final
session. The legislative grist is likely
TO be short, as short a S this session,
which ends at noon March 4.
House and Senate assemble at IL
o'clock. In both bodies the roll will
be called to develop the necessary
quor1Ims. Committees will be ap
pointed to wait upon the President to
inform him that Congress is in ses
sion and ready to hear any communi
cations he may desire to- make TO it.
Then both bodies will adjourn out of
respect TO the memories of the Sena
tors who died during the recess now
closing Cummins Of Iowa
and Fernald of Maine.
Three new Senators, two Democrats
and one Republican. are to take the
oath of Office and enter upon their
duties. The expectation is they will
do so during the brief session tomor.
row They are Senator-elect David
l. Walsh of Massachusetts. who sue
Ceeds Senator William NJ. Butler
Senator elect Harry Hawes of Mis-
souri,. who will fill the seat hitherto
held by Senator George B. Williams,
and Senator-elect Arthur r. Gould of
Maine, elected to fill a vacancy caused
by the death Of Senator Fernald. All
three Senators-elect were in Wash
ington last night.
Message OH Tuesday.
President Coolidges annual mes
sage. setting forth the administra-
tons program of legislation and rec
concentrations to Congress, will be
transmitted to Senate and House. on
Tuesday. The President will not go
to the Capitol to read the message in
person, as did the late Presidents Will
son and Harding and as he did him
self on the first occa sion he sent
message to Congress. He will send
the document by messenger. and II
will be read in each House by the
clerks.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the Presidents S message in the House
that body will adjourn out Of respect
to the memory of Uncle Joe" Can.
non, for many years Speaker and
car" of the House. The program
for the Senate has not been fully de-
terrnined. 1t may launch immediately
into legislative work. Many bills are
on its calendar awaiting action, in
Guiding a measure to establish a new
bureau Of prohibition enforcement in
the Treasury Department. separating
prohibition enforcement from the In
ternal Revenue Bureau. II this meas
ure is called up food of oratory on
the wet and dry question and the re-
suits of the recent elections may be
expected.
Budget Message Wednesday.
While the Senate is still ponder4ng
its program for the first week of the
session, the House leadership is pre-
pared for a quick getaway of the ses-
sion. On Wedne nesday both Houses will
listen to the reading of the President s
budget message, which will accom-.
pany the estimates of appropriati tions
arranged by the Budget Bureau work
ing in conjunction with the various
Government departments and bureaus.
The House. as soon as the message
has been read. will turn its attention
to the first of the big Government
supply bills. the Post Office and Treas
ury bill. which is ready for submis-
sion by the committee on appropria.
tions on Thursday the House will
give consideration 70 the judicial sal.
aries hill, which increa ses the pay of
the Federal Judges, and also TO the
appropriation nill, which, il is eX-
pected will occupy the remainder Of
the week.
As fast as possible the House will
give consideration to the regular ap.
preparation bills which must pass and
become laws prior TO March 4. noon.
unless a special session OF the Sew.
entieth Congress is to he called next
Spring While there has been some
desultory talk Of forcing an extra
session" through the means of block
ing one or more OF the appropriation
bills In the coming session. there has
been no disqualification of sentiment in
favor of such plan. In fact, the
Republican and Democratic leaders TO
a man are opposed TO a special session
Of Congress next Spring The Demo.
Gratis figure that il would be poor poll
tics and the Republicans are confident
the session will not he necessary and
that the country will he glad Of a
recess Of Congress.
Problems Await Solution.
MANY subjects Of great public In.
terest however. await consideration
and action by Congress Not the least
Of Them are farm relief and tax re-
duCtion legislation. Already the forces
are lining UP for and against The pet
meas Of the corn and wheat belts.
the McNary Haugen bill. A revised
McNary hill has been prepared for
t0troduCtl0n IN the senate. A similar
measure will he introduced in the
House. and within a short time the
committees on agriculture Of both
Houses Will he working on this and
other farm relief bills.
The McNary Haugenites are more
hopeful. owing. in part, 10 the f1op in
the prices of cotton. They believe that
Senators from the South will he more
inclined 10 vote with them than at the
last session. when their bill was de-
feated in both Houses. They may be
counting without full information.
however Senator Pat Harrison OF
Mississippi is back in Washington. de
claring he will support farm legisla-
ZION that is sound and rational, but
that he will not surrender the prinCi-
ples of democracy. which he has up
held FOR SO many years.e in order 10
vote for the McNary Haugen bill That
mea sure, he and other Southern Demo
Gratis insist, is ba sed on the protective
tariff theory. which their party has
opposed for years.
The administration is desirous of do
ing something for the farmer. II is
anxious to bring about some solution
of the farm problem along sound lines.
How far II will go toward a compro.
mise With the McNary Haugenites re
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