Evening star., 1927-11-27
TAXES AND FLOOD
FEATURE PROGRAM
FACING CONGRESS
Legislators Returning to
Capital Find Much Accom-
pIished by Advance Guard.
COMMITTEES DO EARLY
WORK ON URGENT BILLS
Organization May Be Delayed, as
Smith and Ware Fight Looms in
Senate-G. O. P. Control Seen.
b. the Associated Press

b. the Associated Press
The Seventeen Congress has mad-
running start for it's first session
which begins week from tomorrow,
but it has d long, hard Winter and
Spring ahead of it.
The host of returning Senators and
Representatives yesterday found a
tax revision bill and several appropri.
ations measures practically ready for
House action and fair beginning
made on the tremendous problem OF
flood relief.
Likewise organization states in the
two houses have been set up for for.
NAL approval, with every indication
that the Republican majorities would
again have control of the Senate and
the House.
Delay Seen i'm Senate.
While organization of the House
will be perfected on the opening day.
that of the Senate may be delayed
until the second or third day of the
session. while the row over the seat.
ing of Senators-elect Frank l.. Smith
of Illinois. and William S. Ware of
Pennsylvania, both Republicans, is be-
ing threshed out.
Thus the Senate as we'll as the
House will start right out on some
of the most important questions which
will face it, and the Christmas recess
Is apt to find the Smith-Vare case dis.
posed of and the tax reduction meas
ure passed by the House.
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ed when those Senators-elect are
called to the dais by Vice President
Dawes TO take the oath of Office, OBJ
jection is to be raised to administer.
ing the oath and after the full and
free discussion in which the Senate
invariably INDUCES majority will 1e-
eide the question.
Rejection Predicted.
Leaders on both sides predict that
neither Smith nor Ware will be given
the oath and that their cases, invoiv-
ing expenditures in their primary
campaigns. will be referred to the
elections committee with instructions
to make an early report as to whether
they should be seated.
OrganiZatio of the Senate is ex.
pected to follow the vote on the oath
to these members and then the two
houses will appoint the usual COM
mittee to notify President Coolidge
that Congress is ready to function.
On the Gay following the Presidents
annual message will be sent to Capitol
Hill and the flood of annual reports
from the Budget Bureau and various
other governmental departments and
agencies will descend upon Congress.
AS the members continue to come
in town during the possession week,
party leaders, who have been on the
ground for some time. will hold vari-
Gus conferences i'm an effort to iron
out some of the difficulties which are
to beSet the new Congress.
May Share Committees.
One of these will be the division
of committee representation between
the Republicans and Democrats. The
minority in the Senate probably will
be given an additional place on each
of the important standing commit
tees with the Republican membership
reduced by one.
Senate Republicans will have their
party conference next Saturday to
make up its slate of officers with the
prospect that George Moses of New
Hampshire, will be renominated as
piCSlucil piOltIIlpOlS anu IIuW III I.
Thayer of Indiana. as secretary of
the Senate.
During the opening days, members
will be most concerned in introduce
ing measures and the bill clerks will
be worked day and night seeking TO
keep their heads above the flood.
All measures. or practically all,
which died with the siXty-ninth Con-
gress, will be reintroduced. These
number far into the thousands. In
addition there will be many new
bills. dealing with claims, pensions,
bridges, farm relief. Muscle Shoals,
railroad consolidation and the many
other problems with which the Sew.
entieth Congress. will have to deal
before the adjournment gavels fall a
few days In advance of the meeting
of the Republican national conven-
ton in June.