Evening star., 1928-12-02
EARLY ACTION SEEN
ON z MONEY BILLS
Three of II Likely to Be
Passed by Congress Be-
fore Christmas.

Two, and possibly three of the IL big
appropriation bills will be passed be-
for the Christmas recess, but no other
legislation of major Importance will be
taken up before the holidays, Speaker
Longworth said yesterday The Christ
mas holidays will be from December
% to January 3.
The three bills which probably will
be passed are Treasury and Post Office,
Interior and Agriculture, all of which
are to be reported to the House by De-
merce and Labor Departments appro-
priation bill is scheduled to be report
ed to the House December Is.
The reapportionment bill, Mr.. Long
worth said, will be taken up as soon
as possible, and he hopes that it will
be passed. This measure was beaten in
the previous session by only % votes,
with the Democrats lined up quite
solidly against it. There are indica-
ticns that quite a number are ready
to change their votes.
Favors Fem Bill.
Speaker Longworth favors the Fem
bill which provides for reapportlon-
ment on the 1880 decennial census re-
turns. with the membership of the
House held to its present size OF 435
members and for automatic n1athemat-
ical reapportionment every 10 years
thereafter, with the administration OF
the act vested in the Commerce De-
partment.
This bill was recommitted to the
census committee and can be reported
back to the House and acted upon at
any time.
Speaker Iongworth expressed con-
tinuad confidence that farm relief
| legislation can be passed at this ses-
| sion and is still of the opinion that
Congress should avoid an extra session
called Immediately following the reg
ular session. If there is a demand for
tariff revision, he said. this should be
| brought up in a special session. begin
ming about the middle of September.
He believes it would be possible to get
quick action then so that the bill could
be passed before the regular session
opens in December.
Against Summer Session.
"'I particularly want to avoid Sum-
mer session because Summer session
is not conducive to good legislation" the
Speaker said.
He feels certain the general principles
of the McNary- Haugen bill for agrlcul-
tural relief can be enacted at the short
session. leaving until later, however, the
determination as to how much tariff
revision is to be made feature of farm
relief. He does not believe that 1t Is
possible to pass a general farm relief
bill at the short session because or the
demand for other classes of tariff relief.
The first two calendar wednesdays
are at the call of the naval affairs COM
mittee, which has several important bills
ready for action. These include battle
ship modification, reorganization OF the
personnel of the Marine Corps and
promotions in the Navy.
In Doubt on Britten Proposal.
In reply to questions regarding his
opinion on the proposal for a Navy
| armament conference made by Chair
man Britten of the naval affairs COM
mittee the Speaker said he thought Mr..
Britten's intention was good enough, but
he doubts whether that would be a
permanent and efficient way of settling
the difficulty
In reply to questions the Speaker
said that neither the railroad consoli-
dation bill nor the bill to give the Inter-
state Commerce Commission juriSdic-
ton over motor bus traffic are likely
to come up for action at the short ses-
sion.
| Seven new members are to be sworn
in, with an eighth in prospect, when Of
fetal action has been taken giving Gre
| dentials to Mrs. William A. Oldfleld to
serve out the uneXpired term Of her
! late husband.
The seven new members are Patter-
son, succeeding Bowling from Alabama;
| Vincent, succeeding Green from Iowa !;
| Mccormack, succeeding Gallivan from
Massachusetts,; Wigglesworth, succeed
! ing rockingham from Massachusetts,;
| Culkin, succeeding Sweet from New
York; Butler, succeeding Sinnott from
| Oregon, and Wolfenden. succeeding
| Britten from Pennsylvania.