Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-03
Brief Meetings Are Held as
Congress Adiourns Out of
Respect for Memory of Men
Who Died During Recess.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
is AWAITED TOMORROW
Crowded Galleries Greet Returning
Legislators Here for Brief Term,
With Prospects Held Bright for
Extra Call After Inauguration
of President Hoover.

The Seventieth Congress slipped
quietly into gear for it's final ses-
sion at noon today. The proceed
ings in both houses were perfume
tory and without incident. Battle
Scared veterans of the recent
political campaign were on hand,
victors and vanquished alike, all
wearing smiles, though the former
found it easier.
The session which opened today
will close March 4. In the three
months the present Congress has
to run there is vast amount Of
work to do. Efforts will be made
to put through farm relief legisla-
ton, to have the Senate ratify the
Kellogg multilateral treaty, re-
nouncing war, to put through the
Boulder Dam bill and the Fem
bill for the reapportionment of the
House in accordance with the last
census. The naval construction
bill, providing much needed
cruisers for the Navy, is awaiting
action with the Senate. If the
program fails, special session of
the new Congress, elected last
month, will likely be called after
Mr.. Hoover has been inaugurated
President.
Get Coolidge Address Tomorrow.
President Coolidge's final message to
Congress. with his final recommended
tions for legislation, is to be delivered
tomorrow Both houses today appointed
committees to wait upon the President
and formally announce to him that the
Congress was ready to proceed with
business. Senator Curtis of Kansas, Re-
publican leader of the Senate and Vice
President-elect, and Senator Robinson
of Arkansas, Democratic leader, defeat
ed candidate for Vice President, made
up the Senate committee to perform
that task.
In the Senate three newly elected
Senators took the oath of Office. In the
House seven new members were sworn
in After developing quorums in both
houses and setting the hour of daily
meeting at noon, adjournment was
taken by both houses out of respect to
the memory of members who have died
during the congressional recess.
The first business to occupy the
Senate is the Boulder Dam bill, which
was the unfinished business under the
agreement at the time Congress ad-
Journed last Spring. In the House,
the first of the annual appropriation
measures, the Treasury and Post Office
bill, is ready for report. Its considera-
ton probably will be begun after the
Presidents message has been read to-
morrow. 1t may be passed before the
end of the week.
Whether tariff revision is to be
tackled by the present Congress will be
determined at a meeting of the Repub-
hcan members of the House ways and
means committees this afternoon. At
pest, the ways and means committee
could hold hearings and prepare a bill
Tor submission at a special session of
the new Congress. No one expects that
tariff revision bill will be passed dur
ing the short session.
Hundreds of Visitors Attend.
4A1C OpClLlAS VI GlIc OOIlBT6SS DrOuglG
hundreds of visitors to the Capitol to-
day. The galleries of the Senate and
OF the House were filled to capacity,
and many were unable to obtain ad-
mission. Vice President Dawes raped
the Senate to order precisely at noon,
and Speaker Longworth performed the
same function in the House. If there
is any soreness among the Republicans
because of the support given to Gov.
Smith in the presidential campaign by
Senators Norris of Nebraska and Blaine
OF Wisconsin, it was not evident today.
On the Democratic side, Senator Sim
mons of North Carolina and Senator
Hef1in of Alabama, both of whom op-
posed the election of Gov. Smith, were
greeted cordially by their colleagues,
and slapped on the back with vigor.
The two Democratic Senators wore
smiles that simply would not come off.
A touch of color was added to the SEN
ate by Senator Eeflin's white vest and
dark red vest which Senator Cole
Blease of South Carolina wore. The
great majority of Senators and repre-
sentatives were on hand for the opening
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