The Washington times., 1928-12-05
Gets
DOWN Its
WORK
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
International News Service

BY WILLIAM rs. HUTCHINSON
international News Service
with all preliminaries out Of the
way, the Seventeen Congress set
tied down today to a three months
legislative grind, to be terminated
by its official death next March 4.
Aside from the $4,70O. OOO.OO APP
preparation bills. which both
branches OF Congress must approve,
the burden of legislative work fell
upon the Senate. There dozen
bills of major Importance were
awaiting action, while In the House
the legislative outlook was light.
After two days OF conferences, menl-
bers on both sides Of the Capitol
were specializing more upon the
question OF special session OF the
new Congress next spring or fall
than upon the probable fate of
various bills.
Dam Bill In Van
In the Senate, the Swing Johnson
Boulder Dam bill had the right of
way. Three other bills held pref
erential positions, due to action of
the GGECI1lIS
These were the Caraway bill to
grain in future markets; the Jones
bill reorganizing the prohibition
service and the Halves bill prohibit
ing shipment of convict goods into
States forbidding such sales.
In the background, the farm bloc
was working on a new McNary-
70 wsnlfA% hill without
the, equalization fee.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee met this morning to
consider the Kellogg Multilateral
Anti. War treaty. Friends of the
Navy were organizing a move to
get early action on the new cruiser
bill. Another Administration group
planned a drive for enactment of
the Bill providing a survey OF the
proposed Nicaraguan Canal.
The Senate steering committee
will meet next week, under Senator
Sackett R) of Kentucky, to draft
a new legislative program. Sackett's
committee will attempt to untangle
this apparent legislative snarl.
Immigration On House
In. the House. the immigration
committee met to get action on a
new immigration measure which
will attempt to tighten restrictions
along the Canadian and Mexican
borders. The Houses big legisla-
tive problem however was the Fem
Reapportionment bill. redistributing
the seats of the House. The
Census Committee will meet later
in the week in a drive to get action
on, the bill at the present session.
Thousands of minor bills were on
the calendars or under considera-
ton in the committees of both
branches. Hundreds of these will
be enacted, chiefly those of per
sonal character, providing relief,
granting pensions or permitting the
erection of bridges. More hundreds
will die in committee. or on the
calendars.
The farm relief problem may
come UP later on, but present signs
indicate it will be a feat If a relief
bill is enacted. Senator McNary
R.) of Oregon has sponsored a new
measure, but it must get the APP
prevail OF the Agriculture Committee
before it gets before the Senate.
With the session two days old, it
appeared that only the Boulder
Dam bill, the Caraway cotton meas
ure, the Halves anti-convict labor
bill, the new cruiser bill. the KEEL
logg anti-war pact and possibly the
Houses reapportionment bill among
the major bills would reach a final
decision. The appropriation bills
naturally will become law, because
they are necessary to pay the bills
of the government as well as, for
instance. the salaries of Senators
and representatives.