Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-02
By FRANCIS NJ. STEPHENSON

tAssoclBted Press Staff Wrlter1
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-CF-Two
old bugaboos-farm relief and Nus
clio Shoals Observation-Disclosures
again 10 haunt the SEVENTEEN con-
gress when it convenss December 3,
in its otherwise routine three
months concluding session.
However, the senate. az least.
will have plenty % occupy it, at
tentlon while leaders are Worrying
about what To do with farm relief
and the vetoed Muscle Shoals mea-
sure. The Boulder Canyon dam and
the S214, 600, 600 naval building mea-
sures ere on its calendar of bus
mess and the Kellogg treaty re-
nouncing war Is awaiting c~onsidcra-
ton.
And prior consideration. as usual.
Is allotted TO the regular appropria-
ton bills providing the money for
meeting government expenses dur
ing the approaching year. This will
keep the house of representatives
busy until well after Christmas and
then demand attention in the SEN
ate.
70 with-this business on hand and
the promise Of the new admiristra-
ton 10 call tho recently elected
congress into extra session next
spring TO take up farm relief. if
necessary, leaders believe they have
the three months session already
well filled.
Inc senate takes up where II left
OF last spring with the Swing
johnson bill to construct a dam III
the Colorado river AZ Boulder Cam
yon up for consideration. Arizona's
senators. supported by Utah's. sue
cessfully talked 10 death any chance
Tor a vote on the bill last session.
= fiiibuster throughout the en-
tire approaching session seems un-
ilkaay 70 succeed. however. ana votes
on Noth this bill and the naval con
struction measure. paving the wav
Tor enactment of both into law. are
possibilities. The house already
mas approved both propositions.
Chairman Borah of the senate
foreign relations -rommit.eo i
ready 70 put the Kellogg peace pact
before his committee III ennr M
PRESIDENT Coolidge and Secretary
kellogg forward ii II the senate for
ratiticahon. which ~ necessary 10
hind thus government % the agree
mPnt.
There also is the usual conres
ton OF controversial legislation out
side the realm OF politics clutterin-
up = committee calendars az both
ne house and the senate and there
always " the possibility that some
III this may Dc moulded into shape
Tor consideration on the floors.
Nmong tho bills demanding cen
siderable committee attention Is the
measure of Senator Shipstead. far
mer-labor Of Minnesota. to ban in
functions IN the eases Of labor dis
putes' measures looking "a the con
Solidation II railroads: and bills III
PRODUCED last session resulting from
long senate inquiry after tho sus-
pension Of operations IN the bitum-
nous coal field.
Nor IS the senate without its list
OF Investigations. pending aud pro-
posed. Investigators Of the public
lands committee have been busy an
summer preparing q report on the
inquiry ordered into the leases On
the Salt Greek Ill fields IN Wyom-
Ing. Chairman Nye il ready a. call
the committee into action on this
when congress gets under way.
There is ? senate committee busy
also concluding an investigation into
federal patronage in the south and
both the seratc and the house have
looking into eHnendi-
IN the recent national cant
raiFn.
Senator NcNary of Oregon. rhsir-
IL the agriculture. committee,
and co-author Of the McNary-Haugen
bill. is going TO make a fight for
solution or the agricultural prob
lem IT the short session. His bill
viii he among the first introduced
and Il il 2 bill on which he expects
70 have administration endorsement.
Just what IN the status ar the
Muscle Shoals bill which Pre- sident
Coolidge failed to approve or dis
approve is one ot the legislative
problems Of the day.
The administration contends that
the president in failing 20 affix his
to the Norris hill within
10 days after the close OF the last
session killed IL. Senator Norris does
not think so and is asking the su-
court "a declare TX d Law.
Meanwhile. congressional leaders are
wondering whether. IL the bill has
hcfu vetoed ~ a-.f, rov,oe boFo~o