Evening star., 1928-12-02
10th Congress to Start Last
Term T0m0rroW-LittIe
Excitement Seen.
DAWES WILL PRESIDE
FOR HIS FINAL PERIOD
Message of President Coolidge
Will Be Delivered Not
Earlier Than Tuesday.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Seventieth Congress meets for its
final session at noon tomorrow. The
opening promises little excitement On
the Senate side three newly elected
Senators, chosen to fill vacancies, will
be sworn in and the hour fixed for
daily meetings. After the appointment
of committees to announce to the
President and the House that the
Senate is ready for business, adjourn
ment will be taken out of respect to
Senator Gooding of Idaho, who died
since the adjournment of Congress last
Spring. Vice President Dawes is here
to preside over the Senate when it
meets for its last session of the present
Congress-his own last session, too, as
its presiding officer.
The House will be called to order by
Speaker Longworth. It's first session,
too, Is expected to be brief. and ad-
journment will be taken as a mark of
respect to members who have died dur
ing the recess Seven new members
are to be sworn in.
The message of President Coolidge to
the Congress, which may in measure
be his valedictory to that body, is not
expected to be delivered until Tuesday.
President Coolidge abandoned the prac-
tice which was initiated by the late
President Wilson and followed by the
late President Harding of appearing in
person to deliver messages to the Senate
and House in joint session. There has
been no indication so far that the PreSi-
dent will appear in person to deliver
this last annual message. If the PreSi-
dent so desires, however, he may decide
at the last moment to deliver his mes
sage in person.
On the eve of the meeting of Con-
greSs, there is still much uncertainty
as to whether it will be possible to put
through the Hesitation which Is deemed
essential and thus avoid the necessity
of az special session of the new Con-
gressl after March (. There are two
schools of thought, both with strong
adherNntS, on this question. Time is the
essence of the situation. Unless there
is general agreement to get the 1egiS-
lative work cleaned up by March 4, and
the program is carried through without
hitch, special session appears in
eVitable.
Farm Aid Bill in Shape.
Senator McNary, chairman of the
committee on agriculture, has whipped
into shape his farm aid bill, in accord
ance with the ideas of President Cool
idge and President-elect Hoover. He
expects to introduce 1t on Tuesday 1t
will be referred Immediately to the COM
mittee on agriculture. In view Of the
exhaustive hearings which have been
held in the past on this subject and also
in view of the results of the recent
election in which farm aid was an issue,
the belief is expressed that it should
not take the committee long to report
out the bill 1t will be a revamped
McNary- Haugen bill, with the eqauli-
cation fee eliminated, but providing for
Federal Farm Board.
There has been some discussion as to
whether this board should choose its
own chairman or the chairman should
be appointed by the President. 1t is
the opinion of some OF those interested
in framing the legislation that the SAL
aries of the proposed board shall be
adequate, particularly in view of the
wide and important functions of the
board and the need of placing on the
board men who will be qualified to ini-
tiate and carry on this work.
Although some of the Republican
leaders at both ends of the Capitol
have announced themselves opposed to
special session of Congress next
Spring, there is a strong group of Re-
publicanS who are demanding special
session both for the consideration OF
farm legislation and for revision of
the tariff, not only for the farmer but
for the manufacturer.
Among those who take the view that
inI ek1 k%a 1RlG
after March for these purposes are
Senator Bcrah of Idaho, Senator Smoot
of Utah, chairman of the finance COM
mittee; Representative Tilson, Repub-
lican floor leader of the House; Sena-
tor Jones of Washington and Repre-
sentative Treadway of Massachusetts,,
ranking Republican member of the
House ways and means committee.
A meeting of the Republican MEM
.bers of the House ways and means
committee has been called for tomorrow
by Chairman Hawley for the purpose
of determining if possible what course
shall be pursued by that committee
with regard to tariff revision. 1t is
quite clear that it would be impossible
to get through a general revision of
the tariff at the short session of Con-
greSs. Promises have been made the
farmers during the recent campaign
that duties will be increased on some
Of the farm products. Chairman Haw-
ley has expressed himself as opposed to
a piecemeal revision of the tariff.
The question Is whether the commit
tee will go ahead during the short SeS-
sion with hearings on the tariff Sched-
uleS and be ready to present bill to
the new Congress at SDring session,
as advocated by Mr.. TilSon and others,
or whether the committee shall wait
until after March 4 to hold its hearings
and prepare bill for a special session
to be called next September, as advo-
Gated by Speaker Longworth.
FavOrs Special Session.
The American Farm Bureau Feder-
alton, through its president, Sam
Thompson, apparently favorS the con-
sideration of farm legislation at spe-
cial session of Congress next Spring.
Mr.. Thompson has so indicated in let
ters received here. This Is the view
taken also by the leaders of the Ma
tional Grange.
The belief is expressed that at spe-
cial session in the Spring legislation for
farm relief can be put through in plenty
of time to aid with the crops which will
be harvested in 1929. Special stress Is
laid on the need of increasing the tariff
duties on farm products. To wait until
next Fall, or even until next Winter to
revise these tariff schedules, would be
a mistake, it is said.
Senator Borah, chairman of the Sem
ate foreign relations committee, has
called a meeting of his committee for
Wednesday. He expects that the Kel-
logg treaty renouncing war will be be-
fore the committee at that time. He
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