Evening star., 1929-11-22
SENATE STALEMATE
LEADS TO RECESS
UNTIL ADJ0URN|NG
Failure to Make Any Prog
ress on Tariff Bill Brings
Agreement to Quit.
FIFTEEN-MINUTE SESSION
WILL BE HELD TONIGHT
Weeks Rest to Be Had on Capitol
Hill, After Which Regular
Work Will Begin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Unable to make any progress with
the tariff bill, the Senate recessed at
1882 pm. today until GAS o'clock to-
night, IS minutes before the special
session adjourns sine die.
The House adjourned sine die at
1880 o'clock, ending its labor in the
extra session of the Seventy First
Congress.
Chairman Smoot of the Senate
finance committee made seversk at
tempts to obtain action on amepdments
to various schedules. including those
affecting wool, silk, papers and books,
but each time indications pointed to
extensive arguments.
Senator Couzens, REpublican, of Michi-
gan, a member Qt~the committee, pro-
posed the recesSafter stating everybody
seems to be loafng on the job"
Confusion Reigns.
Much confusion reigned as Senators
proposed recesSes until various times
tonight, ranging from $50 to 9:S9
o'clock.
A compromise on GAS pm. was
reached after Smoot had expressed a
desire to hold a quorum for at least a
little while this afternoon to obtain
action on a few more tariff amend
ments. The reaction to this was not
encouraging, so Smoot gathered up his
tariff books and called 1t q day.
AS no action will be taken tonight on
the tariff bill, the measure at recess
time stood less than half completed.
Committee amendments to nine COM
plete schedules and to two paragraphs
in the wool group had been acted upon,
leaving proposed changes In woolen
goods rates, and the entire sugar, silk,
rayon, papers and books and sundries
schedules yet to be considered.
The free list then must be agreed
and individual amendments to all is
schedules disposed Of before the bill is
ready for passage.
First After Ware Case.
The measure, which began to take
form at hearings begun last January,
will come up again in the regular
session beginning December 2, after the
Ware case has been settled.
For one week there viii be quiet on
Capitol Hill and then the legislators
will be back to take UP the work OF the
regular session, including renewal OF
the bitter tariff controversy and a
steady grind that is expected to con-
tinue until late Spring.
The renewal of tariff debate Is ex-
pected to bring to the fore again the
several groupings into which the Sen
ate was divided in the closing days
of the extraordinary session. Through
out the special session the nominal
leadership Of the House kept that
branch OF Congress in order, but az
the other end of the Capitol 1t was q
different story.
Coalition Wins Repeatedly.
First of all, the Republican Senator'S
from Northwestern States asserted their
usual independence of administration
guidance and combined with the DEM
ocratic membership to form a coalition
that repeatedly defeated the legislative
maneuvers of the "old guard" Re-
publicans.
Then, in the closing days of the ses-
sion, ne faction arose Unexpectedly
and, consisting of the newer Republican
members, declared itself closely associ-
ated with President Hoover ana sue
ceSsfully opposed move sponsored by
"old guard" leaders to adjourn the spe-
cial session.
There was talk that the new group
narbored a desire to unseat the regu-
larly constituted Republican leaders. A
meeting was called for a discussion of
procedure and then called of. Denials
that any attack at "old guard" leader
ship was under way were issued. Then
the young Republicans lost out on the
question which brought them into
prominence. A second effort to ad-
journ the Senate was made and car
ried through to successful conclu-
sion on new alignment of the voting.
Primary Effort Is Beaten.
The primary effort of the young
guard" as 1t has been termed, was to
keep the Senate at work on the tariff
bill in last desperate effort to reach
final vote before the regular session.
President Hoover is understood to be
opposed to carrying the tariff debate
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