Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-15
CONGRESS OPENS
ITS list SESSION
FACING BIG ISSUES
Continued From First Page,

-
farmers aid in time for the crops Of
| this year.
If the farm relief and tariff bills can
be disposed of quickly by the House and
the farm bill put through the Senate Q
move may be made TO bring about q
recess Of the Congress for several weeks
while the Senate finance committee
considers the tariff bill. It has. been
| intimated that the committee may need
a month or six weeks to hold hearings
| and draft its amendments to that
measure.
Innovation in House.
An innovation In the method Of
| swearing in the members Of the House
was adopted today. Speaker Long
worth, instead Of having the House
membership sworn In State delegation
! by State delegation, administered the
oath of ONCE to the whole body at
once The entire House rose to take
the oath. There were no noes" This
method of swearing in the House mem
bers not only saved a great deal Of
time, but avoided an interruption in
the House proceedings due to the inter-
| lection of contests against some Of
the members. th
Speaker Longworth before swearing
in the members of the House said that
! in the past he had noticed when the
members were sworn in in groups, a
/ State delegation at time. there was
confusion in the House chamber, which
took away from the dignity and solem-
nifty Of the occasion. For that reason.
he said he proposed to administer the
oath to all the members at once who
were prepared to take 1t. He asked
them to rise and hold up their right
hands. The whole body rose and with
their right arms appraised heard the
oath read by the speaker. At its con-
clusion they responded, Il do"
Old Officers Elected.
Following the swearing in Of the
members the House proceeded with the
election of its officers. The old Of
! ficers Of the House were reelected, In
GLIDING the clerk of the House. SER
geant-at-armS and chaplain.
Oscar DePriest, the first coiored man
to serve as member Of Congress In
many years. took the oath OF oti1ce
along with the rest.
The galleries, both the Senate and the
House, were filled to capacity with
visitors for the opening Of the new Con-
gress. In the Vice Presidents row sat
| Mrs. Edward Everett Gam, sister of the
| Vice President, and his official hostess
She was accompanied by q former
| lieutenant governor Of Kansas, William
Y. Morgan, and Mrs. Morgan. In the
presidential row of the Senate gallery
were an uncle Of Mrs. Hoover, Mr.
Henry and Mrs. Vernon Kellogg.
Roll Call for Quorum.
Immediately after the opening prayer
| in the House that body was called to
| order by the clerk OF the House, William
Tyler Page, who proceeded to call the
roll by States, In order to- develop the
/ presence Of a quorum.
The largest feminine delegation ever
| to sit in the House was sworn In. Eight
women were elected to the new Con-
gree. The last Congress had five woman
members. The three new woman MEM
bers are Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick
of Illinois. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen of
| Florida, and Mrs. Ruth Baker Pratt OF
New York-'the three Ruths." Mrs.
Mccormick was dressed in white. Her
woman colleagues for the most part wore
black, with the exception OF Mrs. Nor
ton of New Jersey, who wore a light
tan costume.
Longworth Is Nominated.
The call OF the roll disclosed quorum
Of the House with 400 members out
OF q total Of 435 answering to their
! names The House then proceeded to
| the election Of o Speaker. Speaker
Longworth was placed In nomination
| by Representative Hawley Of Oregon
| chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee. Representative Garner Of Texas
was nominated by Representative
Kincheloe Of Kentucky, chairman Of the
Democratic caucus.
The vote by which Speaker Long
worth was elected over Representative
Garner was $50 to 143, with one men,
Der voting present" After Mr.. Long
| the oath of Office as Speaker was adj
ministered to him by Representative
Haugen of Iowa, the member Of the
House who has had the longest continu-
| Gus service.
Speaker Longworth was introduced to
the House by the Democratic leader,
Mr.. Garner, who characterized Mr..
Lognworth as one Of the best loved
members Of the House.
The Speaker, addressing the House,
expressed his appreciation Of the action
Of that body in electing him its presid-
ing officer for the third time. Only
three other men have served more than
three terms as Speaker and five others
have served three terms continuously.
Favors an Early Adjournment.
I'VE are called together by the Presi-
dent of the United States" said the
Speaker. "in extra session to pass GER
tain legislation, the need for which ap-
pears to be SO pressing that it cannot
well be delayed until the regular session
In December. Despite the importance
of this session can see no reason why
its completion should be long delayed.
I am in favor Of adjournment of this
extra session at the very earliest pos
sible moment.
1.-THE legislative problems are only
three, and one OF them Is really not q
problem at all. The House in the last
session took deliberate and Affirmative
action by large majority on both the
census and reapportionment bills. Had
| they not been too long delayed In the
Senate, they would both now be laws.
1.-THE other two measures to which
we should devote attention are farm re-
lief and modification of certain tariff
rates, as few in number as possible, In
my judgment, which are not now In
line with changed conditions since they
were imposed six years ago."
The Speaker said he saw no reason
why the passage of a tariff bill should
require great deal Of time. He said
that the existing tariff law was the
most successful ever enacted, and that
he did not believe it should be changed
l avaant fo rannndU Caeos Of ClaFfnO in.