Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-13
CONGRESS OPENING
ACTIVITIES BEGUN
Farm Bills Ready for Both
Houses and Work on Tariff
Progresses.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reinforcing the several hundred leg
islators already on the ground, Senators
and Representatives from all parts of
the country are trooping into the Cap
ital for the first and special session OF
the Seventy-first Congress opening
Monday.
Called by President Hoover to carry
out the party's pledges to aid the
Nations rural population through
general farm relief legislation and
upward revision Of agricultural tariffs,
the rev Congress viii find the prelim-
mary groundwork for its labors already
laid
Farm measures. Incorporating in gem
eral the principles outlined by the Pres
ident in his inaugural address and dur
ing the campaign differing only in
minor details, are ready for presentation
to both Houses early in the week. Pres
snt plans call for their disposition before
any other proposed legislation is taken
up.
Tariff Bill Progress.
While the tariff bill is still in the
making, 1t is expected to be completed
by the latter part Of next week and laid
before the House either next Saturday
or early the following week, to await
the passage of the farm measure. As
the House wrestles with the tariff. the
Senate probably will consider measures
to reapportion the membership of the
House and fix date for starting the
fifteenth decennial census.
Many other subjects are being pressed
for attention at the session, but lead
ers are hopeful of holding it within
reasonable bounds and adjourning be-
fore the weather becomes too hot.
Before getting down to work on the
farm bills, both Houses will have to 60
through the preliminaries of organizing.
President Hoover'S message will be read
on Tuesday and actual work on farm
measures begun on Wednesday, at least
in the House.
Both houses will elect officers and
majority and minority employees on
Monday. The Senate will organize all
of its committees and the House only
those necessary to permit it to trans
act business and put through the farm
and tariff bills. The entire House
membership, including 68 new members
three of them women and one a Negro
also must be sworn in. Except for
Senator Cutting, Republican, New Mex
leo, all new Senators have taken the
OATH.
Ware Contest Still Pending.
All Senate seats are filled but one
William S. Ware, Republican, Pennsyl-
vania, still has contest pending
against him and the oath has beer
withheld from him pending the
outcome of that and the long in
veStigation of his primary campaign
of 1926. There will be five vacancies
in the House owning to the resignation
OF Representative Newton, Republican
Minnesota, to become secretary tC
President Hoover, and the deaths ot
Representatives Weller, New York. anc
Martin, Louisiana, Democrats. ant
King, Illinois, and Roark, Kentucky
Republicans.
With the Presidents message out
lining his views on the two major SUBJ
jectS of farm relief and tariff revision
out of the way, the two Houses will
buckle down to the former problem af-
ter having consulted the Executive
through their agriculture committees,
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