Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13
SPECIAL SESSION
HELD INEVITABLE
McNary, After Hoover Con-
ference, Says He viii Not
Press Bill Now.
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be hostile or seeking political advan-
tage.
The date of the probable special seS-
sion is believed to be April Is by men,
bers of the Senate and House who have
conferred with Mr.. Hoover. Chairman
Hawley of the House ways and means
committee hopes to have a tariff bill
whipped mot shape by that time, or
soon thereafter for submission to the
House. It is expected that the House
will deal with the tariff bill while the
Senate is working on farm bill The
farm relief program includes revision OF
the tariff so as to give the farmers
greater protection for their products.
The tariff revision will be in the nature
of an amendment to the present Ford
ney-McCumber tariff act With the
Republicans in control, it will continue
the Republican theory of protective
tariff There is no intention of re-
vamping the entire law. but of dealing
with those schedules and rates which
need amendment.
Efforts will be made to confine the
work of the special session to the two
subjects of farm relief and tariff re-
vision. Leaders believe this may be &C
complished by the expedient of having
only the ways and means committee
and the committee on agriculture APP
pointed in the House. If other legiSla-
ton is proposed, no House committees
would, under those circumstances, be
constituted to handle it. In the Sem
ate the committees are continuing af-
fairs, as the Senate Is a continuing
body from one Congress to another.
May Face Increased Efforts.
Mr.. Hoover NAV face a real problem
If efforts are made in the considera-
ton of the tariff to raise the rates
generally and to an undue. height. 1t
is expected there will be real drive to
raise the tariff wall higher generally
than it has been in the past.
The President-elect, although he is
no stranger to Washington and to
Congress, has made many important
contacts during his stay in Washing
ton. He will enter the White House
with the backing of the Republicans
generally in both houses of Congress.
With the exception of Senators Norris
of Nebraska and La Toilette and Blaine
of Wisconsin, he had the sincere back
ing of all the Republican Senators in
the recent campaign. He enters upon
his term, therefore, under particularly
favorable auspices. The prospects OF
success for his first legislative program,
which will be revealed when he calls
the Congress into special session, are
exceptionally good. ai
Mr.. Hoover has scheduled no con-
ferenceS for today. He is expected to
attend services in the Quaker Meeting
House on / street this morning. His
guests at dinner tonight are expected
TO include Senator Couzens of Michi-
gan and Mrs. Hert, the vice chairman
Of the Republican national committee.
While no definite date has yet been
set for Mr.. Hoover'S departure for
Florida, it now is expected he will
not leave here until Wednesday, and
this may be further extended to Thurs
day. He has made engagements for
Monday, but not beyond that day so
far.
Donovan Pays Call.
Among Mr.. Hoover's callers yesterday
was Assistant to the Attorney General
Donovan, who has been prominently
mentioned for place in the Hoover
cabinet. Mr.. Donovan would f1t in, it is
said, either as Attorney General or as
Secretary of War. His possible ap-
pointment has been the subject of
much comment nj the newspapers, with
the expressed opinion in some quarters
that Mr.. Hoover would select an out
and-out dry Protestant for the ofice
of Attorney General What effect, if
any, the opposition to the selection OF
MIR. Donovan for the Office of Attorney
General has had has not been dis
closed.
Another Hoover caller yesterday was
Representative-elect Landlord of the
Norfolk, Va, congressional district. Mr.
Landlord said after he had seen Mr..
Hoover that he had expressed to the
President-elect the hope that he would
pick a Virginian for the cabinet, al
though he had made no specific rec
ommendation. He said that he talked
with MI. Hoover about the conSolida-
ton of the forces in Virginia which
have brought Republican victory there
in the recent election. Mr.. Landlord
said he believed that the Republicans
had a chance to elect governor in the
Old Dominion at the next gubernatorial
election. He invited Mr.. Hoover to at
tend celebration on April 26 of the
landing of English in Virginia in 1907,
and that Mr.. Hoover had promised to
take the matter under advisement.