The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-18
VOTES TWO
MONTHS
REST \
BY international News Service
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After ordering general re-
vision of the. tariff and APP
propriating $150,500,000 to
start President Hoover's farm
relief program, Congress began
packing up today for a sum-
mer vacation.
tomorrow afternoon, the Senate get
ting a two months vacation while
the House undoubtedly will be gone
W til September. The Presidents
legislative program for the special
session has been completed, except
for tariff revision, and that bill
viii not be ready for the Senate
until late August.
Committees to Work
A number of House and Senate
committees will work during the
hot summer months, led by the
Senate Finance Committee which is
revising the House tariff bill. There
will be other committees investt'
eating southern patronage, the con.
dition of Indian tribes and the
status of the naval and military
establishments.
The Senate yesterday adopted
resolution by a vote OF 81 to 2S,
fixing the recess from tomorrow
until August 10. An effort to
extend the vacation until Septem-
& II, 81 e.. nn
permitting a filibuster against the
taft bili-was defeated IS to A.
The Senate resolution will be APP
proved this afternoon by the House
a. a. routine matter. There was
q. belief prevalent that the House
would recess until d-Septefnber.
since it win have no legislative bust
ness until the Senate completes the
tariff-if Administration leaders hold
It to Mr.. Hoover's program.
Textile Inquiry Ditched
A number of important matters
will be sidetracked until after the
recess and then may meet with
such opposition as to prevent action
on them at the special session.
Leading this list will be the Norris
constitutional amendment, elomin-
ating ''lame duck" sessions of Con-
sress. The Senate has passed it
five times in the last six years, but
the House never has acted on it.
It has been pending there for sew.
eral weeks and House leaders APP
parently intend to kill it by in
action.
The Wheeler resolution, authoriz-
ing an inquiry into the textile in
dustry may meet a similar fate in
the Senate.
The Senate meanwhile has ordered
a general revision of the tariff, just
as the House did when originating
the new bill. The proposal of Sena-
tor Borah (R) of Idaho, to limit the
revision to agricultural schedules
and directly related subjects" was
defeated by a single vote. 3S to SO.
The Senate olso rejected the amend
ment Of Senator Jones R) Of Wash
ington, limiting the revision to farm
products and such industries as gave
evidence of needing greater tariff
protection.
On the Borah roll-call, 10 Repub-
licans and 25 Democrats voted for
the agricultural revision. while 81
Republicans and 7 Democrats voted
California, cast the deciding vote,
after he had opposed the Jones
amendment and helped to defeat it
SO to 80.
Free Hand on Tariff
The Republicans who sought the
limited revision were Borah, Brook.
hart, Capper, Cutting, Frazier. How
ell, LaFollette, Norbeck, Norris.
Nye, Pine, Schall and Thomas,
Idaho. The Democrats who voted
with the Administration Senator's
were Broussard, Dill Heflin, Rams
dell, Steck. Trammel, and Walsh,
Massachusetts. The same lines ex
listed on the Jones roll-call. except
that johnson voted with the insurg-
ents.
AS a result of the balloting. the
Senate Finance Committee will con.
slider the bill as it sees fit and rec
ommend as many tariff changes,
up or down, as the hearings war
rant. 1t probably will not complete
it's inquiry before August Is.
A few minor tasks must be
cleared up before the vacation
starts. The Congressional employees
pay bill must be enacted while the
fight for revision of Senate rules.
to provide complete publicity, is
pending in the upper branch. The
pay bill probably win pass, but the
publicity fight may be postponed
until after the vacation.