Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-08
MANY PROBLEMS
ARISE IN SESSION
Limiting Legislation to Farm
and Tariff Difficult Task
for Leaders.

by the ASSOCldLeu EIcSSs
A host of new subjects have taken
their place alongside of farm relief and
tariff revision on the tentative programs
of Congressional leaders for the extra
session of Congress called by President
Hoover for April IS.
MIR. Hoover and the leaders at the
CAPITOL have been contemplating a
short session, limited so far as possible.
to farm relief and the related topic Of
upward tariff revision.
But the President had no sooner issued
his call for the congressional meeting
yesterday than several other legislative
problems cropped up in the talk at the
Capitol.
At the Senate there was discussion
of consideration during the forthcoming
term of railroad consolidation and a
reconsideration of Americas reServa-
tions to its adherence to the World
Court
Over in the House, where the adnsl-
istration had counted on checking any
general legislative tendencies in the
Senate, 1t developed that some mem
bers were contemplating the conSidera-
ton of reapportionment of the House,
a census bill and a measure for repeal
Of the national origins provision of the
immigration act.
House Can Limit Program.
The House, because of its strict rules,
is in position to limit the legislative
program of the session by restricting
the organization of committees. How
ever, it was admitted there that If the
Senate should send it any legislation
the bills could be taken up there with
out reference to committee under sus-
pension Of the rules.
1t has been the hope of Senator Wat
son Of Indiana, the leader of the Senate,
where the Republicans have an in
creased majority over the last session,
that the Senate should consider farm
relief while the House Is taking up the
tariff revision measure. Now there are
indications that the House leaders
want to start the work, on both the
tariff and farm bills. ~
This would leave the Senate without
anything to do at the start. Senator
Watson is not inclined to take up a
House reapportionment bill before the
House acts on that measure, although
| bill. Therefore, he may yield to de-
| mand for consideration of the measure
reported last session by Senator FesS,
Republican, Ohio, to provide for volun-
tary consultations of the railroads un-
! til the Senate gets one Of the farm bills
from the House
Proponents of the World Court start
ed the discussion yesterday of recon-
sidering at the extra session the modi-
flcation Of the SenateIS reservation
number five. worked out by Elihu Root
on the rules committee of the court.
This Senate reservation has never been
accepted by the world powers. 1t IS
believed by Senator Walsh, Democrat.
Montana, that the formula worked out
by Mr.. Root for getting the nations to-
gether on This reservation requires
Senate approval.
Suspicion Is Confirmed.
Chairman Smell of the House rules
committee confirmed the suspicious that
If the Senate should send to 1t the bills
authorizing q census, providing Tor re-
apportionment of the House or repeating
the national origins provision Of the
immigration act, House leaders would
be inclined to take them up under q
suspension of the rules. All three
propositions were passed last session by
the House, but went Enacted upon IN
the Senate.
The new immigration quotas provided
by the national origins clause will go
into effect July unless Congress acts
Mr. Hoover advocated repeal of this
clause in his campaign, but his party Is
divided upon 1t.
Chairman Smell conquered with Mr.
Hoover's view that the clause should be
repealed.
Republican House leaders feel conf
dent, Smell said, that if the Senate
passed a reapportionment bill satisfac-
tory to the House there would be no
dificulty in obtaining final congress
Sional action.
An estimated sum of $4,000, 900
would be needed for the taking of the
1880 census Mr.. Smell expressed the
belief that there would be no tendency
on the part of the House Republican
leaders to defeat such a measure, be-
cause if it is not passed the census
taking probably would be delayed until
late next year