Imperial Valley press., 1929-12-03
CONGRESS
BUSY ON
7 AK CUT
Leaders Agree On Fast
Action To Speed Bill In
Both Houses.
VARE FIGHT LOOMS
Will Renew Effort To
Prevent Pennsylvania
Being Seated.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff Correspondent

NOllGCu IlCoS obdll SOlACSPOIuCAID
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. W.p)-
President Hoover's 10000 word mes
sage on the prosperous state OF the
union was sent to congress today
'shere it found congressional lead
rs already busy with what they
understood to be its most important
rec recommendation, tax reduction.
Before the message was delivered
-oday, Chairman Smoot called his
senate finance committee together
tc act informally upon the reduction
resolution presented in the house
Yesterday as the first order of bust
ness there.
Smoot hopes to get his committee
to sanction the resolution ahead of
time 5" he can speed it through the
senate ter it has passed the house
next Thursday. His plan would
avoid referring the resolution to the
committee after it reaches the SEN
ate.
Such speed is extremely unusual
and is made possible only by the
|, ananimity of opinion among most
of the factions of Republicans and
Democrats. They believed business
men and individual taxpayers should
know definitely before Christmas
.hat they are going to pay $3.50, ,000,-
900 less to the government in taxes
next year.
| The house ways and means COM
| mittee will meet tomorrow to hear
Under Secretary of Treasury Mills
outline the way the reduction would
work out. Smoot does not intend
ia call Mellon or any other witness
unless members of the committee de-
sire
The three year old election case
Of Senator elect William s. Ware of
pennsylvania was to come up in the
senate this second day of the ses-
| son, under a special order adopted
during the recent special session.
| Vare's friends were working to de-
! Icy consideration of it until next
| Monday. They want first to get
-eport from the privileges and elec-
| tlons committee on the contest
against Ware, brought by his de-
! feated Democratic opponent, Will
liam b. Wilson.
/ Norris Leads Fight
| The leader of the fight against
! Eare, Chairman Norris of the sen.
ate Judiciary committee, will not
! consent to the delay. He wants ae-
ton now on his resolution to deprive
| Ware of seat because of his pri-
mary campaign expenditure of $685.
/ 600.
/ The Democrats are not inclined to
go along with Norris. They intend
to vote to oust Ware, but they are
eager that the Wilson contest be
| decided first. Without the assist
ance of the Democrats Norris is al
most certain to lose and it is gen.
, orally expected the case may go over
until next Monday.
! Ware is to appear in person to con-
duet his fight for a seat. He was
granted the privilege of the senate
floor for this purpose in a resolu-
! ton adopted when he was denied
the oath of office in 1927. He has
! prepared a statement which he in.
! tends TO read.
If the Ware case is delayed, the
tariff bill will be brought from the
! shelf for consideration. The bill
has been pigeon-holed by vote of
two-thirds of the senate in the spe-
! cial session and Smoot has faint
hope that he may get final action
upon it before the Christmas recess,
December 20.
| The house has no other business,
save the Presidents message.