Evening star., 1929-12-21
Tax Cut, disqualification, War
Debt and Radio Bill Ap-
proved at Session.
FEW MEMBERS ON HAND,
MEETINGS ABANDONED
Tariff Struggle Will Be Resumed
by Senate When Recess
Ends January 8.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
We'll advanced with its program II
the first three weeks of the regular ses-
sions, Congress turned happily today to
the Christmas recess and two weeks OF
rest.
The Christmas record shows four
major pieces Of legislation already
enacted into law-the $160, 100000 tax
reduction resolution, the $16,o0o,ooo
Decentralization bill, the measure ratlty-
ing the French war debt settlement and
the bill extending indefinitely. the lie
of the Radio Commission.
Satisfied with the accomplishment,
only a handful of members remained on
duty today to go through the formall-
ties of quitting for the recess. 1t Is the
first real vacation for the Senate, which
is still in the throes of the tariff debate
it began last September, and no hope OF
getting a quorum in that chamber was
entertained by leaders.
Hearings Abandoned.
Giving in to the yuletide spirit. in
vestigations, hearings and meetings OF
all kinds were abandoned until the END
of the recess on January 6. Then the
Senate resumes the tariff struggle with
the pledge OF all factional leaders to
sidetrack everything until q tariff meas
ure is finally acted upon.
In addition to the legislation sent TO
President Hoover, congressional Leaders
pointed to another mass OF problems
disposed of In the Senate and House.
The Senate has finally settled the
three-year claim of William s. ware
of PENNSYLVANIA to a seat, barring him
for Expenditures of $785, 900 in his pri-
mary and refusing the 1925 election To
his Democratic opponent, William B.
Wilson. It has seated Joseph r. Grun-
DIV as a successor, but has yet TO ols-
pose of a contest against him.
Two judicial nomineeS-Albert l..
Watson for the middle district of Penn
sylvania and Richard j. Hopkins for
Kansas-have been confirmed after de-
bate over protests on their right to
serve.
Acts on Nominations.
The Senate also acted upon a record
number of other nominations; adopted
the resolution of Senator Jones, Re
publican, Washington, authorizing the
Joint congressional committee requested
by President Hoover to study methods
of reorganizing the prohibition service,
and received some additional report
from the lobby committee on its extern
sive investigation.
The busy House also has a score. It
has sent over to the Senate the $780,
900 900 public buildings measure, passed
the Interior Department appropriation
bill, and started the drafting OF a
$7,000,000 prison reorganization and
construction program.
Also, Congress has sent to the White
House authorizations for additional ap-
preparations to combat the fruit fly
pestilence in Florida and for $9,470,000
to build a Supreme Court building.
Satisfied With Record.
All in all, leaders were obviously sat-
isfled with this record today, and some
declared it to exceed in accomplish
ments any previous pref Christmas meet
ing of Congress.
But as they turned toward the Yule-
tide merrymaking, the legislators looked
with some concern to the future. There
is little prospect of the Senate complet-
ing the tariff before the end of January.
Then comes the contest between the
Senate and House to reach an agree
ment on the high protective tariff rates
approved by the Republican House and
the rates approved by the Democratic
Republican Independent controlled Sen
ate.
BY the time the Senate and House
reach an agreement on the tariff, IL
they do, the regular biennial primary
campaigns will be underway and the
elections well in sight