Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-30
Adjournment in the Balance

The second session of the Seventy
first Congress is due to close this week.
The adherents of prompt adjournment,
! however. face several hazards. In the
| first place, there will be no adjourn
ment until World War veterans bill
has been enacted into law, a substitute
for the measure vetoed last week by
President Hoover. There is the threat,
too. by members of the Senate to hold
Congress in session unless some COM
promise on the District appropriation
bill can be obtained. And. finally, there
is the desire of senatorial opponents of
the London naval treaty to postpone
action on that pact until next Deem
Der. They may undertake to delay the
adjournment of the present legislative
session in order to put off the opening
of the special executive session of the
Senate which President Hoover has an
nounced he would call Immediately
upon the close of the present session.
The chances for speedy action on the
veterans bill were declared brighter to-
day, with Democratic supporters of a
proposal advanced by Senator Walsh of
Massachusetts, and Senator Connally of
Texas to increase the rates of pension
until they parallel those of the recently
enacted Spanish War veterans law,
saying that they did not intend to
string out the debate, but merely to
obtain a record vote on their proposal.
Signs of possible adjustment of the
difficulty between the Senate and House
over the Governments share Of the up-
keep of the National Capital also gave
hope for final disposition of the District
appropriation bill.
The attitude Of the opponents of the
London naval treaty toward an early
adjournment of the present session still
was causing the leaders worry. Senator
George Moses Of New Hampshire, who
has been opposed TO the treaty. issued a
statement declaring against indecent
haste" in disposing of the treaty. The
treaty has been in the hands of the
Senate for q couple of months-the
Senate and the committee on foreign
relations. It's provisions have been
widely published throughout the coun-
try and the world and discussed from
every angle by its negotiators and by
naval officers. There appears no good
reason why the Senate should not take
up the pact for immediate consideration
and action.
The House has no part in the ratifi-
cation of the naval treaty. An adjourn
ment of the present session now means
immediate release for the members of
that body, all of whom are up for re-
election this year. 1t is expected that
the House leaders will cooperate in
every way to bring about an early close
of the session. Nor does it appear that
the Senate, meeting in special session
with nothing before it but the London
treaty. need spend many more days in
Washington. The Congress has been in
session fairly steadily ever since the
opening of the Hoover administration
Despite the friction which has developed
between the President and the Senate,
the legislative record of the Seventy
first Congress has been a full one, in
GLIDING farm relief and tariff revision.
Thursday night is the date for an
adjournment, to which the leaders are
working, If they cannot have an sd-
journment Wednesday. If the present
session runs past July 4, however, it
may continue for another week.