Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-02
Conflict to Start Monday on
Drive to Push LegiSIa-
ton Before March.
SPECIAL TERM ENEMIES
AROUSE CARAVANS IRE
Arkansas Member Insists Those
Fearing Extended Work Should
Resign Their Seats.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

With the reconvening of Congress on
Monday bitter fight promises to arise
to pass legislation. some of it strongly
opposed by the administration, or force
a special session Of the new Congress
in the Spring.
The decision rests largely with the
Senate, because of its rule of unlimited
debate.
While there are Democrats who are
anxious to avoid a special session of
the new Congress there are few, ac-
cording to Senator Caraway of Arkan-
Sas, who firmly believe that a special
session should be called. Progressive
Republicans in the Senate are equally
lnsistent upon special session.
Replies TO Recent Speeches.
THE Senator, who declares that it
is a menace to the country and to
business to have Congress in session.
has no place in the Senate" said Sem
ator Caraway today. He was referring
TO recent addresses and statements
made by several members of the Sem
ate, including those from Pennsylvania,
asserting that special session be avoid
ed In the interest Of business recovery.
Either he should resign md take
nlmSeu out OF body in which ne
has no faith, or he is talking for po-
iitical effect rather than in the in
tereSt OF the country and on that
theory should rot be member of the
Senate" continued Mr. Caraway.
The Arkansas Senator listed the fol-
lowing subjects with which Congress
should deal without further delay:
Farm relief, Muscle Shoals, the anti
injunction bill demanded by organized
labor, measures limiting the hours and
days OF work by Government employees
and legislation pertaining to veterans
OF the World War and money due them
on their adjusted compensations GER
tificateS.
BroOkhart Also Insistent.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa, Repub-
Ecan Progressive. was no less insistent
than Senator Caraway ON the need for
q special session, If the measures which
the Progressives demand are not dealt
with IN the present short session. He
SAID that he proposed without DELAY to
begin fight fer the passage of his bin
to pay to the World War veterans on
their adjusted compensation certificates.
With only two months of the present
session remaining and all of the appro-
priation bills still to be finally acted
upon, not to mention other important
measures, it looks more and more diffi-
cult to avoid special session. Just
what the progressives in the Senate viii
do in regard to forcing a special session
Is yet to be determined. Senator Borah
OF Idaho has repeatedly stated that in
his opinion the President should cali
Congress into session after March 4.
Whether filibustering tactics viii be
taken to delay action on appropriation
bills and thus make necessary special
session has not yet been determined.
All the members who are demanding
special sessions have so far declared
their dislike to filibustering tactics, in
Guiding Senator Caraway and Senator
Borah. However, with the rule of un-
limited debate in the Senate it may not
be difficult to use up the remaining
time OF the session in debate.
Revives Power Board Case.
Senator Brookhart said today he was
stu intent In bringing about recon-
Slderation of the nominations of the
three members of the Federal Power
Commission, who recently declared that
the three principal employees of the old
commission were "out of Office" He
himself is in a position to move recon-
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