The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-27
INTERIOR MEASURE
PASSED AS HOUSE
|, RETURNS TO WORK
Sufficient Number of SoIons Cut
Vacation Short to Please
Garner
SENATE ADJ0URNs QUICKLY
Speaker Says He Sees Little
Chance to Avoid Extra
Session in Spring

Washington. Dec. 27.-(P}-Christ-
mas leisure was quickly put aside by
! the house Tuesday, its members re-
burning to work and Immediately
passing a major bill, but the senate
held only a perfunctory minute
session and recessed for three more
|days.
A sufficient number OF representa-
tives showed up to pass and send to
the senate the interior department
appropriation bill, providing $4,000
600, without need of invoking Speaker
Gamers threat to have members ar
rested and brought to the chamber by
the sergeant-at-arms If quorum
failed to appear. Immediately after
ward, the agriculture department ap-
preparation bill was taken up.
Leaders concentrated attention on
budget balancing, with new indica-
tons that the sales tax program de-
Heated last year might be revived
shortly.
| The house ways and means COM
mittee is to meet Jan. 3 to survey the
|entire question of government finan-
ces and taxation Another group, a
subcommittee on appropriations, was
chosen by Chairman Byrns (Dem.,
Tenn.), to see what could be done
about cutting some $140,000,O00 of an
|nual expenditures which are fixed
by law.
Extra Session Looms
Reports that presidential vetoes Will
pile up the Democratic farm relief
and beer legislation and impending
controversies surrounding proposals to
balance the budget have all but con-
vinced the leadership that President
Elect Roosevelt must summon an extra
meeting soon after March 4 If CAM
paign pledges are to be speedy full
filled.
Garner Monday told newspapermen
he personally thought prospects for
escaping an extra session were mot
bright" in view of frequent reports of
Hoover's opposition to immediate
modification Of the Volstead Act and
to the domestic allotment farm relief
plan which house Democrats are
pushing.
Meanwhile, however, senate judi
ciary subcommittee began a study OF
the constitutional phases of the Col
lier 80 per cent beer bill with a view
to quick action after Jan. /.
At the same time Chairman Norris
Of the judiciary group renewed efforts
to get the full committee together
Wednesday to begin formal consider
alton of the bill.
Senator Blaine. Wisconsin Republic
can who heads the subcommittee,
Monday suggested a plan of revising
the Collier bill, which already has
passed the house, so 1t would repeal,
rather than amend the provisions OF
the Volstead law. He said if this were
done the present limitation OF one
half of one per cent would not remain
even though the supreme court should
hold 80 beer unconstitutional.
Speculation was rife Tuesday that
the Democratic leadership was ready
to sponsor the sales tax as a budget
balancing measure in view Of q state
ment by Chairman Collier of the
house ways and means committee that
he would advance it If necessary to
A4dAC u1COIIlc dAlO CAkC11OAtOAVC AASVVs
Half Billion Needed
He estimated $500, 900 900 would have
to be raised in addition to any beer
revenue and war debt payments. Gar
ner said last Saturday the budget
must be balanced" Golfers committee
will begin a survey of the entire fed
eral financial picture Jan. 3.
House Democrats view an emergency
farm relief bill as their next big Job
after Jan. l, but action on any COM
prehensive permanent program seems
destined for an extra session or the
next regular meeting Of congress.
Garner has set early January" for
consideration of the farm bill, which
Is built around the domestic allotment
principle. Chairman Jones Of the
agriculture committee said Tuesday
his group would act on it as soon as
possible.