Evening star., 1936-01-03

tary of the Treasury and in the Senate.
Senator Glass was on the floor and re-
ceived the hearty congratulations of
his colleagues.
When the roll Of the Senate was
called, Senator Radcliffe of Maryland
announced that his colleague, Senator
Millard Tydings, newest bridegroom of
the Senate, was ''unavoidably de-
tanned" Senator and Mrs. Tydings
are on their honeymoon trip. A gen.
eral laugh greeted Radcliffe's state
ment.
Committee Chosen.
Senator Robinson and Senator Nc
Nary were appointed committee to
wait on the President in company
with a similar committee from the
House to inform him that Congress
is in session and ready to receive any
communication he might desire to
make.
Senator Pittman Of Nevada, chair
man of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, asked and obtained unanimous
consent to introduce an administration
bill-the new neutrality bill. 1t was
referred to the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Senator Overton of Louisiana an
nounced to the Senate formally the
death of his late colleague, Senator
Huey P. Long. He offered and had
adopted resolutions expressing the
profound sorrow and deep regret" Of
the Senate upon the passing Of Sena-
tor Long. Similar announcement was
mace of the death of the late Senator
Schall of Minnesota by Senator Ship
stead, and resolutions expressing the
sorrow Of the Senate were adopted.
Plan Adjournment.
After the meeting tonight to hear
President Roosevelt, both House and
Senate plan to adjourn until Monday,
when the budget message will be re-
ceived. That message is expected to
reveal the extent of the Roosevelt
spending program for the next fiscal
year, beginning July /. The President
has said he did not propose to recon-
mend new tax egislation-unless it
should be made necessary by a ruling
of the Supreme Court holding the A.
A. A. processing taxes unconstitutional.
The House program for next week
probably will call for the consideration
OF bills on the unanimous consent
calendar on Monday and for bills on
the private calendar on Tuesday.
Wednesday consideration of the first
OF the annual appropriations bills-the
Independent Offices bills expected to
begin. This measure already has been
whipped into shape by a subcommittee
of the House Appropriations Commit
tee, to which budget estimates for the
next year have been submitted in con-
f1dence. The bill will be reported to
the full committee as soon as the
budget message has been received and
introduced and reported soon after
ward. Other subcommittee have been
at work on the Post Ofice and Treas
ury, the Interior Department and the
War Department appropriation bills.
They will be reported as speedily as
possible for consideration Of the House.
Galleries Are Crowded. -
Galleries were crowded today to wit
ness the opening of the session. The
demand for seats in the House gallery
for the night session was enormous.
Admission to the House tonight will
be by special card.
Two major subjects Of legislation
thrust themselves forward today as
Congress ssembled-soldiers' bonus
anl neutrality. Bonus advocates are
seeking to unite on the provisions of
bill for immediate cash payment Of
the bonus, with remission of the in
terest due from veterans who have
borrowed on their adjusted service GER
tificates
A petition, signed by 21S members
Of the House, to discharge the Ways
and Means Committee from further
consideration of the Patman green
back" bonus bill-the measure which
was vetoed by President Roosevelt at
the last session, is pending. On jan
uary 13 any of the members could
demand a vote on the motion to dis
charge.
Democratic leaders of the House
hope 1t will be possible to persuade
signers of the Patman bill petition to
hold of and not press for vote.
Their hope is that a bonus bill may
be taken up and passed first by the
Senate and In form that will be
acceptable to the President, perhaps
the so-called Byrnes-Steiwer bill.
If such q measure goes through the
Senate by a two-thirds vote or better.
it is believed the House will Jump at 1t
and pass it promptly and send it to
the President.
Silent As to Veto.
The President has not told congress
sional leaders, they say, whether he
would veto such bonus bill or not.
Some of them, however, believe that
he would sign the bill.
House members who hsye followed
the President through thick and thin