Evening star., 1942-01-05
President 10 Go
BeforeCongress
Tomorrow
DoyIieht-Soving Law
To Be Sought at Once,
BorkIey Declares

President Roosevelt will deliver
his message to Congress in per-
son in the House at 1890 pm.
tomorrow, Senate Majority Lead
er Barkley announced today
after conference with the
President at the White House.
National daylight saving legisla-
ton will be one of Congress i'm
mediate objectives. Senator Barkley
said. adding that such bill would
be taken up today by the House
and Senate Interstate Commerce
Committees.
In program of speedy action, the
Senate will begin debate Wednesday
on the stringent price control bill,
Senator Barkley said. On the same
day, Congress expects to receive
the Presidents budget message.
Senator Barklev disclosed. but a
final decision about that has not
yet been definitely reached.
Confer for 90 Minutes.
The big four" Of Congress con-
ferred for an hour and half with
Mr.. Roosevelt in preparation for
close cooperation between Congress
and the Executive during the war
emergency.
Vice President Wallace. Speaker
Rayburn and House Majority Leader
Mccormack accompanied Senator
Barkley to the Presidents study for
the conferences preparatory to the
opening of the new session Of Con-
gress, probably to be the most mo-
mentous in the history Of the repub-
lie
War calls for action and we are
ready to act speedily" Representa-
tive Mccormack told the press when
he left the White House.
In another part of the White
House, American and Allied military
leaders spent the morning in con-
ference on the plans being devel-
oped during the presence here Of
the Churchill mission.
President Works on Message.
However, domestic business occu-
pied President Roosevelt to the ex-
clusion of matters relating directly
to high military policy, and he kept
his appointments slate empty for
gressional leaders departure in
order to work on his message for
/ tomorrow.
The daylight saving proposal
would permit the President to put
/ the clock backward or forward not
more than two hours. He could pro-
claim a national time change or
prescribe zone changes.
| It was learned that the House
is prepared to adopt as stringent
price control bill as the Senate
passes. The House approved a weak
price bill some time ago, but the
Senate Banking Committee added
many sharp teeth to the measure.
Senator Barkley said that after
the price bill and daylight saving
are out of the way, Congress will
60 ahead with whatever legislation
the war makes necessary.
Huge Appropriations Due.
Appropriation bills carrying un-
precedented sums of money for Fed
eral expenditure are said to be on
the must list. but their framing
awaits delivery Of the budget mes
sage.
The President has announced that
he will ask Congress for $50 900 ,000,-
900 to speed and insure the victory
of American and Allied arms in the
struggle with the Axis.
Field Marshal Sir John Dill, chief
of the British imperial staff, and
Air Marshal Sir Charles F. Portal.
R. A. F., leading military advisers
of the Churchill mission, arrived at
their vital work Of mapping with
American military men the blue
print for Allied cooperative mill
| tary action.
Some observers thought that ap-
pointment of land and sea COM
manders for unified action in the
Atlantic region would be the next
public announcement resulting from
the Churchill mission activities.
Already Gen. Sir Archibald Wa
veil has been designated Far Eastern
Allied commander and his associates
and aides named for the pursuit Of
the anti-Axis war in that region.
Loose Ends" Legislation.
Leaders said that discussions were
going forward on possible legisla-
ton to gather up the loose ends"
of the civilian defense program. but
emphasized that the nature OF such
measures was still to be deter
mined.
Meanwhile. four Senators served
notice they would fight all attempts
to eliminate Government programs
for needy persons. youth training
and farm aid as part Of economizing
in non-defense expenditures.
Senator Norris, independent, Of
Nebraska, said it would be penny
wise and pound foolish to try and
eliminate these programs just as We
are starting a war and may need
them most" Similar sentiment was
expressed in separate interviews by
Senators D. Worth Clark. Democrat,
OF Idaho; Bone. Democrat. of WASH
ing, and La Toilette, Progressive, Of
Wisconsin.
Proposals for drastic cuts in Gov
(see CONGRESS, Page A-6D
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