The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-25

partment appropriation, PLUS sew
eral other important bills. AS each
is completed, it will be inserted
as other numbered points in this
dispatch - UPA, Washington.)
Decision to adjourn Congress
subject 10 recall by the Senate and
House COP leaders was announced
by Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O.,
after a meeting with House Speak
er Joseph w. Martin, Jr., of Mas
sachusetts.
Under this plan, Congress could
be called into special session after
joint action by Martin, House COP
floor Leader Charles A. Halleck,
of Indiana, Senate President Ar
thur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan,
and Senate floor leader Wallace
H. White, R. Me.
Except during war or a national
emergency, it is customary for
Congress to adjourn "sine die
which means that only the Presi-
dent has the right to order it to
come back before the time for its
next regular session. MI. Truman
has announced that there is moth
ing in the international situation
at this time to make a special
session necessary this year.
Asked whether the decision to
retain the wartime procedure now
had resulted from the tense state
OF affairs in the Balkans, Taft told
newsmen:
Il wouldn't say that. 1t just
happened that more people wanted
1t this way than the other way"
Taft said the Republicans Twill
go ahead in the Senate with a
proposal by Sen. James P. KEN,
R., Mo-, to investigate alleged
fraud in last November's Kansas
City election. However, he didn't
say when. Threats by a number
Of Democrats to talk against it
for hours, thus scrambled the ad-
journment schedule at the last
minute, have compelled the COP
to shunt it aside day after day to
make way for top priority legis.
lation.
House Democratic leader Sam
Rayburn. Of Texas, said meantime.
that ne would start throwing adj
Journment obstacles in that chamb-
er's path # the Republicans made
any attempt to shift the proposed
inquiry to a House committee. A
House COP chieftan said privately,
however, that such a plan is not
under consideration now.
A new threat to the adjournment
machinery cropped up in the Sem
ate late today after Taft blocked
action on a House-approved bill
giving Congressional sanction to
the State departments foreign in
formation program, including the
controversial ''Voice Of America"
broadcasts. Taft said he was pre-
pared to object to ''alI f~eatures''
OF the legislation.
Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D., NM,
served notice that he would de-
mand a formal roll call on the bill
before adjournment, and limited
that he was ready to do some talk
ing if he didn't get it.
whether we remain III session
is not important" he told the SEN
ate. '1t's more important for us
to consider this bill"
Martin, Taft and other COP
leaders threw their support behind
a number of plans for committee
investigations while most members
OF Congress are vacationing. They
were confident that these could be
approved without controversy.
Taft said a nod of approval had
been given to a proposal by Sen.
Joseph R. Mccarthy, R., Wis, to
create a special Senate-House COM
mlttee to look into all phases of
the housing problem, and to one
by Sen. Raymond E. Baldwin, R.,
Conn.,. calling on the Joint Eco
nomic committee to investigate the
high cost of living.
The Senate and House still were
facing with ironing out the final
versions of four of the IL regular
fiscal '48 departmental money
bills, which was the chief reason
behind the decision to make the
Senate work tonight.
1.-THE time has come" said Re-
publican Senate whip Kenneth S.
Wherry, Of Nebraska, "when we
must put forth every effort"