Evening star., 1947-07-24
Congress toQuit
Saturday;May
Get Party Recall
Republicans Reserve
Right to Decide on
Special Session
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Republican congressional lead
ers decided today to adjourn the
first session of the Eightieth
Congress Saturday, subject to
possible recall by Republican
leaders.
The decision was made at meet
ing of Senate and House leaders
in the Office of House Speaker
Martin.
i, Under the proposal agreed ON,
Congress can be recalled during the
fall adjournment period by the
Speaker and the Republican leader
of the House and the president pro-
tenn and majority leader of the
Senate.
Without that proviso in the ad-
journment resolution, only President
Truman could recall Congress into
special session once it adjourned.
Taft Announces Decision.
Announcement of the decision
was made by Senator Taft of Ohio,
chairman of the Senate Republican
Policy Committee.
Unless recalled before then, the
lawmakers will reassemble on
January 6.
Congress frequently adjourned
subject to recall by it's own leaders
during the war years.
Senator Taft said no new major
legislative proposals were discussed,
but it was agreed to push through
resolutions providing for studies of
prices and the housing situation by
joint Congressional committees.
Senate to Decide on Clark Probe.
Senator Taft revealed that the
Senate will decide whether to in
vestigate Attorney General Clark's
handling of a Kansas City vote
fraud inquiry. He made his an
nouncement after Senator KEN,
Republican, of Missouri issued a
statement saying he had asked Re-
publican leaders of the House to
take over the investigation.
Senator KEN said he asked House
Speaker Martin and Majority Leader
Halleck "to secure an investigation
of the failure of the Attorney Gen.
eral to properly investigate and
prosecute the Kansas City vote
frauds"
Both Mr. Martin and Mr. Halleck
were at the policy coplmittee session
at which Senator Taft said it was
decided to keep the issue in the
Senate, where it has made little
progress.
Controversial Bills to Be Dropped.
Plans for the remaining days Of
the session provide for consideration
primarily OF stalemated appropria-
ton bills, the Army Navy uniflca-
ton measure and some relatively
unimportant legislation.
But party leaders said privately
there are no present plans to COM
plete action on any of these meas
ures on the controversial list:
The administrations request to
permit displaced foreigners to
enter the United States.
The Wagner-Ellender-Taft long
range housing bill.
Education Aid Bill.
A bill to provide Federal financial
assistance to States for education.
The administrations request for
legislation setting up a system Of
inter American military aid and
arms standardization.
An increase in the minimum wage
for interstate workers from 40 to so
cents an hour.
Universal military training, which
Mr.. Truman has urgently asked for
and which a House Armed Services
Subcommittee has recommended.
The Senate-passed BulWinkle bill
to permit railroads to make rate
agreements, subject only to Inter-
state Commerce Commission ap-
proval.
Poll Tax Measure Included.
The Reed bill blueprinting the
method by which railroads now in
bankruptcy may be restored to their
original stockholders.
The House passed bill making it
unlawful to collect a poll tax as a
requirement for voting in an elec-
tion for Federal Office.
House passed legislation to ex-
empt jewelry priced below $25 from
the 20 per cent excise tax.
A bill to create a single air car
rier to fly the American flag in
international air transportation.
Increases in allowances for war
veterans taking on-the-job training.
Army Bill Is Rushed.
In place on the Senate's crowded
pre-adjournment calender is a $780,
100000 fund for civil functions of
the War Department.
Adding more than $4,000, 900 to a
House-apppved bill, this big money
measure was approved by the Ap-
preparations Committee last night
in hurried meeting to beat the
adjournment deadline.
The bill no doubt will go to a con-
ference committee after Senate pass
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House measure. The conferees re-
port then must be considered by
both the Senate and House.
OF the total fund, the committee
recommended $452, ,632, ,525 for flood
control, navigation, hydroelectric
and related projects during the f1s-
cal year which began % days ago.
OF this sum, 1926 1868, 1926 is for flood
control s125, 1887 for navigation
construction and maintenance.
BY increasing the flood control
appropriation by nearly s170,O0000
over the House figure, the committee
partly met President Truman's re-
quest for an additional $3.50, 900, 900
to begin a 10-year program Of con-
trolling floods and utilizing the
country's water resources.
Other Army civil functions are
covered by the remainder of the
fund. Among these are cemetery
expenses, the Alaska communica-
tions system, and the Panama Canal.
Pope Receives Clayton
ROME, July "a Pl.-Undersecre-