Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Plan 10 Adjourn
Congress by
July | Gains
Leaders to Go Over
Their Program With
President Tomorrow
By J. A. O'Leor

"A move 10 ADJOURN congress
by July / was gaining ground at
the Capitol yesterday as leaders
prepared to go over the legisla-
tive program with President
Eisenhower tomorrow morning.
Only twice in the last decade
have Congressional leaders been
able to wind up their work by
midsummer. Last year, with q
hot presidential campaign in the
offing, they managed to quit on
July Z. In 1915 they succeeded
in closing up for the year on
August 2.
During World War II and in
most of the other postwar years
the House and Senate took only
short recesses. returning in the
fall.
Senator Knowland of Califor-
mia, chairman of the Republican
Policy Committee, said this ses-
sion should complete its work
before July 4. and not return
this year unless some unforeseen
emergency should make it neces-
Sary.
Return in Fail Possible.
Senator Carlson, Republican,
of Kansas. a close friend of the
President, also came out in IA
vor of a July adjournment, but
said he would be willing to have
Congress reconvene in October
or November.
The Kansas Senator said this
session undoubtedly will set up
study groups on some subjects
not requiring immediate action,
and that these groups might
have reports ready for consider
alton by October.
At least one prominent House
Republican is in accord with the
July l adjournment goal, and is
confident the House can meet
it. because the rules of that body
permit speedier action.
Senator Knowland said the
leaders expect TO have better
idea of the scope of the program
for this year when they leave
the White House tomorrow.
Money Bills Big Job.
The big job of the session is
passage of appropriation bills.
While these bills all originate in
the House, Senator Knowland
said the Senate Appropriations
Committee can promote a July
adjournment by holding hearings
on the budget bills before they
arrive from the House.
In this connection. the Cali
fornian agrees with Senator
Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, and
others that achieving the admin
istratiOn'S economy goal involves
controlling expenditures out Of
unspent balances as well as cut
ting new appropriations. He in
timated the administration. may
recommend resembling some pre-
vious appropriations.
Senator Byrd estimated re-
Gently that at the start of the
new fiscal year. July l Govern
ment departments will have more
than 500 billion of unspent
balances Of old appropriations
and authorizations.
Tax Revision TO Wait.
There is rather general agree
E,ment now among House and
Senate Republican leaders that
tax revision should await action
on most of the appropriation
bills. so that Congress will know
what savings are in prospect.
Senator Knowland thinks 1t
is too early to tell what effect
the disastrous floods in England
and the Low Countries may have
on the amount this session will
have to appropriate for foreign
/ aid.
He indicated that by March
the Senate would be ready to
consider statehood for Hawaii,
and the bill to restore State jur-
isdiction over the coastal tide
lands. Hearings are due to start
February Is on the tidelands is
sue in the Senate Interior Com
mittee.
No urgent business Is in sight
for the Senate during the re-
(See CONGRESS. Page A-4.)