Show I 1 washington Washing tor rt snapshots Snaps bots i taken for the park record although an extra session of congress after march 4 probably hinges on the duration and intensity of the struggle between president hoover and the senate over the direct federal appropriation of for red cross relief the prospect of a stalo stalemate mate on the annual supply bills which would force a call of the new congress it if existing appropriations pr lations were not continued has dimmed perceptibly less talk of a special session is heard and predictions made by democratic and insurgent republican senators when they returned to washington ington early this month determined to have hav a a showdown show down on relief measures sound less confident ap av WP i I 1 democratic leaders in both the house land senate have resolved among themselves to do nothing that will force an I 1 extra session of congress and that if any extra session comes notwithstanding full I 1 responsibility lor for it must be assumed by the republicans this was learned after informal party conferences and after the minority leaders had agreed they must I 1 have a comprehensive and constructive program to offer when congress again convenes no such program exists and none can be evolved definitely in the next five or six weeks it Is agreed 1 in the next congress we are going to face a novel situation in that the house probably republican by one or two votes cannot be counted on as an ally of the president it Is about ten years since a j similar situation existed in the house the house and senate in the next con 1 press gress w will III tend to get along better to gether gather and the president will have only I 1 a minority of real supporters in both houses house the me result will probably mean especially as the next session will immediately med lately precede a presidential election that mr hoover will have an un unhappy stapp time of it with congress there w will ill be no effective longworth machine on which the white house can depend to resist the enemies in the senate 40 40 the house of representatives administered an unusual rebuke to the senate tor for attempting to compel president roo hoo iver ver to return the confirmations ot of three members of the federal power commission because some senators questioned their official acts the house bouse voted down to 37 a proposal by representative florello H la guardia republican of new yo york r k t to 0 hold up the salaries ot of the three commissioners pending the final outcome of the dispute over their holding office the question came up during consideration of the independent offices general supply bill carrying an ampro lor or maintaining the federal decler l power commission not only was the amendment rejected after an outburst of denunciation of the senates position but the bill was driven through to final passage intact a few hours later with the salaries hearings on various plans tor for immediate cash payment of world war veterans adjusted compensation certificates were begun by the senate finance committee in n an atmosphere ol of uncertainty created by the american legions reversal of position respecting the pro general frank T hines administrator of vet erans affairs witness before the committee estimated the cost of redeeming the tae certificates now instead of at their maturity in 1945 would be about he declined to make any specific recommendations although he commented on the bills pending in the senate for cash payment he said he would make reco recommendations ions after other W witnesses dnesse r had teen been heard without a dissenting voice the senate voted to W make available for relief purposes bushels of the wheat eat at present held by the farm board the resol resolution u tion to this end which was introduced introduce d by senator arthur capper republican of kansas was adopted on the I 1 suggestion of senator J thomas heflin alabama democrat without a record vote the fate in the house of representatives senta renta tives of the proposal which has I 1 the approval of chairman alexander legge ot of the farm board la is considered to be uncertain A dry democratic senatorial bloc to resist the nomination ot of a wet democratic cantle pr presidential identical Ident ial candidate next year was in foi fol matlon as the senate wrangled inconclusively over prohibition and the wickersham report senator george megill mcgill new democratic senator from kansas was authority lor for the information that informal conferences of minority senators from the west and south had indicated substantial support to tor r a move to resist the present wet vet trend in their party 40 0 e after being subjected to the heaviest party pressure tor for the last doity eight hours to clail fy his views on prohibition to the extent ot of admitting ad the necessity tor for revision of the eighteenth amendment president hoover Is now under just as heavy pressure from the republican drys urging him to stand pat on his special message to congress tills this became known together with the addi additional ti ona tact fact that there will he be no hasty action on the part of mr hoover an and maybe none at all that will stamp him as a revisionist or anything else that ma may y be regarded as wet 0 0 0 10 A plea pica to congress to speed up its legislative isla tive program in order to allm eliminate in ate the necessity tor for an extra session was voiced by the board of directors of the united states chamber caf q commerce representing organized business throughout the country the board headed toy by julius H barnes one of president hoovers closest associates gave its complete back backing ng to the administrations desire to avoid an extra session because ot of the uncertainty it would create in business and industry 4 0 40 the numbers ot of unemployed wage earners throughout the country early in january was put at an increase 0 of over revised december figures by william green president of the american federation of labor basing his estimate on reports from affiliated labor organizations mr green said that tile the increase in unemployment since december was partly due to men being laid off by firms which had been keeping their forces at work on part time declaring tho that t the dumping of con vict made goods into this country was threatening permanent injury to american farms and industries representatives of manufacturing farming and labor organizations appeared before the ways and means committee in behalf of the kendall bill designed to enable the treasury department more easily to place embargoes on importations of commodities produced by forced labor E P F mc gerdy gardy legislative representative ot of the american federation of labor stated that permanent unemployment in excess of persons would be the result unless the government further restricted strict ed convict made goods A 0 0 C 0 As a result of the recent rockslide at niagara palls falls which left an indentation feet long and 40 feet deep on the american side president hoover directed secretary stimson and secretary hurley to suggest to the canadian government a meeting of the special international niagara board to plan measures for the preservation of the scenic beauties of the great cataract in stating that he had bad asked the secretaries of state and war to suggest the meeting of the international board to canada mr hoover said that he hoped the senate would soon ratify the proposed treaty between the united states and canada which covers the preservation of the falls he added that his action had been prompted by frequent inquiries as to the effect of the rockslide on the falls which he had received the senate naval subcommittee which has been investigating the dismissal of two students from annapolis for taking two washington girls into the mess hall dressed as midshipmen has decided to recommend their reinstatement the subcommittee has unanimously agreed to submit a favorable report on the resolution introduced by senator walsh democrat massachusetts providing for reinstatement of the two youths M S burgin of jacksonville fla and L L myatt of mass the three Rs Es dont mean rum num romanism and rebellion any more in washington nowadays they stand lor for repeal revision or retention with everybody wondering what H H stands tor for from the white house to the red cross a half dollar passed wherever it rolled a smile tor for ft childhood memory went right with it for it was accompanied by a note in uneven hand printed letters from a little girl living in webster N Y it read dear mr hoover here Is a big white penny from my bank will you buy some bread and butter and milk and candy for or the little boys and girls who are hungry from rosemary ernisse rattle little rosemary ernisse la Is the 6 year old daughter of mr and mrs jay ernisse of webster twelve miles east of rochester her sympathy was touched by hearing her mother read accounts in the newspaper of suffering in drought affect ed areas and she took the cherished half dollar from her bank and mailed it to the president |