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Show MOUSE TO PISS SUPPLY BILLS WHICHFAILED Also Legislation Bearing on International Crisis; Action Under Suspension Suspen-sion of Rules. WASHINGTON', March IS House leaders, Democrats and Republicans, be-can be-can conferences today to pave the way for quick action on appropriation bills and legislation bearing on the international interna-tional crisis, regardless of which party organizes the house when the extra session ses-sion begins Monday. Speaker' 'Clark, Democratic Leader KitchjE, Republican Leader Mann and -iTtesentative Fitzgerald agreed tenta-tively tenta-tively that the big appropriation bills which failed at the last session should be reintroduced in the form, in which they originally passed the house, acted upon without delay, under a suspension of the rules, and sent to the senate. They also agreed that should either party organize the house, the minority representation on all committees should be raised several members. Caucus to Select. - , Democratic members of the ways and means committee of the last congress, who will serve in the incoming congress, con-gress, conferred on committee assignments assign-ments for their party, confident that, as heretofore, their caucus will name them to make the selections. The meeting was executive, but it was understood an agreement was reached to reassign all committee chairmen of the last congress who will serve in the coming congress, and advance most of the Democratic ranking members to chairmenships. Democratic leaders continued today to express confidence that the dissatisfied dissatis-fied element of their party would make no serious objection to the committee designations as planned by the ways and means members, but all of them are . awaiting the coming of Representative Gallivan of Massachusetts before they will say finally that the anti-prohibitionists will not cause some trouble. Representative Gallivan is credited with controlling twenty or more votes. Representative Rep-resentative Caldwell of New York, who has been classed as an insurgent, reached here today and promptly declared de-clared that he would be regular. Manna Candidate. ,av for a statement by Mr. Mann .Lhat he expected to see tickets placed in tar the field by both parties, it was quiet vin Republican circles. Mr. Mann de-Is de-Is red that while he still believed a Jf -4ition organization of the house JT ! i-ou-Xbe the wise and patriotic move, he wasr willing to be and expected to be the regular Republican candidate for speaker if one was named. Some members professed to see a possibility pos-sibility of Representative Lcnroot of Wisconsin, who has publicly opposed the Mann coalition plan, being nominated as the Republican candidate for speaker. Mr. Lenroot had no further comment to make on the situation. Representative Hill of Connecticut, the veteran Republican tariff expert mho has been ill, appeared at the house today and declared he would be in his teat next Monday. He expressed disapproval dis-approval of tho coalition organization plan. Representative yitzgerald of Kew York, Democrat, also declared emphatically emphati-cally against any by-partisan agreement. |