Show COMMITTEE MAGO MAY MA GO INTO ACTION Rule Passed in 1921 Gives Power to Continues Continue Is Claim Claim- CALL IS EXPECTED M. M Mexico eXICO N. N P Pr ro b be e eMay May Be Made W WASHINGTON March 26 AP- AP The The- senate foreign relations corn com may function this summer after after- all investigating the Mexican Nicaraguan and perhaps Chinese situations Senators delving into the volume of senate rules have come across an almost forgotten resolution a In 1921 and that providing the reg- reg illar lar standing committees shall continue and have power to act until their Successors are ap- ap pointed On the basis of this authority Chairman Bor h vho ly y sought sough t at the last session to ob ob- ob tam authority for the committee to togo togo go to Mexico and Central Is expected to issue an early arly can call canor for or a of the with witha a view to 10 authorizing a tee to act With the retirement of Senators Republican Penn Penn- sylvania and Lenroot Republican ln Wisconsin Wisconsin- those favor favoring ng Into the Mexican and situations would be In control Whether a majority of the committee commit commit- tee would come to Washington If in response to a can call Is an open ques- ques There also Is doubt as to whether the he committee could obtaIn funds 11 to pay eling and other ir In e all would uld to I v Ch riman ICes of the senate at audit e who l ready has d d to approve expenses expenses ex- ex of the senate campaign funds committee There is a difference ence In the status of the two however the theone theone one being a standing committee and the other an especiallY one to perform a specific the of senatorial primaries manes maries and el elections held last year Just before congress adjourned Chairman Borah offered it a r that his committee h ld Investigations Into the 1 can can- and Nicaraguan and to visit those countries s if It deemed that course advisable This resolution failed to meet ith the full approval o th the administration tion and before the committee ed upon It It- several state department officials appeared and gave ave addi- addi tl i information regarding the administrations administration's ad- ad ministrations ministration's course course in Central merlc Administration lon Senators then bad the resolution so amended as to- to tore re- re quire the committee when sitting during the recess to remain within th the United States The measure in this form forn was favorably to the senate but lIke many other pieces pieces' of legislation failed In In- Inthe the filibuster of the cbs clos- closIng jug Ing days of the session IO 1 Most senators n Borah among them thought that the but an examination today of the senate senate- rules disclosed that au- au for the committee to its successor Is apPointed appointed ap- ap pointed with the convening c cf f the new congress next December The Tho resolution conferring such auth authority was adopted In l 1921 at the opening of th the sev sixty seventh nth congress con con- gress gres being a reorganization of the he stan committees corn com so that additional places would he be given the who had rolled roBed up a large senate na- na In the Harding tidal ave of 1920 |