Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-02-28 | Page 7 | Congestion of Bills before Congress

m d G Of BiLLS BEFORE CON G I Fate of Many Many Important I Measures Is Still in i Doubt I By Associated Press W WASHINGTON ASHIr Feb On the third working day before sine die lid lid- t. l congress went to work today today to- to day with a long night session se in prospect prospect pros pros- but wits congestion of bills increasing increasing in- in creasing and the fate of many Important Import Import- ant measures still In doubt In connection with the he presidents president's reiterated tEat he did not intend to convent the new congress until he returned from France adI administration ad- ad I ministration leaders IE-aders tool took steps informally informally in- in formally to develop the attitude of at Republicans Re- Re pUblicans on the remaining Important bills They said they had decided that after today no more bills private or general would be passed prior to I the Victory loan measure This will be brought up tomorrow Republicans already have announced I oPposition to a a. provision giving the war finance corporation one billion dollars for or foreign commerce exten- exten I sion The bill leaders said was absolutelY essential to the April loan campaign and If It failed of passage they Intimated the president president dent might be forced to can call the new congress almost immediately Leaders were dubious over possibility ity of enacting the bill bili appropriating for the railroad adminis- adminis It has passed the house but is held In the senate appropriations committee with plans for its addition to the sundry civil bill which house leaders hoped to pass late tod today Besides debate on the league of nations nations na- na the senate toda today considered uncontested uncontested un- un contested and other minor bills and conference reports while the the house worked on the general d deficiency and sundry civil m money ney m measures a ures