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Show MANY PROBLEMS ! FOR EXTRA SESSION LONG PROGRAM OF BUSINESS FACES MEMBERS OF THE SIXTY-SEVENTH. Taxes, Tariff, Foreign Affairs and Domestic Problems to Be Considered Con-sidered During Special Session Ses-sion of Congress. Washington. Willi the Republican-; controlling both the executive and legislative leg-islative branches of the government for the first rime in a decade, the sixty-seventh congress will, (luring the special session, embark upon a program pro-gram of reconstruction involving problems prob-lems greater than those of the war. The program of legislation to bf considered includes the following: An agricultural emergency taril't hill practically identical with that vetoed by Ex-President Wilson. An anti-dumping bill to prevent foreign for-eign manufacturers from flooding American markets with goods at prices below fair value in the exporting country. coun-try. A bill basing duties on the American Amer-ican instead of the foreign valuation of imports, designed to eliminate exchange ex-change difficulties and afford In creased protection under present rates. A permanent tariff bill for protection protec-tion of American producers as well as for increased revenue. Revision of direct taxation and repeal re-peal of the excess profits tax. Army and navy appropriation bills, which failed in the last congress, involving in-volving national defense policies and the question of reduction of naval armaments. The soldiers' bonus and soldiers' relief generally, including adequate hospitalization for disabled service men. Repassage of the bill for percentage restriction of immigration, pocket-,-etoed by Ex-President Wilson. Establishment of the budget system sys-tem proposed in the bill vetoed by Ex-President Wilson. Action on the president's proposals for termination of the state of war with Germany, Austria and Hungary. The Colombia treaty, on which, the senate is to vote on its eighth legislative legis-lative day. Reapportionment of congressional representation. Further railroad investigation and possibly legislation. Reorganization of 'the government departments and reclassification of government employees. Americanization of federal aid to education. Maternity and infancy bill, providing pro-viding federal nursing aid to the states. |
