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Show WORLD COURT IS 10 GOME FIRST AFTER ITS DISCUSSION SENATE WILL TAKE UP CONSIDERA- TION OF TAX BILL Senate Aluminum Investigation Will Be Resumed This Week; Inquiry On British Rubber Monoply Is Scheduled Washington. Whilo the house Is approving the 50,000 appropriation for American participation in the Geneva Ge-neva preliminary disarmament conference, con-ference, the senate will resume consideration con-sideration of the resolution for American Ameri-can adherence to the world court. Talk of invoking cloture on the court discussion so as to get this issue is-sue out of the" way before the tax bill is reported has begun, but it has not yet developed into a definite movement. move-ment. This may come right away. The tax bill will be ready by the end of the week, but the managers want to give senators time to study it before asking for its consideration. They believe that by taking it up early ear-ly in February a vote can be had before be-fore the end of that month. The senate aluminum investigation will be resumed this week, as will the house inquiry into the alleged British monoply of rubber. Secretary Hoover will be heard during the week on the rubber question, while officers of the federal trade commission will be examined ex-amined with respect to the governmental govern-mental investigation of the Aluminum company of America, in which Secretary Secre-tary Mellon is a stockholder. Farm legislation, particularly the crop surplus question, will occupy the attention of the house agriculture committee. The senate committee will hear officials of the New Orleans and Chicago exchanges on the Caraway Cara-way bill to prohibit speculation in cotton and grain futures. The house naval committee will hold hearings on the proposal to replace re-place the airship Shenandoah. At the same time tho house military committee commit-tee will hear Secretary Davis of the war department, on the question of the status aircraft are to have in national na-tional defense. |