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America to Win
v-i! for French
t-Var Policies.
UNITES AT N. Y.
Fp.thv.snstic Greeting Is
riven Aged Diplomat
:-v Is, Y. Throngs
XH f-LEMENCEAl"
LIZilTINGS BY WIRE
.:-h, Nov. 18. An ex-iok-crani-s
of greeting
:'.r.fr IVesWent Wood
in Washington, and
srj, was made public
nu to bid you an af
welccnie to America,
v :!! find none but
ead Wilson's telegram.
iou:hed by your mes-
ae accept my kindest
best wishes. Am
v an! with great plea
. :rz you in Washing-
:;cecu reniied.
L. L. CXADFOSD.
. Stsir Correspondent.
1 IS. France must
unul ifccre are guar-
i '-ation. such as Ger-a:-.:uck
ar.d shatter
. the world.
; su"-sianc? of G Mo
.: first -ncssage to Am-r-:
bv him in 24 speech at
. x City Kail today, short
. :r.ci;d from the liner
y:-ars dd, muffled in
rK-ering out under his
:-!u vd. twinkling
'V -:r. .r the Father of
is r-ometimc-fe. called.
... : y ; .beard the muni
Mar cm with the air of
:.i:r.y. come to conquer
:r.:-;s of America for his
:d t::e questions of news
;;er with keen wit. ro
himcrlf on record as
'thins of importance unit-"
came for his formal
the City Hall. Sitting
t little boat, surrounded
--evters and newspaper
. :!. ! the towers and
i "lower Manhattan with
.' t: n old . ampuigner vicw--is
that is to be stormed.
or.c-rpy and fire as ho
Iter; ;-.t the Battery ar.d
?if-c- cf New York v. the
cr."Avd. swelling up
:i peeked tightly l.v
- c-chcing from the
- a:zzy structures in the
i
rtinguishod visitors have
hut spot since Europe be-u-
tiiEriritaries to America
:' them, with a more diffi
han that before the aged
that of winninar by
of his oratory and losric
.". of America while the
;h::ual powers of France
shafts cf criticism at
entered an open au
iscondir.g to the applause
n-jy gloved hand to
-'-iv: a few times in a
rtther off-hand man
canyon of lower Broad
liaii Park was quickly
s".':d there the Tigrer vra
Acting Mayor Jlurrr.v
I
V-''- FCR AMERICA.
the rlaza, mounted po
V'oo:-!, their horses,
attention, and wall?
- htM V,:-k the crowd
-'' -'-'-the French war
" y-vt concluded his in
T:rer swung into
-Koquent praise of
war, reference In
-: en which Ameri
::nen fought shoul
m 191 S and in the
: rally the firm dec-;tu-ica
must under
lie cannot ' throw
That she must keep
til the peril is past.
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Fi
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the water when
't '.vs from America.
' " We were called
i5i'i militarists. I think
-il'-Ci ;.;ul I thoilP-'nt T
' -r f'"d tHl them" how
;!-.. to pass and to
;.'-.,"UT then- judgment was
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' the Government,
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reasons w'
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the
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and
and
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ma
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have been
on PaSft Ti,ree)
May 8.
allantry
enators
Gillett Likely To Again
Be Speaker Of The House
Mann Will Not Be a Candidate and Western Re
publicans Will Not Unite on Anyone Else;
Democrats Will Nominate Kitchin for Place.
BY LAURENCE M. BENEDICT.
I'nited Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington, Xov. IS. Represen
tative Frederick H. Gillett. of Mas
sachusetts, will be re-elected Speak
er of the House in the new Congress,
without serious opposition, it was
forecast today following authoriza
tion by Representative James Mann
of Chicago, of a definite statement
to the effect he will not seek the
honor.
Mann, who has been regarded as
perhaps the only House Republican
who would have a chance to defeat
Gillett, let it be known through
friends that he "would not accept
the Speakership if it were tendered
by unanimous vote." It was stated
that the Chicagoan, who will start
next March on his twenty-seventh
year of service in Congress, has no
desire to. enter upon the arduous
duties of the Speakership at this
stags of his legislative career. Be
sides that, the personal equation en
ters for Mann and Gillett are the
warmest of friends.
With Mann out of consideration it
is doubtful if the Republicans will
nominate anyone into a contest
with Giilett.
Powers Unite To Resist
Turks' Demands At Parley
NEWBERRY IS
FACINGOUSTER
Caraway Plans to Offer
Monday Resolution to
Vacate Senate Seat.
Washington, Nov. IS A dramatic
move to oust Senator Truman H.
Newberry, Republican, of Michigan.
from the Senate by passage of a
resolution declaring his seat vacant
will be launched by Democrats on
Monday, the opening day of the
special session of Congress, it was
learned tonight on high authority.
The resolution will be introduced
by Senator Caraway, Democrat, of
Arkansas, at the stroke of noon,
according to reports current in
Congressional circles tonight. Par
liamentary obstructions which Ad
ministration leaders doubtless will
hurl against the resolution, how
ever, may prevent any action on it
until Tuesday.
The Democrats encouraged by
the recent defeat of Republican
Senators Avill attempt to force im
mediate reopening of the whole
case, it was learned. Their efforts
are certain to be met with every
parliamentary defensee which the
Administration can employ.
Democratic chieftains, it was said,
feel they are able either to force
Newberry to immediately resign
from the Senate or to seriously
embarrass the Administration as
long as he remains. Some of the
minority leaders also feel they can
command sufficient votes to pass
the resolution at the special ses
sion. Its passage after next March
1 when the anti-Newberry ranks
will be strengthened by incoming
Senators, is a practical certainty.
ANTIS GAIN NUMBERS.
The election of Senator George
Democrat of Georgia, to replace
the late "Tom" W'atson, who did
not vote, the election of Senator
Bayard, Democrat, of Delaware, to
replace Dupont, Republican, who
voted for Newberry, and the an
nouncement of Senator Johnson,
Republican, California, that he
would vote against Newberry, were
cited by Democratic leaders as
giving them an excellent oppor
tunity to pass an ouster resolution
during the special session. They
also claimed two Western Senators
who upheld Newberry, would
change their votes.
There is little possibility of the
proposed resolution being brought
to a vote for months at least.. The
Republican leaders would interpose
numerous parliamentary objections,
delay its consideration in committee
hearings and force a fight which
would exclude all other matters if
it is actually taken up in the short
session. As the Administration
hopes to pass the ship subsidy bill
before next March, its full strength
doubtless will be drafted to prevent
consideration of such a resolu
tion. NEWBERRY SATS HE'LL, i0
AS FRIENDS THINK BEST
Detroit, Nov. IS. Declaring he
is not a politician and insisting
that he has been an involuntary
actor in the drama, the first act
of which saw his friends persuad
ing him to mate the fight for the
Senate, Senator Truman H. New
berry in an interview tonight de
clared he is ready to fight or quit
on the word of the men who he
(Continued on Pmre Fanrteenl
LgGffSr CIRCULATION
1914
HUN
Pius Fear To
l o seat ivirs.
The farm bloc has been anxious to
unseat Gillett and turn the House
gavel over to a Western Congress
man, but bloc leaders admit they
haven't a man who is strong enough
to give Gillett a close race. The
bloc would go alr:ost as a unit for
Mann were he a candidate.
The Democrats, just to keep the
records straight, will put up a man
for Speaker and their choice will
be Minority Leader Claude Kitchen
of North Carolina, if his health
keeps up.
Mann ran for Speaker in 191S,
against Gillett and hisl defeat at
that time, according to a popular
story on Capitol Hill, was attribut
ed largely to a piece of choice beef
steak sent him. by one of the big
Chicago packers.
Representative Longworth. of Ohio.
son.-in.-law of the late President
Roosevelt and Representative Sid
ney Anderson, of Minnesota, farm
bloc leader, continue to be the two
most prominently mentioned for Re
publican House leader next year.
The odds favor Longworth but An
dersen Avili have strong backing
from Western members.
Threat of Anglo-French
Break Over Near East
Tangle Is Removed.
TURKS SOW DISCORD
Think Kemalists Will Be
Quiet to Avoid Loss at
Lausanne Meet.
BY FRANK E. MASON,
International Xews Correspondent.
Paris, Nov. 18. France, Great
Britain and Italy will enter the
Near East peace conference at
Lausanne on Monday presenting a
united, solid front to the Turks,
it was revealed tonight.
Following a series of conferences
between Premier Poincare ana Lord
Curzon, British Foreign Secretary
at the foreign office an official com
munique was issued saying that the
Allies are in complete accord upon
all the terms of the Near Last
peace program.
The official announcement has,
for the time being, dissipated fears
of a deadlock through the possi
bility of divergent views on the
part of Britain and France. The
agreement is a victory for Allied
diplomacy over Turkish diplomacy
which has evidently been at work
in an effort to sow dissensions
among the Allies.
It is understood that the Allies
will unite in a set of counter pro
posals to the demands set forth by
the Turks and that they will insist
upon these counter-proposals being
accepted as the foundation for
Turco-Greek peace.
The status of the Turkish Sul
tan, who fled from Constantinople
(Continued on Pagre Three)
We guess it's called th' liberal
element 'cause it don't think for
nntiiSn' n whnikin down S2.50 a
fs mnlp. "Kin a moth
er hold a home t'gether these days
. i nit JJS
without negiectin- nr wuz uiscu
ed by th' Art Embroidery Club, yis-
w
terday afternoon.
IN CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1922.
1 5
PERHL, MUST ARM,
I i 7
impel
Felton
Senate Leaders Decide
One Objection Will
Deny Her a Seat.
SEES WAR" CLOUDS.
Only Chance to Secure
Seat For Day Is For
George to Stay Away.
Washington, Nov. IS. Gallantry
rather than legality, probably will
give Mrs. W. H. Felton, "the Grand
Old Woman of Georgia" her seat in
the United States Senate when it
convenes Monday. She will be the
first of her sex to gain the honor.
The controversial question ' of
whether the lady from Georgia is
entitled to the seat had simmered
down tonight to gallantry versus
legality, and the betting was all on
the former.
The parliamentary and precedent
sharks at the Capitol spent a busy
day today seeking some authority
that would determine the rights of
Mrs. Felton. They finally unearth
ed a ruling made by former Vice
President Marshall in a South Caro
lina case to the effect that a Sena-1
tor appointed to fill a vacancy until '
an election was held was - automati
cally suspended when the election ;
had chosen a successor.
This practically eliminated Mrs.
Felton, for Walter F. George al
ready has been elected.
It was generally agreed, how
ever that if George conveniently
absents himself from the Senate on
Monday and refrains from present
ing his credentials and Mrs. Felton
is on hand as she certainly will be,
barring death or disaster, why np
one is likely to voice any objection
to her becoming a full fledged
Senator.
If just one of the 95 Senators ob
jects, however, to Mrs. Felton's tak
ing the seat, Vice President Cool
idge will have to sustain the objec
tion, it was said tonight. Mr. Cool
idge and Senator Curtis, Republican,
of Kansas, chairman of the Rules
Committee, conferred today at some
length over the Felton case. After
the conference Mr. Coolidge was
asked how he was going to greet
the lady from Georgia on Monday.
"Like an old friend," replied
"Cautious Cal."
NONE IS SO BRAVE.
It is not probable any of the 95
male Senators will object, in view
of the widespread demand from
womens' organizations that Mrs. Fel
ton be seated for one day as a tri
bute to enfranchised womanhood.
"It would be a brave man that
will object," said one Republican
Senator today.
Mrs. Felton arrived in the Capi
tol this morning prepared to take
her seat. She visited the Senate
building this afternoon, being pilot
ed around by a group of enterpris
ing movie men who shot roll after
roll of film at the octogenarian. "I
am just going to the Capitol on
Monday and let matters take their
course," she said, in a tired voice,
this afternoon. "I have not tried
but I'm as much a Senator as any
Senator who will occupy a seat next
week.
"For the sake of the blessed wom
en of this Country," she continued
her fine old eyes snapping, "I hope
to be recognized on Monday. I
have 'fit the fight' at any rate.
Whether I am seated on -Monday or
not, I have blazed the trail for the
women of this Nation."
"Women," continued the aged
Senator, "fail to realize the true
dignity of their positions in the
world. Motherhood, next to divine
love, is woman's heritage. She
should not neglect the home, the
bulwark of the Nation. She should
protect it, and to do it she must
use her ballot privilege."
WOMEN TO HAVE SAY.
Whether or not the United States
should declare war on a foreign na
tion will be decided in the future by
women, declared Mrs. Felton. "It
is her right" she said. "Nothing
is greater than mother love. A
woman should be accorded the right
of having a voice in disposing of
her dearest possessions her boys
and the time is not far distant when
the question of war will be discuss
ed by the people through the refer
endum, and then women will make
their voices heard."
Senator Felton expressed but lit
tle faith in the measures already
taken to bring about a cessation of
war throughout the world. "We
seem to be drifting more and more
toward it, despite the steps taken
against it," she remarked. , "But, I
hope to live to see the day when
nations will have ceased hostilities
and settle their disputes amicably."
Senator Felton plans to return
to her home in Georgia early next
week and recuperate from the stren
uous life she has leJ since becoming
a prominent national figure. -
D. S. CAPITOL
PUBLISHED AFTERNOONS AND SUNDAY.
Tiger Pleads In
U.S.A.For France
wmmm:
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU,
Former Premier of France.
New York accorded former Pre
mier Georges Clemenceau of France
an enthusiastic greeting whan he
arrived there Saturday. The Tigir
returns to America, after 50 years'
absence, to urge upon the people
of the United States the viewpoint
of his country relative to many of
the world's greatest international
problems.
King To Open
Grave Matters Involving
England's Future WilL
Come Before Houses.
By LLOYD ALLEN.
Vnited Press Staff Correspondent.
London, Nov. 18. Great Britain's
tipw 'Parliament will be opened by
King George on Monday amid the
customary resplendent scenes and
with grave questions involving Eng
land's future berore it ior consiaer
ation. Parliament will assemble Monday
for the election of Speaker and
the swearing in of members. Formal
nnpninsr with an address by the
King will take place Thursday.
There are now 150 LaDor mem
bers of the House, the largest Laboi
tation in the history of the
country. The Labor party is now
the second largest m commons ana,
therefore, the party of opposition.
When King George, in gorgeous
state robes, reads his speech to
the assembled peers and commons
and the chamber is thronged with
nprsnnases in finest attire, there
will be a strong contrast in the pres-
ence 01 tne large uumuci ui muui
ing men. ,
J. R. Clynes will lead Labor's rep
resentation and will advocate a pol
icy of keeping Great Britain out of
another war.
Lloyd-George is expected in his old
seat as leader of the Welsh party, in
stead of taking up a position in the
front opposition bench by th3 side of
J. R. Clynes and former Premier
Asquith.
The new Parliament will have to
make haste in disposing of prelim
inaries, if the Irish Free Slate con
stitution bill is to be voted on by
December 6, in accordance with the
treaty.
Great crowds are expected to
watph tri nsspmhlinar of the lezisla-
tors and thousands will line the pro
cessional route ot tne ivmg ironi
Buckingham Palace to Westminster.
The booming of an artillery salute
in St. James Park will announce
the departure of the royal proces
sion. The King will wear the full
dress uniform of a field marshal and
will ridft in the famous silt and glass
state coach, drawn by eight black
horses, with postillions ana lootmen
walking alongside.
TVio TTinsr will be accomnanied by
Queen Mary. They will be attended
by mounted equerries and the sov
ereigns escort of life guards. There
will be half a dozen state carriages
with high court officials. Tne prince
of Wales and Duke of Tork will
drive to Westminster ahead: of their
fEttlicr
The assemblage of Parliament will
TirpspTit an extremely brilliant scene.
All the peers and peeresses will be
in full state robes, wearing jewenea
ri hrilliant sashes, the
women with scintillating jewels of
tiaras nnri nemlrlar.P.S. All liehtS in
Parliament will be turned on sud
denly at the entrance of the royal
procession.
r.is TRir.F,S DROP.
"NTcvnr Vnrir Nov. 18. Gasoline
prices have dropped one to eight
cents a gallon in various parts of
the country as cold weather begins
j. -tit; J-
sending automooiies 10 winter taui-
o era a nfnrr1irP' to renorts to the
United Press tonight from scores
of cities. -
SHOWERS
North and South Carolina, local
showers Sunday; Monday fair and
cooler. .
ii.-. r joe u 1
r 1 1 in'in 111 TMbii 11 1 I
Parliament
Monday
DRIVE
"Carolina The Stuff,"
Is Fans' Verdict After
Seeing Wildcat Rout
Throng of 7,500 at Charlotte Watches Blue Waves
Submerge Davidson's Scoring Machine, 29 to 6,
With Flashy, Straight Football.
AERIAL ATTACK BRINGS CATS' SCORE.
McDonald, Johnston and
liant and Varied Offensive in Game Lacking
Thrills Excited Partisans Expected.
By DICK YOUNG.
"Carolina, you are the stuff!"
Such was the verdict of the 7,500
football fans, who crowded Wearn
Field to its capacity Saturday aft
ernoon and watched the University
of North Carolina's "blue wave"
sweep over the Davidson College
Wildcats and bury them beneath a
29 to 6 score.
Carolina, entering the game doped
to win, lived up to the expectations
of the dopesters and marched down
the field employing straight football
tactics.
The great scoring machine of Bill
Feizer showed its strength only in
flashes.
LARGEST CROWD YET.
With a colorful crowd, the larg
est in the history of local gridiron
clashes, as a background, the pic
ture of the game itself was very
drab.
Straight plunges, short lateral
passes, forward passes and a few
Progressives
For Control
MELLON WOULD
IMPOSE TAXES
Treasury Wants Law to
Tax Exchanges of
Equal Properties.
BY HARDEN COLFAX.
Special Correspondent of The Sews.
Copyright, 1932, News Publishing Co.
Washington, Nov. 18. Congress
probably will be asked by the Treas
ury Department within the next
four weeks to make a change in the
tax law under which the Govern
ment's income would be increased
by $100,000,000 or more annually.
The prosopsed change concerns
Section 202 of the law, a portion of
which would have to be repealed if
the change is made. Under that sec
tion, as it stands at present, thou
sands of sales of stocks, bonds, real
estate and other property, are re
ported to have been made under the
guise of exchanges absolutely free
of tax on the profits involved. It
is difficult to measure the amount
of income thus lost to the Govern
ment, but unofficial observers place
it. at from $75,000,000 to $125,000,000
annually.
- Both the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue, the tax collecting branch of
the Federal Government and the
Tax Simplications Board have had
the section under scrutiny for some
time. In addition, Secretary Mellon
is reported as having a lively in
terest personally in the subject and
may make the proposed recommen
dation in his forthcoming annual re
port. AVOID BIG TAX TOTAL.
The section provides: "On an ex
change of property, real, personal or
mixed, for any other such property,
no gain or loss shall be recognized
unless) the property has a readily re
alizable market value; but even if the
property has a readily realizalble
value, no gain or loss shall be rec
ognized when any such property is
exchanged for property of-, a like
kind of use."
There are several other provisions
of similar tenor. Under; the protec
tion of this section- of the! law, many
dealers in stocks and other securi
ties are openly advertising, the
Treasury is informed, their willing
ness to make "exchanges" of securi
ties without the levy of taxes on
enhanced values of the securities
thus exchanged. Under previous
revenue laws, this practice was not
permitted.
Thousands of such sales, it is re
ported, are made during the course
of ordinary business every week in
security markets of New York alone,
possessors of high price stocks and
bonds thus being enabled' to con
vert them, free of income tax, into
other forms of securities. It would
be possible, under this section, unof
ficial observers say, for an indivi
dual or firm to conduct a mamm. th
business in stocks and bonds
through a system of exchanges wiMi
out placing clients to tha inconveni
ence of paying the Government any
income tax whatever. Some of the
more reputable firms, however rt
gard this kind of. trading as an eva
sion of tho law and do not partici
pate in it.
The subject has been discussed
for sometime by officials of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau who realize
the magnitude of the fortune' in tax
es slipping away from the Govern
ment every year that the present
(Continued on Pajre Sixteen)
THIRTY-TWO PAGES
AYS
Company Execute Bril
sweeping end runs made up the
offense and it was one that did not
jerk the spectators to their feet with
a yell in their throats.
Davidson's sparkling aerial attack
in the last quarter) was the redeem
ing feature.
It was a dash of brilliant color on
a rather dark and uninteresting grid
iron landscape.
That overhead offensive of the
Wildcats, while being an outstand
ing feature was a sweet morsel be
neath the tongues of the Davidson
contingent, for the leather was hurl
ed through the ozone for three first
downs and on the last fling, Hendrix
to C. Davis, the wiry Davidson end,
swept across Carolina's goal line.
That was the finis of the scoring
for Captain Spratt Moore failed, in
his drop kick for the extra point.
But the six points was as a cool
ing draught to the thirsty Davidson-
(Contlnued on Page Ten)
Plan Fight
Of Congress
LaFollette's Cohorts Ex
pect to Hold Balance
in Both Houses.
PARLEY IS CALLED.
Are Out to Beat Many
G. 0. P. Pet Bills; No
Third Party Move.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.
International News Correspondent.
Washington, Nov. 18. Control of
Congress by a militant partisan pec
pie was the primary objective of a
ringing summons issued tonight by
Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Re
publican of Wrisconsin, to leading
men and women throughout the
Country in laying down a program
of National Legislation and Policy.
LaFollette, as chairman of the
People's Legislative Service, organ
ized two years ago! by him and oth
er Republican Progressive Senators,
called, first, for a conference of all
present and newly elected Progres
sive members of Congress on Decem
ber 1, and second, for another con
ference of representative Progres
sives both in and out of Congress
on December 2. Both conferences
are to be held here.
"As a result of the recent elec
tion, it is apparent that the time
is opportune for a conference to dis
cuss a definite plan for the coopera
tion of all the Progressives in Con
gress," it was stated in the letter
embodying- the call which was sign
ed by LaFollette, and Representa
tive George Huddleston, Democratic
of Alabama, vice chairman of the
People's Legislative Service.
"In conjunction with this confer
ence of members of Congress, it
seems desirable to consult with a rep
resentative group of influential men
and women regarding; a program of
constructive policies and measures "
said the call.
It ,was disclosed that the second
conference was intended to bring
together some of the foremost lead
ers of agriculture and labor organ
izations "with the best Progressive
minds" in other .walks of life. It
was expected that leading Progres
sive Republicans in Congress? like
Senators Borah, of Idaho, and John
son, of California, would join with
LaFollette and hi sassociates of the
People's Legislative Service in helping-to
mould a "genuinely progres
sive" platform on which the insur
gent farmer-labor and other Pro
gressive elements could unite.
NO THIRD PARTY PLAN.
LaFollette's call was not unex
pected, asi it had been foreshadowed
by previous , conferences regarding
the practicability of inaugurating a
movement that would be set up a bi-
patisan Progressive bloc in Con
gress and at the same time keep
before the people the kind of issues
on which the Progressive hope to
win fresh victories in 1924.
LaFolletee declared that he had
not the slightest idea of joining any
movement now for the creation of a
"third party."
"I am not chasing any will-o-the
wisps" he remarked.
He said that hia chief interest at
the present was "translating the re
sults of the recent election into the
right kind of legislation." The first
thing to be done by the Progress
sives, he stated, is to prevent the
enactment of "bad legislation" such
as the proposed Ship Sudsidy and
the proposal to give the Railroad
Tjabor Board conercive power to pro
hibit and punish strikes and othr
(Continued on Page Sixteen)
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11 UlLsld
PARTY CHIEFS
JASS FORCES,
SEEING STORM
Congress Meets Monday
and Harding Delivers
Address Tuesday.
PROSPECTS GLOOMY.
Progressives and Demo
crats Will . Test the
President's Power.
By GEORGE R. HOLMES. .
International News Correspondent.
Washington, Nov. 18. A rocky
road stretched away in front ol
President Harding and his Admin
istration leaders tonight on the
eve of the re-assembly of the Sixty
Seventh Congress.
Congress convenes on Monday
with scores of its present mem
bers in both Houses defeated at the
polls and due to retire at the end
of this short winter session. On
Tuesday, President Harding will
go before a joint session with a
short and emphatic message voic
ing the Administration's demand
that this Congress pass the contro
versial Ship Subsidy measure
forthwith.
The message was virtually com
pleted tonight. The President will
inform both Houses that they were
called back to Washington three
weeks early for no other purpose
than to pass this measure, and he
will stress 'the need for instant ac
tion. Administration leaders at the
Capitol are set for a tremendous
effort to drive the measure
through under the strict lash of
White House discipline, but
whether they can accomplish the
task marked out for them was con
sidered a matter . of ' considerable
doubt tonight.
Polls conducted, by party leadera
during the last f ejffc days among re
turning members ' have not been
conducive to much optimism on . ii
the" part of the Republican leaders"'"
at the Capitol.-' By putting, iJjMi5,j
screws on tightly and exercising
the present Republican majority ...of
165 in the House to the fullest,
Republican leaders said the meas
ure would pass the" House . by
Wednesday, November 29, al
though in what form they did - not
care to speculate.
HARD FIGHT IS SEEN
The bill will be taken up on
Wednesday, with three days of gen
eral debate scheduled, and following
that three days during which the
bill will be thrown open to debate.
The Senate will convene on Mon
day with but little to do but talk
and wait for House action on the
Ship Subsidy Bill, considered by
party managers a dangerous occu
pation and likely to lead to the
opening up of severe fighting over
the railroad act.
The Progressive Republicans like
Borah, LaFollette, Norris and Ladd,
supported by other Republicans
from the grain-belt, like Capper, of
Kansas, are sharpening their
knives for the speech on the sub
sidy measure. The Democrats
will oppose the President's pet
measure almost to a man, and this
strength coupled with that which
can be mustered from the agricul
ture states is considered virtually
certain of killing the bill unless a
deal can be made on the basis of
other legislation.
The assault on the Ship Subsidy
Measure will be lead by LaFollette
and Borah, common consent the
two most savage orators on the
Senate, and both skilled parlia
mentarians. President Hardingr's leadership
will be tested in the approaching
combat as it has never been be
fore. With this realization fully
in mind, administration leaders are
preparing to exert every ounce of
pressure possible for the enactment
of the bill before the expiration ol
the present Congress for in th
next one, with its narrow and
shaky Republican majorities, it i
admitted the bill would stand no
chance whatsoever.
EVENTS AT EXTRA SESSION
TO REFLECT PEOPLE'S WILL
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
Special Dispatch to The News.
Copyright, 1922, News Publishing Co.
Washington, Nov. 18. Fresh from
the people, Congress gets "back", on
the job on Monday.
Called to meet in special session
to consider the administration's pet
Subsidy Bill the members will re-
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