LONG CALENDAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 398, 6 December 1932, Page 5

LONG CALENDAR

(Press. Assn.—

U.S.A. CONGRESS MANY NATIONAL MATTE$S WILL OCCUPY THE HOUSE REPEAL OF PROHIBITION e

-By Telegraph — Cnpyright).

Rec. Dec. 5, 7.0 p.m. Washington, Dec. 4. The final of the so-called short session of the Seventy-second Congress will be continued at 10 a.m. tomorrow. It will continue until March 4 with the most important legislative calendar for many years. At the very opening, the highly controversial discussion on prohibition will be entered, when the Democratic leadership will offer a motion repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, and a request that the rules fce amended to allow of an immediate vote. A two-thirds majority or about 375 votes will be needed for its adoption. As the prohibition repeal was one of the cardinal features of the Democratic campaign platform, it is believed that success of to-morrow's vote is needed to maintain the party suecessfully. Other legislation which is tentatively included is that dealing with farm relief, the Philippines independence, general unemployment, the depression itself, and most important of all, fiscal legislation. Efforts will be made to revive the saies tax which was defeated last session, to balance the budget which has faced a tremendous and continnally growing deficiency. The payment cf soldiers' compensation will be offered, but its defeat is expectedWar Debts Message Mr. Hoover's message on war debts recommendations is also expected, although this may be included in the foreign relations discussions, and it is anxiously awaited. The'nature of the debt eommunications is being carefully guarded. It is thought possible that it might give a detailed answer to the British note, and a recommendation that the war debts commission be re-organised. The seriousness of the national economic situation is intensified by the presence in Washington of some 3000 so called "hunger marchers." The movement is inspired by Commists among the unemployed, who will journey to Washington to petition Congress for a lead. The police, who are taking every precaution to prevent riots similar to the bonus army evictions last summer, have forbidden public parading, v/hich the leaders say they will ignore. During the past three days there has been considerahle disorder in neighbouring States between the police and several contingents en route to the capital. The marchers are short of provisions and are in a sullen mood.