Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-03
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conference on point OF order made
| by Representative Mann, the minority
leader, who contendeu that the con-
ferees had exceeded their authority in
increasing to three years the period to
| elapse following the close of the Euro
pean war before the Weeks naval aux
iliary provisions should become effec-
tive.
The Weeks bill would have gone
into effect at once as 1t passed the
senate originally, While the house
amendment provided that 1t should
be enforced with the expiration of the
proposed shipping board, two years
after the close of the war.
Speaker Clark sustained the point
of order and a further conference
with the senate was requested to make
the report conform to the rules.
Greatest activity i'm both houses
centcrCd on conference reports on APP
preparation bills. Agreement was
reached during the day on the naval,
legislative, executive and judicial sup
ply measures and on the army bill
except as to a house provision pro-
hibiting the use of speeding up
methods in army shops. The senate
conferees yielded to the house on a
similar provision in the naval meas
ures.
Agree on Army Bill.
Conferees on the army bill agreed
to all the financial features and both
houses adopted that portion of the
report which carries a total outlay OF
$1O1,974,165. House conferees won a
point in having stricken out provision
for an aviation plant at San Diego,
Cal. II was provided, however, that a
commission of army officers be ap-
pointed to look into the selection OF a
site for such plant. The agreement
on the naval bill leaves the naval pro-
gram for the year as follows:
Two battleships six or more torpedo
boat destroyers, two sea going sub
marines, sixteen coast defense sub
marines and one oil ship The bill
carries u total Of 4S,000.00O. the to-
tal amount for the building program
aggregating S45, ,053,S01.
Late In the day the senate passed
the general deficiency appropriation
bill. carrying sS,092,572. An amend
ment empowering the interstate COM
merce commission to have access TO
the correspondence files Of carriers
was stricken out on a point Of order
made by Senator Oliver. VINO declared
that such eleventh-hour legislation in
an appropriation bill was unwarrant-
ed. The bill carried amendments max
ing $500, 900 Immediately available for
use of the new federal trade commits
sion and appropriating $4,000 for the
use of the president I'm executing the
neutrality law and for Unforeseen
emergencies arising in the diplomatic
and consular service. Action Of the
Philippine legislature in increasing in
ternal revenue taxes on account OF the
war was legalized but a provision em-
poweTing the legislature TO enact fur
ther emergency revenue legislation
was defeated.
Another amendment appropriates
81, 900 TO pay claims for Americans
killed on the Mexican border.
Submitted Rivers and IIarbOrs Bill.
A substitute for the rivers and har-
bors bill appropriating S25.0O0.O00
and providing for the diversion Of an
unexpended balance. all to be spent
under direction of the secretary Of
war and board OF engineers, was re-
ported and Senator Fletcher gave no
tice that he probably would move to
displace the Indian bill sometime
during the night for its consideration.
The $4,000. 900 is TO be diverted
from projects which II may be decided
can be left untouched until June 80.
1915. Provision is made I'm the bill for
resuryey OF many projects heretofore