The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-06-15
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING

Without a dissenting vote the house
has passed the appropriation bill for
the support of the army. The budget
is the largest in history and aggregates
the total Of $12,O41, 682,609. During
the debate on the bill which was COM
paratively brief not a single objection
was raised. Men Of all parties re-
neWed their pledges of support to the
president made when war was de-
tlared. The bill grants the president
Unlimited authority in determining the
number of men he may call to the
colors. The bill carries a prohibition
against the further making of time
studies and the use of The stop watch
in government factories. The meas
ire further provides that so far as
practicable contracts for government
work shall not be let on the cost plus
system.
The New York delegation in congress
met recently and Endorsed the Fizger-
aid and Magee resolutions for a ma
t1onal budget system and plan of
auditing and checking public expendi-
lures.
The house passed without dissent
Representative Madden's resolution
calling upon the heads of all execu-
tive departments and the interstate
commerce commission fer list of all
employees of draft age for whom ex-
emption from military service was
asked and allowed or for whom de-
ferred classification was obtained.
Without a roll call the senate
passed the Smoot pension bill, in
creasing Civil War pensions in an
amount involving an inc, eased annual
bill was substituted for the Sherwood
bill recently passed by the house.
Senator Owen has introduced a
.clhd-labor bill to meet The recent de-
-cision of the supreme court. 1t is
similar to the law held by the SUI
Irene court to be unconstitutional
but contains a provision that only
congress and the people shall have
authority to pass upon it's validity.
Representative Lunn of New York
has introduced a bill providing for
the immediate communicating by the
president of all telephone and tele-
graph Tires.
A bill introduced by Representative
King of Illinois would establish bu-
reau of farm risk insurance to insure
gainst loss of crops.
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The senate has adopted a resolu-
ton seeking information from the di-
rector of railroads respecting the
stockyards railway terminals and
their connection with the control Of
the packing industry.
Counsel for Senator La Toilette
filed a supplemental brief before the
privileges and elections committee
urging the dismissal of the charges
st. Paul speech: The charges are
branded as frivolous ard much ado
about nothing.''>:
The house. has passed bill MAX
ing effective the migratory bird treaty
between Canada and the United
States.
Chairman Kitchin, Of the house
ways and means committee, made
public letter from Secretary McAdoo
in which he recommends that in the
forthcoming war-revenue legislation
$S,000,000,0O0 should be raised by
taxation. The estimated expenditures
for the next fiscal year are stated as
>24,000,000,000. The recommends
tons include heavy increases in war
profits and in income taxes and a
heavy tax on all luxuries.
A bill by Senator Trammell of
Florida, providing a. minimum wage
lill for women and minors in the Dis
trict of Columbia was favorably re-
ported from the committee. Senator
Marcus Smith,gof Arizona, introduced
bill to increase the pay of pressmen
in the government printing office to
IS cents an hour.
The house has begun consideration
of the vocational rehabilitation bill
for soldiers and sailors disabled in the
war. The bill already has been passed
in the senate. 1t carries an appropri-
ton of 100000 to be expended
under the supervision of the Federal
hoard of Vocational Education.
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The immigration committee favor
ebly reported a bill under which au-
thority would be given to round up
and deport all alien anarchists: Pres
emit law: forbids deportation of persons
Of this class if they have been in the
United States five years.