The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-20
1900 BILLS INTRODUCED

By Associdgr0 Press Washington, May 19-Enough bills were introduced in the House today to keep the body continuously at work through the year. More than 1900 measures were placed II the House hopper. While most of the bills provide for the donation to various communities Of cannon and German field pieces captured by the American expeditionary forces.
 much of the legislation that failed at the
 last session was again introduced and new measures came from the republican
 side as part of the legislative programme
 dwelt upon at the party caucuses.
 First on the House calendar by virtue of being the first measure introduced is
 the joint resolution of Representative
 Mann for Federal constitutional amend
 ment providing equal suffrage. Next is
 the bill of Representative Steenerson for the immediate return of telegraph and telephone lines now controlled by the government
 Bills for the repeal of wartime pro- h;bition. the luxury tax on the war rev. enue bill and on certain products went early into the hopper In some instances there were four bills dealing with the same subject. Among the repeal bills were half a dozen measures aimed at the daylight saving act, most of them spon- sored by farmers organizations. Numerous other bills would provide larger DOnuS LOT HIGH tll5Clidi 6Cu llCiA military and naval service than the $50 set aside on the war revenue bill. Some of these fixed the amount at six months pay and others fixed a lump sum at $500.
 A soldier campaign also included bill, similar to that which failed at the last session, for acquisition of an American burial ground in France for men killed in action or who died in service abroad. Another bill called for the immediate dis charge of men entering military service after the declaration of war. and of men who enlisted in the navy for four years instead of the duration of the war Pre1- erence in civil service employment to for mer service men was provided for in many bills
 WOULD TRANSPORT RELATIVES Representative Laguarda of New York introduced a bill under which the govern ment would provide transportation to France for the nearest of kin of all SOL diers buried overseas. this being put for ward by him as preferable to the plan of attempting to return all bodies to this country Prohibitory immigration legis- lation is covered in bill of Representa- tive Lufkn of Massachusetts, who asked early consideration for It. What was regarded an outgrowth of the ratification of the prohibition amend ment was a bill proposing constitu- tional amendment providing that future amendments to that document be ratl- fled in referendum vote in each of the three -fourths states.
 This bill was introduced in substan- tially the same form as at the last ses- sion.
 The first public patronage measure to come through was one providing for an appropriation of $230,000 for public building at Salem, Mass. Wartime pensions reaching back to the Spanish-American war. che Philippine in- surrection and the China relief expedi- ton, would be provided for in bill by Representative Sells or Tennessee. Creation of department of education with a cabinet officer at the head and proposals that S100 100000 be appropriated for combating illiteracy and for Ameri- canization were contained in legislation presented by Representative Towner of Iowa.
 CONTROL BILL REINTRODUCED Representative Sims of Tennessee, who was chairman of the interstate com- merce committee in the last Congress, reintroduced the administration bill ex tending government control of railroads | to 1924.
 Representative Fitzgerald of Massa- chusetts offered measure instructins the Secretary of War to offer for sale at once all surplus supplies or canned
 meats and vegetables now held by the government.
 | Repeal of the espionage law was pro- posed by Representative Laguardia of New York
 | A bill to make March 5 the date for 1 the meeting of each newly elected Con- gress was introduced by Representative McArthur of Oregon.
 Representative Dyer of Missouri pre-
 sented an anti-lynching bill, making mob participation a federal offense with | counties in which lvnchngs occur being compelled to pay 5000 to sl0000 to the | federal government for the benefit of the victims dependents.
 Representative Knotson of Indiana in l troduced bill for operation of a na-