Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-23
oroposed Amendment TO Lever Act Extends
Its Provisions to Include Clothing, Contain
ers of Food, Feed or Fertilizers, Fuel Oh
and Implements Used I'm the Production of
Necessities Provision to Make Act Auply
to Profteering I'm House and Room Rents,
Turned Down I'm Final Vote

Washington. Aug. 80 Without
amendment and with practically No
opposition the House late toiiay vot-
sd TO amend the Lever Food Control
Act 70 extend its provisions to in
clude clothing, containers Of food.
feed or fertilizers. fuel oil and i'm
plements used In production Of ne
cessities, and To penaiize profit earring
by a 5000 fine or two years' 1mpris-
onlnent-
Proposals To make the act apply To
prufitesring IN house and roum rents,
adopted by the House IN committee of
the whole, were stricken out n the
final vote.
Efforts were made by both Repub-
nc4ns and Democrats 10 have the
amendments provisions cover neces-
stiles other than those included IN
the amendment as reported by the
agriculture committee. Inclusion of
kerosene and gasoline was proposed
by Representative Strong, Republi-
can, Kansas. who said the prices Of
those products had increased three
hundred per cent IN the last rwe
wears. but his amendment was re-
jected by a close vote, while that Of
Representative Newton. Republican.
Minnesota, To include raw cotton was
eliminated On a point of order by
Representative Blautun, Democrats
Texas.
Attempts ID bring farmers and
farm organizations within the juris-
dictiun OF the amendment were also
hlpcked.
Recommendations Of Attorney
General Palmer II include retailers
dning business OF less than S1nn.
600 under the proitsering section sc
that tho Depnrxmeur OF Justice m1Eh'
l.'gb zftr tina ht11e nnes" were1n
cluded in the measure as passed
Five hours of general debate pre-
cefied passage of the measureths
hrst Legislative step in carrying onl
the Recommendations Of Presldeul
Wilson in his recent address 10 Con-
gress On the high cost Of living. This
Hutchinson cold storage bill, modelled
On the New Jersey act recommended
by the President az worthy Of pat
terning after. win be repnrted nexi
week
DshRte to-day consisted largely IN N
taclzs ON and defense Of the admins.
rrarsm Republicans asserting that tins
Democrats with mastery inactivity
Nnl 7<S
dies fpr the high cost OF living. and
Democratic members charging that Re
pnblicans had been busy playing poll.
ties.
Representative Hefifn. Democrat %
Alabama charged that Republican CD
position To the League of Nations hat
becrme SO pronounced that the chap
lain ef the House was not permit+ss
70 pray for acceptance OF the League D!
Nations He SAID the chaplain had
cffereci> SUCH PRAYER one morning
land since then his lips have been seal
ed By a high member Of the Republican
rB-ty"
Republican Lsader Mandeli said the
administration had neglected 70 aci
az int pruhteerz. while Representative
Mason. Repuhi cHn, Illinois. declared
that the Presifien. was playing poll
tics with the high cas1 uf living.
Republican opposition ID the League
Of Nations. mason said was fighi
against making Woodrow wilson presi.
dent of the world. and the iaRgue wal
to promote war. NOT peace"
Four thousand Illinois men are i
Siber.a fighting the private war ol
woodrow Wilson he continued The,
cid Russian bands, =
In the midst of the war. Eaif tn,
I'll mons mssznDer. the President CONSENT
ed that his sun in-iaw silouid hare m
breast TO tt1e dangers of the Z NJ. c. A
Referring to the campzign slogan o
1gIS-''he kept ms ont of war"-Maso,
said the only ones he kept nui wcIs
Theodore Rousevelt and LeonRr;
wood"
Indication OF the cluzs interest wit.
which President Wilson m ulscwsng ,ev
sry mDve m the fight ON high prices
was given to-day m a lung conference
which he held with Attorney Genera
Palmer and Director General Hines
The conferences was arranged by NJ
Palmer. who deciined 10 disruss wi1z
had been under cnnzi1ernrinn-
Mr. Palmer aim wna in unnfersnr
today with the Senate aEracnlture suf
onm1nitfse considering nmsndments I
| the fpnd cnufrul act The cummitte
wantsd to have the amendments iefin
s'reasunabie prices and just profits.