Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
What Congress Is Doing

| is expected to return to Washington
this week.
The nomination of Representative ].
| w. Alexander of Missouri. to be Sec
rotary of Commerce. was sent to the
Senate by President Wilson. Mr..
Alexander succeeds Secretary Red
field, resigned.
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HOUSE.
Attention of the House this week
will be given particularly to the anti
dumping bill to protect American
manufacturers, which was favorably
reported by the ways and means COM
mittee on Friday. This is considered
an especially important preliminary
to tariff legislation.
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The first important act of the
House on reassembling was to adopt
the conference report on the Edge
bill to finance foreign trade. This con
ference agreement is now awaiting
action in the Senate.
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Standard weights and measurement
for wheat and corn products sold in
containers and affecting feedstuffs
particularly important on account OF
labelling requirements, were establish
ed in a bill passed by the House on
Friday.
Next Wednesday hearings are to
start on the bill to repeal the half
and-half system of financing the Ma
tional Capital. The hearings are be-
i fore the House District committee
and Henry B. F. Mcfarland will pre-
sent the arguments for the citizens OF
the District. urging continuance OF
the time-honored half-and-half sys-
tenn.
The House adopted a bill to grant
more equitable compensa ton to
/ widows of men and officers of the
regular military establishment during
the war.
Hearings were started on the legis-
| lative. executive and judicial appro-
priation bill. which carried allotments
for practically all government estab-
lishments in Washington. Officials of
the United States bureau of efficiency
were the first witnesses.
Hearings on the proposed immigra-
ton restriction measure were con-
tinued during the week and will
probably be continued all this week
/ by the committee of which Represen-
tative Johnson Of Washington is
chairman
beioFc tire Naval dlualFS committee
hearings were continued on proposed
increases in salaries and allowances
of the Navy.
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Investigation of the aircraft stu
alton to get at the necessity of a sep
arate air service was conducted by a
subcommittee of the military affairs
committee. Special attention was de-
voted to the aerial preparedness of
Mexico. with Assistant Secretary
Crowell as principal witness.
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Representative Vo.stead of Mime
sofa, chairman of the House judiciary
committee. is expected back the first
blue sky legislation recommended by
President Wilson. the Treasury De-
partment and the Federal Trade Com
mission. Hearings will be continued
on bill introduced by Representative
Taylor. democrat. of Colorado.
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The republican legislative steering
committee has been working on an
economy in appropriation program
calling into conference the leaders on
the big appropriating committees.
Adoption of an informal budget sys-
tenn is sought. AS a step toward
discussion to lop or about 10000 OF
the present force of emergency en-
ployes of the government in Washing
ton. t
Investigation of the second-class
| postal rates and appointment of a
commission to reclassify mail charges
is proposed in a bill introduced by
Representative Fess of Ohio.