Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-17
Will Probably Come Up Wednesday

The action of Representative Blan..
ton in insisting upon a reading OF
the engrossed bill, which could not
be had before the close of the days
proceeding. makes it impossible for
vote to be taken until after the prohi-
bition enforcement bill and the sun
dry civil appropriation bill have been
disposed of. Representative Nolan
says the vote may not be taken until
next calendar Wednesday"
Frequent votes taken yesterday on
amendments that were offered shows
the disposition of the House to be
decidedly in favor of passage of the
measure by an overwhelming major
ity.
Much gratifed at the result of the
campaign against the Good amend
ment, President Luther c. Steward
of the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees said:
THE action of the House bears out
our belief that the effect of Repre-
sentative Goods amendment was not
fully understood by most of the men,
bers when they voted for it in COM
mittee of the whole last week. Since
that time our interviews and cor
respondence with practically every
member OF the House has shown us
clearly that there is an overwhelm-
ing sentiment against the Good
amendment and in favor Of the Nolan
bill as reported by the House labor
preciative and confident as to the
final action of the House
$50 Republicans Voted "Nay."
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Good amendment originated on the
republican side of the House, the
| number of republicans voting against
| it was $50 and the number of dem
ocrats was SO. Representative Mon
dell Annr 1eadoY did a
all, but Representative Campbell of
Kansas, chairman Of the rules COM
| mittee. and Representative Madden of
Illinois voted against it. On the other
| side of the aisle Minority Leader
Champ Clark and Representative
Scott Ferris Of Oklahoma, chat rman
of the democratic congressional COM
| mittee, also voted against the amend
ment Representative Fess of Ohio.
chairman of the republican congress
sional committee. and Representative
Good himself were the only repub-
| lican leaders who voted for it.
| Party politics entered actively into
| the debate. For hours the democrats
sought to amend the bill to bring the
| fourth-class postmasters, letter car
| riers, railway mail clerks and all
! other postal employees within its pro-
| visions.
this effect were offered by Repre-
| sentative Fields of Kentucky. Jones
| of Texas, wingo of Arkansas and
others. and when all those failed of
adoption Representative Wingo took
the floor in a speech in which he de-
| clared that the democrats were being
blocked by the republicans in their
4 (the democrats') attempt to right a
great injustice to the postal workers.
Says Workers Asked to Be Left Out
To this reply was made by Repre-
sentatives Nolan and Madden, who
explained again and again that 1t
was by request of the organized pos
tai employees themselves and OF the
House committee on post Offices and
post roads that the entire postal
service was left out Of this bill, for
the reason that It came within that
committees Jurisdiction rather than
tho jurisdiction Of the labor COM
mittee.
Representative Montague Of Vir-
ginia offered an amendment provid-
| Ing that clerks to members Of the
| House DO excluded from tho provi
sions Of the Nolan minimum wage
bill. Representative Nolan and Rep
resentative MacCrate Of New York
urged the peculiar position in which
conEressmen would put themselves
by voting not to pay living wage
to their own employees while requir-
ing that other government employees
receive such minimum. The amend
ment was defeated.