The Washington herald., 1920-03-18
What Congress Did
Yesterday
Senate

tennessee, calling on Great Britain
TO proclaim Ireland free. was tabled
by the Senate by 81 to q vote.
Resolution by Senator Owen. OF
Oklahoma, that the United States
understands the British protectorate
over Egypt to be temporary was
tabled.
Letter by Herbert Hoover TO the
President advising against interfer-
ence In European internal affairs
was quoted by Senator Borah, OF
Idaho. in support of his opposition
to the League Of Nations.
! DR.. Charles p. Neili. member Of
the Board Of Education. declared at
the hearing on District schools be-
fore the special Senate investigating
I committee. that the board had been
subjected to a campaign of misrep-
] resentation and slander.
/ Admiral Sims continued his testi-
/ mony before the subcommittee OF
naval affairs yesterday.
Subcommittee of Appropriations
Committee resumed consideration, of
the legislative appropriation bill
In executive session.
Various tariff bills were considered
at an executive meeting of the Man
ufactures Committee.
Bill by Senator Henderson. OF Ne
Vada, would amend the Federal rev.
enue act to exempt corporations en-
gagged in mining of gold and silver
from tax on net income.
! Bill by Senator Frelinghuysen, of
New Jersey. would amend the in
terstate commerce act to forbid any
railroad to collect a rate for car
rying coal greater or less than IS
/ per cent of the rate effective on
the date of shipment
Bill by Senator Frelinghuysen
would terminate authority to dis
| tribute coal and regulate the coal
business as conferred by the Pres
ident under the food and fuel act.
Another bill by Senator Freling-
huysen would appoint a Federal
coal commissioner.
Nomination of William Martin
! Williams. Of Alabama, to be Com
missioner of Internal Revenue in
place of Daniel c. Roper. was sent
TO the Senate by President Wilson.
House.
| Met at IL o'clock and adjourned
at 4:25.
Held Calendar Wednesday
Passed Siegel bill making Lin
coins Birthday, February IL, legal
holiday in the District of Columbia.
Announcement was made that the
President had signed bills to con-
struct bridges across the Connecti-
cut, Columbia and Big Nestucca
| (Oregon) rivers. and to amend laws
making appropriations for the In
dian Bureau.
Rules Committee met, but failed
to take action on rule asked for by
Longworth, of Ohio, to prevent
"wets" from bringing up amend
ments in other bills to repeal the
Volstead prohibition enforcement
act.
Passed Volstead bill to recodify
laws of the District of Columbia.
Britten, OF Illinois, announced his
intention of presenting a resolution
to declare a separate peace" with
Germany and Austria.
Rainey, of Illihois, declared that
incomes swollen by war profits
should be made to stand deficits in
the Federal Treasury.
bill to. appropriate s15,O00 for paw
ing streets around the Federal
building at Fayetteville, Ark.
Rebcr. of Pennsylvania, intro
duced a joint resolution to authorize
the payment of $50 a month of serv-
ice to all former service men and
women.
Letter was received from the
Secretay of the Treasury enclosing
supplemental estimate of s165. 204.-
20, required by the Interstate
Commerce Commission to carry out
the provisions of the Transporta-
ton act of 1920.
Little, of Kansas, introduced res
olution to begin injunction proceed
ings against corporations. to pre-
vent income and excess profits tax
lodging by stock dividends. and to
apply the money so saved to the
payment of a soldier bonus.
The sundry civil bill was con-
sidered in executive session by the
Appropriations Committee.
Packing legislation was again be-
fore the Agriculture Committee.
Representatives of smaller taxi
cab companies testified before the
Zihlman subcommittee on d. C.
traffic laws of the District of CO.
lumbia Committee.
The Roosevelt National Park bill
was considered by the Public Lands
Committee in executive session.
Investigation of the War Risk
Bureau was continued by the Com
mittee on Expenditures in the
Treasury Department.
The Stevenson bill to place re-
serve officers on the same basis as
regulars in the matter of retired and
disability pay was again heard by
the Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee.