The Washington herald., 1920-04-09
What Congress Did
Yesterday

chance for the compulsory service
feature OF the army REORGANIZATION
bill to rass.
Amendment by Frelinghuysen. OF
New Jersey. provides voluntary mil
itary training as a means of Great
Ing a reserve army.
Compulsory training was attacked
by Senators Mcclellan. Thomas and
Hitchcock. It was defended by Sem
ators Lodge, Wadsworth, Freling-
huysen and Chamberlain.
Resolution by Mccormick. of Illi-
nois. calls for immediate investiga-
ton OF unauthorized railroad strikes
by the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee.
Myers. Of Montana, declared that
had cost $4,000, 0,000, 900, of which
u. LOOT. 900. 900 was owing the gov
ernment. but would never be paid
back unless the railroads are per-
mitted to earn sufficient money"
Report by Finance Committee on
"anti-dumpfng" bill provides wide
scale of tariffs to protect AMERICAN
Industries from foreign competition.
George p. Hamilton, former pres
ident of the Board of Education, in
! testimony before the Senate inves-
tigattng committee. urged the ap-
pofntment OF a Board OF Education
Of three members. who should draw
salaries and devote all their time
to school work.
Admiral Wilson testified before
the subcommittee Of naval affairs
in regard to management OF the
navy during the war.
| Executive session on Mexican af-
fairs was held by Foreign Relations
committee.
Commissioners Browhlow and
Kutz concluded testimony before
the subcommittee OF appropriations
on the District appropriations bill.
Today members OF the School Board
J will testify.
/ Commerce Committee held execu-
tive meeting to consider rivers and
harbors bill.
Industrial relations were discuss
ed at meeting of the Committee
on Education and Labor.
| Finance Committee met in execu-
tive session for consideration OF
several small bills.
Hitchcock, of Nebraska. attacked
I the army reorganization bill as i'm
posing "a five-year military mort
gage on every young man."
Bill by Mcclellan. of Tennessee,
provides for loans to enable veter-
ans of the war with Germany to
attend educational institutions. II
was referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs.
Amendment by Poindexter. of
Washington, to the naval appropri-
alton bill proposes an appropriation
of 100000 toward development OF
a submarine destroyer and aviation
base near Edez Hook, Port Angeles,
Washington.
Resolution by Massachusetts, leg
! islature favoring repeal of re-
| strictions on freedom of speech, OF
the press. and of free assemblage.
was introduced in the Record by
Lodge. of Massachusetts,.
House.
Met at IL o'clock and adjourned
at Sis.
Debated Porter peace resolution.
| Adopted rule to vote on resolution
today at 5 o'clock by 213 to 155
Seven Democrats voted for it. with
one Republican, one Prohibitionist
and one Independent against.
Flood. Virginia. ranking minority
member of the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee. asked unanimous consent to
print 1000 copies of both the ma
jority and minority reports on the
peace resolution. Passed.
| Walters, Pennsylvania, for the
District of Columbia committee. pre-.
sented favorable report on bill tc
incorporate Roosevelt Memorial AS.
tsociation.
Hicks, New York. introduced bill
| 60 - E.
Association.
Baer. North Dakota, introduced
bill to create a national food com.
mission to control the meat pack.
ing and live stock shipping indus
tries.
| Morgan, Oklahoma. introduced bill
to appropriate $500. 900 to pay wheat
producers who sold. wheat between
August 10. 1917. and July 1. 1918, al
less than the price fixed by the gov
ernment monopoly.
! Wilson, Louisiana, introduced bill
to sell lands to eX-service men al
$1.25 an acre.
Ireland, Illinois, introduced resolu-
ton increasing the pay of. John A
Mckenzie, a Capitol employe.
/ Kalanianaole. Hawaii, introduced
bill framed by Territories Committee
to amend the Hawaiian organic act
of 1900 and to establish a Hawaiian
homes commission.
Letter from Secretary of the
Treasury received submitting sup
Elemental estimate of $4,000 re-
quired by the Department Of Agri-
culture fo1 printing and binding in
the fiscal year 1921.
The District OF Columbia commit
tee held it's first meeting in three
weeks and considered several local
bills.
The investigation of charge,
against the Federal Board for vo-
/ cational Education was continued
before the education committee.
The radio bill was taken UP by the
Merchant Marine Committee in ex.
ecutive session.
The Appropriations Committed
considered the railway deficiency
bill
| John Stewart. of New York, testi.
fled before the immigration com.
mittee.
| The military affairs subcommittee
continued hearings on the army ap.
preparation bill.