The Washington herald., 1920-05-27
What Congress Did
Yesterday
Hsase.

Met AZ II q. m. ana adjcurned At
5:45 D. m.
Adjournment on June sine die Is
the present plan ''and hope" Frank
W. Mondeli. Republican leader. said.
conferees on the District appro-
priation bill decided TO meet again
At IL o'clock this morning. when II
Is expected an agreement will be
reached.
b Conferees on budget bill reached
an agreement and fled report for
printing. Agreement Is a compro-
mise which places the budget bureau
directly under the President, but
makes Secretary OF the Treasury d.
rector Of the budget.
Recommitted to Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries bill
authorizing the United States Ship
ping Board to adjust and pay claims
OF wooden ship builders arising out
Of the war.
Passed and sent to the Senate
resolution authorizing Secretary Of
the Navy to open certain naval ra-
lie. -T
Chairman Campbell, OF the Rules
committee, criticized the forty nine
lnsurgeHt Republicans for their at
tltudc on soldier bonus legislation,
charging they were more concerned
about what happened to the war
pronteers than the fate of the boys
who won the war.
Estimates for carrying out civil
service retirement act submitted by
V. M. Saltzgaber. commissioner of
pensions, and by Martin A. Morrison,
president of the Civil Service Com
mission for S67,360 and $50, 800, re-
spectively.
Chairman Volstead, of the Judici-
ary Committee. asked special rule
Tor immediate consideration of Rea-
WIS resolution. providing for a joint
Congressional committee On the re-
organization of the administrative
branch of the government.
minimum Of S6 for an eight
hour day for internal revenue gaug-
ers and stOrekeepers maintained in
! distilleries and bonded Warehouse
asked In bill introduced by Repre-
sentative John w. Langley, of Ken
lucky.
! Committee on Foreign Affairs re-
olution authorizing the appointmen nj
of commission to confer with the
Dominion government. or the pro-
vincial government of Quebec, On
tario, or New Brunswick, as to re-
strictive orders relative to exporta-
tion Of pulp wood to United States
Representative T. II. Caraway, OF
Arkansas, obtained permission 10
flc a minority report on Dyer bill
designed to prevent lynching.
Creation of a joint Congressional
committee to investigate all contri-
buttons and campaign expenditures
of candidates for nomination to the
Sixty-seventh Congress and to re-
port within twenty days prior TO
joint resolution introduced in the
House.
Whether House employees should
have preference over members of
Congress in the assignment OF
rooms in the House ONCE Building
is information demanded by Repre-
sentative Fred l. Blackmon, of Ala
bama,
| VoIuminous information demand
ed from President Wilson in re-
gard to his request to Congress
that the United States assume a
mandate over Armenia, in resolu-
ition introduced by Representative
William E. Mason. OF Illinois.
| Mason also introduced resolution
expressing the sympathy of the
House with aspirations of the Irish
people for independence.
senate.
| Report of schools investigating
committee to the Senate advises hav-
ing president of the school board
chosen by the President and a COM
plete reorganization of the school
board.
Harrison, of Mississippi. calls pres
ent conditions in the schools deplor-
able and menacing and calls for
thorough going reform.
Pomerene. in introducing amend
ment to sundry civil bill to increase
pay of certain park policemen. de-
clared their uniforms were thread
bare, and they had no means to pur-
chase more.
William C.. Proctor. of Cincinnati,
testified before a special Senate COM
mittee that he had advanced $500. 900
| to the campaign fund of Mai. Gen.
Leonard Wood.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels de-
clared at hearing before the sub
committee of naval affairs that q
steam roller was being used against
him. and accused Chairman Hale of
attempting TO put him in a false DO
sition.
! Hitchcock. of Nebraska. declared
that he did not expect to support
President Wilson's request for a
mandate of the United States over
Armenia.
| Senate met in special session last
night to consider reports of school
committee and budget conferees.
| Conferees on District appropria-
tloL bill met. but failed to agree on
disputed points.
| vance, Senator