The Washington herald., 1920-03-26
What Congress Did
Yesterday
House.
Met at noon and adjourned q


Met at noon and adjourned at
$40
Held Private Claims day.
Hawley. Oregon, blocked unani-
nous consent to act on bill Of
Greene, Vermont. to authorize the
President to retire Crowder as a
lieutenant general when he reaches
the age of retirement
Passed joint resolution for relief
OF heirs of the coast guard men who
lost their lives on the cutter Tam
pa" In Bristol Channel September
26, 1918.
Davis. Minnesota, introduced Dis
trict appropriation bill calling for
S1S.1s0.4S4s7 and increasing taxes
from IL to az per cent.
Education Committee announced
hearings on charges against Fed
erai Board for Vocational Education
would begin Monday with ten wit
nesses' subpoenaed.
Representative Carl G. Mapes.
Chairman of the House Committee
on the District of Columbia re-
turned from a ten-day trip to his
home in olivet, Mich.
Fuller. Massachusetts,, introduced
Dill to provide weekly pay days for
postal employees.
Chairman Butler OF the Naval Af-
fairs Committee introduced resolu-
ton authorizing payment of $1,000
TO John T. Pugh for expert services
to the Naval Affairs Committee of
the Sixty-sixth Congress.
McFadden, Pennsylvania, intro
duced bill to amend the inheritance
taxes of the revenue act of 1918.
Greene. Massachusetts,, introduced
bill to provide for the award of a
medal of merit to members of the
American merchant marine who dis
tinguished> themselves during the
late war.
| Hutchinson, New Jersey, intro
duced bill to donate captured Ger
man cannon to town of Robbins
willie. n. ].
McFadden, Pennsylvania, intro
duced bill to prohibit the destruc-
tton of gold and subsidiary silver
coins by placing a maximum fine of
$4,000 and prison sentence Of five
years on violations.
Curry. California, introduced bill
to provide for exchange of govern.
ment lands for privately owned
lands in the territory of Hawaii.
Madden. Illinois, introduced bill to
incorporate the American Volunteers
of the Canadian Expeditionary
Forces.
! Dent. Alabama. introduced bill to
recognize as Spanish war national
guardsmen those members who con-
Quoted recruiting campaigns in the
war with Spain but were never ac-
tually mustered into the Federal
service.
A wireless telephone exhibition
was given before the Military AZ
fairs Committee.
The fabric bill was again before
the Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee.
The Rules Committee took up the
Longworth resolution to prevent
motions to repeal the Volstead act
from being introduced at any time.
Packing legislation was again be-
fore the Agriculture Committee.
The immigration Committee held
hearings on the naturalization bill.
The War Risk Bureau investfga-
ton was continued before the Com
mittee on Treasury Department Ex-
lpenditureS
| The quartermaster subcommittee
of the War Department Expendi-
lures Committee held another hear
ing on the salmon question.
The Public Lands Committee met.
Senate.
| Senate convened at noon and ad-
journed at J.. m.
Discussion OF agricultural appro-
priatigc Eill occupied the entire ses-
! sion
Resolution by legislature of Idaho
ratifying the suffrage amendment
extending the suffrage to women
was read into the Senate record.
Subcommittee of appropriations
reported favorsbly the legislative
Executive and judicial appropriation
bill carrying a bonus of s240 a year
for government employees.
Letter from President in response
to request of the Senate outlined
what Great Britain. France, Bel
gium and Italy had done towards
psrdoning political offenders
Hearing on methods of improving
water transportation was held by
the Commerce Committee.
Superintendent of Schools Thurs
ton defended his course in the Sc
lection of teachers at a hearing be-
fore the special Senate committee
Investigating Washington schools.
| Capt Leigh c. Palmer. chief of
the Bureau of Navigation, blamed
Secretary Daniels for lack of sufi-
ciert personnel in the navy during
the war.
Senator Norris, of Nebraska, de-
Tended his course in voting not to
uphold Great Britain's policy in the
Irish and Egyptian questions. and
said that his position had been mis-
represented by certain newspapers.
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