The Washington herald., 1920-04-13
What Congress Did
Yesterday

Senate passed the vocational
training bill providing for indus
trial rehabilitation of persons dis
abled in any manner. ~
Poindexter, of Washington. Of
fered q drastic bill making II a fell.
ony to promote or aid railroad
strikes. The bill provides $4,000
fine and ten years imprisonment
for aiding strikes. and fifteen years
Imprisonment and $4,000 fne for
the use Of force or violence In pro-
noting such strikes.
Nelson, of Minnesota, declared
the Poindexter bill would be inef-
fective unless supported by court
injunctions.
Edge, of New Jersey. asserted the
strike was q conspiracy. and urged
prosecution of the leaders.
judiciary Committee reported
favorably a bill to provide dis
trict Judge system for Alaska. and
creating q number of judicial dis
| tricts.
Bill by Calder. of New York. aims
to encourage building OF homes by
providing for exemption from taxa
tion Of income from mortgages on
real estate.
Committee on Public Lands favor
ably reported a bill regulating the
sale of lands formerly included in
grants to the California Railroad
Company.
Conferees on water power bill met
In executive session.
| Subcommittee of appropriations
heard Municipal Architect Snowden
Ashford and Commissioner kutz- in
regard to a school building plan for
Washington.
Rear Admiral A. p. Niblack. chief
of naval intelligence. warned the
Senate committee Investigating ma
val affairs that with the world In
ferment and war possible they were
in danger of going to sleep again"
on a naval policy.
Agricultural Committee held q
hearing on the nitrate bill.
| Frelinghuysen. OF New Jersey. de-
clared blame for sending unframed
men into battle should rest with
statesmen who had failed to provide
training system.
Mcclellan, of Tennessee, asserted
that officers who sent unframed men
into battle were no better than mur-
derers and should be Investigated
and, II possible, court martialed.
! Thomas. of Colorado, quoted from
a speech Of President Wilson. deliv-
cred before the Senate. to support
his statement that the President was
in favor OF universal military train
ing.
Met at noon and adjourned at
1885.
The Rules Committee reported IA
| vorably Graham resolution to direct
the Department Of Justice to pros
ecute alleged cantonment grafters
from the recorded testimony taken
by the select committee on War
Department Expenditures.
Held all-day debate on Graham
resolution.
| Fess, Ohio. charged the white
House with blocking constructive
supervision" of expenditures during
| the war which should have been
done by the executive departme n Is.
Said Congress must and will punish
those guilty OF stealing and criminal
wastefulness.
King, Illinois. declared an inves-
tigation of the administration OF
the Federal Reserve act will show
rs per cent of the present high cost
| OF living is due to financing spec
ulators and hoarders by Federal Re-
serve banks.
Schall. Minnesota, introduced Hll
to change calendar to one of thir-
teen months of twenty-eight days
each, plus New Year Day and the
necessary Leap Year days. begin
ming January 1. 1922.
Luhring, Indiana, introduced bill
to make a preliminary survey of
the wabash River in Indiana and
Illinois with a view to controlling
its floods.
johnson, South Dakota, introduced
a bill to increase excess profit taxes
for the purpose of finacing soldier
bonus legislation.
The Appropriations Committee
held executive session over the rail-
road deficiency bill.
The yards and docks subcommit-
tee of the Naval Affairs Committee
held a hearing on the bill for relief
Of contractors.
The Military Affairs Committee
held executive session over the
army appropriation bill.
The Investigation of charges
against the Federal Board for Vo-
cational Education was continued
before the Committee on Education.
The Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee held hearing on
the Cape Cod Canal bill.
The Rules Committee held a hear
ing on the Graham resolution to
prosecute cantonment grafters.
Brig. Gen. w. w. Harts continued
his testimony on charges Of brutal
ity to prisoners in the A. E. F. be-
fore the foreign expenditures sub
committee of the War Department
Expenditures Committee.