Evening star., 1920-01-11
What Congress IS Doing
HOUSE.

Ine MapeS bill Tor aOolltlOn OI the
half-and-half principle of financing
the National Capital will come up
for consideration in the House to-
morrow. The committee report on
this bill was presented by Chairman
Mapes on Monday. The minority re-
port signed by eight of the twelve
republican members was filed Tues
day by Representative Thomas s.
Williams of Illinois 1t said that the
people of Washington are not under
taxed.
The House accepted the Senate
amendments to the bill to retire for
age or disability public school teach
ers in the District.
BY a vote of s2S to the House
yesterday refused to seat Victor L.
Berger, Milwaukee socialist, sentenced
to twenty years Imprisonment for
seditious utterances, and who. after
having been denied a seat by the
House in the last session of Congress,
was re elected to represent the fifth
Milwaukee, district Former Repub-
lican Leader James f. Mann LED the
fight to seat Berger.
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The largest post offce appropriae
ton bill ever presented to congress
was reported on Thursday. This IS
$4,000, 900 higher than last year and
totals $461,72S,36S 1t contains 49,
?Ss.soo for temporary. increases in
salaries to 29S.347 postal workers.
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The post Office appropriation bill
was taken up on Friday. discussed
on Saturday and continues over until
Tuesday.
The Indian appropriation bill was
passed on Friday. carrying approx
mately S13,OOO,000. 1t makes saw
ing of $2,250,0O0 from the approprla-
tion during the present fiscal year.
That the sacrifice of many American
lives on Armistice day is chargeable
forces who did not revoke oraers
previously given was charged before
a special investigating committee by
Frig, Gen. John Sherbourne OF bos-
ton. who had commanded the artil-
lery of the New England division
and of the colored division.
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600. 900 for the enforcement of ma
tional prohibition was asked by the
internal revenue bureau. A similar
appropriation of 100000 has already
been made.
Hearings started yesterday before
the House ways and means committee
on the proposal to appropriate $l5o,'
000. 900 for relief of the starving ir
Europe.
Officials of the State Department
were before the foreign affairs com
mittee during the week asking FOL
authorization of increased appropria'
tions for foreign agents of the United
States government to meet the alb
normal costs of living abroad.
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The military affairs committee re-
fused to grant the rank Of lieutenant
general to Gems. Hunter, Liggett and
Harbord.
subcommittee Of the House appro-
priations committee continue hear
ings on the sundry civil, legislative
and deficiency appropriation bills
None of these bills will be reported to
the House for at least another week
Secretary Baker asked Congress for
a temporary Army of 275,000 officers
and men until the end Of the present
fiscal year, in order to continue police
duty in Siberia and Germany. !. Eag
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The Fuller pension bill carrying in
creases for old soldiers from $50 to
$50 a month and increases for sol.
diers' widows from $50 to $50 a
month, and special provisions for
those who contracted disability
through military service, was passed
by the House Monday.