The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
What Congress Did
Yesterday

House.
Met at noon. ana adjourned at
Adopted conferences report ON the
sale Of military cantonments.
Debated Legislative appropriation
bill.
Treasury Department submitted
supplemental estimate OF ga. 900 70
relocate two dangerous curves IN
Fort Myer military road.
Representative James w. Husted.
OF New York, introduced bill to
declare February ~. Lincoln's Birth
day. q legal holiday In the District
Of Columbia.
Representative J. N. Baer, North
Dakota. introduced q bill to au.
thorize q preliminary survey at once
tof the Red River OF the North.
Secretary of the Treasury sub.
mitted supplemental estimates of
appropriations required by the ord
nance department OF the army for
Frankford ana Picatinny arsenais,
for the year 1891. of $450,000.
William II. Ham. president of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. urged a nat merger OF
that concern and the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company before the Dis
trict OF Columbia Committee.
Representative Charles Z. Fuller,
Of Illinois, filed q petition Of the
National Federation of Federal EN-
ployes for moro pay.
4 @
pert. urged the removal of State
and Federal restrictions on Amer
ican marine insurance.
Representative Sydney Anderson,
OF Minnesota, told the Committee on
Agriculture a Federal commission
is necessary to supervise the pack
ing industry.
Naval appropriation bill taken up
by Naval Affairs Committee.
Subtreasuries occupied the atten-
tion of the Committee on Banking
and Currency.
A committee of Middle Western
business men appeared before the
Rules Committee on behalf of the
Nolan bill to increase salaries and
the force of the Patent once.
Army reorganization occupied the
attention of the Military Affairs
Committee.
Hearing on the Roosevelt Nation
al Park bill was held by the Public
Lands Committee.
| Foreign claims were discussed al
a meeting Of the foreign expendi-
lures subcommittee of the Commit
/ tee On War Department Expendi-
lures.
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q hearing an the Hickey bill.
| Representation Julius Kahn. o.
Califo, nia, thri' man of the Military
Affairs Committee, announced ar
agreement had been reached to con-
tinue the national guard in the
same manner as 1t was before the
war.
| senate.
Harrison resolution for investiga-
tion of District public school system
adopted by Senate Committee.
Senator Myers introduced amend
. ment to Harrison resolution provid-
ing for investigation OF activities
of Teachers Union in District
schools.
Two bills were introduced by
Senator Mclean TO amend the Fed
eral reserve act.
Bill introduced by Senator Kelloge
to incorporate the National Board
of Medical Examiners of the United
States.
Consideration of the Sterling
Civil Service Retirement Bill began
Debate on the measure centered on
to what extent laborers should
share in the retirement provision.
Interstate Commerce Committee
to resume hearings on the coal situ-
alton.
Committee on Privileges and
Elections met to consider evidences
in the Ford-Newberry case.
Representatives of American sea.
men were given a hearing before
Commerce Committee on the dis.
posal of German ships.
Senate Agriculture Committee will
meet at 1880 a. m.
Subcommittee of the Foreign Re.
lations Committee will resume hear
ings on BoIshevistic propaganda.
Commerce Committee will resume
hearings at 2.3o p. m. on sales OF
German ships.
| Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions will resume investigation OF
evidence in the Ford-Newberry case
Calder coming bill, regulating the
height CT buildings in the District OF
! Columbia, favorably reported by
conference committee.
Bill by Senator Calder. prescrib-
ing overtime rates to be paid on
transportation lines for inspection
of army passengers and crews. in
troduced.
| Joint resolution of the House and
Genate, introduced in the Senate, au-
thorizes the Civil Service Commits
sion to assume custody Of reports OF
the Joint Congressional Commission
for the reclassification Of Federal
| aYpployaa' Sala rias