The Washington herald., 1920-04-06
What Congress Did.
Yesterday I.
Senate.


committee on appropriations re-
garding the tax increase and aborI-
ton Of the half-and-half system,
urging that, these sections Of the
District appropriation bill be re-
pealed.
Jones, OF Washington, introduced
an amendment to the District APP
preparation bill to reintroduce the
half-and-half provisions, which
were eliminated in the House.
Wadsworth. of New York. in q
three-hour speech, explained and
defended the army reorganization
bill, which, besides reorganizing the
army. provides compulsory military
| training for boys Is years old.
Wadsworth declared that of all
the billions OF dollars spent by the
Federal government since IL was
founded if 1889, two-thirds Of this
expenditure had been for war and
that the great cost had been largely
the price of unpreparedness.
Amendment by Keyes. of New
Hampshire. to the District. appro-
priation bill would authorize q to-
tai appropriation of s1,500.000 for
the construction of the Gallinger
Memorial Hospital.
Henry P. Blair testified before
the committee investigating schools
that his opposition to placing the
control Of the Board of Education
with the District Commissioners led
to his retirement from the board
in 1916.
Judiciary Committee held an exc
cutive session at 1880 g. m
Numerous small bills were con-
sidered at a meeting OF the Finance
Committee at 1880 a. m.
House.
Met at noon and adjourned at
$50. 49,. .-
Held Unanimous consent" day.
Passed over, without prejudice.
Moore bill to amend act of May Is.
1918. for replacing Aqueduct
Bridge.
Passed Tilson resolution request
ing Federal Trade Commission to
make certain. Inquiries into the
price of combed cotton yarns.
ministration OF invalid pensions of
civil war veterans and their
widows
Passed Parker bill to bridge
Lake Champlain from Shoreham,
VT, to Ticondcroga, N. Y
Magee, New York, introduced res
, olution to appoint committee TO in
quire into the depreciation OF the
market value Of Liberty bonds.
Ways and Means Committee ap-
pointed five subcommittee to con-
slider the four optional soldier bonus
proposals OF tho American Legion
and miscellaneous methods.
Passed Raker bill to accept the
cession by California Of exclusive
Jurisdiction over lands embraced in
the Yosemite. Seauoia and General
Grant National parks. .
Passed Steenerson bill to make
nonmailable all poisons. poisonous
reptiles. loaded guns and other ar
ticles that will kill or hurt.
Passes two bills introduced by
Smith, OF Idaho. granting certain
lands to the towns of Standpoint and
Downey, Idaho. for the protection
Of their water supplies.
Report OF Near East relief COM
mittee received. showing disburse-
ments in 1919 of $32 23ss,43o13.
Wright of Georgia, introduced
bills to repeal act prohibiting man.
ufacture or use of explosives in war
time. to repeal act authorizing
President to temporarily increase
naval and military establishments,
to repeal act extending protection
to civil rights OF men in the serv-
ice, to repeal war finance corpora
ton act, to repeal act authorizing
President to coordinate or consoli-
date executive bureaus in interest
OF efficiency. to repeal act of May
16. 1918. authorizing President to
provide housing for war needs, and
to repeal act of August 10, 1917,
regulating commerce.
Green. of Iowa, introduced bill to
regulate sale Of leaf tobacco and to
impose tax of Is cents per pound on
finished and z cents per pound on
leaf tobacco.
Gallivan, of Massachusetts,, intro
duced resolution authorizing use OF
army transport teams. individuals
and their equipment representing
the United States at the Olympic
games and other International COM
petition.
Johnson, Washington, introduced
bill to increase the pay Of printers
at the Government Printing ONCE
to s1.04 an hour.
Hastings. Oklahoma. introduced
bill to purchase a postoffice site at
Wagner. Okla. at $4,000.
Rlackmon. Alabama. introduced
bills to purchase postoffice sites for
Piedmont and Clanton. Ala.
Chairman Mapes, of District of
Columbia, introduced bills to amend
lunacy laws of the District and to
regulate traffic on the Conduit road.
Letter received from Secretary of
the Treasury transmitting request
for 100000 for additional salaries
by War Risk Bureau.
Hawley. Oregon. introduced bill
authorizing use of Mexican land
warrants in States other than those
to which they were originally con-
fined.
Keller, Minnesota, introduced bills
to authorize donation of captured
German cannon to City Of St Paul
and towns OF South st. Paul and
White Bear. MINI.
Letter received from Secretary of
Treasury transmitting estimate of
S16. 600 for sa1a rfas In Danver Mint