The Washington herald., 1920-03-06
What Congress Did
Yesterday

senator Smoot, OF Utah, referring
to the proposed trip Of Miss Julia
c. Lathrop to Czecho-Slovakia to
study conditions among children
there. said that at was time for
such junketing expeditions at the
expense of the government to cease"
Reservation by Senator Knox,
Pennsylvania, to the peace treaty
provides that the credit of the United
States shall not be pledged with
out authority of Congress.
In letter to Senator Wadsworth.
New York. Secretary OF War Ba-
ker objected to the proposed crea-
ton Of a commission to bring back
the soldier dead from France. say
Ing that such a commission would
duplicate War Department activi-
ties.
Conference Committee reported ia
vorably bill to authorize the Sec
retary of War to transfer motor
vehicles and equipment to the Pub
lie Health Service.
Foreign Relations Committee met
in executive session.
Military Affairs Committee held
an executive session.
Agriculture Committee members
said that its report would be ready
by next Tuesday.
Senator Spencer. Missouri. urged
action for the ratification Of the
treaty with amendments.
Senator Smoot. Utah; Senator
Kenyon. Iowa; and Senator Over
man, North Carolina, predicted that
the Senate Would reinsert the $24o
bonus for government clerks.
Senator Simmons, North Carolina.
has been selected to confer with
the President regarding a compro-
mise on treaty reservations.
House.
Met at noon and adjourned at
$40. =
Passed Nolan bill to increase the
force and salaries in the Patent
Office.
Passed resolution to permit dis
cussion today of Frear report on
Air Service.
Representative william s. Ware,
of Philadelphia, protested against
the term "dagoes"s applied to the
Italians during the Adriatic dispute
by a Senator from Tennessee.
Representative Thomas l.. Blan-
ton, of Texas. declared he was glad
to be on the blacklist of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
The Republican party was charged
! on the floor of the House with being
twice as inefficient in making peace
as the Democrats were in making
war by Representative Finis ]. Gar
rett, of Tennessee.
More personal grievances by the
heads of the soldier organizations
{
Means Committee. A private detec-
tive was called in and charged one
organization with being a 'one man
affair.
; Representative Elijah c. Hutchin-
son. of New Jersey. introduced a
resolution to direct the Committee
on Agriculture to inquire into the
reported wheat bill.
Representative Charles J. Thomp-
son. of Ohio. introduced a bill 10
provide for the erection of a monu-
ment to Gen. Anthony Wayne and
! Legion at Defiance. Ohio.
A Bolshevist attack on Poland Is
imminent. William r. Cassel. a
! State Department agent, told the
Rules Committee in urging food
relief by the United States Grain
4 AOh al
and Austria.
! A virtual agreement was reached
by the conferees considering the
Military Academy bill. the sum be-
ing set at $2.142,0O0. with the pro-
vision to restore the course to -four
| years instead of three.
! Heavy increases in the amount of
mail handled makes improvements
TO thirteen postoffices in the coun-
try necessary. Postmaster General
Burleson wrote the House. He es-
timated that 1t would require ST.
$4,000 for this work.
| Packing legislation was again be-
fore the Agriculture committee.
| The Graves Registration Service
was the subject of hearing before
the Foreign Expenditures Subcom-
mittee of the War Department Ex-
penditures Committee.
Military Affairs Committee held
lexecutive session.
Sundry civil and District estimates
were before the Appropriations
Committee and District of Columbia
subcommittee, respectively.