Evening star., 1920-01-25
What Congress Is Doing

General of the Army shall be chief of
staff.
The Senate committee on agriculture
mas begun work on the so-called pack
ers' control bill
The conference report on the fremen's
Senate and the bill sent to the President
| for approval
Senator RheIan of California has in
troduced proposed amendment to the
constitution which would deprive Japa-
nese born in the United States of Amer
'can citizenship. -
:, HOUSE.
| BY margin of one vote the ap-
IpFopriationS committee refused to
recommend inclusion in the deficiency
bill, Of s10,0O0.000 as recommended by
secretary Daniels, who said nearly
l4,oeo skilled mechanics in navy yards
must otherwise be discharged.
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Dehciency appropriat ton Of $SS.6S4,-
54a was recommended by the House
appropriations committee.
Hearings start Tuesday before the
District committee on the bill urged
Dy the District Commissioners which
IS expected to lead to merger Of street
car lines in Washington.
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The smallest rivers and harbors bill
Tor many years, carrying S12.400. 900
PASSED, after an amendment for S11,-
100000 to continue improvements on
nd
rivers was rejected.
The House, adopted the conference
report on the bill increasing salaries
| of fremen in the District.
x x * x
new estimate of $1.721.473 fol-
police pay in District was sent to
$o5S,S92 over the original estimat es
due to the bill authorizing increases
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The ways and means committee
calls on the Treasury Department for an
| itemized report on all loans to for
! eign governments before acting on
| Secretary Glass request for $3.50.
| 100000 to be lent to starving European
peoples.
BY vote of 81 to 10. the House
| passed increases for enlisted men OF
| the Navy and coast guard averaging
| about one-third of their base pay.
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Hearings were conducted by the rules
committee on the Sterling and era
ham anti-sedition bills. Attorney Gen
| eral Palmer sent a letter withdraw
| ing support of both measures and
,, urging new bill with less dra stio
penalties.
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for war-disabled soldiers and sailors
, during the next five months the fed
eral board of vocational education
asked Congress for an appropriation
of $15,00O,000.
A bill for protection of trade marks
was passed. giving effect to conven.
and South and Central American
countries.
1t was announced by the committee
| on public buildings and grounds thai
| there will be no public building bill
! this year
A group of western governors argued
before the ways and means committee
! ton projects whereby 10000 to $4,000
| former service men could obtain fifty
! acre homesteads.
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! Lieut.. Gen. Hunter Liggett told the
war investigating committee there was
| not any needless loss of American lives
on ArmiStice day.
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| Families of policemen and firemen in
| the District of Columbia who lose theil
| lives in performance of duty receive
$4,000 under bill introduced by Repre-
sentative O'Connell of New York.
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| Daniel c. Roper. commissioner of in.
ternal revenue, proposed in letter t
Chairman Fordney of the ways anG
means committee that the governmen,
| might purchase tremendous stock OF
! liquors as one solution of the problem
! what to do with it.