The Washington herald., 1920-02-20
What Congress Did
Yesterday
senate.

senate.
| Senate convened at noon and ad-
journed at 5:1s p. m.
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman. Re
publican, Illinois. renewed his at
tack on Henry Ford. in the Sem
ate. and threatened to bolt his par
ty's ticket IL Senator Newberry was
convicted. In reply Senator Stan
ley. Democrat, Kentucky. denounced
duct unbecoming q United States
Senator"
Discussion of various items Of the
second deficiency appropriation was
renewed. and a number OF items
were decreased.
Joint Conference Committee Of the
House and Senate on a bill to cre-
ate a zoning commission recommend
ed appropriation of 5000.
. Letter from Secretary OF War Ba-
ker was laid before the Senate in
\ response to a resolution of SEN
ator Pat Harrison. Democrat. Mis-
sissippi. calling for information on
the "demotion" policy OF the War
Department.
Bill introduced by Senator Warren.
Wyoming, provided for the establish
ment and maintenance OF government
warehouses for liquor as an aid TO
prohibition legislation.
Raymond B. Stevens. former vice
chairman of the Shipping Board. as
serted before the Commerce Commit
tee that no bids worth considering
had yet been received for the former
German ships.
Examination of Ludwig C. A X
Martens. Soviet Ambassador" was
resumed before the subcommittee Of
the Foreign Relations Committee
Special committee on Mexican af-
fairs resumed hearings on conditions
in the interior of Mexico.
Postoffice and Post Roads Commit
tee held executive session to consider
the postoffice appropriation bill
| Prompt action to secure improve
ments in the government regime of
the Virgin Islands, changes in the
laws and internal improvements,
are recommended by members of
the joint Congressional Committee
that has just returned from there.
Sale of all government owned
steel ships on easy terms was urged
the joint Congressional committee
Charles A. Potter, President OF the
United States Steamship Operators
Association.
Met at noon and adjourned at
l5:15.
Debated legislative. judicial and
executive appropriation bills.
Representative Blanton. Texas.
declared he had been informed that
bureau chiefs and department heads
pad their estimates so that when
they are pruned by Congress they
will be normal.
Representative Blanton charged
that he had information that the
Supreme Court OF the United States
had refused TO allow an audit of
its accounts.
Representative Madden, Illinois. In
troduced a bill providing that q ma
jority of the Cabinet can determine
when the President is unable to per-
form his duties and when the Vice
President shall succeed him.
The Secretary Of the Treasury sub
mitted supplemental estimates of ap-
!
ment OF Justice amounting to S.oO6,-
65l.62.
John H. Hanna, vice president Of the
| Capital Traction Company, told tha
Committee on the District that this
i company would welcome a merger.
Representative Henry 2. Osborne, OF
California, introduced a bill to exempt
from taxation all soldier pensions.
1t was announced that a reorGaniza-
tion of the governmental the Virgin
Islands win be recommended to Con-
gress by the Joint committee of the
House and Senate which has Just re-
turned from an investigation there.
! Gen. Peyton c. March, Chief of
Stan. told the subcommittee on
medal awards of the Committee on
War Department Expenditures, that
the United States and Great Britain
had entered into an agreement to
repatriate the $4,000 Czecho-Slov
troops who have been fighting in ST.
beria
Representative Cordell Hull, Ten
nessee, introduced a joint resolution
authorizing the President to call an
1 international trade agreement
congress in Washington soon.
The Appropriations Committee
considered the sundry civil bill.
The judiciary Committee held a
hearing on Barnes Federal Code.
The Committee on Merchant Ma
rine held executive session over
wooden shin claims