The Washington herald., 1920-03-16
What Congress Did
Yesterday

Republican Leader Mondeii spoke
against relief bill for ave minutes.
and declared that II the American
people believed they should feed
the whole world the amount should
be ,5oo.ooo.ooo.
Passed Harrison resolution di.
recting the Secretary OF Commerce
to furnish information regardins
shortage of newsprint paper.
Sears. Of Florida. in three-mln-
ute speech. eulogixed Uncle Jimmyt
Clark. veteran doorkeeper Of the
members families' gallery, who died
yesterday morning.
House took up the calendar bea
fore passing on the Near East food
relief bill.
Little. of Kansas. Introduced a
joint resolution expressing the
views OF Congress on Justice to the
Armenian people.
The Naval Affairs Committee nm
ished drafting the naval appropria-
tion bill.
The Board Of Trades recommen-
dations for trafic law reform in
the District were read to the Zihl-
man subcommittee hearing argu-
ments on his bill to amend District
traffic laws.
Kahn, of California, introduced q
bill to provide free burial In ma
tional cemeteries for all who par
ticipated in the late European war
as well as all soldiers, sailors and
Marines.
Little, Kansas, introduced resolu-
tion to prevent excess profits tax
lodging by means OF stock divl-
dends and to apply the money so
saved" to a soldier bonus.
Kahn. California, introduced joint
resolution to authorize the secfe-
tary of War to expend sfS,00o for
Liberty Theater at Camp Knox. Ny.
Longworth. Ohio. introduced res.
olution provided that no item in an
appropriation bill can be considered
in order unless it exclusively affects
an ONCE. regulation or expenditure
or the making of appropriations
therefor.
Rogers, Massachusetts, introduced
bill to protect the public agains.
fraud by prohibiting the manufac-
ture, sale or transportation in IN
terstate commerce OF Inisbranded or
misreprcserted articles.
Letter was received from the
state Department requesting that
unexpcnded balances as of June 30:
1870. amounting to 5000 trans
ferred from the War Trade Board
to the War Trade Board section of
the state Department, be reap
pointed for the fiscal year 1921.
The Api roI riations Committee
held executive session over the sun
dry civil bill.
The Military Affairs Committee
held executive session.
Packing legislation was again be-
fore the Agriculture Committee.
The chief Of naturalization OF Chi
cago testified before the Immiera-
tion Committee.
The War Risk Bureau was again
under Investigation by the Treasury
Department Expenditures Commit
tee.
Investigation of motor trucks
used In France was continued be-
fore the Foreign Expenditure sub
committee OF the War Department
Expenditures Committee.
Consideration of soldier bonus
legislation by the Ways and Means
Committee was postponed.
The Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee held a hearing on
a bill to put civilian officers in the
world war on the same footing as
regular army officers In the matter
of disability and retired pay.
senate.
Ana
ate adopted the Lodge reservation
to Article Y. with an amendment by
Senator Borah, of Idaho, to the eff.
feet that the United States assumes
no obligation TO interfere in contro-
versies regarding the territorial In
tegrity or political independence of
nations, whether members of the
league or not.
President Wilson, in a letter to
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
again refused to accept q compro-
mise on Article X. offered by SEN
Braxton Bragg Conner. of Ala
bama, was sworn in yesterday to
fill the unexpired term of the late
Senator Bankhead as Senator from
Alabama.
Senator. Poindexter, of Wishing
ton, announced that he would make
a campaign for delegates from
Michigan and South Dakota in his
fight for the Presidential nomina-
tion. and to this end would make
q stumping tour of those States.
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania,
asserted that for the United States
to agree to the covenant of the
league of nations was like asking
a man who had sold all he had and
given to the poor to give bond
to be charitable in the future"
Members of the Senate committee
investigating Washington schools
denied that any decision had been
reached by the committe in regard
to the Thurston-Van Schaick contro-
versy.
Admiral Sims, in renewing his
testimony before the Senate Sub
committee on Naval Affairs, assert
ed that he was kept in Ignorance
OF many important decisions of the
Navy Department until those de-
cisions had been put into effect.
Judiciary Committee held an ex-
ecutfve meeting at IL a. m.
Subcommittee of Appropriations
Committee resumed consideration of
the legislative appropriation bill.
Senator Sterling. author of the
Sterling Lehibach civil service re-
tirement bill, asserted that he
would accept no modification of the
bill in the Senate, but would fight
1t through to a conclusion at the
earliest possible moment.
Nomination OF Nathan H. Boswell.
OF Jacksonville. Fla. to be United
States marshal for the Southern
district of Florida. was sent to the