The Washington times., 1920-06-14

20 place a tax Of 10 percent on In
comes above t25.0OO per year. the
money 90 raised 10 be used In givins
each Otnccr and saHstsd mas ta tAf
army 800 In addition 10 his regular
comps snsation.
Voted against Brousssrd aDnendment
10 strike out tax on sugar and eouee
In war revenue legislation, also
against Hsrd~ick Amendment 70
strike out tax on parcel post packages.
Voted no on La Toilette substituts.
with It's much higher rates. for war
reSenus bill.
ron TRADING WITH ENEMY ACT.
Paired in favor OF the trading with
the enemy act.
Against the Robinson amendment
for an appropriation OF 100000 for
creation OF sn employment bureau In
the Department OF Labor.
Voted for amendment to the War
Risk Insurance act reducing maximum
insurance from $4,000 TO 1880.
Supported Smoot amendment TO give
all soldiers and sailors permanently
disabled an allowance OF 800 per
month. This was lost.
Paired In favor OF War Risk insur-
ance act on fnsl passage.
Voted for the declaration OF war
against Austria Hungary.
Paired against the Walsh Pittman
coal. oil. and gas land lease bill.
Paired against the Jones washing
toni resolution limiting the sire of
newspapers TO sixteen pages. and also
opposed the resolution OF Smith
(Arizona) to give the President the
authority to put under control OF Fed
eral Trade Commission imports OF
paper pulp.
Voted for the Reed resolution to
make conspiracy to control the price
or distribution OF print paper .
felony. ..
RAILROAD BILL VOTES.
Supported amendments TO the rail-
| road control bill to limit Federal con-
| troll OF the carriers either six or
twelve months after the war Voted
for the Cummins amendment limiting
the Presidents power, TO prescribe
transportation rates so that this
power would extend only to trans
| portation of soldiers and Government
| supplies, and not general transporta-
| tion.
Voted no Qn amendments limiting
| net In come of carriers TO or per
\ !.
Supported proposal for a Z per cent
| return.
Railroad control bill passed without
| record vote. 80
AGAINST WAR FINANCE BILL
| Paired against passage of the War
Finance Corporation bill.
Voted for an amendment of Smith
(Georgia) to give employees in the ex-
! ecutive departments credit for all
1 time over eight hours work per day.
Opposed Sheppard motion to strike
from Agricultural bill the eight-hour
day for Government employees as PRO
vided in Borland amendment. The
Borland amendment added half hour
per day to Government workers time
| Voted in favor of Cores motion to
suspend the rules and consider guar
antee OF $3.50 per bushel for wheat.
Paired in favor of the New proposal
for universal military training OF
young men nineteen yeas of age OF
over.
Voted for King motion to strike out
100000 Appropriation for experiment
| tai air mail service.
| offered amendment to Rivers and
Harbors bill providing that during
war no new work should be under
taken on locks and dams unless GER
tified as war necessity.
HERE HE OFFENDED LABOR.
| Voted for Gailinger motion to strike
from the naval budget the prohibition
against expcnding any money fol-
bonuses and stop-watch devices in
naval factories. This vote is one 10
which organized labor'has so strongly
objected.
Opposed bill prohibiting rent proft'
cering in the District of Columbia
Voted for the vocational rehabilita-