The Washington herald., 1920-04-21
What Congress Did
Yesterday
Senate.


Passed army reorganization bill.
providing for an army Of 100000
men. and q voluntary training sys-
tenn for the National Guard.
provides that the United States gov
Bill by Wadsworth, New York.
ernment shall extend aif to States
In the construction Of rural post
roads by making balance OF State
appropriations available for this
purpose.
Bill by Calder. New York. ex-
empts hotels of the District of CO.
lumbia from responsibility for val
uables and money lost by guests
unless the valuables have been de-
posted in the once safe.
Miss Cecil Norton. secretary Of
Community Centers, defended
dances given at the Dunbar High
School under the auspices OF the
Community Center before the Sem
ate committee investigating wash
ington schools yesterday. The
dances had been attacked as un-
seemiy and badly chaperoned by
Principal Wilkinson. of the Dunbar
School.
Senate and House conferees
agreed upon increased pay for COM
missioned officers and enlisted men
/ of the army. navy and Marine
Corps
Capt. Pratt, chief of Naval Op-
eraticns during the war. told the
subcommittee Of Naval Affairs that
Admiral Sims had strained
point" in attempting to make out
case against the Navy Depart.
ment for mismanagement OF navai
affairs.
Bill BY Kellogg. Of Minnesota
provides for large extension OF
Great Lakes water traffic through
government aid. Referred to Inter
state Commerce Committee.
Petition by the International As
sociation OF Machinists. OF Massa-
chusetts. for amnesty and release
of all persons Imprisoned for poiit-
ical offences, was introduced d!
Lodge, of Massachusetts.
Petition from the Spanish war
Veterans Associations. OF California
for passage os the bill granting
pensions to veterans Of the Span
ish-American war and Philippine
insurrection. was introduced d!
Phelan, of California.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
sidered the peace resolution in ex-
ecutive session, but reached no de-
cision.
Conferees on water power bill
met at 2:3O y. m
Lenroot amendment to the army
reorganization bill eliminating the
construction corps Of the army was
defeated.
Met at noon and adjourned at 5;Ol.
Debated deficiency bill. which car
ricd item OF $407,295.l6 for the DIS
trict of Columbia.
Republican Leader Mondell op-
posed war profits tax to finance SOL
dier bonus legislation. describing II
as Impractical. extravagant and
grotesQue."
Upshaw, Georgia, introduced bill
to set a rate of 2 cents less than
the regular fare for all street car
passengers in the district OF Co
lumbia who have to stand up
Chairman Mapes, of District OF
Columbia Committee, announced
bill to force a merger of Washing
toms two street railway companies
is being prepared.
Zihlman. Maryland. introduced bill
to increase pay of bookbinders and
bookbinder machine operators at
the Government Printing ONCE to
$1.04 an hour.
Smith, Idaho. introduced bill to
authorize certain easements in yell
lowstone National Park.
Wilson, Louisiana, introduced bill
to authorize the Secretary of the In
terror to sell to the Peoples Invest
ment Company certain lands in
Louisiana.
Kiess, Pennsylvania, introduced
bill to amend act authorizing Sec
retary of War and Secretary OF the
Navy to dispose of condemned ord
nance.
Evans. Nebraska. introduced bill
to amend tax on estates.