The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
What Congress Did
Yesterday


Notified that owing to storms the
funeral OF the late Senator Bank
head. OF Alabama, would be post
poned until today.
John Sharp williams, of Mississ-
ippL attacked the Shantung provi-
sions OF the treaty as contrary to
national morality.
Voted, on motion of Senator
Lodge. OF Massachusetts,. to strike
from the Shantung reservation all
direct reference to Japan and China.
Women appeared before joint
committe to plead for Campbell
Kenyon bill establishing q woman's
bureau In the Department Of Labor.
Sherman. of Illinois, advocated
appointment Of the board Of educa-
tion and superintendent OF schools
by the President.
Committee on Agriculture con-
cludes sessions on the Agricultural
Appropriation bill, ana will present
II within a few days.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
ttnued hearing OF L. G. A. X. Mar
tens on Bolshevik propaganda.
Finance Committee considered
various revenue bills in executive
session.
Hitchcock of Nebraska opposed
Shantung reservation on the ground
that 1t would not benefit China. :
Norris, Of Nebraska, ridiculed
Senator Hitchcock's new freedom
for China" as a worthless political
move. II
Net at noon and adjourned $40.
Passed legislative. executive and
judicial appropriation bill carrying
s104.2 100000 for fiscal year 1921.
Defeated motion to strike out sec
tion in Legislative appropriation bill
providing for government survey
ors.
Refused to repeal the volstead
prohibition enforcement act and
strike out item OF s4.5Oo.000 in leg
isIative bill for this purpose, 2S4 to
36.
Passed Tinkham resolution to
have Judiciary Committee investi-
gate Attorney Generals office rela-
tive to the so-colledt Louisiana sugar
scandal by vote o. 162 to 124.
Delegation appeared before Ways
and Means Committee and urged
purchase OF swamp and arid lands
IN lieu OF bonus.
Hicks. of New York, introduced a
bill to transfer Chapman Field from
War to Navy Department.
Thompson. of Ohio, introduced q
bill to provide for additional COM
pensation for former service men.
Walsh, of Massachusetts,. intro
duced resolution to authorize the
President to maintain and operate
the Cape Cod Canal.
Lufkin. of Massachusetts,, intro
duced bill to provide any vessel
purchased from the navy may be
documented as a vessel of the
United States.
White, jr.. of Maine, introduced
/ bill to incorporate the Roosevelt
Memorial Association.
! Delegate Griggsby, of Alaska, in
troduced bill to provide for the i'm
Iprovement of water transportation
to from and in the territory OF
Alaska.
Wood. chairman of the subcom.
mittee on the Legislative bill OF
The Appropriations Committee, an.
nounced that he would not ask the
! Rules Committee to put back in the
bill the $240 bonus for government, n,
clerks.
| Executive sessions were held by
the Appropriations Committee and
its subcommittee on the District oi
Columbia over the sundry civil and
District appropriation bills, respec-
lively.
Naval appropriation again before
the Naval Affairs Csmmittee.-
Packing legislation again before
the Agriculture Committee.
Labor Committee held hearine
over bill for Women's Bureau oi
the Department of Labor.
immigration Committee held ex.
ecutive session over immigration
question.
Foreign expenditures subcommit.
tee of Committee on War Depart.
ment Expenditures held hearing.