Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-06-11
CONGRESS ADJoURNS
TILL next DECEMBER
First Long Vacation Since
United States Entered
War Begins.

Washington. - The sixty-sixth con /
gress ended its second session Satur-
day. Unless grave emergency arises
which makes necessary a special SEES
sion, 1t will not meet again until
December 6.
The close of the session was marked
by none OF the hectic rush that gener-
ally attends a getaway OF congress.
but there was the usual applauding
and cheering in the house after Speak
err Gillett's gavel had released the
members for the first long vacation
since the United States entered the
war
Final sessions of both houses passed |
without the plethora OF political
speeches which had been expected. |
Just at the finish In the house. Repre- |
sentative Mondell OF Wyoming. the re-
publican leader. delivered an address
praising congress for the wo:k &C
complished. Representative Garrett.
democrat, Tennessee. replied that this
congress had been q "humiliating fail
ure."
President Wilson's criticism OF con
gress In his telegram to the heads of
the brotherhoods passed with com
ment In either house.
The session of congress which end
ed Saturday began December l.
Important Legislation Enacted.
Important legislation enacted in
cluded:
The army reorganization bill pro-
viding for a peace time army of $4,000
officers and men, national guard
and a reserve force.
The transportation act designed to
assist the railroads over the. period
Immediately following their return to
private control. last March /.
The oil leasing bill by which thou
sands of acres of oil and mineral lands
In the west and south were thrown
open to development.
The merchant marine bill providing
for the ultimate sale of the vast gov
ernmentowned merchant fleet.
The Sterling anti-sedition act and
the Johnson bill providing for the de-
portation and exclusion OF dangerous
aliens.
! The Edge bill authorizing the for
nation of corporations to finance
] American export trade.
The civil service retirement bill.
The postal pay increase bill.
i Important Measures Which Failed.
Important measures which failed OF
passage included
The soldier bonus bill. which was
passed by the house last Saturday
night but which was not taken up by
the senate.
The budget bill. which President
Wilson vetoed and which the senate
failed to pass after the house had
amended It to meet the presidents
objection.
The bill to regulate and to control
the meat packing industry, the cold
, storage bill. the bill to abolish the
J. housing corporation.
4 The annual rivers and harbors sup
ply measure, which was left in con
ference. Congress finally passed the
water power bill. which has been pend
Ing for IL years, but II was killed
automatically with the adjournment OF
congress through failure OF the presi
dent to sign 1t.
In addition to the water power
measure the president gave pocket
veto" to the resolution repeating many
OF the special wartime laws and TO q
number of other minor measures.
Congress sent to the president and
he approved 16 supply measures. car
rying total of s2.6SS.3S5,143. Per
manent appropriation bills of tota
| of 81, 492. 900 900 also were passed and
approved.
During the six months of the session
Just ended a total OF approximately
20. 900 bills and resolutions were in
h. troduced. The senate approved abou
|. 3l5 bills and joint resolutions and the
n house 37S bills and joint resolutions
= The former adopted 230 resolutions
i not requiring house action and thu
e house adopted about the same numbe
, not needing senate action.
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{ President critieixes Congress