Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-02-24
SENATE ADOPTS
REPORT ON THE
RAILROAD BILL
BY 80 MAJORITY
Measure Embodying LegiS-
Iation for ReOrganizing
Railroads Disposed Of By
Congress in Quick Time.
CUMMINS CLAIMS NO
INCOME GUARANTEED
Senator Myers Democrat,
Attacks Organized La0ot
For Its Attitude Toward
This and0ther Legislation

| HIS dlluUlIlGl L6Sloldllu'l
InY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wlsrl
Washington. Feb. 23.--The con-
ference report on the railroad bill,
kembodying legislation for reorgan-
ization of railroads of the country
with the end of federal control, was
adopted late today by the senate.
1t passed the house Saturday and
now goes to the president.
The vote on the adoption of the
report. taken after several hours of
debate was AZ to II.
Those voting for the conference
report were:
Republican:: Ball. Brandegee.
Calder Camper, Colt Cummins.
Curtis. Elkins, Fernald, Freling-
luysen. Hale. Jones of Washington;
Lodge, Mclean, McNary. Nelson,
New. Page, Phipps. :. PoindeXter.
Smoot. Spender. Sterling. Suther-
land. Townsend. Wadsworth. War
rem and Watson. Total republicans
Democrats: Beckham, Fletcher
GAY. Glass Meyers, Phelan. POM
creme. Ransdell. Robinson, Shields.
Smith of Georgia, Smith of Mary
land: Underwood. Walsh of Mon
tana; and Williams. Total demo-
Gratis for--t5.
Total for adoption--47
Those voting against the report
were:
Republicans: Borah. France and
Gronna. Total republicans against
"a.
Democrats: Ashurst. Dial Gore.s
, Harris Harrison. johnson. OF South
Dakota; Jones, of New Mexieo:
King. Mcclellan. Nugent, Overman.
Pittman. Sheppard and Trammell.
Total democrats agatnst--l4,
Total against adoption-17.
Those paired follow
Bankhead for with Culberson,
against: Mccormick for with Hen
derson. against: Dillingham; for
with Swanson against; Fall for
with Kendrick. against; simmons
for with Kirby agair"t: McCumber
for with LaFollette, against; Hard
| ing for with Walsh Massachusetts,
against Lodge for with Owen.
against,
Announcement was made that IL
Senators Hitchcock, Nebraska:
| Stanley Kentucky, and Chamber
lain. Oregon. democrats. had been
present they would have voted for
the conference report.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The COM
| ference report on the railroad bill
passed Saturday night by the house.
was called up in the senate by SEN
ator Cummins, chairman OF the IN
! terstate commerce committee. VINO
| obtained unanimous consent for It's
| immediate consideration. Its speedy
adoption was predicted.
Presenting the conference re-
| port. Senator Cummins emphasizeds
| that the rate guarantee section uld
not take a dollar out OF the public
treasury.
I'm order to prejudice it among
the people it has been termed a
| guaranty income" he said. This
| is not true. There is guaranty in
the bill of the standard return and
against deficits continuing for six
| months after the railways are re-
turned to their owners, but its ne
cessity is obvious.
He said the bill merely directed
| the Interstate Commerce cointlls-
sion that in so far as was practlca-
BILE 1t should make rates that would
yield net operating income of 3
IL per cent upon the true value
of the railway property" The IN
come would depend wholly unon To-
cation of the roads, the Iowa SEN
ator pointed out, asserting that
| some ROADS WOulu earn Hol hioi
, than per cent Il
with respect to the labor pro.
visions of the conference report.
Senator Cummlns added 81 am ut
terly unable to understand the op-
position which they have aroused
among labor leaders. for they leave
all free men, whether employees OF
, employers. to do whatever they
please at any time, at any place Or
opU cirptIO1 noes. ~
Senator Cummins said thar
$3.50, 900. 600 had been appropri-
ated Tor expenditure by the rail-
road administration.
I'VE are now appropriating
$500. 900. 600 more. he said ana
before the close of the present fis-
cal year, we will be compelled TO
make another appropriation of not
less than s400.00O,000: in all.
S2l50, 600. 900. OF this vast sum. 1t
,, is expected the railroads will DUR
ing the next decade pay to the gov
ernment of the advances so made
, sums in the aggregate which Will
reduce the governments expendi-
lures to something like $3.50. .000.-
) 900 and this will represent the loss
incurred in two years and two
months of government operation.
The amounts | have given you
are government estimates and do
not include claims asserted by the
; railroads and denied by the rail-
road administration"
Senator Robinson. democrat, OF
Arkansas, one of the conferees. and
author of the anti-strike provision
of the senate bill which was dis
carded in conference. reviewed the
measure at some length. dealing
particularly with the labor situa-
ton.
"The labor provisions, fairly
construed do not Justify the as
! saults made upon them,' he said
"This is not a government of labor
organizations. 1t must not be per-
verted in character so as to become
, the means of denying right of just
ice to any class of law abiding cit-
, iZens.'
! He added that "this measure be-
! comes a bill of rights for labor :"
: and insured the employment of tho
power of the United states, when
: invoked, to safeguard those rights.
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