The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
What Congress Did
Yesterday

Senate approved without debate
the conference report on the Ster-
Civil Service Retire.
ment Bill. The bill Is now ready
for the signature Of the President
Meeting of the special school
committee called failed for lack OF
q quorum.
Walsh, of Massachusetts,. an
nounced that he would deliver an
address today on the growth Of
radicalism in the United States.
Amendment by Lodge, OF Massa-
chusetts, to his resolution for q ma
tional celebration of the 3o0th an
iniyefsary of the landing of the Pill
grins provides for an appropriation
Of 100000 for expenses.
Bills by Sherman. chairman Of the
Senate District Committee. call for
the closing Of a number of WASH
ington streets which have become
needless because of the improve
ment of other thoroughfares.
Hearing on newsprint shortage
continued before the subcommittee
of manufactures.
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels
miral Sims before the subcommittee
1T had been the ambition of Sims
to Prussianize the navy.
|. Harrison. of Mississippi, declared
that Republicans in the House and
Senate were imperiling the agricul-
tural interests OF the country by
failure to make adequate appro-
prlations for fighting stock pests.
Special committee. District
schools. II.
Judiciary. executive, 1880.
Manufactures, subcc nmittee. news
print, 1880.
Mexico, hearing, 1880.
/ House.
Met at noon and adjourned at
5:45 p. m. until noon today.
Sent to conference diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill with in
| structions to House conferees to
insist upon disagreement with
Senate amendments restricting i'm
migration and providing stricter
passport regulations.
Passed and sent to Senate legis-
latiVe. executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill. after eliminating
objectionable feature. censorship
of government publications that
brought down Presidents veto.
Consideration of general def
cheney bill was begun by Appro-
priations Committee with hope OF
reporting it next week.
Committee on Expenditures in
| War Department agreed to recon-
mend the leasing of nitrate plant at
Muscle Shoals. Ala. to private capi-
tai. Garrett, Tennessee. contended
committee has no power.
Committee on immigration held
| a hearing on a general immigration
bill.
The following bills were intro
duced:
Dyer. Missouri.-Bill giving Fed
eral protection to persons who have
reason to believe. because of race.
nationality or color. a conspiracy
is on foot to lynch them, and pro-
| viding penalties of not more than
$4,000 or ten years in prison for
those who interfere with a Federal
officer protecting such a person.
Fairfield. Indiana-BilI to provide
| for protection of monetary gold re-
serve by the maintenance of the
normal gold production of United
States by imposing an excise tax
upon all gold used for other than
monetary purposes and payment of
premium TO producers of newly
mined gold
Sinnott. Oregon-Bnl providing
for extension of time for the rec
llamation of certain lands in Oregon
under the Carey Act.
Kinkaid. Nebraska Bill securing
rights-of-way and easements over
public land in connection with Fed
eral irrigation projects.
Hearings on the Burroughs Bill
providing representation in Con-
gress for District residents has
been postponed until after recess.
Mr.. Burroughs announced.
Appropriations. general deficiency,
1890.
Interstate. anti-gambling bill,
1880.
immigration. hearing. immigra-
tion matters. -.
District of Columbia, hearing, un-
dertakers' bill. 10.
Judiciary fail committee 1890