Evening star., 1921-02-15
S24O BONUS NOW
IN CONFERENCE
1t Is Expected Senators Will
Find House Conferees
Are in Favor.

The legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill. carrying the
s240 bonus for government employees.
was today in the conference stage.
The conferees of the Senate, Senators
Warren. Smoot and Overman. it is
confidently expected, will find that
the House conferees will agree to
the bonus provision, the sentiment
in the House being largely in favor Of
that provision.
Before the bill was finally passed by
the Senate yesterday afternoon an
amendment offered by Senator Harri-
son of Mississippi, to extend the bonus
to the employees of the woman's bu
reau of the Department of Labor, was
adopted by a vote of 35 to 90.
Amendment Resisted.
The amendment was vigorously re-
Smoot and other members of the COM
mittee on the ground that the en-
ployes of the womans bureau are
paid from lump sum appropriations
and that therefore, the head of the
department may fix the salaries at
what appears just to him. Other en-
ployes of the government paid from
! lump sum appropriations, it was
pointed out. were excluded from the
bonus provision.
The arguments against the Harrison
amendment, however, were without
avail, and the women won out in the
fight.
In connection with the passage of
the legislative bill, Senator Smoot of
Utah took occasion to warn govern
nent employees that the law against
lobbying was stringent.
SmOot Reads Law.
For the edification of the employees
of the governmerxnow in the galler-
ies." SAID Seta ter Shoot. "and those on
the floor from the. Senate Office build
point In section of the deficiency
appropriation act approved July IL
find this provision:
THAT hereafter no part. of the
money appropriated by this or any
other act shall. in the absence Of ex-
press authorization by Congress, be
used directly or indirectly to pay for
any personal service, advertisement,
telegram, telephone, letter, printed or
written matter, or other device, in
tended or designed to influence in any
manner a member of Congress to favor
or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any
Legislation or appropriation by Con-
greSS, whether before or after the in
PRODUCTION of any bill or resolution
proposing such legislation or appro-
priation-
II continue the reading:
amy officer or employe of the
United States who after notice and
hearing by the superior officer vested
with the power of removing him is
found to have violated or attempted
to violate this section shall be re-
moved by such superior officer from
office or employment. Any officer or
employe of the United States who
violates or attempts to violate this
section shall also be guilty of mis-
demaanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $500 or by Imprisonment
for not more than one year, or both +"
Amendment Adopted.
An amendment to the bill offered by
Senator Smoot and adopted would
transfer the employees of the Shipping
Board from out of the building now
rented in F. street between 18th and
l4th streets northwest to the new
Navy building.
The Secretary of the Navy has told
me-" said Senator Smoot, that with
an appropriation of $4,000 he can ar
range the building so that we can
move the whole of the Shipping
Board there, and we will save $4,000
year by doing it,"